The Olympics for Robots!
Right after hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in London, the United Kingdom is holding another competition, this one without people. Bristol is holding the FIRA RoboWorld Cup. Robots are currently competing in sports like soccer, sprinting, basketball and weightlifting! If you ever wondered what robots use as dumbbells, its DVDs, with the current robot world record of lifting 89 DVDs at once. For more information as well as pictures from the event, click here to be directed to Sky News’...
Read MoreLearn How To Code From YouTube Educator Khan Academy
This is sweet and we want every Per Scholas student (and anyone starting a tech career) to take advantage of what Khan Academy has to offer. LEARN HOW TO CODE FROM YOUTUBE EDUCATOR KHAN ACADEMY by NEAL UNGERLEIDER Fast Company Co.Exist Online education giant Khan Academy is offering a fully immersive e-learning system for JavaScript and basic programming. The new Khan Academy Computer Science school teaches coding through art and picture-drawing exercises, and is a direct competitor to other popular learn-to-code organizations. Internet education giant Khan Academy is venturing into...
Read MoreThe Internet Turns 21!
What would you do without the internet? Yesterday, August 6th, the World Wide Web celebrated its 21st birthday! The internet was invented by Tim Berners-Lee, who proposed the idea while working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland. Berners-Lee planned for the web to be a worldwide network of computers sharing information and it definitely has! Read more about Tim Berners-Lee and the World Wide Web in this Huffington Post...
Read MoreWhat Really Matters When Buying a Laptop
With so many options on the market, purchasing a laptop can be daunting. New York Time’s author, Sam Grobart, has written a “buying guide” on what to look for in a laptop. Grobart takes the position that things like processor and battery life should not matter when selecting the laptop right for you. You can read the rest of Grobart’s article here (opens new...
Read MoreCreepy or not? A Phone that Knows Where You’re Going
From TECHNOLOGY REVIEW. Published by MIT. A Phone that Knows Where You’re Going An algorithm can better predict your future movements by getting a little help from your friends. DAVID TALBOTMonday, July 9, 2012 Beyond merely tracking where you’ve been and where you are, your smartphone might soon actually know where you are going—in part by recording what your friends do. Researchers in the U.K. have come up with an algorithm that follows your own mobility patterns and adjusts for anomalies by factoring in the patterns of people in your social group (defined...
Read MoreHow to Muddy Your Tracks on the Internet
New York Times By KATE MURPHY Published: May 2, 2012 Legal and technology researchers estimate that it would take about a month for Internet users to read the privacy policies of all the Web sites they visit in a year. So in the interest of time, here is the deal: You know that dream where you suddenly realize you’re stark naked? You’re living it whenever you open your browser. There are no secrets online. That emotional e-mail you sent to your ex, the illness you searched for in a fit of hypochondria, those hours spent watching kitten videos (you can take that as a euphemism if...
Read MoreFujitsu dabbles in palm reading, hopes to bring biometric sensors to tablets
See original article from Engadget When you think about it, there’s no reason that biometric recognition can’t provide security on tablets — well, aside from the need for a sensor thin enough to fit on a slate. Fujitsu has been on the job, making significant progress since showing off its clunky palm vein reader. The company’s latest development on the biometric front is an authentication sensor that measures a minuscule 5mm thick, which is slight enough for use in tablets. Fujitsu employed its PalmSecure technology for reading users’ palm vein...
Read MoreThe Future of Money and Mobile Commerce
See original article from Mashable If you’re over the age of 20, you’ve likely used a credit card, counted change and maybe even written a check. But is all that about to change? Mobile payment hasn’t become the de facto method of financial transactions just yet, but it is projected to overtake those archaic checkbooks and bank notes you’ve been lugging around. Three types of mobile payments dominate the marketplace today: m-commerce (uses a mobile browser and online wallets), m-payments (uses mobile apps), and m-wallets (replaces your entire wallet). Furthermore,...
Read More
