Robotic brain 'learns' skills from the internet. 26 August 2014Last updated at 08:47 ET Robots designed for a range of tasks are already being developed A super-intelligent robotic "brain" that can learn new skills by browsing millions of web pages has been developed by US researchers.
Robo Brain is designed to acquire a vast range of skills and knowledge from publicly available information sources such as YouTube. The information it learns can then be accessed by robots around the world, helping them to perform everyday tasks. A similar project is already being developed in Europe. RoboEarth, described as a world wide web for robots, was demonstrated by researchers at Eindhoven University in the Netherlands in January. How to drive technology innovation SmartBlogs. Recently, New Milford High School in New Jersey was recognized as the November/December “School of the Month” by eSchool News for its accomplishments pertaining to the use of educational technology.
As I look back on our journey and the path that was taken, I have been able to identify some key elements that have driven change and allowed New Milford to become a technology-rich school where potential and promise are emphasized as opposed to problems, challenges and excuses. Connectedness matters My social media journey has been well documented, and it was this journey that provided me with the knowledge, tools and ideas needed to initiate change.
Knowledge is everything and it influences our decisions and opinions. Once connected through social media, I was given the knowledge I desperately needed. Vision The seeds for change will only germinate if a coherent vision is established. How To Integrate Education Technology With Scaffolding. Imagine asking students to write a research paper without teaching them how to write an introduction, body and conclusion first. How about writing the equation of the quadratic formula on the board, and just giving students a set of problems to start solving with no prior instruction? These types of tasks are nearly impossible for students if teachers do not break up the learning process into small chunks aimed at meeting the students where they are and then building on them to create new knowledge, otherwise known as scaffolding.
Meeting with several teachers recently calls to mind a couple of instances that serve as a useful reminder why scaffolding not only applies to teaching content, but is also imperative to employ when introducing new technology into the classroom. I want to share experiences from two teachers that I work with and demonstrate how scaffolding would apply to each situation. Teacher Experiences. The End of Facebook? With the emergence of apps and a transition away from websites, Facebook may fall by the wayside A third generation of Internet companies is unfolding now, stepping away from the Web completely and moving toward standalone "apps.
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Is this the end of Facebook as an Advertising Platform? Amazon Brings Kindle Fire's Killer Instant Video Feature to iPad. Amazon’s Instant Video just leaped into a larger mobile pool.
Photo: Peter McCollough/Wired Amazon wants to sell you content and products, and it doesn’t care which devices you use to help achieve that goal. On Wednesday, Amazon released an iPad version of its Instant Video app. The app accesses Amazon’s video library of over 120,000 movie and TV show titles, and makes the iPad the only mobile device other than the Kindle Fire to receive Amazon’s special brand of video love. “We listen to our customers and are always innovating on their behalf. One of the features customers love about Amazon is Whispersync, a technology that’s usually associated with Amazon’s Kindle hardware and Kindle apps. In addition to the Kindle Fire and now iPad, those other devices include smart TVs, TiVo, Roku, Xbox 360 and select Blu-ray players.
So what say you, Amazon? The Amazon Instant Video app is available now for iPad for free. Apple may invest “hundreds of millions” in Twitter. Ten Questions for New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer (This Won't Hurt a Bit!) - Kara Swisher. Today will be Marissa Mayer’s first day at Yahoo as its newest fearless leader. Besides Yahoos sighing collectively at the prospect of yet another all-hands meeting to get a gander at their latest CEO — “I should be excited, but I really can’t take another new org,” said one exhausted staffer at the news, in a common refrain — how she presents herself to investors will be on display in the company’s second-quarter earnings call later today.
Yahoo is expected to report unremarkable results, but the real draw should be to see how much Mayer will talk. Given that she just came on board, it is unlikely Mayer will have much to say of any substance, and it’s probably in her best interest to say as little as possible until she gets the lay of the troubled land at Yahoo. In fact, the less said the better, in order to dramatically lower expectations of exactly what she can pull off. Homescreen.me opens signups to all, lets you beautifully share your most important page of iOS apps.
I’ve been testing a service called Homescreen.me for what feels like forever. Now, the service has opened its doors to the public, accepting signups from anyone. It’s a simple site, really.