Tetrix Robotics In The Classroom If you loved Erector sets growing up, your kids will love Tetrix Robotics by Pitsco Education. There are a few companies doing robotics in the classroom right, and one of those is Pitsco Education with their Tetrix Robotics kits. These kits will remind you of Erector sets of the 70's [...]
As hard as it is to do sometimes, there are times and places that we have to put our phones on silent. Though necessary, leaving your phone on silent for a long time can be a real pain, causing you to miss calls and notifications. To fight this, you can either be glued to your [...]
The Techfaster team got sidetracked on Monday morning at the International Society For Technology In Education (ISTE) conference in Atlanta Georgia. Our six year old special event corespondent Tatum F, had found the Tale2Go booth. Tales2Go is a Netflix like service that streams a giant catalog of kids audio books to whatever device kids have [...]
McDonalds Order App McDonalds has always prided themselves on how fast they can serve you two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun along with an order of fries and a drink. McDonalds restaurants that stay on their toes can usually get that to the customer from order [...]
Newsomatic Android Newsomatic, the app that we called "The Weekly Reader For Today's Modern Classroom" was at ISTE 2014 in the startup pavilion showing off a new way for kids to take in the news, and their hot off the presses Android version of the app. We already knew that Newsomatic presented five original stories [...]
A web designers job requires many skills that are, individually, in high demand. It just so happens that these web designers package all of their talents toward completing one main goal: developing websites for individuals and businesses. But there is so much more out there if one is willing to develop and market one of [...]
While it may seem like a good idea, using a white board for a projector is actually really bad on the eyes. The glare that comes from most white boards. When white boards are used for projection screens there are often spots that are sometimes referred to as "sun spots" that appear in the middle [...]
Google Acquires Songza On Tuesday, Google announced that it had acquired Songza. Songza, if you haven't heard of them, offer a unique take on music streaming. Rather than using algorithms and similar artist mash-ups, Songza offers human curated playlists, based on various factors like time of the day, or mood, or location. It is a [...]
Zspace Virtual Reality Classroom The ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) Conference 2014 was full of awesome EdTech products. However, there was one product in particular that really stood out. The zSpace was far and away the most interesting thing that we, or at least I, looked at. Although the zSpace was one of the [...]
Apple iCup Barista If you've got what it takes to deliver the best customer service and the best brewed coffee, espresso and other caffeinated beverages Apple may be looking for you. Do you love being a Barista but you're striving for a new challenge? Apple has posted an employment ad for an iCup technician. No [...]
