IT Trends :: Thursday, September 7, 2006

  • 09/06/06

Deals, Contracts, Awards

George Washington Students to Get a Taste of iTunes U

This year, students at George Washington University will be able to download recorded classroom lectures straight from iTunes to their iPods. Critics of this new teaching tool raise questions about the need for a classroom experience at all. One student even says, "It seems like a good idea, but it might give students more incentive not to go to class." The school's assistant vice president of academic technology counters, "Students use the class lectures as a mobile review – as opposed to a replacement for class attendance." He adds that end-of-year assessments made by Duke and Stanford University showed no slump in class attendance for classes with iTunes U technology…

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Solar Power May Soon Bring the Web to Remote Areas

Now that the One Laptop Per Child program is under way, experts are asking how a child with one of these $100 computers will access the Internet from a remote village that d'esn't even have electricity. The One Laptop Per Child initiative is now working with the Green Wi-Fi project to resolve this problem. One solution is described as "an off-the-shelf wireless router connected to a battery that is recharged by a solar panel." An "intelligent charge controller" regulates the power consumption of the router. Test runs indicate that this addition allows the wireless node to run for up to four weeks, even if the sky remains overcast for prolonged periods of time…

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Featured

  • From Fire TV to Signage Stick: University of Utah's Digital Signage Evolution

    Jake Sorensen, who oversees sponsorship and advertising and Student Media in Auxiliary Business Development at the University of Utah, has navigated the digital signage landscape for nearly 15 years. He was managing hundreds of devices on campus that were incompatible with digital signage requirements and needed a solution that was reliable and lowered labor costs. The Amazon Signage Stick, specifically engineered for digital signage applications, gave him the stability and design functionality the University of Utah needed, along with the assurance of long-term support.

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    Google Launches Its Most Advanced AI Model Yet

    Google has introduced Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, a new artificial intelligence model designed to reason through problems before delivering answers, a shift that marks a major leap in AI capability, according to the company.

  • Training the Next Generation of Space Cybersecurity Experts

    CT asked Scott Shackelford, Indiana University professor of law and director of the Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance, about the possible emergence of space cybersecurity as a separate field that would support changing practices and foster future space cybersecurity leaders.

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    New Boston-Based Research Center to Advance Quantum Computing with AI

    NVIDIA is establishing a research hub dedicated to advancing quantum computing through artificial intelligence (AI) and accelerated computing technologies.