2011-06-20 US Seeks ‘Shadow’ Internet, Mobile Networks in Repressive Countries
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. The Obama administration is leading an effort to deploy what some people…
2011-06-13 Shortage of Internet Addresses, but a Slow Move to New System
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Last Wednesday, June eighth, was World IPv6 Day — the first major…
2011-06-06 WHO Finding Adds to Debate Over Mobile Phones, Brain Cancer
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. The World Health Organization has added to the debate over the risk…
2011-05-30 Paying Tech Talents to Drop Out of College
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. What do Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison have in common?…
2011-05-23 Is NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope a Time Machine?
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. If you could build a time machine, what would it look like?…
2011-05-16 Scientists Develop Smartphone App for Eye Exams
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. More than two hundred eighty million people around the world have vision…
2011-05-09 Sony Apologizes for Cyber Attack
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Sony officials held a news conference last week in Tokyo. (SOUND) They…
2011-05-02 Mobile Devices’ Location Tracking Raises Privacy Concerns
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Lawmakers in the United States have expanded an investigation into the use…
2011-04-25 How to Make Your Own Solar Water Heater
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Solar water heaters are used around the world and are not very…
2011-04-18 A Better Computer Mouse Cursor for the Disabled
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Using a computer mouse or trackball can be a little tricky. You…
2011-04-11 Test of Big Space Rocket Set for Late 2012
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. An American space company says a powerful new rocket should be ready…
2011-04-04 Brain-Computer Interfaces Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Since the nineteen seventies, scientists have been searching for ways to link…
2011-03-28 Designing a Quake-Resistant Building Starts at the Soil
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Builders in developing countries are often not required to build strong buildings.…
2011-03-21 Japan’s Early Warning System One of the Best in the World
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. A powerful earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan at two forty-six…
2011-03-14 Ten of Thousands of Technology Lovers Head South to Austin
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Tens of thousands of people travel to Austin, Texas each year to…