tbx - Technology - TechDis Voices The TechDis voices are two high-quality, youthful and modern voices (Jack and Jess) that can be used with text-to-speech (TTS) tools. Text-to-speech (TTS) technology allows text in electronic formats to be read out loud by synthetic voices or saved as MP3 files for later listening. Just about everyone can benefit in some way from text-to-speech. For instance, you may be able to multitask and listen to texts whilst travelling or exercising. Text-to-speech is especially useful if you have a print impairment, such as dyslexia, as it can help you to understand the meaning of text more quickly and accurately. Every learner over 16 in every publicly-funded learning provider in England can download the voices to support their learning and development at home or at work. You can register for the voices on the Jisc TechDis website - Download the TechDis Voices User Guide
Microsoft Word Games - Board Game Templates by Dr. Jeff Ertzberger UNC Wilmington Printable Board Games Create your own game board such as "Science Time" or "Ms. Questions Game Board". Then you or your students write down questions to use with them game. Pass out one game board to each group of students. Download Blank Board Template One Download Blank Board Template Two Download Blank Board Template Three (Patterns) Download Blank Board Template Four (Colors) Question Card Template Car Race Board | Fall Game Board | View Video Tutorial | Purchase More Board Game Templates Now! Want Even More Game Boards? Want more MS Word Board Games? Scrambled Words! I got this idea from watching the programs you can buy where you type in a word or phrase and then it prints out a page that has symbols that you have to decode using a key below. Download Scrambled Words - Webdings Font Download Scrambled Words - Wingdings Font Download Scrambled Words - Symbol Font Download Scrambled Words - Wingdings2 Font Sign Up for Our Email Alerts Sign up for our Email Alerts
Skills In-Sight Initial Assessment Toolkit The Skills In-Sight toolkit has been developed to provide an accessible process for blind and partially sighted individuals completing the initial assessment for Functional Skills Maths and English. For first time users of the toolkit each individual must create a user account using the following 2 steps. Step 1. Please log in to access your account: Please note: if you are a provider creating accounts on behalf of students, you must have their permission before creating accounts for this website. Click here to create a user account now. If you incorrectly enter your username or password, please click back to return to this page to log in again. Forgotten your password? Font and colour options
eduapps Fossils Of 500 Million Year Old Marine Predator Anomalocaris Discovered | FinestDaily ShareShare A recent discovery in the field of paleontology reveals probably the oldest predator known to man. The fossils found on Kangaroo Island are being studied by scientists from the University of Adelaide, Australia. The fossilized eyes belonged to the 500 million-year-old Anomalocaris, a marine creature believed to be at the top of the food chain in prehistoric times. Taking into consideration the studies so far, it seems that the Anomalocaris had extremely acute vision, considered better than any other insects or crustaceans, even by today’s standards. Thanks to the discovery of its eyes, meticulous analysis shows amazing details when it comes to optical design, with some similarities much alike contemporary crabs, flies and kin. These fossils make the Anomalocaris the ancestor of today’s arthropods, alongside other evolutionary implications that affect a lot of species.
7 Man-Made Substances that Laugh in the Face of Physics The universe is full of weird substances like liquid metal and whatever preservative keeps Larry King alive. But mankind isn't happy to accept the weirdness of nature when we can create our own abominations of science that, due to the miracle of technology, spit in nature's face and call it retarded. That's why we came up with... #7. Ferrofluids What do you get when you suspend nanoparticles of iron compounds in a colloidal solution of water, oil and a surfactant? A ferrofluid is a liquid that reacts to magnetic fields in trippy ways that make you think that science is both magical and potentially evil. Tell us that didn't look like the birth of the most sinister dildo ever. What happens is that when a magnetic field is applied to the fluid, the particles of iron compound inside align to it. What the Hell is it Used For? #6. It's not the brick in the picture up there, it's the stuff under the brick. Every once in a while, science rules. #5.
A rich club in the human brain Wednesday, November 2, 2011 This image shows the group connectome, with the nodes and connections colored according to their rich-club participation. Green represents few connections. Red represents the most. Credit: Reprinted with permission: Van den Heuvel, et al. Just as the Occupy Wall Street movement has brought more attention to financial disparities between the haves and have-nots in American society, researchers from Indiana University and the University Medical Center Utrecht in The Netherlands are highlighting the disproportionate influence of so called "Rich Clubs" within the human brain. Not all regions of the brain, they say, are created equal. "We've known for a while that the brain has some regions that are 'rich' in the sense of being highly connected to many other parts of the brain," said Olaf Sporns, professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in IU's College of Arts and Sciences. Indiana University:
Human Thought Controls Neurons in Brain Neuroscience research involving epileptic patients with brain electrodes surgically implanted in their medial temporal lobes shows that patients learned to consciously control individual neurons deep in the brain with thoughts. Subjects learned to control mouse cursors, play video games and alter focus of digital images with their thoughts. The patients were each using brain computer interfaces, deep brain electrodes and software designed for the research. The article below offers more detail. Controlling Individual Cortical Nerve Cells by Human Thought Five years ago, neuroscientist Christof Koch of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) , neurosurgeon Itzhak Fried of UCLA, and their colleagues discovered that a single neuron in the human brain can function much like a sophisticated computer and recognize people, landmarks, and objects, suggesting that a consistent and explicit code may help transform complex visual representations into long-term and more abstract memories.