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By 2015 all textbooks in South Korea will go digital

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Some schools are already using textbooks displayed on notebook computers.

All of South Korea’s elementary-level educational materials will be digitized by 2014.  And by 2015, the entire school-age curriculum will be delivered on an array of computers, smart phones and tablets.   South Korea’s education ministry is yet to announce the make or model of the devices it will purchase, it has revealed it will spend $2.4 billion buying the requisite tablets and digitizing material for them.

 

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Sleep suit for portable power naps

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Sleep suit

The urban sleep suit was designed by Forrest Jessee for the bustling non-stop lifestyle of contemporary cosmopolitans.   The urban sleep suit is a take-anywhere, nap-anytime ensemble made to be slept in on the spot.  Buckminster Fuller could have really used one of these outfits.  Did you know he was a proponent of polyphasic sleep, taking just four thirty-minute naps a day for nearly two years? (Pics)

 

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Growing fake meat in a lab could cut greenhouse emissions by 96% according to scientists

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Researchers hope to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by producing fake meat in a lab.

Scientists from Oxford University have decided to concentrate their efforts on culturing and growing artificial meat in petri dishes, Instead of focusing on ending the horrendous factory farming practices that inhumanely confine cattle to tight living spaces, and subject them to an unnatural diet of genetically-modified (GM) corn and soybeans.

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Lockheed Martin begins biomechanical testing on the HULC exoskeleton

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HULC Exoskeleton

Lockheed Martin begins biomechanical testing of the ruggedized HULCTM exoskeleton at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center in Natick, Mass.  Based on feedback from soldiers, the testing is expected to help shape future requirements for the HULC .

 

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Spam decreases 82% since last year

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225 billion emails were sent per day in July 2010.

There was a whole lot less spam sent today than there was a year ago. The graphic above illustrates how there were more than 225 billion spam emails sent per day in July, 2010.  It also shows in June, 2011, that number has dropped to approximately 40 billion. That’s an 82.22% decrease in spam over a year.

 

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TagSense – new app automatically tags smartphone photos

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TagSense not only can pick out people but the context of the picture, including emotions, weather conditions and type of activity.

A new app can automatically tag your smartphone photos with a wide range of attributes, picking out not only the people but the context of the picture, including emotions, weather conditions and type of activity.

 

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‘Hair Glasses’: Eyeglasses made of human hair

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Made from hair and bioresin, the resulting frames are 100 percent biodegradable.

Human hair has been turned into sustainalbe eyewear by two Royal College of Art students, Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves.  Petroleum-based plastic or energy-intensive wire frames are a necessary evil for those who are not blessed with 20/20 vision.  “Hair glasses,” however, tap into a readily available and renewable resource: the millions of pounds of hair cuttings that salons across the United Kingdom throw away each year.

 

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