To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Bugatti, the luxury subdivision of Volkswagen, has just announced that one of its cars has managed to hit over 300mph on the Ehra-Lessien test track in Germany. That’s quite a feat of engineering. It means that, flat […]
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British inventor Richard Browning, also known as “Rocket Man”, has successfully completed a historic flight over the Solent from the UK (Hurst Castle) to the Isle Of Wight (Fort Albert). Weighing around 55-pounds, this jet-powered suit consists of five micro gas turbines capable of producing more than 1,000 bhp combined, strapped to the wearer’s hands,
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Facebook says it is ending its practice of using face recognition software to identify users’ friends in uploaded photos and automatically suggesting they “tag” them. Instead, it is replacing the feature, called “tag suggestions,” with its broader face recognition setting, which identifies people’s faces in photos for various uses, not just tagging. Beginning Tuesday, people
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With 5G deployments rolling out across the world, the next generation of mobile technology promises myriad benefits to consumers, especially those who enjoy streaming videos. Recall that when 4G LTE first launched, mobile operators partnered with pay-TV providers and streaming services such as Netflix to showcase that LTE allowed consumers to stream videos with
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Scroll to the end to see a list of campus satires recommended by our guests this week. What is your favorite satirical take on higher education? Maybe Jane Smiley’s “Moo.” Or Don DeLillo’s “White Noise”? Or it could be the movie “Back to School” with Rodney Dangerfield. Let’s face it, there are almost endless works
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6 Views | Read Time 3 minutes | The theory of complexity, one might say, is a difficult subject. First of all, because complexity exists much more in practice than in theory. Secondly, because it implies an open way of thinking, far from trivializations, oriented to look at the long term and the depth of
With Apple’s next iPhone due to be unveiled next week, the rumour mill has gone into overdrive, with details about the new smartphone leaking out all over the place. The device has been given a working title of “iPhone 11” or “iPhone XI” , but Apple’s naming convention went out the window with the launch
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Hurricane Dorian came to a catastrophic daylong halt over the northwest Bahamas, flooding the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama with walls of water that lapped into the second floors of buildings, trapped people in attics and drowned the Grand Bahama airport under 6 feet of water. At least five people died and 21 injured
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Artificial intelligence (AI) may seem to be a fashionable buzzword these days, but the term was first coined at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire more than 50 years ago. Since then, AI has evolved considerably from its rarefied academic beginnings. Generally understood to be the animating technology by which machines mimic the cognitive functions
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Kristin Leong is the definition of a multi-faceted educator. She’s held a variety of roles in which she “educated” her audiences—from her stint as a middle school humanities teacher, to her days as Town Hall Seattle’s Community Programs Curator and Residency Program Lead, to her work as the founder of a storytelling project that aims
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