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‘You Are Okay’ – Website Helps Teens Confront Mental Illness

Posted May 15th, 2015 at 2:48 pm (UTC-4)
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A New York-based non-profit is harnessing the power of social media and video streaming to ignite a conversation about mental illness among teenagers in the U.S. and abroad. Project UROK – You Are Okay – is a “mental health destigmatization effort that utilizes YouTube and social media to create fun, informative and inclusive videos for […]

FINDER Saves Lives in Nepal; Tech Diversity; Brain Spying; Iran’s Bieber Headache

Posted May 7th, 2015 at 2:05 pm (UTC-4)
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Today’s Tech Sightings: New Device That Detects Heartbeats Saves 4 Lives in Nepal Prototype devices provided by NASA – called FINDER or Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response, have located four people trapped under the rubble of Nepal’s devastating April 25 earthquake. Using microwave radar that specifically zeros in on human heartbeats, FINDER devices […]