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Innovative training helps dogs communicate with owners
Great story out of Georgia Tech, where students have developed a solution that could allow assistance dogs to better communicate with their handlers. Check it out here: In a project now known as FIDO (for Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations), the group is constructing dog vests studded with an array of sensors that the…
Was a Nobel Laureate Initimidated into Not Filing a Patent for Graphene?
A number of people have commented about a recent story on Andre Geim, the inventor of graphene and new Nobel Laureate in physics, and his decision to not pursue a patent. One widely read recent tweet linked to a discussion on Slashdot that allegedly “Puts the lie to the claim that patents help small inventors.”…
How gravity can store electricity
We all know that wind turbine and other solar power is a fantastic idea, but many people fear its reliability. After all, we can’t make the sun shine or the wind blow. But what about storing that energy for cloudy or windless days? ARES’ technology uses heavy rail cars that are pushed to the top…
Hiring the perfect employee sometimes takes a mindreader!
Are you a recruiter or a hiring manager? Imagine being able to really get inside your job candidates’ brains to find the most suitable applicant. two middle east nations are ramping up the weeding out process. Israel’s BBR Saatchi & Saatchi IL ad agency has come up with an innovative recruitment process that puts applicants…
What do you know about bitcoins?
I’ve been blogging about bitcoins for a while now, and it seems that in th past few months more and more people around the world are sitting up and taking notice. If you have not yet checked into these, take a look at this: Post by InnovationEdge.
The Future of Learning
Ask any student if they’d rather learn their lessons through online interactive tools or via a classroom lecture with textbooks, and you can imagine which method will overwhelmingly win out. Even a first-grader will tell you how they learn with computers and even handheld gameshow-like remotes and interactive white boards that help them participate during…