Lesson of the Day: ‘How Technology Is Changing the Future of Higher Education’
Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “How Technology Is Changing the Future of Higher Education” by Jon Marcus.Labs across the country are testing artificial intelligence, virtual reality and other innovations that could improve learning and lower costs for Generation Z and beyond. In this lesson, you will learn how they are…
Should Facial Recognition Technology Be Banned?
Facial recognition is a technology that uses statistical measurements of people’s facial features to digitally identify them in photos, videos or real-time. Have you ever used any kind of facial recognition technology — say, to verify your identity at the airport, unlock your smartphone, sort and tag photos online, or anything else? What are your…
How to Quickly and Easily Remove a Background in Photoshop
Photoshop offers many different techniques to remove a background from an image. For simple backgrounds, using the standard magic wand tool to select and delete the background may well be more than adequate. For more complicated backgrounds, you might use the Background Eraser tool. The Background Eraser Tool The Background Eraser tool samples the color…
Machine Learning: Why Now?
In a 2016 Google technical conference keynote, Eric Schmidt, who is now chairman of Google’s parent Alphabet, said he has seen the future of wealth creation from the IT industry, and its name is machine learning. And earlier this year, in a Newsweek opinion piece, Schmidt wrote about the significant impact he sees machine learning having on the world.…
THE FUTURE OF CLASSROOM LEARNING: PREDICTIONS FOR 2030
Each year the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE)is held in Qatar. It’s the premier international platform that is dedicated to innovation and creative action in education. The theme of the 2014 WISE summit was ‘Imagine-Create-Learn: Creativity at the Heart of Education,’ and one of the topics on the agenda was the future of classroom training.…
HOW HAS TECHNOLOGY CHANGED EDUCATION?
Technology has impacted almost every aspect of life today, and education is no exception. Or is it? In some ways, education seems much the same as it has been for many years. A 14th century illustration by Laurentius de Voltolina depicts a university lecture in medieval Italy. The scene is easily recognizable because of its parallels to…
Self-Driving Vehicles Are Going to Make Traffic Even More Miserable!
Whether you like it or not, self-driving cars will be hitting the road in full-force in the coming years. Thanks to new technology developed by companies like Tesla and even Uber, autonomous vehicles will become a staple of modern culture, with nearly 10 million self-driving cars expected to hit the road by 2020. Yet, not all is…
Training A Computer To Read Mammograms As Well As A Doctor
Regina Barzilay teaches one of the most popular computer science classes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. And in her research — at least until five years ago — she looked at how a computer could use machine learning to read and decipher obscure ancient texts. “This is clearly of no practical use,” she says…
How to find out if you can upgrade your laptop
ou’ve had your laptop for a few years and it’s starting to feel sluggish when you’re running demanding tasks. Maybe your RAM is just not up to snuff, or your old spinning-disk hard drive is starting to falter. It’s time to upgrade! But instead of replacing the entire laptop, you might be able to swap…
This is Your Child’s Brain on Video Games
he following is a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how gaming impacts a child’s nervous system. Source: Romolo Tavani/Fotolia On the eve of his big sister Liz’s high school graduation, nine-year-old Aiden sits with his parents and relatives at a celebration dinner, bored by their “adult” conversation and irritated at all the attention showered upon Liz. He can’t wait to get…
