Social Networking Nudge
A recent survey by the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth found that 98 percent of higher ed institutions are on Facebook, and 84 percent are on Twitter.SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed Read the Full Article
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Photonic neuron may compute a billion times faster than brain circuits
The name of the project — “photonic neuron” — was catchy enough, but what really caught Mitchell Nahmias’ attention was the opportunity to combine his interests in engineering and neuroscience.SOURCE: Princeton UniversityRead the Full Story
Universities Start Effort to Extend Broadband to Local Communities
Twenty-nine universities across the country have started a project to extend their high-speed networks to surrounding communities. SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher EducationRead the Full Article
Open Source for the Back Office
Management software rarely gets the Hollywood treatment. But earlier this month, Cornell University held a premiere for its new financial management system, complete with a two-story projection screen.SOURCE: Inside Higher EducationRead the Full Article
Engineers Develop Material That Could Speed Telecommunications
Researchers at Columbia Engineering School have demonstrated that light can travel on an artificial material without leaving a trace under certain conditions, technology that would have many applications from the military to telecommunications.SOURCE: Columbia University Read the Full Article
Booz&Co: The power of Web 3.0 – how to prepare–Download the Report
The advent of Web 2.0 allowed users to go beyond the passive consumption of web content, enabling them to participate fully in the actual generation of content on any number of new media.SOURCE: ComputerWeeklyRead the Article and Download the Report
A Network for Wild Experimentation
ESNet and Internet2 have built a networking test bed for ideas that are too disruptive for the networks that people actually use.SOURCE: MIT Technology ReviewRead the Full Article
$200,000 in funding announced by Australian Moodle Partner, NetSpot, to sustain early stage eLearning innovations from the Higher Education sector.
NetSpot announced a $200,000 eLearning Innovation Fund today at the annual Moodle Conference in Sydney in front of over 500 delegates.SOURCE: NewsMakerRead the Press Release
Study Finds That Memory Works Differently in the Age of Google
The rise of Internet search engines like Google has changed the way our brain remembers information, according to research by Columbia University psychologist Betsy Sparrow published July 14 in Science.SOURCE: Columbia University Read the Full Article
Leading Web-based Signature Solution Joins Document Exchange Services Platform
SAN JOSE, Calif. — July 18, 2011 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that it has acquired EchoSign, a leading Web-based provider of electronic signatures and signature automation. EchoSign’s pioneering electronic signature solution will be a key component of Adobe’s document exchange services platform for reliably exchanging documents for universal access, review and approval.SOURCE: […]
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