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The ability to pause and rewind podcast lectures gave the upper hand to college students in a recent study that compared the performance of students who attended a lecture in person and those who viewed it from iTunes University. Read the Full Article Source: eSchool News
Stephen Wolfram has a track record of scientific breakthroughs and some controversy. He received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Caltech in 1979 when he was 20 and has focused most of his career on probing complex systems. In 1988 he launched Mathematica, powerful computational software that has become the gold standard in its field. […]
A surfboard with Internet capability, cars that drive themselves, gadgets that recognize forgotten acquaintances, the extinction of humans by supercomputers. Read the Full Article Source: Stanford University
MIT’s Technology Review presents its annual list of 10 technologies that can change the way we live. Read the Full ArticleSource: Technology Review
Google Apps Education Edition is coming to an open source learning management system near you. Moodlerooms, a Moodle partner, is launching a new enhancement to the open source LMS in collaboration with search giant Google to provide access to the application suite using a single sign-on. Read the Full Article Source: Campus Technology
At a press conference held at the Morgan Library in New York City this morning, Amazon announced a new version of its Kindle electronic reading device. Read the Full Article Source: MIT Technology Review
Google has released the Google Earth 5 beta, a major update to its geographical exploration software. The new release adds the ability to explore below the oceans and also incorporates features for exploring portions of the surface of Mars. Read the Full Article
Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH has implemented a high-definition video conferencing system from LifeSize to link up researchers and students from around the world. Case links faculty at the university’s Science and Technology Application Center (STAC), located in San Diego, CA, with researchers and students in Case’s department of Electrical Engineering and Computer […]
As the One Laptop Per Child project scrambles to revitalize itself after numerous setbacks, staff layoffs and dismal sales, it could find the footing it needs to survive by playing to its product’s hidden strength as a low-priced, take-it-anywhere e-book reader. Read the Full Article
India’s ministry in charge of higher education says it will make low-power laptops available, at a cost of just $10 apiece, to the Indian market within six months — as part of a major initiative to increase the number of students going to college, The Indian Express reports. Read the Full Article
