Technology Education Collaborative (TEC)
The Technology Education Collaborative (TEC) empowers everyday people to become informed users of today's extraordinary technology.
We help people better understand the tech that surrounds them on a daily basis. TEC does this through practical application by hosting in-person, hands-on events ranging from Right to Repair workshops, Privacy meetups and tech field trips and demos.
Our agreement with the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab at GateWay Community College helps us give the general public hands-on access to advanced technologies from 3D printers to a podcasting studio people can use to learn, discover and play.
April 2025 TEC Events
April 2025 Privacy PIE: Personal Communication Privacy
Wyatt Johnson will go over what you can realistically do in today's modern world to keep your personal comms as private as possible (yes, your InfoSec can be secure).
Join us at the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab on Tuesday, April 8 at 6 p.m. The ACSL is at Gateway Community College's Washington Street campus. Directions and parking can be found here.
As a bonus, we'll be serving real apple slab pie! Because personal privacy is delicious.
TEC HAM Radio Meetup & Study Group (Sessions 2 & 3)
Our second and third dedicated study sessions will be held at the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab, located at Gateway Community College on:
Thursday, April 10 at 6 p.m.
Thursday, April 24 at 6 p.m.
Directions and parking for the ACSL can be found here. This cohort is studing and preparing for the FCC's Amateur Radio Service Technician Class license exam
Missed the first session? No worries - just email Contact@techedcollab.org for the study materials in advance of the class you'll be attending.
CHECK OUT THE TEC TALKS PODCAST
Stay Tuned for coming TEC TALKS EPISODES
Arizona State CISO Ryan Murray sat down with us for our What Does a [Technologist] Do? segment and a bonus few extra few questions.
We'll also be talking to Laura Ellington, who was a woman in STEM long before it was cool. We'll get her take on what it's like to be a woman engineer now compared to back then and get some of her insights into becoming an engineer.
These episodes will be published by the end of April 2025.
ICYMI TEC Talks Episode
What Does a Technical Support Engineer Do? Featuring Patrick Smith
Patrick Smith tells us what it’s like to be a Technical Support Engineer for a major credit card company. He also offers some great tips on how not to annoy your company’s IT staff.
The TEC Article Club
The Technology for Autonomous Weapons Exists. What Now?
In a phenomenal piece for Undark, reporter Sarah Scoles deep dives into the technological advancements and ethical and human implications of autonomous weaponry. Combining meticulous, deeply researched reporting - yes, there's plenty of tech specs - with unparalleled narrative nonfiction skills, Scoles examines both the technological challenges and triumphs of modern weaponry while also giving every argument about its use and ethics fair due.
As both proxy and direct wars continue to rage at the dawn of 2025 with very little sign of abating, the technical, political, ethical and human implications of AI weaponry is no longer a theoretical dorm-room debate; it's the world we live in now. That's worth learning about, and you can't get much of a better guide than Scoles. If you've been waiting for a piece to talk about, this one is it.
Author: Sarah Scoles
Date Published: November 26, 2024
Publication: Undark
Undark is a nonprofit, editorially independent digital magazine exploring the intersection of science and society.
Long and Ugly Link:
https://undark.org/2024/11/26/unleashed-autonomous-weapons/?src=longreads
Length: 4,857 words
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