Social media is like a big networking event, right? We all meet at the virtual water cooler and share stories, inspiration and resources during brief intermissions as we go about our days. We also have the opportunity to make the world a better place without leaving the comfort of our very own laptop or iPhone.
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The amazing electrical properties of graphene have inspired the creation of a perspex material with remarkable sound-channelling characteristics...
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TED Talks Onstage at TED2012, Peter Diamandis makes a case for optimism -- that we'll invent, innovate and create ways to solve the challenges that loom over us. "I’m not saying we don’t have our set of problems; we surely do. "Peter Diamantis iyimserliği savunuyor -- önümüzdeki zorlukları icatlarla, yeniliklerle ve yaratıcılıkla çözeceğimizi. "Bir sürü problemimizin olmadığını söylemiyorum; kesinlikle var. Ama nihayetinde, onları deviririz."
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The future of digital culture – yours, mine, and ours – depends on how well we learn to use the media that have infiltrated, amplified, distracted, enriched, and complicated our lives. I believe that learning to live mindfully in cyber culture is as important to us as a civilization as it is vital to you and me as individuals.
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Synacor, a provider of Web portal and TV Everywhere solutions, is promising to make it easier for cable operators, content owners and others to publish device-independent apps with an upcoming platform based on the HTML5 standard. The company's HTML5 strategy is based on technology it obtained with the $1.1 million acquisition of eight-person Canadian startup Carbyn in January. The idea: to help deliver a unified experience for apps across Internet-connected devices including smartphones, tablets, laptops and connected TVs without having to tailor discrete apps for each individual device type. "With Carbyn, you develop one HTML5 app and that can live inside one platform," said Jaafer Haidar, Carbyn's co-founder and CEO, is now vice president of mobile for Synacor. Synacor is initially approaching existing customers, including Verizon Communications, Charter Communications and CenturyLink, about the HTML5 offering. The company plans to show off the Carbyn system at the 2012 Cable Show in Boston next month and is aiming to launch it commercially by the end of 2012. The pricing model for the hosted HTML5 app service has yet to be determined, Haidar said. It could be based on search and advertising revenue, or based on number of active users. Apps that can run on the Carbyn platform include self-service apps for MSOs that provide "my account" features, bill payment, DVR management, voicemail and other functions, or a range of apps developed by programmers to deliver content, Haidar said. The Carbyn system's features include push notifications and app-to-app communications, and Synacor plans to publish application programming interfaces (APIs) to let third-party developers can take advantage of it. "The base value of this platform is, we can deliver apps and content to your consumers across any HTML5 device," Haidar said. "Everybody shares the need to become device-agnostic."
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iPads are fun. Apps are fun. Second-screening, podcasting, and pinching-and-zooming your way through the internet is fun. But when the bell rings and the fun is over, what happens then?
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Absurdly powerful personal computers and smartphones could hit the shelves with 15 years thanks to the invention of a single-atom transistor.
The breakthrough was made by researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Purdue University and the University of Melbourne.
They have created a working transistor consisting of a single atom placed precisely in a silicon crystal - and this unprecedented atomic accuracy may yield the elementary building block for a future quantum computer with unparalleled power.
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TED Talks Okulda sıkıntıdan patlıyor, derslerini geçemiyor, arkadaşlarıyla kavga edip duruyor: Bu çocuktan girişimci olur, diyor Cameron Herald. "Bored in school, failing classes, at odds with peers: This child might be an entrepreneur, says Cameron Herold. At TEDxEdmonton, he makes the case for parenting and education that helps would-be entrepreneurs flourish -- as kids and as adults."
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Take, for example, students who watched TV while reading a book. They reported feeling more emotionally satisfied than those who studied without watching TV, but also reported that they didn’t achieve their cognitive goals as well
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No one disagrees that the next generation of TV must span multiple devices and deliver content wherever people want it. But a gulf remains between those who believe the industry risks being left behind as consumer viewing habits shift, and those who argue that a workable economic model must be firmly in place from the get-go. There’s an underlying tension about who, ultimately, controls the customer experience — and about how to make money in an anytime, anywhere, any-device world.
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Engage students in your classroom with interactive education apps. This list include our Top 10 favorite applications for teaching with iPads, Smart phones, and more.
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Scientists have found a way to stabilize and regulate the orbit of electrons in an atom, after drawing inspiration from the orbit of asteroids around Jupiter. In 1913 Danish physicist Neils Bohr’s eponymous Model postulated atoms were formed of electrons orbiting a nucleus, much like planets around the sun – only using electrostatic attraction rather than gravity. Electrons have since been shown to be more akin to waves surrounding the nucleus, but teams in Austria and the US have shown they can be made to perform in the same way as planetary systems, and the technique can be used to change the overall size of the atom.
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TEDxSF Salons, hosted by the Bay Area’s premier independent organization that delivers the TED experience to San Francisco, features a select group of thought-provoking speakers looking at struggling contemporary institutions. The event, held on November 29, will focus on the need for innovation in higher education to create more affordable, accessible and relevant models for today’s world. “In order to reinvent education, we must first unpack the underlying assumptions and shortcomings of current models,” said Emily Chiu, education entrepreneur and TEDxSF salon curator. “Despite dramatic advances in technology and cognitive science, higher education hasn’t changed in decades – and institutions are too entrenched in current models to disrupt themselves to meet changing student needs. SKOOL’d will feature the industry’s brightest minds: the thought leaders and entrepreneurs who are challenging the status quo and re-imagining higher education.”
Via TEDxSF
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More recently, the conversation has shifted from purchasing computers to purchasing mobile devices. Whether they are tablet computers, cell phones or media devices, as long as there were ample productivity apps available as well as usable assess to the internet through WiFi, school would be able to better afford the cost of assess to technology and provide opportunities for ’21st Century Learning’ as these devices cost a mere fraction of the price of a computer.
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Nearly 70% of total TV shipments in 2016 will be for connected TVs, resulting in revenues of more than $117 billion (€88.3 billion), according to a new report by IMS Research. This contrasts with a global figure of 25% last year and shows, according to the company’s market analyst and author of the Connected TV Sets – World – 2012 report Veronica Thayer, that “internet connectivity is becoming a standard on high-end TV sets, and it’s increasingly being added to mid-end televisions.” The report also shows that proprietary operating systems will remain the main type used by manufacturers in the next five years, although Android OS will start gaining presence and is expected to reach a significant share of the market by 2014. It shows that in 2016 more than 80% of the connected TV sets shipped worldwide will have built-in Wi-Fi and close to 30% will have advanced user interface features such as motion, gesture or voice.
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While this may not be a game in the traditional sense, Starship Disassembly 3D by Noble Empire will still bring that inner nerd in you out. In this 'game' you will be able to take apart starships in full 3D and check out how they function.
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Working at Scientific American , known for its spiffy technical illustrations, I always look for material that can show what an article is trying to tell.
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TED Talks Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. -TED Talks Dahi çocuk Adora Svitak dünyanın "çocuksu" düşünmeye ihtiyacı olduğunu söylüyor: cesur fikirler, çılgın yaratıcılık ve özellikle iyimserlik.
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The telephone mirrored many of the fears and promises attributed these days to social networks, author Tom Vanderbilt writes in the Wilson Quarterly. This technology, as revolutionary as it was, failed equally to deliver both critics' most dire predictions and supporters' fondest hopes. There's a lesson here for how we view the Internet.
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No one disagrees that the next generation of TV must span multiple devices and deliver content wherever people want it. But a gulf remains between those who believe the industry risks being left behind as consumer viewing habits shift, and those who argue that a workable economic model must be firmly in place from the get-go. There’s an underlying tension about who, ultimately, controls the customer experience — and about how to make money in an anytime, anywhere, any-device world. And it’s not just Hulu making it tougher for cable-cutters to stream shows and other content. Fox, owned by News Corp., which also owns The Post, is expected to begin talks soon with Comcast on a TV Everywhere deal that will require authentication. Plus, Philadelphia-based Comcast is expected to switch to an authentication model for this summer’s Olympic Games (see story at right). The move toward authentication is fueled by cable companies and networks looking to protect and profit from their content...
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For years, the conversation around the integration of more and more technology in teaching and learning often revolved around the high costs associated with purchasing updated equipment and maintai...
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Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered a startling feature of early brain development that helps to explain how complex neuron wiring patterns are programmed using just a handful of critical genes. The findings, published February 3 in Cell, may help scientists develop new therapies for neurological disorders, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and provide insight into certain cancers.enes.
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Isang Litrong Liwanag (A Liter of Light)...
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For a long time now I have been looking for a tool that enables instant polling in the classroom or in the lecture room. I specifically wanted something that; doesn't require registration (especially from the people I'm polling), updates very quickly, works on any platform from computers to mobile devices. It looks like I have finally found what I've been looking for and best of all it's free. The tool that I have found is Mentimeter and it does all of the above.
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All 32 sports at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London will be streamed live at nbcolympics.com. “The hot topic is always, ‘Why don’t you show all your sports live?’” said Rick Cordella, vice president and general manager of NBC Sports Digital Media. “We wanted to take care of that.” But in reversing a previous policy that did not fully embrace live streaming — the formal announcement will be made Wednesday — there will be a wrinkle to provide a measure of protection for the segment of NBC’s Olympic coverage that is still its most critical: the prime-time broadcast. An important event like a gold-medal race involving Michael Phelps will be streamed live on nbcolympics.com, but will not be archived on the Web site until sometime after the prime-time show. Other staples of NBC’s prime-time coverage — including swimming, diving, gymnastics, track and field, and beach volleyball — will be treated the same way. Even so, Mr. Cordella said, “The vast majority of events will be archived immediately.” The live streaming of every event is a major shift at the NBC Sports Group, which was formed after Comcast acquired control of NBC Universal. Under General Electric, its former owner, NBC Sports did not stream live events that would be featured in prime time, lest they diminish ratings. Two years ago, at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, only hockey and curling were streamed live in order to protect prime time. At the 2008 Beijing Summer Games, 25 sports were streamed live but none of them were important to the evening broadcast, which is usually at least four hours long. “The way consumers consume video has changed over the years,” Mr. Cordella said. “We can’t go back with hindsight and say we were wrong.” He said that NBC had data to show that live streaming could increase viewership of a event shown hours later on delay. “We’re not scared of cannibalization,” Mr. Cordella said, adding, “Anytime you have a great event that happens before it shows on the air, it increases ratings and generates buzz.”
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