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Engaging Online Crowds in the Classroom Could Be Important Tool for Teaching Innovation
April 29, 2013 Online crowds can be an important tool for teaching the ins and outs of innovation, educators say, even when the quality of the feedback provided by online sources doesn't always match the ... > full story -
Older Is Wiser: Study Shows Software Developers' Skills Improve Over Time
April 29, 2013 There is a perception in some tech circles that older programmers aren't able to keep pace with rapidly changing technology, and that they are discriminated against in the software field. But a new ... > full story -
Visitors and Residents: Students' Attitudes to Academic Use of Social Media
April 29, 2013 Research has shown that university students behave very differently when using social media as part of their academic ... > full story -
Shape-Shifting Mobile Devices
April 28, 2013 Prototype mobile devices that can change shape on-demand could lay down the foundation for creating high shape resolution devices of the ... > full story -
Computer Scientists Suggest New Spin on Origins of Evolvability: Competition to Survive Not Necessary?
April 26, 2013 Scientists have long observed that species seem to have become increasingly capable of evolving in response to changes in the environment. But computer science researchers now say that the popular ... > full story -
Developmental Neurobiology: How the Brain Folds to Fit
April 26, 2013 During fetal development of the mammalian brain, the cerebral cortex undergoes a marked expansion in surface area in some species, which is accommodated by folding of the tissue in species with most ... > full story -
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Tracking Gunfire With a Smartphone
April 25, 2013 A team of computer engineers has developed an inexpensive hardware module and related software that can transform an Android smartphone into a simple shooter location ... > full story -
With Wave of the Hand, Researchers Create Touch-Based Interfaces
April 25, 2013 Researchers previously have shown that a depth camera system, such as Kinect, can be combined with a projector to turn almost any surface into a touchscreen. Now researchers have demonstrated how ... > full story -
Sexually Explicit Material Affects Behavior in Young People Less Than Thought
April 25, 2013 Viewing sexually explicit material through media such as the Internet, videos, and magazines may be directly linked with the sexual behavior of adolescents and young adults, but only to a very small ... > full story -
Teenage Password Security: Risk of Identity Theft
April 25, 2013 Many of us are sharing increasing amounts of personal information through online social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others. However, according to researchers, many of us ... > full story
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