by andflywrite | Aug 8, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
“It was sort of a Eureka moment” says the Harvard researcher announcing new “folding robot”. We investigated cheap, fast, and easy ways of being able to build machines and robots based on folding. We worked with our collaborators at MIT, who...
by andflywrite | Aug 8, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
My favorite heading in this Wired article on IBM new chip is:”But Can It Learn?” All sorts of implications for chips like this, and it’s also made possible because we are in that sweet spot of innovation, where doubling of processing power according...
by andflywrite | Aug 7, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER, GO AHEAD CALLER
We’ve noted for some years now that the big kahuna of change in learning options and access and employment opportunities is “Accreditation”. Assuming access becomes less and less of an obstacle, what will be left in the way of OTL will...
by andflywrite | Aug 6, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
Shai Reshef wants to democratize higher education. At University of the People, he runs a tuition-free online school that offers tuition-free college-level studies to students across the globe, offering bachelor’s and associate’s degrees in two...
by andflywrite | Aug 5, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
Storytelling and data = Tableau Software. Worth a look. Their slogan is “Tell the Story in your Data. They had a storytelling contest recently, and that link has some of the winners. This is a sort of “advanced” infographic tool.
