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  Offline: Ignorance

  By Paul Miller on May 25, 2012 02:29 pm + 245 comments

  In the classic animated series Arthur there are many references to reading. For instance, Arthur's Continue reading…

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  Kickstarter: MaKey MaKey turns the world into a $35 input device

  By Jamie Keene on May 15, 2012 04:44 am + 16 comments

  MaKey MaKey is a new and extremely simple circuit board that lets you turn any surface into an input Continue reading…

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  Pocket Brain app for iOS probes layers of the human brain in 3D

  By T.C. Sottek on March 26, 2012 07:09 pm + 10 comments

  After exploring the body and the heart, developer eMedia has released a Pocket Brain app for iOS Continue reading…

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  TED-Ed YouTube channel launched: educating the world one video at a time

  By Aaron Souppouris on March 12, 2012 07:46 am + 9 comments

  The non-profit foundation behind the enlightening TED conferences has launched a YouTube education Continue reading…

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  Samsung Learning Hub on Galaxy Tab devices to take on iTunes U

  By Ryan Heise on February 22, 2012 02:59 am + 38 comments

  It looks like Apple taught Samsung a thing or two with the launch of iBooks 2 and iTunes U, as Continue reading…

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  Obama administration wants all students using digital textbooks in five years

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 3, 2012 01:23 am + 95 comments

  For all of their benefits, paper textbooks are heavy, expensive, and often out of date by the time Continue reading…

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  SMILE Plug brings a 60-person Wi-Fi cloud to classrooms in developing nations

  By Dante D'Orazio on January 7, 2012 10:00 pm + 7 comments

  If you were wondering how children in developing nations using the new OLPC XO 3.0 tablet would be Continue reading…

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  Rumors suggest Majel could be Android's Siri, while Google buys Clever Sense

  By Jamie Keene on December 14, 2011 11:47 am + 123 comments

  Android and Me suggests that Google's answer to Siri is named Majel, and will be released early Continue reading…

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  Robots at the University of Tsukuba learn to read facial expressions

  By Tim Barribeau on November 7, 2011 09:29 am + 4 comments

  Taking a page from how people learn, researchers from the University of Tsukuba, Japan have created Continue reading…