Jennifer Riggins

Back to the Future of the Internet of Things

Digital Life

By Jennifer Riggins, 21 October 2015 at 15:07

Did the Delorean lift off today or 30 years ago? In case you missed the hashtag craze of #BacktotheFuture or the this commemorative Facebook event created years ago, the future is here, today, October 21, 2015. It has been 30...Continue reading »

How the Internet of Things will change how we treat Alzheimer’s and dementia

Digital Life

By Jennifer Riggins, 3 September 2015 at 12:11

They’re calling it the Silver Tsunami. That’s referring to the Baby Boomer generation—that’s 80 million in the U.S. alone—who are entering their so-called golden years, with increasing need for medical care. According to the Alzheimer’s Disease International organization, that almost 44...Continue reading »

Can solar energy recharge women out of poverty?

Initiatives

By Jennifer Riggins, 1 September 2015 at 15:02

Part two of a three-part series on how renewable energy can lift people in developing countries out of poverty. Today we look at how solar energy is providing not only an alternative to the often-nonexistent grid, but as a way...Continue reading »

Water 3.0: How can innovative startups reinvent how we do H2O

Technical Innovation

By Jennifer Riggins, 28 August 2015 at 09:30

The United Nations has set its 2015 Millennium Development Goals: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. Achieve universal primary education. Promote gender equality and empower women. Improve maternal health. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases. Global partnership for development. Reduce child mortality. Ensure environmental stability. Achieving these goals would help...Continue reading »

Why Google Glass failed… or did it?

Technical Innovation

By Jennifer Riggins, 24 August 2015 at 10:00

A guy walks into a bar, sporting high-end frames and girls run and hide before the bouncer pushes him out. Why? Because nobody likes a RoboCop-wannabe snapping photos of them. Even if he wasn’t, the creep-factor of the possibility to...Continue reading »

Going for Cyber Security Gold

Digital

By Jennifer Riggins, 14 August 2015 at 12:00

Sweat pouring down their faces. Trying to hide, trying to seek. Fighting to be faster, stronger, smarter. To save the world or to just survive. Down to the wire, the Cyber Padawans place their last flag and leap to victory! That’s...Continue reading »

Mobile learning becomes an opportunity to educate and make social impact

Business

By Jennifer Riggins, 10 August 2015 at 10:00

There’s no doubt that we all have hope for the Internet being the great equalizer. Of course, the problem is often than if people can’t have access to computers or even the electricity to power them, how can they connect?...Continue reading »

How to create a generation of happy, coding kids

Digital Life

By Jennifer Riggins, 29 July 2015 at 12:10

There’s a lot of talk about getting girls in STEM -science, technology, engineering and math- and just getting kids into these areas in general. And there’s no doubt, even as a political science graduate turned writer and marketer, I learned...Continue reading »

Will Google X take the Internet to the farthest corners of the Earth?

Digital Life

By Jennifer Riggins, 1 July 2015 at 11:05

How do you get to places that are disconnected from infrastructure, roads, electricity? How to you cross mountains and broad seas? You fly, of course! At least that’s the plan of Google X, the Willy Wonka-like experimental department of the...Continue reading »

Mind Control vs. Mind Reading: The wonders of brain tech

Future Trends

By Jennifer Riggins, 25 June 2015 at 20:29

There’s no doubt the consumer is king. With more than 55 percent of people consulting social media before committing to buy, the lemming effect, not marketing, not advertising, not even celebrities, are driving the consumer market. It’s no wonder that...Continue reading »

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