Tagged: innovations

Innovator Salman Khan
12:30 am
Fri January 4, 2013

Khan Academy - Free Education for Anyone

You may have seen the recent 60 Minutes piece about innovator Salman Khan and his Khan Academy, the online site dedicated to providing a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. . He shares his vision about an education free of state mandates and lengthy lectures in his just released the book One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined, and he joins Ann Thompson on the phone to discuss his successes thus far, and what will be coming next.


Focus on Technology
12:31 am
Fri December 21, 2012

Future Innovations to Keep Elderly at Home Include Robots

Smart devices and robots are keeping older adults in their homes longer. In this week’s Focus on Technology, Ann Thompson reports that University of Cincinnati students are inventing new devices and aids to test in a smart house.