AI & Technology

My Special Aflac Duck Takes Home Best of CES 2018 Award

Aflac, the leader in voluntary insurance sales at the worksite in the United States, capped off a busy week at the Consumer Electronics Show® (CES) by accepting the Best of CES 2018 Award for Best Unexpected Product for My Special Aflac Duck, the company’s new social robot designed to help children coping with cancer. The smart companion was created by Sproutel, a research and development workshop focused on making health care playful, based on a year of child-centered research conducted by Sproutel at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, one of the most prominent children’s cancer facilities in the nation, caring for more than 400 new childhood cancer patients each year.

AI & Technology

UPS Longitudes | Top 5 Podcasts of 2017

The UPS Longitudes thought leadership blog shares top five podcasts they aired in 2017 - come give a listen to topics from retail to blockchain, and find out what number 1 was!

AI & Technology

Boeing Unveils New Unmanned Cargo Air Vehicle Prototype

Boeing’s new unmanned vertical-takeoff-and-landing cargo air vehicle prototype evolves autonomy technology for future aerospace vehicles. Powered by an environmentally-friendly electric system, it supports payloads up to 500 lbs.

Philanthropy

Cause Coin Creates a New Global Currency and Sustainable Economy for Nonprofit Engagement

Cause coins will be a powerful currency for nonprofits impacting social good and the importance of this impact to society. Within this new “cause currency” economy, nonprofits will thrive and be sustainable in a way that has never been achieved before.

Education & Workforce Development

Are You Ready for an Accelerator?

Building a company is incredibly hard... and incredibly rewarding. I know from experience. Before working at AT&T, I supported a portfolio of start-ups at a venture capital firm. There’s nothing quite like making an idea a reality and seeing its impact on others.

Education & Workforce Development

Discovery Education and 3M Recruit America’s Next Top Young Scientist in Annual Middle School Competition

3M (@3M), a leader in Materials Science, and Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd), the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms across the country, today announced the opening of the annual Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge.

AI & Technology

The Possibility Report: Transforming The Classroom Experience

The fourth theme in The Possibility Report series, LEARN examines how technology stands to transform the classrooms of the future, whether they’re in a traditional school, the prison system, or beyond.

Events

The Solvable Problem Challenge: Submit Your Idea by February 28

Do you know of a solvable problem within the United Nations' Global Goals that could be solved with the right resources, network, and collaboration?

Education & Workforce Development

Calling All Ed-tech Innovators: Apply Within

Ed-tech isn’t just about digitizing books and training manuals for a tablet. It’s about using technology to deliver new forms of learning and teaching. It’s about personalizing and accelerating learning for everyone, everywhere, at any time.

Events

Leveraging Technology for Financial Wellness

Join us for a webinar hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and supported by JPMorgan Chase & Co., where representatives from University of North Carolina Center for Community Capital and nonprofit Leaders in Financial Technology (nLIFT) will discuss the potential for technology innovation in the financial services sector – fintech – to increase financial inclusion in the United States.

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