Technology

M-A Team 766 begins the process of competing in the 2013 FIRST robotics competition

Menlo Atherton High School Team 766 was among the hundreds of teenagers on 50 teams from Bay Area high schools that gathered yesterday  for the

by Contributed Content
on January 6, 2013

Village Tech Solutions brings Internet and interactive video to schools in developing nations

When Haydi and David Sowerine board their plane for Kathmandu today, they'll be traveling with five AV-tech prototypes they hope will provide new and more

by Linda Hubbard
on November 26, 2012

Learn about apps for iPad and iPhone on Nov. 3 at Friends of the Menlo Park Library lecture

Menlo Park Library presents Books, Movies, and Apps Galore: Downloading Media to your iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch on Saturday, November 3 at 11:00 am

by Roberta Roth
on October 31, 2012

SLAC celebrates 50th anniversary: What’s gone on underneath Menlo Park?

Even though the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is celebrating its 50th anniversary today, we're guessing that what goes on at SLAC is probably a mystery

by Linda Hubbard
on August 25, 2012

Internet pioneer Elizabeth “Jake” Feinler is now a member of the Hall of Fame

When Elizabeth Feinler — known as Jake, a name her sister gave her in childhood  — was completing high school in Wheeling, West Virginia, she envisioned

by Linda Hubbard
on June 26, 2012

Menlo Park’s robot “factory” announces new robotics foundation

Willow Garage, the developer of the PR2 personal computer (pictured), today announced the formation of The Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc., an independent, non-profit organization

by Contributed Content
on May 9, 2012

Staying safe online is topic of free program on May 11

Facebook Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan and Menlo Park Police Dept. Commander Dave Bertini are the featured speakers at a program called Thinking Smart Online

by Linda Hubbard
on May 8, 2012

SLAC Colloquium examines Wikipedia’s protest of SOPA, PIPA on May 7

On Jan. 18, many websites went dark as part of a mass protest against two proposed bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and the

by Contributed Content
on May 4, 2012

Facebook’s Zuckerberg and Sandberg reveal new tool “to save lives” on ABC on May 1

Update on May 1: Facebook announced that "organ donation status" was being added to Timeline. Here's how. In exclusive interviews, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and

by Linda Hubbard
on April 30, 2012

Facebook introduces Hacker Way and its new Menlo Park campus to community

Facebook held an open house for community leaders on Tuesday (12/6) at its new Menlo Park headquarters campus at the east end of Willow Road

by Scott Loftesness
on December 7, 2011