Students Only Use Macbooks in this Classroom (2)
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The Macbook-only Classroom All students in this university classroom are working on an Apple MacBook. The picture was shown at the recent "Apple Notebook" event that was captured live by Engadget. Students Only Use Macbooks in this Classroom - Digital Inspiration
Writing Tips from an Economist (13)
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One of the best books for writers in the social sciences is Deirdre McCloskey’s Economical Writing, a very short, very small book that offers a number of important principles for writing. McCloskey is an economist by training, but she has written across a wide variety of fields. Economical Writing is a must-have and a must-read for any serious writer. Here are five of her points from Economical Writing and elsewhere I have tried to incorporate ...
Researchers demo "unbreakable encryption" based on quantum cryptography (5)
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Filed under: Misc. GadgetsCall us devilish, but we just can't help but love these types of stories. Here we have yet another overly confident group of researchers grossly underestimating the collective power of the hacking underground, as gurus from all across Europe have joined together to announce "the first commercial communication network using unbreakable encryption based on quantum cryptography." Interestingly enough, quantum cryptography has already been cracked in a kinda-sorta way, but that's not stopping ...
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Adrian said:
I give it a week in the wild before someone figures out how to break it.
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A Practical Guide to University (1)
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It’s seven weeks until the final exam period of my last week of my last semester of my last year at university will officially end. While I don’t feel like I’ve learnt all that much academically, I’ve learnt a lot about getting through university. My degree is the technical kind, more computer-based practice rather than essay and report writing but there’s still plenty of that too. Not all advice will apply to everyone, all programs ...
what $48,000 a year gets you (3)
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jenny says these notes have started showing up in several of the bathroom stalls in her freshman dorm at oberlin college. as far she knows, jenny says, none of her fellow frosh have taken the custodians up on their suggestion…but who knows what’ll happen once parents’ weekend rolls around? so, president krislov… care to comment? related: you might want to take a hard look at your washcloth first
how i “did” my grandma (8)
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“my dear, sweet grandmother lived a long, full life and passed away recently at the age of 88,” writes mark in denton, texas, but he still has the valentine his “memaw” sent him back in 2005 during his freshman year of college. before the cockles of your heart get too warmed, however, take note: mars says, “what appears at first glance to be an innocent, heartfelt valentine turned out to contain a message that pretty ...
Einstein's eco-friendly refrigerator concept dusted off, put to good use (11)
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Filed under: HouseholdGiven how large the green bandwagon has become, it's no real shock to see an energy-saving concept from the 1930s being exhumed and investigated further. Scientists at Oxford University have begun to take a closer look at an early invention from the great Albert Einstein in order to hopefully create refrigerators (and appliances in general) that could be used completely without electricity. Back in the day, Sir Albert created a mechanism that had ...
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JDAL. said:
Albert Einstein, the gift that keeps on giving.
8 Reasons Why We're Not Prepared For The Future (1)
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The world is changing faster than we can imagine. Students who enrolled in university today have different expectations from those that are graduating this year. Fascinating statistics out of Amherst College, in western Massachusetts. These stats were cherry-picked from a bigger list available at Academic Commons in the post, IT Index. The school enrolled 438 first year students this fall and has a total student population of over 1600. It's painfully obvious that the workplace ...
Learning about teaching in Second Life (1)
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Jass Easterman aka Sue Gregory from the University of New England talking about her role in working with a range of students. They were learning how to use Second Life in their future professional teaching career. This is a story of what Sue was doing. The audio is a feed out of the conference, so at time’s shes answering comments and questions in the back channel. I found it facinating to hear some of experience. ...
MIT gurus dream up self-sustaining sensor network for preventing forest (4)
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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Thanks, MIT. Why don't you just make the rest of the world feel a little more useless. Every week or so, we're forced to stare at yet another amazing invention coming from your doors; to be frank, it's just downright unfair. All childish angst aside, the latest idea to come from the institution is one that could certainly be put to good use: a self-sustaining sensor network that taps into trees ...
Advice for Students: Start Planning Now for Life After College (4)
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At the end of every school year, the media is stuffed with advice for soon-to-be graduates looking forward with excitement — and not a little fear – to setting out on their careers. I’ve althinways felt that this was just a little bit too late – by the time June rolls around, you’re competing with literally millions of recent grads, all frantic to find some kind of handhold in this thing called “real life”. No, ...
.NET University in Columbus, OH - November 8, 2008 (1)
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If you are a regular reader of my blog, I need your help.Jim Holmes and I are putting on a .NET University-style event on November 8, 2008. It will be held at the Columbus Microsoft office (it's right next to Polaris Mall).Here's where I need your help. I don't need you to register. I don't need you to attend. I need you to tell the junior developers at your company about this. I need you ...
MIT developing autonomous wheelchair that listens when you speak (4)
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Filed under: Transportation Oh MIT, do the wonders that come from your halls ever cease? Yet another remarkable development is emerging from the fabled institution, and this time it's an autonomous wheelchair that can remember important places in a given building (read: the hospital ward, your house, the local arcade, etc.) and then take you there on command. In other words, the voice recognizing chair could understand phrases of direction, such as "head to the ...
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Stuart said:
How about that Seth Teller? He and his group keep doing amazing and important work.
DOE offers $4.4 million for university biofuel projects (1)
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Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, Legislation and Policy, USAIt's not all li-ion battery tech that the federal government is givng support to these days; biofuels are getting some tax dollars as well. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that six biofuel projects at universities around the U.S. will be getting up to $4.4 million in funding. The good news is that the money is for work in non-food cellulosic ethanol research. Full details are ...
PhD Completion Rates (1)
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According to this Higher Ed article, I’ve a 63% chance of completing my PhD (see Social Sciences) within ten years [via]. But at least it is much better than my American colleagues. Inability to holding full-time jobs and restrictions on visa renewals probably explain the gap between internationals and Americans. Does it help if I add that my family especially my wife will skin me alive if I take ten years?
Students are choosing green colleges (1)
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Filed under: Green on CampusStudents consider many features of a school before they decide which one they will attend, from location to reputation and now, its environmental and social practices. This year, The Princeton Review debuted its Green Rating Honor Roll, ranking 534 schools based on their green policies and classroom opportunities. Their annual "College Hopes and Worries Survey" was also conducted, and it showed a rising interest among students to attend colleges that not ...
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Para aqueles que andam sempre atentos as novas startups aqui está mais um projecto inovador acabadinho de sair da Universidade do Minho. Apesar de o projecto ainda estar muito verde os autores já contam com algumas parcerias importantes, assim como o sempre necessário apoio financeiro. A ideia por trás do Ambrosio é um agregador de produtos/lojas de comercio tradicional, servindo este como veiculo de promoção das lojas/produtos e fornecendo aos utilizadores finais produtos que, por ...
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