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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Peak Internet Comes into View
By assuming that the rate of increase in use of the Internet continues to follow a logistic curve, we were able to estimate when adoption would hit 50 per cent (see graph). In a logistic curve, this always corresponds to … Continue reading
Skype Adds Video Calling
Skype today announced that the new version of its iPhone application adds video call support, allowing users to make video calls over 3G and Wi-Fi networks. Skype Adds Video Calling to iPhones, iPad, iPod touch
$7M Competition to Improve the Personal Genome Machine
Ion Torrent announced a $7 million competition to increase the performance of their Personal Genome Machine (PGMTM) sequencer. The threshold for winning is to produce results 2X better than the best internal Ion Torrent record at the time of submission: … Continue reading
Posted in Competition, Factoid, Information Supply Chain
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Tablets to Replace 10 percent of Worldwide PC Sales by 2014
Gartner forecast Monday that tablets will replace 10 percent of worldwide PC sales by 2014. It also reported Monday that worldwide PC sales is expected to total 352.4 million units sold in 2010, an increase of 14.3 percent. It forecast … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile PC Hardware
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Thinkineer ← Thinkineer vs. Teacher
LPH describes himself as a Thinkineer, not a teacher. I like the self-ID. Now, that’s informed, creative thinking by a venture educator! And, yes, he and some of his students use Tablet and other mobile devices in his classroom. (All … Continue reading
U.S. Students Fall Even Further Behind
The longer students (in the United States) attend U.S. public schools, the further they fall behind their age peers in other countries. Gwen Ifill, PBS News Hour, reported December 7, 2010, in her interview with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne … Continue reading
Posted in Competition, Learning Content, Teaching
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Press Pass Registration for FETC 2011
There’s still time, Tableteers, to submit your request for a press pass for the upcoming Florida Education Technology Conference 2011. This is one of the largest gatherings of advancing technology with school administrators who make purchase decisions. It’s worth monitoring … Continue reading
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Flying Robots
OK, flyboy, enjoy your mandatory aircrew sleep time – you’ve slept yourself right out of a job Lewis Page reports that the ATUAS K-MAX (an autonomous robotic helicopter) in trials earlier this year, has shifted 3,000lb of cargo across 150 … Continue reading
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Promise, Tell the Truth
‘When conducting forensic interviews with child and adolescent witnesses, police officers, social workers, and lawyers could use the honesty-promoting technique of promising to tell the truth,’ the researchers said. ‘In turn, the likelihood of obtaining truthful statements may increase.’ Evans … Continue reading
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