Tag: Technology

There’s A Class For That At MDC

In partnership with Apple, Miami Dade College’s Idea Center is offering a non-credit programming course called Swift, where students, regardless of experience, will learn...

The Death Of Malls In America

Malls are filled with firsts—buying your first set of shoes, taking your first family photo and even meeting Santa for the first time. However,...

Sensitive Information Needs To Be Safe

The data that we save on our personal computers is valuable. Losing this information can be an  enormous inconvenience. Flash drives don’t help this...

Quantum Computers—A New Age

During recent years, a new type of computer has been intensely studied and developed: the quantum computer. Although they are currently only used in...

College Launches MyMDC Mobile Application

Miami Dade College will soon be in the palm of your hands when the College launches a new mobile application on Nov. 29. In...

Feeling Lost On Campus? Now you can Ask Alexa

Andres Gutierrez stands in the main rotunda at West Campus, hovering over a black plastic-top desk where an Amazon Echo Dot sits next to...

Miami Dade College Receives $700,000 From JPMorgan Chase Bank

JPMorgan Chase awarded $700,000 to Miami Dade College on Oct. 17 at the college’s board of trustees meeting in an effort to produce more...

Robots Lead To Boredom

Robotics will be more present in the lives of humans in the near future. Factories, stores, supermarkets, auto-operated cars and surgical operations almost completely...

Electric Cars: How Close Are They?

With rising gasoline prices and growing concern over climate change, electric cars (not hybrids, fully electric cars) seem to be the solution to make...

Big Data And The Violation Of Human Rights

In the era of globalization, where technology is an essential part of most people's lives, it is very important that companies and governments, which...

Kendall Campus Professor Fuses Technology Into English Curriculum

Students in professor Christine Robinson’s ENC 1102 course sit in a dimly lit computer lab with 25 iMacs and two large screen projectors—a classroom...

The Olympia Theater Hosts A Tech Love-Themed Event

MDC Live Arts will showcase Nufonia Must Fall, a performance based on a graphic novel that narrates the love story between an office drone...