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It sounds like something straight out of an old science fiction novel. But Motorola says that tattoos providing proof of a user's identity could one day replace the need for passwords altogether.

What's coming to technology next year? Despite what consultants tell, predicting the future is all about educated guessing as opposed to science. Still, guessing can be fun. So let's see…

"Google recently released a video of "Project Glass", its concept of an augmented reality system, triggering a wave of posts asking "Wow, can they really do that?". Followed by a tsunami of shouting "Not even nearly". It is an excellent piece of science-fiction, but in terms of launchable products they might as well have played a clip of Star Trek."

Cloning Blu-ray movies on Mac computer? Yes, you are not talking insane, because cloning Blu-rays on Mac is not something like rocket science. On the contrary, with a Mac Blu-ray cloner software, it is super easy, you can do it with just a few more mouse clicks. DVDFab Blu-ray Copy for Mac is such a software which can help you clone a Blu-ray movie from disc onto Mac HDD as ISO image file or onto another blank BD disc.

The web leader enters the e-textbook trend and so this week announces a new feature in its Play store, allowing customers to buy and rent digital version of textbooks. Students can go to the online store and search from the long list of publishing partners and a big selection of higher standard learning topics, with all from science to English to match to history.

"Now that we have the I.D.E.A. Studio  (Imagination Destination at Episcopal Academy), a new space at my school for interdisciplinary work, I have been excited to collaborate with teachers to imagine new student projects. Our first grade social studies work is centered around an exploration of places, starting with students' bedrooms and expanding out all the way to the Earth. This exploration begins by reading students the book Me on the Map. From there, students begin following a similar examination of places and maps that the girl in the book explores. Over the past few years, I have developed a variety of projects that integrate technology into this work in meaningful ways, such as the intersections between mapping, coding, and the distance between home and school. This year, I wanted to see if we could bring more hands-on making into the curriculum. I began to design a new unit (check out this Google Doc to see it) that would bring together students' expertise and knowledge of current spaces they frequent (e.g., their bedrooms, the classroom, or the lunchroom) and allow them to consider the design elements involved in creating one of those spaces together as a class. This type of project would integrate ISTE standards, Next Generation Science Standards, reading and writing standards, and connect directly to students' expanding exploration of places from Me on the Map."