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Nigel Shadbolt hunts for government open data uses
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:37:24 -0700
Computer science professor Nigel Shadbolt is hunting for innovative new ways of using the public data that continues to flood the internet as the UK government attempts to increase transparency.
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City School Puts Focus On Science, Math
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:52:46 -0700
About 50 1st-Graders Taking Part In Academy Within Holmes School Despite a budget crisis that wiped out more than 50 teaching jobs, the city this year is creating a new "school within a school" for elementary students specializing in science, technology, engineering and math.
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Computer Science Professor Helps Animate Hollywood
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:26:19 -0700
Eitan Grinspun, an associate professor of computer science, studies the basic rules of motion and turns them into computer programs that are animating Hollywood movies and creating new tools for graphic designers. The programs also might be used for medical training, crash-test simulation and industrial packaging, determining, for example, how to minimize air bubbles while bottling shampoo.
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Volvo Technology Transfer and Industrifonden Sell Illuminate Labs
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:36:00 -0700
STOCKHOLM----Volvo Technology Transfer and Industrifonden have sold the portfolio company Illuminate Labs to the US CAD company Autodesk. Illuminate Labs develops advanced lighting and illumination technology for computer games.
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BEN BOVA: It's only science fiction until technology catches up
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:01:00 -0700
It seems that whenever somebody disagrees with my opinion, they bring up the fact that I write science fiction.
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5 careers you might not have heard of
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:17:08 -0700
One of the many unfortunate effects of the Great Recession was felt by longtime professionals who found themselves looking for a job for the first time in decades. These skilled and experienced workers discovered that the job market was significantly different than it was 20 years ago, or in some cases, even just five years ago.
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Bangalore cool to virtual telescope idea
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:10:04 -0700
BANGALORE, INDIA: India's premier science city failed to live up to its reputation as it gave a tepid response to a Microsoft -sponsored workshop here on the concept of the "virtual telescope".
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