In the Tech Innovators Series, Mashable introduces you to 10 of tech’s top innovators. From adaptive learning to mobile video-sharing and computers that you command with gestures of the hand, these gamechangers are introducing new technologies and redefining — or creating entirely new — industries. Check out the summaries below and click through for full articles about these innovators and their work.
1. Adaptive Learning: Why Your Kids Will Be Smarter Than You
“Education is a big problem,” says Knewton CEO Jose Ferreira. He’s spent his whole life in the education space, starting at Kaplan in 1991. He tried to bring adaptive learning to Kaplan in 1993, but Ferreira was ahead of his time; once technology caught up, he founded the adaptive learning platform Knewton in 2008.
To read the original article: The Innovators Behind 10 Hot Technologies
