Who Needs Teachers When You've Got Robots to Grade Essays?
Automated test scoring is nothing new. Most of us are quite familiar with the act of filling in little #2 pencil marks on a Scantron, and having it fed through a machine that puts a depressing little red dash next to each wrong answer. That's all well and good for tests with simple multiple choice answer……
Suddenly, Earth-Friendly E-Readers Are Everywhere 4
Sony Reader PocketThe new Pocket Edition from Sony has room for 350 books and enough battery life to last up to two weeks on a single charge. It eschews fancy features like 3G and Wi-Fi and instead aims for the value market with its $199 price tag. With only a 5-inch screen, the Pocket Edition is perfect……
MoGo Talk Headset Fits Into the Back of Your iPhone, BlackBerry
Wireless Bluetooth headsets are such a dilemma — they're so handy to have in order to keep from Texting While Driving (TWD), yet so difficult to keep in a handy place while you're on the go (they're just so dang small). Until now, at least, thanks to Newton Peripherals, the folks who brought us ……
Ikea Changes Typeface, Upsets Fans
Ikea, the can-do-no-wrong Swedish purveyor of cheap designer furniture and meatballs, appears to have finally done something wrong. And it involves fonts.In a decision to change its branding, the company has gone with a new typeface to represent itself, and the move is causing quite a stir on the (to be fair……
Internet Turns 40, Faces New Challenges
It's hard to believe that just 40 years ago, the Internet was but a glimmer in the eye of researchers at UCLA. On September 2nd, 1969, Len Kleinrock and his team successfully passed test data between two giant computers via a 15-foot cable. This small victory was just the beginning of what would eventuall……
