Some school administrators are testing a bold idea to integrate the multitude of systems that are used to store student data, giving teachers a single view of how students are performing and allowing them to better deliver the right ...
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Ming Ma, a doctoral student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has been named the winner of the 2013 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize which (along with prizes for students ...
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The Green Inventors Competition, part of the Sustainable Living Festival, invites RMIT students and recent graduates to present their ideas for a sustainable future. Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) graduate Ms McDonell won the ...
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A graduate student at MIT has developed a 3D computer interface that could radically alter the way we interact with personal technology. As Wired reports, Jinha Lee's SpaceTop 3D desktop breaks the two-dimensional barrier within which ...
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Augmented reality and 3D printing are the hottest emerging technologies to watch, according to Tom Soderstrom, chief technology officer for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The impact of both technologies is already being felt with some ...
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Software giant Microsoft has caved in to public pressure and will now allow buyers of Office 2013 to transfer their software licence to other PCs. The decision follows uproar over the draconian ratcheting up of software licensing terms by ...
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a glass coating that prevents fogging without distorting its optical properties. The team, led by Michael Rubner, TDK Professor of Polymer Materials Science and ...
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In April, AATCC will honor Charles Yang as the 2012 recipient of the Olney Medal for outstanding achievement in the field of textile chemistry. The Olney Medal is the Association’s highest honor. Yang is a world-renowned scholar in ...
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Renault’s head of design says the French brand is pushing towards more sensual, Latin designs while the rest of the industry appears to be moving towards Germanic, hard edged styles. Speaking to the media at today’s Geneva ...
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High-performance graphene-based electrochemical capacitors that maintain excellent electrochemical attributes under high mechanical stress, have been developed by researchers at UCLA’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the ...
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This April the CEO of Derma Contour -Mrs Patience Johnson will be teaching along side her USA and EUROPE experts, 4 days courses that would revolutionize the makeup industry. The Key focus for Patience Johnson is to contribute to raising ...
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UK - A.C. Special Projects (ACSP) Ltd. returned as the headline sponsor for the 2012 National Railway Museum's (NRM) annual student lighting competition, Locos in a Different Light held in York, UK. The competition, which is now in its ...
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Fashion retailers have seen an increase in demand for maternity wear in recent years, as sales for maternity clothing have increased while overall women’s apparel sales have declined. Currently, most retailers produce maternity wear ...
Alta Devices has disclosed that it has reached 30.8% solar cell efficiency. This new NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) verified record has resulted from the company's first implementation of a new generation "dual junction" solar ...
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Alta Devices of Sunnyvale, CA, USA says that the first implementation of its new-generation dual-junction solar cell technology (augmenting its single-junction technology) has set an energy conversion efficiency record of 30.8% for ...
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