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Wichita State Team Creates Robotic 3D-Printed Hand for Local Boy
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Wichita State Team Creates Robotic 3D-Printed Hand for Local Boy

An engineering team at Wichita State University created a 3D-printed hand for Chase Rawlings, who was born without a fully developed left hand.

Coding Will Be Mandatory in Japan's Primary Schools Starting in 2020
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Coding Will Be Mandatory in Japan's Primary Schools Starting in 2020

To plug an IT worker shortage and catch up to other countries, Tokyo has made computer programming a mandatory subject in Japan's elementary schools starting in...

Analyzing Design Team Interaction
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Analyzing Design Team Interaction

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Penn State will study the role of team dynamics on an engineering team's performance during the design process.

Chinese Professor Still Working at Age 100
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Chinese Professor Still Working at Age 100

At the age of 100, Yang Enze, a professor at Tianjin University, still commutes to his laboratory every day and leads his students on research projects.

Developing Tech For, and With, People With Disabilities
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Developing Tech For, and With, People With Disabilities

Individuals with disabilities and students became co-designers to create innovative solutions to  everyday problems at the sixth annual Assistive Technologies Hackathon...

Pope Francis Helps Write Code Alongside Code.org Founder
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Pope Francis Helps Write Code Alongside Code.org Founder

Pope Francis tapped his way into computer history on Thursday (March 21) by contributing a line of code to an app aimed at promoting United Nations Sustainable...

Tech Workers In China's Silicon Valley Face Burnout Before They Reach 30
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Tech Workers In China's Silicon Valley Face Burnout Before They Reach 30

Young employees and entrepreneurs constantly battle burnout at work in China's Silicon Valley, where tech firms typically expect employees to work long hours to...

What to Know About ­.S. Computer Science Degrees
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What to Know About ­.S. Computer Science Degrees

U.S.-based graduate computer science programs offer international students access to cutting-edge technology and U.S. employers.

U.S. Students Dominate in Computer Science, Study Says
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U.S. Students Dominate in Computer Science, Study Says

In a study of senior computer science majors in the U.S., China, India, and Russia, U.S. students are tops in skills, if not in gross numbers.

Stanford Helped Pioneer Artificial Intelligence. Now the University Wants to Put Humans at Its Center.
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Stanford Helped Pioneer Artificial Intelligence. Now the University Wants to Put Humans at Its Center.

A Stanford University scientist coined the term artificial intelligence. Others at the university created some of the most significant applications of it, such...

How Technology Can Combat Human Trafficking
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How Technology Can Combat Human Trafficking

Kristen Abrams and Nadya Bliss of Arizona State University recently helped organize a conference at the United Nations on how computational science and AI can help...

No Lie! Researcher Developing Online Polygraph
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No Lie! Researcher Developing Online Polygraph

Florida State University researcher Shuyuan Ho is working to create an online polygraph that uses machine-learning to identify liars and truthtellers based on the...

Report Examines Origins and Nature of 'Math Anxiety'
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Report Examines Origins and Nature of 'Math Anxiety'

Teachers and parents may inadvertently play a role in a child's development of math anxiety, according to a new report, and girls tend to be more affected than...

What Makes High Schoolers Want to Study STEM?
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What Makes High Schoolers Want to Study STEM?

What motivates high school students to become interested in and pursue careers in the STEM fields? An NSF-funded study aims to find out.

Republicans Want Kaspersky, Huawei Banned from Sensitive ­niversity Research Projects
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Republicans Want Kaspersky, Huawei Banned from Sensitive ­niversity Research Projects

If Kaspersky, Huawei and ZTE are suspected of helping Russia and China spy on U.S. government computer systems, they shouldn't be allowed near sensitive academic...

Ctrl-Alt-Stall: India's Engineers Struggle for Work as Jobs Crisis Worsens
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Ctrl-Alt-Stall: India's Engineers Struggle for Work as Jobs Crisis Worsens

Hundreds of thousands of engineers are churned out by India's education system each year, many with large loans and little prospect of finding a job in their field...

More Than a Single Answer: Preparing Students for Jobs of the Future
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More Than a Single Answer: Preparing Students for Jobs of the Future

Learning has shifted from solving a problem with a single answer to identifying problems in a given situation and offering multiple possible solutions, Andy Puttock...

Faster Robots Demoralize Co-Workers
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Faster Robots Demoralize Co-Workers

A research team has found that people consider themselves less competent and expend slightly less effort when competing with and losing to robots in contests for...

Top ­niversities Join to Push 'Public Interest Technology'
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Top ­niversities Join to Push 'Public Interest Technology'

As technology becomes increasingly pervasive in American life, universities across the United States have been devising ways to teach students how to grapple with...

Sectors ­nite in Push to Develop Public Interest Technology Network
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Sectors ­nite in Push to Develop Public Interest Technology Network

Twenty-one U.S. colleges and universities have partnered with the Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, and New America to define and build the Public Interest Technology...
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