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Google Joins Top Universities in Quest to Fulfill Potential of Online Education
Singularity Hub - 29 Sep 2013 21:13
With online education, you don't have to go to MIT to learn from one of their top professors. You don't have to spend six figures or four years to get knowledge applicable to the career of your choosing. Education can co...
Light-bending black hole mimic is first you can watch
New Scientist - 29 Sep 2013 19:00
It isn't dangerous - but the plastic black hole is helping to demystify one of nature's weirdest objects and might have applications for energy-harvesting devices
Can Solar Power Be Cheap?
Scientific American - 29 Sep 2013 16:00
Fact 1: The primary ingredient of most solar panels is purified sand. Fact 2: Enough sunlight hits the Earth in an hour to provide all of humanity's energy needs for a year. So why isn't... --
Tiny sensor used in smart phones could create urban seismic network
EurekAlert! - 29 Sep 2013 06:00
(Seismological Society of America) A tiny chip used in smart phones to adjust the orientation of the screen could serve to create a real-time urban seismic network, easily increasing the amount of strong motion data coll...
Wagon-wheel pasta shape for better LED
EurekAlert! - 29 Sep 2013 06:00
(University of Utah) One problem in developing more efficient organic LED light bulbs and displays for TVs and phones is that much of the light is polarized in one direction and thus trapped within the light-emitting dio...