2012-12-17 Student Launches Hospital for iPhones
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report in Special English. The iPhone has become one of the most popular mobile phones in the United States. An 18-year-old student…
2012-12-10 Social Innovation Summit 2012 Comes to an End
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report in Special English. More than 700 business leaders, government officials, investors and other people gathered last week in Mountain View, California.…
2012-12-03 Rights Group Calls for Ban on Fully Autonomous Killer Robots
From VOA Learning English, this is the TECHNOLOGY REPORT in Special English. An international rights group has called on world governments to ban fully autonomous weapon systems. Human Rights Watch…
2012-11-26 South Pacific Islands Now Totally Powered by the Sun
From VOA Learning English, this is the TECHNOLOGY REPORT in Special English. Officials say the islands of Tokelau in the South Pacific Ocean have become the world’s first territory totally…
2012-11-19 Could Waste Plastic Reduce Our Need for Oil?
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report in Special English. The United States Environmental Protection Agency says only seven percent of plastic waste in the United States is…
2012-11-12 Power Still Out For Many in New York City
From VOA Learning English, this is the TECHNOLOGY REPORT in Special English. Hundreds of thousands of people were without electricity last week in the northeastern United States. They lost power…
2012-11-05 Are Smartphone Apps Encouraging Young Smokers?
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report in Special English. Public health officials say tobacco companies are avoiding a worldwide ban on advertising tobacco products to young people…
2012-10-29 Growing Girls Who Code
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report in Special English. American colleges and universities awarded about one million seven hundred thousand bachelor’s degrees in the school year ending…
2012-10-22 Mobile Phones Could Help Efforts to End Malaria
From VOA Learning English, this is the TECHNOLOGY REPORT in Special English. Researchers are studying the use of mobile phones to document the spread of malaria. The study is part…
2012-10-15 Huawei and ZTE Deny Claims That They Present a Security Threat to the United States
From VOA Learning English, this is the TECHNOLOGY REPORT in Special English. Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE have pushed back against accusations that they present a national security threat…
2012-10-08 FTC Takes on Computer Scareware Scammers
From VOA Learning English, this is the TECHNOLOGY REPORT in Special English. A court in the United States has announced a judgment of more than one hundred sixty million dollars…
2012-10-01 Experts Work to Develop Better Tools to Predict Severe Weather
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is celebrating the one year anniversary of its Weather-Ready Nation project. Weather experts from across the…
2012-09-24 Can Social Media Improve Voter Turnout?
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. We have all witnessed the power of social media. It helped elect Barack Obama president in two thousand eight. It also helped…
2012-09-17 Technology Designed to Take Paralympians to New Levels
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. The Paralympic Games in London have been called the “greatest Paralympic Games ever.” International Paralympic Committee President Sir Phillip Craven made the…
2012-09-10 Driving With GPS Can Be Difficult to Navigate
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Global Positioning Systems are now a part of everyday driving in many countries. These satellite-based systems provide turn-by-turn directions to help people…