Microsoft is holding a big education event in New York on May 2

 Invites have just dropped for Microsoft’s latest press conference. Details are scant for the “Learn What’s…

Why Flybrix skipped crowdfunding to launch its LEGO drone kits

 Flybrix first dreamed up a drone that kids could build with LEGO bricks in 2015. At…

How Osmo decides to make its tangible, high-tech toys

 A huge number of toys today include high-tech and interactive components that keep kids in front…

MasterClass raises $35 million for celebrity taught classes

 If you want to learn something new, learn it from the master. That’s the thesis behind MasterClass,…

NASA is using a mixed reality space station to train astronauts

 NASA has always embraced emerging technology for visualization, even if that tech was seemingly developed for…

How Everette Taylor went from a homeless college dropout to chief marketing officer at Skurt

 There are roughly 58,000 homeless students on college campuses in the United States (according to the National…

Google.org grants $50 million to nonprofits striving for equal access in education

 According to a report from Google.org, the search giant’s philanthropic arm, 74% of students globally have little…

Galvanize will teach students how to use IBM Watson APIs with new machine learning course

 As part of IBM’s annual InterConnect conference in Las Vegas, the company is announcing a new…