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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
The robot tipping point
Via CEABlog from a short time ago, we're getting close to the tipping point in spite of any reservations:..there is still hesitation about surrendering too much control to artificial intelligence. Some factors that deter consumers from purchasing robots include total...
The robot tipping point
Via CEABlog from a short time ago, we're getting close to the tipping point in spite of any reservations:..there is still hesitation about surrendering too much control to artificial intelligence. Some factors that deter consumers from purchasing robots include total...
MOOCs: Will Online Education Ruin the University Experience? | New Republic
Via New Republic: In one form or another, the online future is already here. But unless we are uncommonly wise about how we use this new power, we will find ourselves saying, as Emerson’s friend Henry David Thoreau said about an earlier technological revolution, “We...
Free Technology for Teachers: Mission Map Quest
Via Free Technology for Teachers: Russel Tarr is on a roll this month. Earlier this month he released a great tool for creating fake text message exchanges between historical and literary characters. This week he released another tool that I think teachers will like....
Free Technology for Teachers: Mission Map Quest
Via Free Technology for Teachers: Russel Tarr is on a roll this month. Earlier this month he released a great tool for creating fake text message exchanges between historical and literary characters. This week he released another tool that I think teachers will like....
Annual Update on World Urbanization: 2013
Via Newgeography: Tokyo continues to be the world's largest urban area with more than 37 million people, according to the recently released 9th Annual edition of Demographia World Urban Areas. Tokyo has held the top position for nearly 60 years, since it displaced New...
Annual Update on World Urbanization: 2013
Via Newgeography: Tokyo continues to be the world's largest urban area with more than 37 million people, according to the recently released 9th Annual edition of Demographia World Urban Areas. Tokyo has held the top position for nearly 60 years, since it displaced New...
The next $1B markets in tech
Via Business Insider: New tech industries start small but can grow into permanent, billion-dollar slices of infrastructure. Sometimes that seems to happen overnight — like with smartphones. And sometimes it takes years — like with the dumbphones that grew like mold...