A Sarasota student put hundreds of hours into research and two years of trial and error, but she never gave up. It paid off, and Google noticed. Brittany Wenger took first place at the Google Science Fair. © ABC News 2012.
Category Archives: Technology
Jessica O. Matthews & Julia Silverman of Uncharted Play
Uncharted Play creates fun products and services that allow people to rethink the function of play both as a tool to address major issues facing society today and as a way to keep joy at the forefront of our lives.
Jennifer Pahlka
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TED founder Jennifer Pahlka reminds us that technology is about citizenship and how the internet is fundamentally reshaping the way government can work.
Maria Klawe of Harvey Mudd College
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Why aren’t more young women pursuing careers in the ‘hard sciences,’ like computer science and engineering? That’s what Maria Klawe, President of Harvey Mudd College, has been wondering and researching for much of her career. Watch Why More Women Aren’t Computer Scientists, Engineers on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.
Gina Bianchini co-founder of Ning
WIE Symposium 2011: Gina Bianchini Interview
Gina Bianchini helped usher in the age of social media nearly a decade ago when she co-founded Ning, a social networking site that launched the same year as Facebook. © Huffington Post 2011.
Meebo’s Sandy Jen Interview
Meebo CTO and co-founder Sandy Jen come into the VentureBeat studio to talk about women and tech. © VentureBeat 2011.
Sheryl Sandberg, CEO of Facebook and the Ambition Gap
Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook Inc., discusses the global “ambition gap” for women. She spoke Jan. 27 on a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times moderates the discussion. (Source: World Economic Forum, Source: Bloomberg)
The Real Women Inventors of America
The Real Women Inventors of America participants document their invention journeys. This series will be documenting the raw reality of what it’s like being a woman inventor and entrepreneur while juggling being a wife, mother and additional income provider. These women aren’t waiting for a license deal or financial backing…they’re out there promoting their inventions on their own. Each inventor will be meeting with accomplished inventors and consultants in the industry to take their businesses to the next level.
© Womentorz 2011
Iranian Women Are On Top Of The World Inventor’s List
Iranian Women are Advancing in Science and Technology & Winning World Class Competitions in Research of the Sciences, Engineering and Technology over Leading Nations. © Korea International Women’s Invention Exposition 2008.
Aspire To Inspire: Women in Science
Julie Mitchell working on water recovery and recycling, Tara Ruttley talking about experiments on the International Space Station, and Carlie Zumwalt’s experience with Mars Analogs. © NASA 2011.
Women Role Models Project 