Google Wants Search to Know What You Know
A revamped search engine might return different results depending on whether you’ve researched a subject before.SOURCE: MIT Technology Review Read the Full Article
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IBM Builds Biggest Data Drive Ever
The system could enable detailed simulations of real-world phenomena—or store 24 billion MP3s.SOURCE: MIT Technology Review Read the Full Article
What Students Don’t Know
CHICAGO — For a stranger, the main library at the University of Illinois at Chicago can be hard to find. The directions I got from a pair of clerks at the credit union in the student center have proven unreliable. I now find myself adrift among ash trees and drab geometric buildings.SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed […]
Finding the discipline: Assessing student activity in Second Life
AbstractFor the second-language learner, the affordances of a virtual world have the potential to confer benefits conventionally aligned with real world experiences. However, little is known about the pedagogical benefits linked to the specific characteristics of the virtual world, let alone the issues arising for staff hoping to assess students’ participation in these worlds. This […]
In pursuit of chips that behave like human brains, IBM announces a milestone
SAN FRANCISCO — Computers, like humans, can learn. But when Google tries to fill in your search box based only on a few keystrokes, or your iPhone predicts words as you type a text message, it’s only a narrow mimicry of what the human brain is capable.SOURCE: The Washington Post Read the Full Article
Doing Research With Undergraduates
One of the most disheartening experiences of my undergraduate education—a mostly terrific four years—came about when I decided, in my senior year, that I wanted to pursue an independent study.SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher EducationRead the Full Article
Verizon opens Application Innovation Center
Verizon has launched a new Application Innovation Center in San Francisco. The company announced the opening of the new center Wednesday.SOURCE: The Washington Post Read the Full Article
Is Your Technology Making You an ‘Emerging Human?’
Technology may be making us better people. Literally. According to University of Queensland’s Phillip D. Long, technology, in particular social media, may have already begun to augment the innate capabilities of human beings in new and profound ways, “not as a crutch or a proxy, but as an actual integrating force,” as he explains in […]
A Dozen Economic Facts About Innovation
During the past century, innovation in mechanics, computing technology, medicine, and business practices has driven economic growth, raised wages, and helped Americans lead longer and healthier lives. Since the 1970s, however, the pace of innovation has slowed, leading to lower overall wage growth for American workers. Moreover, those gains that have been made have not […]
Internet Activities and Developmental Predictors: Gender Differences Among Digital Natives
Widespread adoption of the Internet during the past two decades has produced the first generation of digital natives. Ninety-five children (Mage = 10.4 years) completed a questionnaire that measured three clusters of variables: 1) Internet use at home and school, 2) peer, school, and home self-esteem, 3) and cognitive abilities (planning, attention, and simultaneous and […]