State of the Union: President Obama outlines United States of Technology

Technology had the spotlight in President Obama’s State of the Union address.

“Today in America ... an entrepreneur flipped on the lights in her tech startup, and did her part to add to the more than 8 million new jobs our businesses have created over the past four years," said President Barack Obama. And that was just the second sentence. Innovation has always been a major talking point in the annual SOTU speech, but last night Obama wove technology into several of the overarching themes of his message: employment, education, and the global economy. But whether these mentions were just talking points in a speech or grounds for actual change remain on a case-by-case basis. Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education has been the battle cry of education-oriented politicians as of late, but in the SOTU, President Obama touched on a different aspect of education: wireless access.