It's time once again to convene the annual roundtable of gadget geeks to review some of the best tech available this holiday season.

Today on Bytemarks Café, Burt and Ryan find out about some important work being done on finding a cost effective vaccine for the Ebola virus.

Today on Bytemarks Café, we’ll learn about an educational organization called Project Lead the Way. We’ll find out how their instructional design centers and real-world project focus helps students succeed in college, career and beyond.

Today on Bytemarks Café, we’ll learn about a student program on the Big Island called Nalukai Academy. We’ll talk to the organizers about how they enable students with the tools and skills to become entrepreneurial problem solvers and digital storytellers.

Today on Bytemarks Café, we’ll talk to a couple winners of the Purple Mai?a Purple Prize which integrates the concept of the Hackathon with M?lama ??ina. We’ll find out from the winning teams in the startup category how they’ve leveraged technology as diverse as machine learning and audio podcasting to reconnect with the land.

Today on Bytemarks Café, we’ll hear how computer science and computational thinking are making their way into K through 12 curriculum. We’ll talk to code.org and their partners Women in Technology to find out how coding skills prepare our students for the 21st century workforce.

Today on Bytemarks Café, we’ll hear about communities in Hawai?i and Okinawa that are living longer than the average life span. We’ll talk to researchers working to isolate the healthy aging gene and see how this might be activated in the general population.

Today on Bytemarks Café, we’ll hear about programs enabling citizen scientists to help map Hawai?i’s natural resources. Equipped with mobile applications we’ll talk about a training program to develop citizen foresters and another project to adopt a breadfruit tree.

Today on Bytemarks Café, we’ll learn about the challenges of doing business in China. We’ll talk to iTRAV-Local and find out how they’ve broken into the Chinese market and opening the doors for other local businesses.

Today on Bytemarks Café, the guys will hear about the Schools of the Future Conference - bringing together private schools and public schools to improve education. Funded by the Hawaii Community Foundation, the Conference highlights best practices and learning environments to prepare our students for the future.