EFFINGHAM — Patterson Companies, Inc., announced this week plans to double the size of its current technology center in Effingham.

The US Department of Education just released its National Educational Technology Plan, entitled Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology. The executive summary is a little easier read and is available here. I had a great discussion Tuesday with Microsoft’s Director of Innovation for Education, Mary Cullinane about the plan in general and Microsoft's strategy to help ...

Medical Alarm Concepts Holding, Inc., manufacturer of the MediPendant™, the only fully-monitored medical alarm system that allows you to speak and listen directly through the pendant, announces that MediPendant™ has become the first medical alarm device with Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication (DECT) technology to be approved by the Federal Communications Commission.

SINGAPORE: The first degree programmes under the Singapore Institute of Technology will begin classes from August, one year ahead of schedule.

Walter Harris knew after he walked into the medical supply store that $80 for the walker was not feasible.So employees sent him to the East Tennessee Technology Access Center, where he borrowed a walker for his senior citizen mother Alma to use while her broken ankle heals."This helps her get around the house; she can be independent," he said. "I never was aware of this program. I'm greatly ...

Most people are familiar with security technology that scans a person's handprint or eye for identification purposes. Now we are closer to practical technology that can test someone's voice to confirm their identity.

Bill Gates loses top spot, but stock surge lifts fortunes of youngest and once-young technology moguls.

TORONTO - Early adopters can buy a new 3D TV by the end of the month, Samsung said Wednesday, although it remains to be seen how many consumers will be willing to pay a premium for a technology in its infancy.

In this photograph taken by AP Images for Best Buy, Brad, left, and Ashley Katsuyama, sample Panasonic's 3D technology before becoming the world's first consumers to purchase a complete 3D home theater system at Best Buy Wednesday in New York.

SIKESTON -- Two years into its three-year districtwide technology plan, Sikeston R-6 has already received six times the amount it initially spent to get a project started.