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Understand technology today. Help shape tomorrow.
Learning how a sensor works might give you an idea for detecting floods sooner. Exploring robotics could get you thinking about how to make a difficult job easier. Many useful ideas begin with a simple question: how does this work?
LSLab brings together practical technology articles in Vietnamese and English. Start with something that interests you, and follow the questions from there.
What can understanding technology help us do?
The next generation will have new tools at hand, along with practical questions: how can we waste less energy, make work safer, care for one another and keep our surroundings healthy?
Finding answers starts with understanding the technologies around us. Ask questions, check where information comes from and consider how an idea might work in real life.
At LSLab, you will find approachable articles on topics from circuits to artificial intelligence, from how robots move to how ecosystems recover.
How are these technologies connected?
In a system, sensors pick up signals, chips process them, AI spots useful patterns and robots carry out instructions. These technologies work together, and they connect to everyday questions too: how we produce and use energy, recycle materials and help the environment recover.
- Internet of Things (IoT)Physical objects with sensors and network connections that collect, send and receive data.
- RoboticsHow robots are designed, controlled and programmed so machines can sense and act in the physical world.
- Artificial intelligenceMethods that let computers learn from data to recognise patterns, make predictions and take decisions.
- MicrochipsElectronic circuits miniaturised on a piece of semiconductor, the basis of computers and digital devices.
- SemiconductorsMaterials whose electrical conductivity lies between a conductor and an insulator, used to make electronic components.
- Energy technologyHow energy is generated, stored and used, with a focus on green energy and batteries for mobile devices.
- Quantum technologyTechnology built on effects of quantum physics, such as quantum computers and quantum sensors.
- Recycling technologyHow used materials are collected, sorted and processed so they can be used again.
- Environmental restorationMethods that bring damaged land, water and ecosystems back to a healthier state.
Start with what you're curious about
You do not need to know what you will do in the future. Choose a question you are curious about. Read an article, look closely at the illustrations and try explaining what you learned in your own words. If a term is new, read its explanation; to go further, explore the sources at the end of the article.
What Is Artificial Intelligence?
What artificial intelligence (AI) is, how it differs from human intelligence and how computers learn from data. A first article for complete beginners.
Artificial intelligence4 min read
What Is a Robot?
What a robot is, what jobs robots do and what abilities they need to work. A first article for beginners, explained with familiar examples.
Robotics4 min read
What Role Does Biodiversity Play?
Explore biodiversity’s roles in food webs, resilience and human life through the linked example of sea otters, sea urchins and kelp forests.
Environmental restoration5 min read
What you learn can help someone else
Useful changes often start with needs close to home: helping someone with a disability get around more easily, helping a school use less electricity or making it easier for neighbours to sort waste. When people share what they know and contribute their time, those changes can reach further into society and beyond.
We hope you will find a subject at LSLab that makes you want to explore further. The articles are free, with no account needed; choose a level that suits you and read at your own pace. If an article leaves you with a new question, follow it. If you spot something that needs fixing, use Report this article at the bottom or send a note via Contact.
Start with what you are curious about. See where that question takes you.