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Calling All Girls: Coding Is Cool!
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Calling All Girls: Coding Is Cool!

A partnership of universities and industry support groups this month is launching GirlTECH San Diego, a non-profit collaborative community program aimed at encouraging...

Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Find Me a Job
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Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Find Me a Job

It's no coincidence that Sanjeev Agrawal, the co-founder and chief executive of Collegefeed, compares finding a job with dating.

Amazon's Current Employees Raise the Bar For New Hires
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Amazon's Current Employees Raise the Bar For New Hires

In fulfilling online orders, Amazon.com Inc. is all about expediency. The fewer people involved the better.

No Wyoming Students Took the Ap Computer Science Exam Last Year
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No Wyoming Students Took the Ap Computer Science Exam Last Year

In 2013, no female students took the AP computer science examin three states (Mississippi, Montana, and Wyoming).

Wheeled Wonder
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Wheeled Wonder

Pay a visit to Manuela Veloso in the Gates and Hillman centers at Carnegie Mellon University and you may be in for a big surprise.

STEM Initiative Introduces High-Tech Careers to Minority Students
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STEM Initiative Introduces High-Tech Careers to Minority Students

A program hosted by Temple University offers technology courses and mentoring to low-income students in Philadelphia to encourage them to pursue careers in science...

Preview of Writing Code for Future
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Preview of Writing Code for Future

About 200 schools in Massachusetts participated in the Hour of Code, a nationwide campaign sponsored by Code.org aimed at introducing millions of students to programming...

This Eerie Game Was Made by Artificial Intelligence
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This Eerie Game Was Made by Artificial Intelligence

If there's one human characteristic that’s difficult to emulate in artificial intelligence, it's creativity.

Meet Alphalem, an Open Source Brain Just for Robots
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Meet Alphalem, an Open Source Brain Just for Robots

For years, robotics was the domain of massively rich corporations.

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North Dakota Pitches Itself As a ­topia For Drones

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration named six sites dedicated to the research and testing of unmanned aerial systems, or drones.

Smartphone as Mentor: How Tech Could Change Behavior
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Smartphone as Mentor: How Tech Could Change Behavior

University of Michigan engineering professor Jasprit Singh is investigating smartphones as mentors of mindfulness, helping users stay attentive in order to achieve...

How Microsoft's 1 Percenters Balance Basic Research with Short-Term Success
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How Microsoft's 1 Percenters Balance Basic Research with Short-Term Success

When Microsoft launched its research labs in 1991, the personal computer was just beginning to blossom into a worldwide phenomenon, thanks in no small part to Windows...

Catching (radio) Waves
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Catching (radio) Waves

In 2000, five MIT Media Lab alumni co-founded ThingMagic to help bring radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology—wireless readers and data-transmitting tags—to...

How One Publisher Is Stopping Academics from Sharing Their Research
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How One Publisher Is Stopping Academics from Sharing Their Research

One of the world's largest academic publishers has launched a wide-ranging takedown spree, demanding that several different universities take down their own scholars'...

Employers Receptive to Hiring It Job Candidates With Mooc Educations
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Employers Receptive to Hiring It Job Candidates With Mooc Educations

IT professionals looking to advance their careers can benefit from taking a MOOC, employers say.

'become an Ios Developer in 8 Weeks': The Truth About Hack Schools
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'become an Ios Developer in 8 Weeks': The Truth About Hack Schools

After the design firm where he worked as a web developer went under, Ray S. turned the bad news into an opportunity to transition into iOS development.

Professor Helps Address Need for Foreign-Language Science Textbooks
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Professor Helps Address Need for Foreign-Language Science Textbooks

Boston University Professor Richard Primack has produced 29 foreign-language editions of popular textbooks with input from co-authors who translate and add local...

Who Says Girls Can't Code?
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Who Says Girls Can't Code?

Wellesley College students answer the "Hour of Code" call to action by devoting time this week to teaching computer programming to others.

Aviation Schools Prepare For Boom in Drone Jobs
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Aviation Schools Prepare For Boom in Drone Jobs

Two student pilots are seated shoulder to shoulder before a bank of video monitors, maneuvering an unmanned aircraft by keyboard and mouse as the drone descends...

When Apple and Samsung Fight, the Lawyers Win
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When Apple and Samsung Fight, the Lawyers Win

Pity the lawyers—except for those who practice intellectual property law.
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