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Tynker, a Mountain View startup behind a visual programming language for kids, now offers a plot-driven, gamified way to learn how to code. Read more »
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Tynker, a Mountain View startup behind a visual programming language for kids, now offers a plot-driven, gamified way to learn how to code. Read more »
Despite a difficult solar market this year, the future of solar technology was on display at the annual Intersolar conference in San Francisco this week, from startups and big companies alike. Read more »
As smartphones and social networks make it more difficult for teachers to keep students’ attention, a few interesting startups are using technology to turn real-world examples into classroom lessons. Read more »
Udacity and Georgia Tech are teaming up with AT&T to offer an entirely online computer science masters degree that will cost students less than $7,000. Read more »
SparkFun, the DIY hardware retailer, is taking it’s hacker classes aimed at kids and educators on the road. It’s part of many efforts to get kids involved in making their own… Read more »
The modern centralized method of energy generation and distribution is inherently inefficient, and that state is embodied by a little known chart. It’s also this chart which could show just how… Read more »
Data analytics took the energy sector by storm in 2012, and a bunch of companies launched, raised funding and grew their businesses last year. Here’s 13 energy data startups you should watch in 2013. Read more »
AutoGrid, a startup that’s developed a big data analytics engine for energy, officially launched on Monday and unveiled its first product, and its first two customers. Picture if you took Netflix… Read more »
Stem, an energy management software and service startup is growing at a time when investors are keen to invest in energy software startups, particularly those who target businesses as customers. The… Read more »