Technology

Wireless Provider Starts “Never Text & Drive” Campaign

AT&T launched a campaign to persuade customers to give up texting and driving. The wireless provider is calling on drivers, particularly teens, to take a pledge to stop what they call the “dangerous practice” of texting while driving.

2012/08/15

A doctor reads a blood pressure gauge during an examination of a patient. (credit: Getty Images/Joe Raedle)

UTA Smart Care Turns Household Items Into Home Care

UTA students are developing futuristic inventions designed to turn a leisurely day at home into a routine medical check-up.

2012/08/14

5 Best Educational Apps To Download

Education and technology are becoming increasingly integrated, and keeping up on all of the new educational applications for kids is important. One of the biggest struggles is not finding an app; it is finding the appropriate app.

2012/08/01

Parent’s Prep: New Technology In Schools; What Parents Need To Know

Children who come with the ability to interact with computer screens and basic keyboard knowledge find it much easier to learn in today’s classrooms.

2012/08/01

Blind and visually impaired students attend technology camp at Fort Worth's Camp Carter YMCA. (credit: CBSDFW.COM)

Visually Impaired Students Attend Tech Summer Camp

Fort Worth’s Camp Carter YMCA is expanding its vision: to bring summer fun and technology to a special group of blind and visually impaired students. Twelve middle, high school and vocational students from across North Texas are joining sighted students for a week long technology camp.

2012/06/26

Summer Camps Teach Kids How To Create Apps

From Angry Birds to CBSDFW.COM there are all kinds of apps out there for your phone or tablet — and soon there could be many more options. CBS 11 News went to a summer camp that, among other things, is teaching kids to create “an app for that.”

2012/06/20

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Math & Science Education Needs Highlighted As CEOs Volunteer

A new hands-on education project had dozens of North Texas business executives busy this morning, volunteering at an elementary school in the Dallas Independent School District.

2012/05/15

Students In McKinney Classroom Getting 3D Education

A new high-tech way of teaching is helping pre-K kids in McKinney learn how to read.

2012/01/31

Cyber Monday Offers Gadget Deals Aplenty

Some fifty million Americans visited online retail sites on Friday. They’re about to break that record today, scoring the Internet for Web-only deep discounts and special promotions.

2011/11/28

(FILE PHOTO) Detail of a person with a malignant melanoma, which is a malignant skin tumor. (credit: American Cancer Society/Getty Images)

New Device Uses Light To Screen For Melanoma

The FDA has approved a first-of-its-kind device, called MelaFind, that makes detailed, digital images of skin growths and uses a computer to analyze them for signs of cancer.

2011/11/02

‘Is My Son Gay?’ Google Android App Stirs Controversy

Some parents and gay advocates are upset with an app, available on the Google Android network, that promises parents it will help them determine whether their son is gay.

2011/09/28