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ISU professor helping lead effort to expand digital literacy in Iowa
AMES, Iowa – Access to digital technology has far outpaced the availability of educational resources to promote responsible use. Douglas Gentile, a professor of psychology at Iowa State University, fears what the consequences might be if that trend is not … Continue reading
Stunning AI Breakthrough Takes Us One Step Closer to the Singularity
A new paper published in Nature today describes how the artificially intelligent system that defeated Go grandmaster Lee Sedol in 2016 got its digital ass kicked by a new-and-improved version of itself. Read More
Singapore’s first long-span wind turbine installed at Semakau Landfill
The new turbine is part of NTU’s Renewable Energy Integration Demonstrator – Singapore (REIDS) initiative at Semakau Landfill, in partnership with French multinational electric utility company ENGIE. Read More
The Digital-Humanities Bust
After a decade of investment and hype, what has the field accomplished? Not much. Read More
Library Opens New Research, Technology Spaces
Walls have been taken down on the first floor of the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, opening up two new spaces — one focused on research, the other on academic technology. Read More
MediSix Therapeutics Signs Exclusive Licensing Agreement with the National University of Singapore
Lightstone Ventures (LSV) today announced that MediSix Therapeutics Pte Ltd., an early-stage cell therapy company developing novel therapeutics to target T-cell leukemia and lymphoma, has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with the National University of Singapore (NUS). Read More
Device for deaf people wins design contest
SUTD team’s invention uses flashing LEDs in different colours to warn people with hearing loss about dangers. Read More
Digitally savvy leaders to lead future growth
The Fourth Industrial Revolution will bring profound changes to Asian economies in a compressed time-frame, when compared with previous periods of accelerated growth and innovation. A trend observed when we spoke to business leaders as part of the Microsoft Asia … Continue reading
Augmented Reality Technology: A Student Creates The Closest Thing Yet To A Magic Ring
We’ve seen super decoder rings and magic weight-loss rings, while Tolkien imagined One Ring to rule them all. These rings may be fun when it’s time to play make-believe, but they don’t work in the real world. Now a student … Continue reading
Facebook’s solar-powered internet drone takes its first flight
Facebook’s drone fleet will use “free space laser communications” to communicate between individual aircraft, and radio technology to beam the internet signal from the fleet to receivers located on the ground. The laser technology delivers data 10 times faster than … Continue reading