technology

Funding technology curriculum in schools

Hana Baba — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:12:59 +0000

School districts are increasingly teaching technology as part of their regular curriculum, but the high cost of computers and tablets can hinder that effort. Last year, the federal government pitched in to help some schools out. Hundreds of school districts participated in the Race to the Top program, which is awarding major technology education funding to three school districts in California. One is in the Bay Area, Haven Unified, which serves Union City, in Alameda County.

Today on Your Call: How do you balance natural and technological ways of living?

Ali Budner — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Today on Your Call: Are we consuming digital technology or is it consuming us?

Ali Budner — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 08:00:00 +0000

The Audiophiles: The mysterious language of blue whales

Martina Castro — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:03:38 +0000

Stand on the beach overlooking Half Moon Bay, and the sound you’re most likely to hear is of waves crashing against the rocks. But when Roger Bland climbed up there, he wanted to hear what was underneath those waves.

Before Chatroulette, there was ham radio

Mike Meenan — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:35:44 +0000

As you read this, a dead language is flying through the air all around you -- at least, it’s dead for most official uses. It’s the Morse code, a binary digital system that dates back to the 1850s. Among its primary users today are amateur radio operators, better known as hams. I am one of these and am proud to say I’m fluent in Morse. I was texting way, way before it was cool.

Ham radio is a pastime dating back more than a century. Hobbyists built transmitting and receiving equipment long before radio stations, such as KALW, went on the air.