IPhone Apps and Websites So I have been acting as a client for some software engineering students from the University of Melbourne who are developing an iPhone app for taking class lists at my taekwondo club. Both of the groups…
Month: August 2016
Self-driving taxis roll out in Singapore – beating Uber to it
Nutonomy has begun the world’s first consumer trial of driverless cabs in Singapore – the first self-driving taxis anywhere in the world Like Uber’s upcoming rides, this is a controlled experiment with a safety driver behind the wheel and a…
The power within vulnerability – Juice Daily
How does “the power of vulnerability” sit within a context that eschews victim-blaming? While I have no issue with accepting that we each have weaknesses and limitations, it seems like turning vulnerability into a “power” is delegating responsibility to others…
This temporary tattoo can control your phone
This looks pretty awesome!! DuoSkin temporary tattoos, which can be made at home and wash off in a day, use the electrodes present in inexpensive gold leaf to create a conductive surface Researchers design metallic body art that can control…
University students, you are being watched
You are being watched and tracked “to help understand learning processes” – really???? And if I wanted to do this for a research project, rather than for business purposes (student “engagement” is about student retention, which means students continuing to be…
Good set of articles on open research and its challenges
Could Open Research benefit Cambridge University researchers? Lauren Cadwallader, Joanna Jasiewicz, Marta Teperek, Unlocking Research, 2016/08/09 Good series from the University of Cambridge Office of Scholarly Communications on the challenges facing contemoporary scientific research. Here’s the list of articles: The mis-measurement problem – 11…
Students taught pseudo scientific “rubbish”, experts warn
A popular teaching style embraced by teachers across Australia has been condemned as nothing more than a fad. Source: Students taught pseudo scientific “rubbish”, experts warn Yay this guy for calling out the “rubbish” – in this case, teaching to…