<![CDATA[2013: The Best Computing Stories of the Year]]> 27556 Two employees working on Google Glass gave MIT Technology Review their takes on what it was like to live with the device. Wearable-computing pioneer Thad Starner, a Georgia Tech professor and technical lead on the project, said that the device offers a “killer existence.” Source: Technology Review

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1388413655 2013-12-30 14:27:35 1475893614 2016-10-08 02:26:54 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-12-31T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-31T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-31T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[A Computer Scientist's Unexpected Run-In With... a Shark]]> 27556 Thad Starner talks about his work with the CHAT (Cetacean Hearing Augmentation and Telemetry) project, which seeks to allow humans to communicate with dolphins. Source: Huffington Post

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1387282124 2013-12-17 12:08:44 1475893614 2016-10-08 02:26:54 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-12-17T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-17T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-17T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Wearing Tech Actually Helps It Get Out of Our Way]]> 27556 Opinion piece by wearable pioneer, Thad Starner. Source: Wired

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1387281783 2013-12-17 12:03:03 1475893614 2016-10-08 02:26:54 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-12-18T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-18T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-18T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Peachtree Corners Siblings Make GT Band a Family Affair]]> 27556 Michaelanne Dye 1 1388498117 2013-12-31 13:55:17 1475893614 2016-10-08 02:26:54 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-12-29T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-29T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-29T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Udacity's Sebastian Thrun Changes Course]]> 27556 Michaelanne Dye 1 1385387741 2013-11-25 13:55:41 1475893611 2016-10-08 02:26:51 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-11-15T00:00:00-05:00 2013-11-15T00:00:00-05:00 2013-11-15T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Nvidia, Micron Debut High-End Processors]]> 27556 Srinivas Aluru discusses the debut of high-end processors. Source: EE Times

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1385034781 2013-11-21 11:53:01 1475893611 2016-10-08 02:26:51 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-11-19T00:00:00-05:00 2013-11-19T00:00:00-05:00 2013-11-19T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Education is Getting a Reboot]]> 27556 Rich DeMillo writes about advances is higher education. Source: Scientific American

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1385034413 2013-11-21 11:46:53 1475893611 2016-10-08 02:26:51 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-11-21T00:00:00-05:00 2013-11-21T00:00:00-05:00 2013-11-21T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Already Anticipating 'Terminator' Ethics]]> 27556 Ronald C. Arkin, a veteran roboticist at Georgia Institute of Technology whose research has included the ethics of robots for the military, delivered a talk on “How to NOT Build a Terminator. Source: The New York Times

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1385381188 2013-11-25 12:06:28 1475893611 2016-10-08 02:26:51 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-11-25T00:00:00-05:00 2013-11-25T00:00:00-05:00 2013-11-25T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Welcome to Higher Ed Beta]]> 27556 Michaelanne Dye 1 1386248506 2013-12-05 13:01:46 1475893611 2016-10-08 02:26:51 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-12-05T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-05T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-05T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Will Smartphones Kill Femininity?]]> 27556 Ian Bogost’s piece in the Atlantic about hyperemployment—a tech-fueled “commitment to our usual jobs and to many other jobs as well”—has hyperemployed a lot of brain cells and Internet pixels. Source: Slate

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1386248605 2013-12-05 13:03:25 1475893611 2016-10-08 02:26:51 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-12-05T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-05T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-05T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Hadi Esmaeilzadeh on Dark Silicon]]> 27556 Hadi Esmaeilzadeh recently joined the School of Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology as assistant professor. He is the first holder of the Catherine M. and James E. Allchin Early Career Professorship. Source: Machine Intelligence Research Institute

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1382541101 2013-10-23 15:11:41 1475893605 2016-10-08 02:26:45 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-10-22T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-22T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-22T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[National Robotics Initiative Invests $38M in Next-Gen Robotics]]> 27556 Ron Arkin and Andrea Thomaz's research is featured as projects that are covered by the new NSF grant. Source: National Science Foundation

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1382700878 2013-10-25 11:34:38 1475893605 2016-10-08 02:26:45 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-10-24T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-24T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-24T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[First-of-Its-Kind Online Master's Draws Wave of Applicants]]> 27556 In the past three weeks, Georgia Tech received nearly twice as many applications for a new low-cost online master’s program as its comparable residential program receives in a year. Source: All Things D

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1383580699 2013-11-04 15:58:19 1475893605 2016-10-08 02:26:45 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-10-31T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-31T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-31T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Attend Georgia Tech Without Moving to Altanta]]> 27556 Earlier this year, Georgia Tech became the first top university to offer a steep discount for an online grad degree:  less than $7,000 for a master’s in computer science, instead of the usual $45,000. Source: NPR

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1383580624 2013-11-04 15:57:04 1475893605 2016-10-08 02:26:45 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-11-01T00:00:00-04:00 2013-11-01T00:00:00-04:00 2013-11-01T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Innovation Imperative: Change Everything]]> 27556 But perhaps the most promising experiment is from the Georgia Institute of Technology, which next year will start offering a $6,600 online master’s degree, a sixth the price of its current degree, in partnership with the MOOC platform Udacity and AT&T Georgia Tech is putting its reputation behind a MOOC credential. Source: The New York Times

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1383580324 2013-11-04 15:52:04 1475893605 2016-10-08 02:26:45 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-11-02T00:00:00-04:00 2013-11-02T00:00:00-04:00 2013-11-02T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[The Science Behind Getting More Twitter Followers]]> 27556 A team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Interactive Computing studied 500 active Twitter users over 15 months and examined the impact of 22 factors on those users’ growth in followers. Source: Forbes

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1382005250 2013-10-17 10:20:50 1475893605 2016-10-08 02:26:45 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-10-17T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-17T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-17T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[The $10,000 Technology Degree]]> 27556 The Georgia Institute of Technology announced earlier this year that they would unveil a two-year online master's degree program in partnership with Udacity, a company founded by Google's Sebastian Thrun as a platform for online college courses. Source: Fast Company

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1380716615 2013-10-02 12:23:35 1475893603 2016-10-08 02:26:43 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-09-26T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-26T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-26T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Grand Theft Auto V Isn't as Grand as You Think]]> 27556 Ian Bogost, a philosopher and video game scholar at Georgia Institute of Technology, talks about the new Grand Theft Auto V. Source: The Wall Street Journal

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1380716288 2013-10-02 12:18:08 1475893603 2016-10-08 02:26:43 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-09-27T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-27T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-27T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Your Smartphone Can 'Read' What You're Typing]]> 27556 Using nothing more than a smartphone resting next to a laptop, researchers at MIT and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new technique for logging your keystrokes based on sound and vibration. Source: Yahoo Finance

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1380716112 2013-10-02 12:15:12 1475893603 2016-10-08 02:26:43 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-09-30T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-30T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-30T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Rich DeMillo Appointed a Lumina Fellow]]> 27255 The Lumina Foundation has appointed Distinguished Professor Rich DeMillo, director of the Center for 21st Century Universities, one of four Lumina Fellows. The Lumina Fellows will work to advance the Foundation's 2013 to 2016 Strategic Plan by analyzing issues and recommending solutions, using their national media presence to influence the dialogue around issues of importance to Goal 2025, a call for the nation to create a workforce in which 60 percent of Americans have a high quality postsecondary education credential by 2025.

]]> Josie Giles 1 1380723597 2013-10-02 14:19:57 1475893603 2016-10-08 02:26:43 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-10-02T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-02T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-02T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Viewpoint: I Took an Online Class...and I Loved it]]> 27556 In our increasingly “busy” lives, we want to pursue as many opportunities as we can without having their qualities devalued and online courses allow us to do that. Georgia Tech sees it that way too: it offers an entire masters program that you can earn through MOOCs. Source: USA Today

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1380796937 2013-10-03 10:42:17 1475893603 2016-10-08 02:26:43 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-10-04T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-04T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-04T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Strap on Your Computer, Wearable Tech is Taking Off]]> 27556 As wearable technologies proliferate, humans will need to adapt, said Georgia Tech professor Thad Starner. He advises Google on its glasses, which are lightweight frames equipped with a hidden camera and tiny display that responds to voice commands. Source: Associated Press

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1380800630 2013-10-03 11:43:50 1475893603 2016-10-08 02:26:43 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-10-04T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-04T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-04T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Job Trends]]> 27556 Last spring, the Georgia Institute of Technology announced a deal with Udacity to deliver a master’s degree in computer science online for less than $7,000 in tuition, supported by a $2 million grant from AT&T. Naturally enough, the telecom firm hopes to hire some of the program’s graduates. Source: Inside Higher Ed

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1380879913 2013-10-04 09:45:13 1475893603 2016-10-08 02:26:43 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-10-05T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-05T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-05T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Young People Are Not as Digitally Native as You Think]]> 27556  Michael Best, a Georgia Tech professor who coordinated the study, said the findings highlighted a paradox about the concept of digital natives, a term that is often bandied about for marketing purposes. Source: The New York Times

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1381225645 2013-10-08 09:47:25 1475893603 2016-10-08 02:26:43 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-10-08T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-08T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-08T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[What College Will Be Like in 2023]]> 27556 The expansion of online delivery has led some to believe that universities will be able to scale up their classes and reduce their costs per student. While this will happen in a few cases—Georgia Tech is now offering an online computer science master's for $6,600—it won't transform the university cost structure. Source: Wall Street Journal

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1381397949 2013-10-10 09:39:09 1475893603 2016-10-08 02:26:43 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-10-10T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-10T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-10T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Why Pinterest Advertising Will be Effective for E-Commerce]]> 27556 A Georgia Tech study of June 2012 activity on Pinterest found that the most common verbs on the social network were "use," "look," "want," and "need," highlighting its potential as a shopping tool. Source: Business Insider

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1381398067 2013-10-10 09:41:07 1475893603 2016-10-08 02:26:43 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-10-10T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-10T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-10T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[FLAMEL Program at Tech Brings Big Data to Material Science]]> 27556 In this podcast, Richard Fujimoto and Surya Kalidindi from Georgia Tech describe the new FLAMEL doctoral student training program. Source: Inside HPC

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1381917191 2013-10-16 09:53:11 1475893603 2016-10-08 02:26:43 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-10-16T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-16T00:00:00-04:00 2013-10-16T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA['MOOCs' Could Lower Cost of College]]> 27556 Last month, the Georgia Institute of Technology announced it will offer a MOOC-based master's degree in computer science beginning in January 2014 at a fraction of the on-campus cost. Source: MSN

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1379328703 2013-09-16 10:51:43 1475893600 2016-10-08 02:26:40 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-09-14T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-14T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-14T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Mitch Daniels Takes on Higher Ed]]> 27556 The college business model, says Mitch Daniels, is all wrong and deserves to be toppled. He will be watching closely a Georgia Institute of Technology plan to offer an online master's degree in computer science next year. It will cost just $7,000, versus as much as $60,000 for the traditional course. Source: Bloomberg

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1379669612 2013-09-20 09:33:32 1475893600 2016-10-08 02:26:40 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-09-20T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-20T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-20T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[The Technology That Lets Dogs 'Talk' to Owners]]> 27556 Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a vest that allows a trained dog to "talk" to its owner. Source: BBC

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1379669271 2013-09-20 09:27:51 1475893600 2016-10-08 02:26:40 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-09-21T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-21T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-21T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Have MOOCs Lived Up to the Hype?]]> 27556 Congress had plenty of questions about pricing, accreditation and the pros and cons of MOOCs for an assistant dean (Charles Isbell) at Georgia Tech on Wednesday. The university offers a master’s degree in computer science with Udacity for under $7,000. Source: Politico

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1379669448 2013-09-20 09:30:48 1475893600 2016-10-08 02:26:40 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-09-21T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-21T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-21T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[College of Computing Offering New Online Master's Degree]]> 27556 Zvi Galil, the dean of the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is seeking a technological and academic revolution by developing an online master's of science (OMS) degree in computer science via massive open online courses (MOOCs) for roughly $6,600, perhaps 15 percent of what a traditional degree in the field might cost. Source: Yahoo! News

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1378892325 2013-09-11 09:38:45 1475893600 2016-10-08 02:26:40 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-09-11T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-11T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-11T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Glass App Teaches Sign Language]]> 27556 Kim Xu, a recent Human-Centered Computing Ph.D. graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology, developed the app with one of her professors. Source: Mashable

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1379330527 2013-09-16 11:22:07 1475893600 2016-10-08 02:26:40 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-09-13T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-13T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-13T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Malware Blows Past Apple's Screening Process]]> 27556 Researchers from Georgia Tech have determined that the Apple’s review process runs at least some programs for only a few seconds before giving the green light, which wasn’t long enough for Apple to notice that an app that purported to offer news from Georgia Tech contained code fragments that later assembled themselves into a malicious digital creature. Source: Technology Review

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1376647780 2013-08-16 10:09:40 1475893597 2016-10-08 02:26:37 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-16T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-16T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-16T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Apple iOS Security Defeated by Sneaky App]]> 27556  In "Jekyll on iOS: When Benign Apps Become Evil", a paper presented at the Usenix Security '13 conference, Tielei Wang, Kangjie Lu, Long Lu, Simon Chung, and Wenke Lee describe how they were able to create apps that can be exploited remotely through program paths that did not exist during the app review process. Source: Information Week

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1376907746 2013-08-19 10:22:26 1475893597 2016-10-08 02:26:37 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-18T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-18T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-18T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA["Jekyll" Test Attack Sneaks Through Apple App Store]]> 27556 The malware designers, a research team from Georgia Institute of Technology's Information Security Center (GTISC), were able to monitor their app during the review: they discovered Apple ran the app for only a few seconds, before ultimately approving it. Source: IT News

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1376907959 2013-08-19 10:25:59 1475893597 2016-10-08 02:26:37 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-18T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-18T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-18T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Master's Degree is New Frontier of Study Online]]> 27556 In January, the Georgia Institute of Technology plans to offer a master’s degree in computer science through massive open online courses for a fraction of the on-campus cost, a first for an elite institution. If it even approaches its goal of drawing thousands of students, it could signal a change to the landscape of higher education. Source: The New York Times

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1376907271 2013-08-19 10:14:31 1475893597 2016-10-08 02:26:37 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-19T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-19T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-19T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Apple's App Store Isn't As Secure As You Think]]> 27556 Georgia Tech researchers included code on their Jekyll app that allowed them to monitor Apple’s review process. They discovered that the app had only been tested for “a few seconds” before it was allowed to go live on the iOS App Store. Source: Forbes

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1376907483 2013-08-19 10:18:03 1475893597 2016-10-08 02:26:37 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-19T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-19T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-19T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[The Morning Download]]> 27556 The disruption may be approaching, though, as Georgia Tech, which has one of the country’s top computer science programs, plans to offer a MOOC-based online master’s degree in computer science for $6,600 — far less than the $45,000 on-campus price, writes the NYT’s Tamar Lewin. Source: The Wall Street Journal

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1376907382 2013-08-19 10:16:22 1475893597 2016-10-08 02:26:37 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-20T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-20T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-20T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Apple App Store Infiltrated by Researchers' "Jekyll" Malware]]> 27556 Researchers from the School of Computer Science, College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology created a proof-of-concept "Jekyll" app and "successfully published it in the App Store." Source: NBC News

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1377004801 2013-08-20 13:20:01 1475893597 2016-10-08 02:26:37 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-20T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-20T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-20T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Our Ed-Techie In-Chief]]> 27556 Georgia Tech, which is a national leader in computer science, just announced it will begin offering an online master’s degree in computer science at a fraction of the cost of a traditional class, but it’s just as rigorous and it’s producing engineers who are just as good. Source: Inside Higher Ed

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1377602087 2013-08-27 11:14:47 1475893597 2016-10-08 02:26:37 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-26T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-26T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-26T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[New Wearable Tech Helps Dogs Communicate With People]]> 27556 Thad Starner, technical lead for Google Glass, along with Georgia Institute of Technology professor Melody Jackson and research assistant Clint Zeagler, created FIDO to enable clearer communication between service dogs and their human handlers. Source: Forbes

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1377602173 2013-08-27 11:16:13 1475893597 2016-10-08 02:26:37 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-27T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-27T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-27T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Cheaper Tech Degrees Debut]]> 27556 As universities ponder whether and how to offer affordable, high-quality instruction over the Internet, all eyes are on the Georgia Institute of Technology. The school recently announced plans to offer an online master’s degree in computer science for less than $7,000 — a fraction of what such a degree would cost in an on-campus setting. Source: Boston Globe

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1378207988 2013-09-03 11:33:08 1475893597 2016-10-08 02:26:37 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-31T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-31T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-31T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Googling Yourself Takes on a Whole New Meaning]]> 27556 Thad Starner talks about the early days of wearable computing and how he helped develop Google Glass. Source: The New York Times

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1378207821 2013-09-03 11:30:21 1475893597 2016-10-08 02:26:37 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-09-02T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-02T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-02T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[What Twitter Says to Linguists]]> 27897 Phillip Taylor 1 1378386455 2013-09-05 13:07:35 1475893597 2016-10-08 02:26:37 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-09-05T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-05T00:00:00-04:00 2013-09-05T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Hacked iPhone Chargers Could Let Snoops Spy on Devices]]> 27556 Georgia Tech Information Security Center researchers presented how they were able to hack into an iPhone using its charger at a briefing on Wednesday at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas. Source: CBS News

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1376054782 2013-08-09 13:26:22 1475893595 2016-10-08 02:26:35 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-06T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-06T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-06T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Public Charging Stations Open Up New Avenue for Hacking]]> 27556  “I would never plug my phone into a public charger,” says Billy Lau, a research scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology who led the Black Hat demo. “You don’t know whether you are just charging your phone or if something else is going on. Source: New York Daily News

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1376387476 2013-08-13 09:51:16 1475893595 2016-10-08 02:26:35 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-14T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-14T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-14T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Wearable Device for Dogs]]> 27556 Now, a team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology is working on a wearable computing device that will allow the dogs themselves to "talk" back to their handlers via devices like Google Glass. Source: Fast Company

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1374659541 2013-07-24 09:52:21 1475893595 2016-10-08 02:26:35 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-07-23T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-23T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-23T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[The MOOC That Roared]]> 27556 Georgia Institute of Technology is about to take a step that could set off a broad disruption in higher education: It’s offering a new master’s degree in computer science, delivered through a series of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, for $6,600. Source: Slate

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1374768700 2013-07-25 16:11:40 1475893595 2016-10-08 02:26:35 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-07-24T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-24T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-24T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Georgia Tech to Offer Online Master's Degree at Bargain Price]]> 27556 Georgia Tech announced Tuesday that it will offer an online master's degree in computer science for less than $7,000. Source: CBS This Morning 

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1375178422 2013-07-30 10:00:22 1475893595 2016-10-08 02:26:35 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-07-28T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-28T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-28T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[The Bible Gets an Upgrade]]> 27556 Beki Gitner, a professor of human computer interaction at Georgia Tech, who has studied how people use technology for spiritual purposes, said about YouVersion, “the sheer number of downloads is a good reminder to all of us that if we think about technology as purely a secular tool, we are missing out on how it’s being used by people all over the world.” Source: The New York Times

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1375178545 2013-07-30 10:02:25 1475893595 2016-10-08 02:26:35 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-07-28T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-28T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-28T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[How Do We Keep Robots From Destroying Humans?]]> 27556 Ronald Arkin, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, has done pioneering work on creating “ethical governors” for robots. But we’re a long way from a satisfactory simulation of morality. Source: Bloomberg Businessweek

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1375178664 2013-07-30 10:04:24 1475893595 2016-10-08 02:26:35 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-07-29T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-29T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-29T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Apple Fixing Bug that Allows Fake Chargers to Hack iPhones]]> 27556 The work was done by Billy Lau, a research scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and graduate students Yeongjin Jang and Chengyu Song. Source: Reuters

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1375352140 2013-08-01 10:15:40 1475893595 2016-10-08 02:26:35 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[This Fake Charger Will Hide a Trojan in Your iPhone's FB App]]> 27556 At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas Wednesday, three Georgia Tech security researchers carried out a demonstration for reporters showing just how easily they could compromise an iPhone 5 using a malicious charger built with a three-inch square, $45 computer known as a BeagleBoard. Source: Forbes

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1375352216 2013-08-01 10:16:56 1475893595 2016-10-08 02:26:35 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[5 Scariest Cybersecurity Threats at Black Hat, Defcon]]> 27556 Georgia Tech Information Security Center researchers will reveal how they were able to hack into an iPhone using its charger at a Black Hat briefing on Wednesday. Source: CBS News

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1375352286 2013-08-01 10:18:06 1475893595 2016-10-08 02:26:35 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Fido Gets Even Techier Tools]]> 27556 "If a dog could communicate clearly with a human being, there are so many ways it would be life-changing for the human and even life-saving,"Melody Jackson, associate professor at Georgia Tech and director of the BrainLab, told NBC News. Source: Today 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1375352370 2013-08-01 10:19:30 1475893595 2016-10-08 02:26:35 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[How Nick Feamster Developed the First College SDN Course]]> 27556 Since the technology is rapidly evolving, there are challenges in developing SDN course content, but the Georgia Institute of Technology forged ahead to offer the first SDN college course of its kind, spearheaded by Associate Professor of Computer Science Nick Feamster. Source: TechTarget

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1375352782 2013-08-01 10:26:22 1475893595 2016-10-08 02:26:35 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Higher Education on Path Toward Technological Revolution]]> 27556 Richard Demillo, director of the Center for 21st Century Universities at the Georgia Institute of Technology, put it another way: The Great Recession exposed structural flaws in higher education. The system simply cost too much and accomplished too little. Source: Associated Press

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1376054718 2013-08-09 13:25:18 1475893595 2016-10-08 02:26:35 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-05T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-05T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-05T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Smart Diapers and Talking Dogs]]> 27556 The FIDO project through the Georgia Institute of Technology is developing wearable technology that aims to improve communication between working or assistance dogs and their handlers. Source: Forbes

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1376054653 2013-08-09 13:24:13 1475893595 2016-10-08 02:26:35 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-08-06T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-06T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-06T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[More Proof MOOCs Are Hot]]> 27556 Udacity recently said it will offer master’s degrees from Georgia Tech. Source: Wall Street Journal

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1373890247 2013-07-15 12:10:47 1475893592 2016-10-08 02:26:32 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-07-12T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-12T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-12T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Inventor of Google Glass Creates Wearable Computer for Dogs]]> 27556 At the Georgia Institute of Technology, visiting associate professor Melody Jackson, professor and Google Glass technical lead Thad Starner, and research scientist Clint Zeagler are working on a system called FIDO, which stands for “facilitating interactions for dogs with occupations.” Source: IO9

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1373629153 2013-07-12 11:39:13 1475893592 2016-10-08 02:26:32 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-07-13T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-13T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-13T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Google Glass for Dogs?]]> 27556 The technology might initially sound barking mad, but its creators at Georgia Institute of Technology believe that it will give crime dogs and other K-9s a clearer and more direct way to communicate with their handlers. Source: Daily Mail

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1373890353 2013-07-15 12:12:33 1475893592 2016-10-08 02:26:32 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-07-15T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-15T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-15T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[FIDO Would Enable Dog-To-Human Communication]]> 27556 Three researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are working to develop a new piece of technology attire--for dogs. The project, FIDO (Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations), would allow dogs to communicate crucial information--be it about navigation for the blind, bombs for security, or diagnoses for doctors--to their handlers or owners. Source: Popular Science

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1373978826 2013-07-16 12:47:06 1475893592 2016-10-08 02:26:32 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-07-16T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-16T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-16T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Three Ways MOOCs Will Change Colleges]]> 27556  "When you teach a MOOC, you have to be a deliberate teacher," said Richard DeMillo, director of the Center for 21st Century Universities at the Georgia Institute of Technology, at the U.S. News 2013 Stem Solutions Conference. Source: U.S. News & World Report

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1371724461 2013-06-20 10:34:21 1475893592 2016-10-08 02:26:32 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-06-19T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-19T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-19T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Pindrop Security Raises $11M to Reinvent Caller ID]]> 27556 Pindrop Security, an Atlanta startup based on research developed at the Georgia Tech Information Security Center, has raised $11 million towards their efforts to reinvent Caller ID. Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1371724006 2013-06-20 10:26:46 1475893592 2016-10-08 02:26:32 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-06-20T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-20T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-20T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Moody's Says MOOCs Could Raise a University's Credit Rating]]> 27556 In May, Moody’s announced that the Georgia Institute of Technology’s MOOC-like master’s degree in computer science is credit positive for the university. That report cited increased brand recognition and the potential to increase and diversify enrollment and revenue as major factors in the decision. Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1372153739 2013-06-25 09:48:59 1475893592 2016-10-08 02:26:32 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-06-25T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-25T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-25T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Coding Camps Hope to Inspire the Next Mark Zuckerberg]]> 27556 Barbara Ericson, director of computer outreach at the Institute for Computing Education at Georgia Tech, said people sometimes ask: why not wait until children are older to start teaching them how to program? "Anything over the age of 7 is capable, they are capable of learning reasoning," she said. Source: MSN

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1372417462 2013-06-28 11:04:22 1475893592 2016-10-08 02:26:32 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-06-28T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-28T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-28T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Is Pinterest Right For Your Brand?]]> 27556 A Georgia Tech study, led by Eric Gilbert, of June 2012 activity on Pinterest found that the most common verbs on the social network were "use," "look," "want," and "need," highlighting its potential as a shopping tool. Source: Businsess Insider

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1373361244 2013-07-09 09:14:04 1475893592 2016-10-08 02:26:32 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-07-09T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-09T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-09T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[FIDO is Far More Than Google Glass For Dogs]]> 27556 The original technical lead on Google Glass, who is currently a Georgia Institute of Technology professor, is now part of a project called FIDO: “Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations.” Source: Fast Company

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1373628859 2013-07-12 11:34:19 1475893592 2016-10-08 02:26:32 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-07-12T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-12T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-12T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Cedric Stallworth: Choose What Will Have the Biggest Impact]]> 27556 Becoming a computer scientist isn' t part of most people' s retirement plans, but that' s exactly what Cedric Stallworth did after retiring from professional football. Source: Live Science

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1373628944 2013-07-12 11:35:44 1475893592 2016-10-08 02:26:32 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-07-12T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-12T00:00:00-04:00 2013-07-12T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Big Data Science: The Algorithmic Advances Underneath]]> 27556 In this video, Alexander Gray from the Georgia Institute of Technology presents: Big Data Science – The Algorithmic Advances that Lie Underneath. Source: Inside Big Data

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1369822072 2013-05-29 10:07:52 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-29T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-29T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-29T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Understanding the Human Condition with Big Data]]> 27556 In this guest feature from Scientific Computing World, Georgia Institute of Technology’s David A. Bader discusses his upcoming ISC’13 session, Better Understanding Brains, Genomes & Life Using HPC Systems. Source: Inside HPC

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1369822207 2013-05-29 10:10:07 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-29T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-29T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-29T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Is Coding the New Second Language?]]> 27556 “What the computer science community has been slow to grasp is that there are a lot of different people who are going to need to learn computer science, and they are going to learn it in a lot of different ways,” says Mark Guzdial. Source: The Smithsonian Magazine

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1370258920 2013-06-03 11:28:40 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-30T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-30T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-30T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[They Can Hack Your iPhone with a Malicious Charger]]> 27556 At the upcoming Black Hat security conference in late July, three researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology plan to show off a proof-of-concept charger that they say can be used to invisibly install malware on a device running the latest version of Apple’s iOS. Source: Forbes

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1370259068 2013-06-03 11:31:08 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-06-03T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-03T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-03T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Researchers: We Can Hack an iPhone Through the Charger]]> 27556 A team of researchers from Georgia Tech say they've discovered, and can demonstrate, a way to to hack into an iPhone or iPad in less than a minute using a "malicious charger." The team plans to demonstrate its findings at the Black Hat computer security conference, which begins July 27 in Las Vegas. Source: CNN

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1370430921 2013-06-05 11:15:21 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-06-04T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-04T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-04T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Wearable Computing Pioneer Dismisses Google Glass Skeptics]]> 27556 Now being tested by early adopters, Glass is an ambitious attempt to advance “wearable computing.” It’s also a milestone for Thad Starner, a Georgia Tech professor who has been building and wearing head-mounted computers since 1993. Source: Technology Review

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1370431007 2013-06-05 11:16:47 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-06-05T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-05T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-05T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Creative Crowdsourcing Meets Military Training]]> 27556 Mark Riedl, an assistant professor of computer science at Georgia Tech and winner of DARPA’s 2011 Young Faculty Award (Riedl is now 37), discusses his crowdsourcing research. DARPA provided $300,000 for Riedl’s two-year project to develop software that uses the wisdom of the crowd to develop training scenarios. Source: Defense News

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1371049724 2013-06-12 15:08:44 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-06-08T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-08T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-08T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Udacity and Georgia Tech Cross the Rubicon]]> 27556 Georgia Tech’s dean of computing Zvi Galil expressed similar glee when he said in an interview, “You know there is a revolution going on, right?” Source: Forbes

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1371209871 2013-06-14 11:37:51 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-06-14T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-14T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-14T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Georgia Tech, Udacity Shock Higher Ed With $7K Degree]]> 27556 Michaelanne Dye 1 1368791005 2013-05-17 11:43:25 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-16T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-16T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-16T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Georgia Tech Discovers Secrets to Increasing Twitter Followers]]> 27556 The Georgia Institute of Technology has released the results of a study on the patterns of twitter posters and followers. The study of more than 500 twitter users and over half a million tweets shows 9 scientific ways to increase twitter followers. Source: Georgia Public Broadcasting

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1371209949 2013-06-14 11:39:09 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-06-14T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-14T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-14T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[The (Just Under) $7,000 Computer Science Degree]]> 27556 The Georgia Institute of Technology said it will offer a two-year master's degree in computer science to thousands of students online for a fraction of the cost of a traditional degree. Georgia Tech dean Charles Isbell joins digits. Source: Wall Street Journal

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1369052905 2013-05-20 12:28:25 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-18T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-18T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-18T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Choose Your Own Sociocultural Training Adventure]]> 27556 Mark Riedl, a 2011 YFA recipient, is an assistant professor of Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology who specializes in the intersection of artificial intelligence, virtual worlds and storytelling. Source: DARPA

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1369052661 2013-05-20 12:24:21 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-20T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-20T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-20T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Google Zombie: The Glass Wearers of Tomorrow]]> 27556 Since the unveiling of Google Glass, the tech giant's new wearable computing device, a common nickname for its wearers has arisen among skeptics and critics: Glassholes. (Article by Ian Bogost, Interactive Computing). Source: The Atlantic

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1369131090 2013-05-21 10:11:30 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-21T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-21T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-21T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[The $7,000 CS Degree and the Future of Higher Ed]]> 27556 While a new report puts the average debt load of new college grads at a stomach-churning $35,200, Georgia Tech is rolling out an alternative program experts say offers a beacon of hope for both students and employers: A three-year master’s degree in computer science that can be earned entirely online — and that will cost less than $7,000. Source: Time

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1369130928 2013-05-21 10:08:48 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-22T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-22T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-22T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Wearable-Technology Pioneer Thad Starner on Google Glass]]> 27556 Among those lucky early adopters with imperfect vision was Thad Starner, a Georgia Tech professor who, in 2010, was recruited to join a top-secret project at Google's fabled X Lab. Source: Engadget

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1369740853 2013-05-28 11:34:13 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-23T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-23T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-23T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[RFP for High-Profile Tech Computing Center Due Soon]]> 27556 Georgia Tech is close to issuing a request for proposals to pick a development adviser for the school’s nearly 700,000-square-foot High Performance Computing Center proposed in Midtown’s Technology Square. Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1369400839 2013-05-24 13:07:19 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-25T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-25T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-25T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[On the Horizon, Five Reasons to Smile]]> 27556 When it comes to education, an even greater productivity gain may be on the way. This month, for instance, the Georgia Institute of Technology announced a new online master’s degree in computer science, for a price of no more than $7,000.  Source: The New York Times

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1369740678 2013-05-28 11:31:18 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-26T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-26T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-26T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[At Odds Over Privacy Challenges of Wearable Computing]]> 27556 “Most people are not talking about privacy here, they are talking about social appropriateness,” said Thad Starner, who is the director of the Contextual Computing Group at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a technical adviser to the Google Glass team. Source: The New York Times

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1369740621 2013-05-28 11:30:21 1475893589 2016-10-08 02:26:29 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-27T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-27T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-27T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Google Glass Picks Up Early Signal: Keep Out]]> 27556 Thad Starner (Georgia Tech), a pioneer of wearable computing who is a technical adviser to the Glass team, says he thinks concerns about disruption are overblown.

Source: The New York Times

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1367927891 2013-05-07 11:58:11 1475893587 2016-10-08 02:26:27 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-08T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-08T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-08T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Cloud Expo NYC is Coming]]> 27556 David Bader will be presenting the session "Scientist Scarcity Lies in Automation," where delegates will gain insight on how network transformation plays a role in enabling enterprises to migrate and better support a cloud environment. Source: Examiner

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1368447630 2013-05-13 12:20:30 1475893587 2016-10-08 02:26:27 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-12T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-12T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-12T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Dawn of the Bot? New Era Nears, Experts Say]]> 27556 Advances in miniaturization will help this trend pan out as predicted, Henrik Christensen — director of the Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at Georgia Tech, and co-author of the robotics report. Source: NBC News

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1368447327 2013-05-13 12:15:27 1475893587 2016-10-08 02:26:27 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-13T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-13T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-13T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Do They Really Tawk Like That? Not Now]]> 27556 Jacob Eisenstein has studied regionalisms on Twitter, and found that the word, “suttin”— meaning “something” — appears 10 times as often in Twitter posts from New York as it does in the rest of the United States. Source: The New York Times

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1368447461 2013-05-13 12:17:41 1475893587 2016-10-08 02:26:27 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-13T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-13T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-13T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Georgia Tech Will Offer Full Online Master's]]> 27556 Starting in the fall, the Georgia Institute of Technology, together with AT&T and Udacity, an online education venture, will offer a master’s degree in computer science that can be earned entirely through so-called massive open online courses, or MOOCs. Source: Associated Press

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1368790583 2013-05-17 11:36:23 1475893587 2016-10-08 02:26:27 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-15T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-15T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-15T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Georgia Tech Will Offer a Master's Degree Online]]> 27556 The Georgia Institute of Technology said it will offer a two-year master's degree in computer science to thousands of students online for a fraction of the cost of a traditional degree. Source: The New York Times

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1368790669 2013-05-17 11:37:49 1475893587 2016-10-08 02:26:27 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-15T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-15T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-15T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[College Offers Online Master's Degree for $6,000]]> 27556 Michaelanne Dye 1 1368790902 2013-05-17 11:41:42 1475893587 2016-10-08 02:26:27 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-15T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-15T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-15T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Beware of Killer Robots, Rights Group Says]]> 27556 Professor Ronald Arkin told the BBC the rights campaign may be premature. "A moratorium as opposed to ban -- where we say, 'We're not going to do this until we can do it right' -- makes far more sense to me than simply crying out, 'ban the killer robots,'" he said.Source: UPI

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1366798315 2013-04-24 10:11:55 1475893587 2016-10-08 02:26:27 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-04-24T00:00:00-04:00 2013-04-24T00:00:00-04:00 2013-04-24T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[How Google Glass Makes Life Better]]> 27556 Long before it was a gleam in Sergey Brin's eye, Thad Starner was sporting a bulky, comparatively prehistoric version of what would ultimately become Google Glass. Source: Mashable

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1366798402 2013-04-24 10:13:22 1475893587 2016-10-08 02:26:27 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-04-24T00:00:00-04:00 2013-04-24T00:00:00-04:00 2013-04-24T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Study Finds Key Drivers of Pinterest Popularity]]> 27556 Female Pinterest users have more “re-pins,” while male users have more followers on the popular photo-sharing site, according to a new study from Georgia Tech, led by Eric Gilbert, and the University of Minnesota. Source: RedOrbit

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1366798519 2013-04-24 10:15:19 1475893587 2016-10-08 02:26:27 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-04-25T00:00:00-04:00 2013-04-25T00:00:00-04:00 2013-04-25T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Should Robots Be Able to Decide to Kill You On Their Own?]]> 27556 Ronald Arkin, a roboticist and roboethicist at Georgia Tech who has received funding from the Department of Defense, is in favor of the moratorium, but is optimistic in the longterm. Source: Rolling Stone

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1367582072 2013-05-03 11:54:32 1475893587 2016-10-08 02:26:27 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-01T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-01T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-01T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[A Most Profound Math Problem]]> 27556 As Lance Fortnow describes in his new book, “The Golden Ticket: P, NP and the Search for the Impossible,” P versus NP is “one of the great open problems in all of mathematics” not only because it is extremely difficult to solve but because it has such obvious practical applications. Source: The New Yorker

 

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1367581654 2013-05-03 11:47:34 1475893587 2016-10-08 02:26:27 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-03T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-03T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-03T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Researchers Find Formula for Getting More Twitter Followers]]> 27556 Want to know the perfect formula for boosting your Twitter followers? Make sure your tweets are happy, interesting, and don't use too many hashtags. This is according to findings from a study by Eric Gilbert being presented at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in France this week. Source: Daily Mail

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1367582334 2013-05-03 11:58:54 1475893587 2016-10-08 02:26:27 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-04T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-04T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-04T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[How to Own Twitter Like the Biebs]]> 27556 After looking at half a million tweets for 15 months, Eric Gilbert and C.J. Hutto from Georgia Tech's School of Interactive Computing have gotten what makes people popular on Twitter down to a science. Source: Cosmopolitan

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1367927821 2013-05-07 11:57:01 1475893587 2016-10-08 02:26:27 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-05T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-05T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-05T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Spy Eye]]> 27556 Georgia Tech School of Computer Science professor Paul Royal spoke to CBS 46 about the computer virus Spy Eye. Source: CBS 46

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1368012663 2013-05-08 11:31:03 1475893587 2016-10-08 02:26:27 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-05-05T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-05T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-05T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[6 Emerging Security Threats and How to Fight Them]]> 27556 It's important to be aware of the threats to enterprise security that are coming over the horizon and heading this way. It's a question the Georgia Institute of Technology addresses in its Emerging Cyber Threat Report 2013, in which researchers identify at least six threats that all security professionals should know about. Source: E-Security Planet

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1364299554 2013-03-26 12:05:54 1475893584 2016-10-08 02:26:24 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-03-26T00:00:00-04:00 2013-03-26T00:00:00-04:00 2013-03-26T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Spam Wars Clog the Internet]]> 27556 "Some of those 'phone books' are open for anybody to use," says Paul Royal. "Unfortunately that means that attackers can abuse those 'phone books' by asking a question in a way that generates a very large response and targets a victim of their choice." Source: Marketplace

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1364550830 2013-03-29 09:53:50 1475893584 2016-10-08 02:26:24 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-03-29T00:00:00-04:00 2013-03-29T00:00:00-04:00 2013-03-29T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Freed From Its Cage, the Gentler Robot]]> 27556 Henrik Christensen and Andrea Thomaz discuss gentler industrial robots, designed to work and play well with others, that are coming out from behind their protective fences to work shoulder-to-shoulder with people. Source: The New York Times

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1364811500 2013-04-01 10:18:20 1475893584 2016-10-08 02:26:24 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-04-01T00:00:00-04:00 2013-04-01T00:00:00-04:00 2013-04-01T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Battle to Secure Cyberspace]]> 27556 Annie Antón talks with CNN about about the battle to secure cyberspace. Source: CNN Radio

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1365162270 2013-04-05 11:44:30 1475893584 2016-10-08 02:26:24 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-04-05T00:00:00-04:00 2013-04-05T00:00:00-04:00 2013-04-05T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[The Evolution of the Cell Phone]]> 27556 Rosa Arriaga talks to CNN en Español about the evolution of the cell phone (interview in Spanish). Source: CNN en Español

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1365414186 2013-04-08 09:43:06 1475893584 2016-10-08 02:26:24 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-04-06T00:00:00-04:00 2013-04-06T00:00:00-04:00 2013-04-06T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[New App Aims to Foster Autism Diagnosis]]> 27556 The autism center, which is funding the app development with a $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, is collaborating with Behavior Imaging Solutions, a Boise, Idaho, medical-technology company, and the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Source: USA Today

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1366283763 2013-04-18 11:16:03 1475893584 2016-10-08 02:26:24 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-04-15T00:00:00-04:00 2013-04-15T00:00:00-04:00 2013-04-15T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[25 State Universities With the Happiest Freshman]]> 27556 Michaelanne Dye 1 1366283390 2013-04-18 11:09:50 1475893584 2016-10-08 02:26:24 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-04-18T00:00:00-04:00 2013-04-18T00:00:00-04:00 2013-04-18T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Facing Challenges and Having Fun: Annie Antón]]> 27556 Annie Antón discusses the importance of gender diversity in computing with Alfred C. Weaver, director of the University of Virginia's Applied Research Institute. Source: IEEE Computer Society.

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1364220618 2013-03-25 14:10:18 1475893584 2016-10-08 02:26:24 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-03-02T00:00:00-05:00 2013-03-02T00:00:00-05:00 2013-03-02T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[The New Industrial Revolution]]> 27556 During a keynote speech to kick off the trade show, Henrik Christensen outlined a vision of a near future when we'll see robots and autonomous devices everywhere, working side by side with humans and taking on a surprisingly diverse set of roles. Source: Chronicle of Higher Education

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1364220194 2013-03-25 14:03:14 1475893581 2016-10-08 02:26:21 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-03-26T00:00:00-04:00 2013-03-26T00:00:00-04:00 2013-03-26T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[How Best To Break The News To Users That They're A Bot]]> 27556 Researchers Wei Meng and Ruian Duan, working under the supervision of Wenke Lee, studied the botnet's remediation efforts, which began early last year, and found that phone contact, billing notices, and redirecting infected users to special Web pages are the best ways to alert them to their infections. Source: Dark Reading

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1362057417 2013-02-28 13:16:57 1475893581 2016-10-08 02:26:21 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-02-28T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-28T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-28T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Balch Introduces UGA to World of MOOCs]]> 27556 In some ways, MOOCs are not that different from a large lecture course, where a professor might give presentations to a class of 300 students, said Tucker Balch (Interactive Comp). Source: Athens Banner-Herald

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1362057173 2013-02-28 13:12:53 1475893581 2016-10-08 02:26:21 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-03-01T00:00:00-05:00 2013-03-01T00:00:00-05:00 2013-03-01T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Robot Warriors: Lethal Machines Coming of Age]]> 27556 Henrik Christensen (Interactive Comp) and Ron Arkin talk to the BBC about the new era of robot wars. Source: BBC News

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1362412342 2013-03-04 15:52:22 1475893581 2016-10-08 02:26:21 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-03-04T00:00:00-05:00 2013-03-04T00:00:00-05:00 2013-03-04T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Improving Labor Market Enhances Job Prospects]]> 27556 Most of those on track to graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta have job offers two months before May, when they leave, said Jasmine Lawrence, 21, a computer science major who has been hired by Microsoft Corp., where she had an internship last summer. Source: Bloomberg

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1363085251 2013-03-12 10:47:31 1475893581 2016-10-08 02:26:21 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-03-09T00:00:00-05:00 2013-03-09T00:00:00-05:00 2013-03-09T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Creating Gender Diversity in Computing]]> 27556 Annie Antón (Interactive Comp) is among some of the people who are actively working to bring more women into computing. She describes why she chose to spend her time and energy on this effort in “Facing Challenges and Having Fun." Source: Today's Engineer

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1363085059 2013-03-12 10:44:19 1475893581 2016-10-08 02:26:21 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-03-13T00:00:00-04:00 2013-03-13T00:00:00-04:00 2013-03-13T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Smart Drones]]> 27556 Ron Arkin (Interactive Comp) that automation can also make war more humane. Robots may lack compassion, but they also lack the emotions that lead to calamitous mistakes, atrocities and genocides: vengefulness, panic, tribal animosity. Source: The New York Times

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1363603060 2013-03-18 10:37:40 1475893581 2016-10-08 02:26:21 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-03-17T00:00:00-04:00 2013-03-17T00:00:00-04:00 2013-03-17T00:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Back Rubs, Scrum Simulators, and Robot Theater]]> 27556 This segment features vides of robots from the Aware Home. Source: IEEE Spectrum

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1361276354 2013-02-19 12:19:14 1475893578 2016-10-08 02:26:18 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-02-16T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-16T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-16T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Fitness-Tracking Data: Useful Tool or Dangerous Obsession?]]> 27556 Strava and rival sites such as MapMyRide, TrainingPeaks, Garmin Connect and dailymile tap into the psychological elements that make sports rewarding, says Ian Bogost (Interactive Comp). They exploit people's competitive instincts to get them to ride their bikes faster, or work harder. Source: Denver Post

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1361276463 2013-02-19 12:21:03 1475893578 2016-10-08 02:26:18 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-02-20T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-20T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-20T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[A 2013 Rhodes Scholar's Formula for Changing the World]]> 27556 Recent College of Computing Alum and Rhodes Scholar, Joy Buolamwini, talks about her mission to bring computer science to underrepresented groups. Source: The Huffington Post

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1361373219 2013-02-20 15:13:39 1475893578 2016-10-08 02:26:18 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-02-20T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-20T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-20T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Rising Tide of Wireless Data Forcing Changes]]> 27556 Nick Feamster (Comp Sci) discussed his own personal tests on data cap usage, noting differences in the capacity of a home router and a mobile router. Source: BroadbandBreakfast

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1361449157 2013-02-21 12:19:17 1475893578 2016-10-08 02:26:18 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Study Reveals Best Ways to Tell Customers "You're Botted"]]> 27556 Researchers Wei Meng and Ruian Duan, working under the supervision of Wenke Lee, announced Tuesday the results of a study based on the industry’s response to the DNS Changer Trojan and shared recommendations to help curb future malware outbreaks at a presentation during the M3AAWG 27th General Meeting in San Francisco. Source: MAAWG

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1361464759 2013-02-21 16:39:19 1475893578 2016-10-08 02:26:18 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-02-22T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-22T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-22T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Free Online SDN Course]]> 27556 This spring, Georgia Tech will offer a comprehensive free, 6-week online course about software-defined networking, one of the hottest topics in enterprise IT. The MOOC (massive open online course) is being offered via Coursera and is being led by Nick Feamster (Comp Sci). Source: Computerworld

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1361813823 2013-02-25 17:37:03 1475893578 2016-10-08 02:26:18 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-02-26T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-26T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-26T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Why Diversity in Computer Science is Important]]> 27556 Cedric Stallworth, along with other computer science professionals, discusses why it is imperative for the field to embrace a diversity of perspectives to address today's global challenges. Source: National Science Foundation

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1361879566 2013-02-26 11:52:46 1475893578 2016-10-08 02:26:18 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-02-27T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-27T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-27T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Happy, Snappy Tweets Gain the Most Twitter Followers]]> 27556 Scientists have boilde down half a million tweets to a few simple rules for gaining a following on Twitter. C.J. Hutto, advised by Eric Gilbert (Interactive Comp), examined the content and retweeting fate of tweets sent by 500 non-celebrities over a 15-month period. Source: New Scientist

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1361887800 2013-02-26 14:10:00 1475893578 2016-10-08 02:26:18 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-02-27T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-27T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-27T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Nick Feamster Blogs on Data Caps & Tiered Broadband Pricing]]> 27556 Nick Feamster (Comp Sci) discusses data caps and tiered broadband pricing. Source: BroadbandBreakfast 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1361969369 2013-02-27 12:49:29 1475893578 2016-10-08 02:26:18 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-02-27T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-27T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-27T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Would You Announce Your Email Habits?]]> 27556 A similar strategy is part of Courteous.ly, which sports the tagline: “if they only knew how much email you have.” This service (which is part of a larger research project by Eric Gilbert (Interactive Comp)) connects to your Gmail account and counts how many messages you receive. Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1360843304 2013-02-14 12:01:44 1475893578 2016-10-08 02:26:18 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-02-07T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-07T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-07T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Willow Garage Won’t Do Research, but It’ll Sell You a Robot]]> 27556 Georgia Tech is using its PR2 to develop software and user interfaces for robots that could assist elderly people living at home. “They have been a key facilitator of collaborative infrastructure for robotics,” says Henrik Christensen (Interactive Comp). “We have to figure out how this can be continued.” Source: Technology Review

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1360842873 2013-02-14 11:54:33 1475893578 2016-10-08 02:26:18 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-02-13T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-13T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-13T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Can Playing Games Keep You Safe Abroad?]]> 27556 Ian Bogost (Interactive Comp) theorizes that a shaky global economy has forced some companies to take a pause from investing in serious games. Source: CNN International

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1360842974 2013-02-14 11:56:14 1475893578 2016-10-08 02:26:18 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-02-14T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-14T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-14T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[What Every Parent Needs to Know About Snapchat]]> 27556 Amy Bruckman (Interactive Comp) talks about the newly popular social media app, Snapchat. Source: 11 Alive

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1360839899 2013-02-14 11:04:59 1475893578 2016-10-08 02:26:18 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-02-15T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-15T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-15T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Guns, Violence, Games and the NRA’s Tedious New iOS App]]> 27556 Such a piece on the guns, video games and violence debate (if in fact it’s even fair to qualify it as a debate) was published in The Atlantic late last week, titled “How the Video-Game Industry Already Lost Out in the Gun-Control Debate,” written by video games researcher Ian Bogost (Interactive Comp). Source: Time

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1359454987 2013-01-29 10:23:07 1475893575 2016-10-08 02:26:15 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-01-16T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-16T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-16T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Augmented Reality]]> 27556 IEEE TV featured Georgia Tech's Blair MacIntyre (Interactive Comp) and the Augmented Reality Lab. Source: IEEE TV

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1359455862 2013-01-29 10:37:42 1475893575 2016-10-08 02:26:15 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-01-24T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-24T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-24T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Robot Makers Spread Global Gospel of Automation]]> 27556 During a presentation on Monday, Henrik I. Christensen (Interactive Comp) sharply criticized a recent “60 Minutes” saying that, while automation may transform the work force and eliminate certain jobs, it also creates new kinds of jobs that are generally better paying and that require higher-skilled workers. Source: The New York Times

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1359025172 2013-01-24 10:59:32 1475893575 2016-10-08 02:26:15 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-01-25T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-25T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-25T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Metro Area Poised to Grow With Mobile Technology Boom]]> 27556 Growth in the Atlanta area’s mobile industry can be attributed in part to the presence of academic institutions where mobility is a focus, including Georgia Tech, and to corporations that are active in the mobile space. Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1359034766 2013-01-24 13:39:26 1475893575 2016-10-08 02:26:15 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-01-25T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-25T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-25T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Talking, Walking Objects]]> 27556 Simon is a humanoid robot being developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology for the purposes of exploring intuitive ways for people and machines to live and work alongside one another. Source: The New York Times

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1359455746 2013-01-29 10:35:46 1475893575 2016-10-08 02:26:15 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-01-27T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-27T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-27T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Researchers Teach Robots Deception by Mimicking Squirrels]]> 27556 "We have developed algorithms that allow a robot to determine whether it should deceive a human or other intelligent machine and we have designed techniques that help the robot select the best deceptive strategy to reduce its chance of being discovered," said Ronald Arkin (Interactive Comp). Source: Design News

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1359454828 2013-01-29 10:20:28 1475893575 2016-10-08 02:26:15 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-01-30T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-30T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-30T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Google Glass Unlikely to Be Game Changer in 2013]]> 27556 Google has created a level of over-hype and over-expectation that their hardware cannot possibly live up to," Blair MacIntyre (Interactive Comp) told Wired in 2012. "It's going to generate ideas in people and expectations that might not match." Source: U.S. News & World Report

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1357225446 2013-01-03 15:04:06 1475893572 2016-10-08 02:26:12 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-01-03T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-03T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-03T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Colleges Are Warming Up to Online Learning]]> 27556 There also appears to be some truth to the idea that, as Georgia Tech professor Ian Bogost (Interactive Comp) has put it, MOOCs are just marketing for elite colleges. Source: The Atlantic

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1358251488 2013-01-15 12:04:48 1475893572 2016-10-08 02:26:12 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-01-10T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-10T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-10T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Automation Industry Association Criticizes 60 Minute Segment]]> 27556 "To paint advances in technology as just taking jobs is very one-sided," stated Dr. Henrik Christensen (Interactive Comp). "Studies have shown that 1.3 better, higher paying jobs are created in associated areas for every one job that may be insourced. Source: Herald Online

 ]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1358262581 2013-01-15 15:09:41 1475893572 2016-10-08 02:26:12 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-01-16T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-16T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-16T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[News as Games: Immoral or Future of Interactive Journalism?]]> 27556 Ian Bogost (Interactive Comp) has been designing and blogging about newsgames for several years. His own studio, Persuasive Games, creates titles for public policy makers, educators and corporations, dealing with current affairs and issues. Source: The Guardian UK

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1358262107 2013-01-15 15:01:47 1475893551 2016-10-08 02:25:51 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-01-12T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-12T00:00:00-05:00 2013-01-12T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[African Election Social Media Monitoring to Get Upgrade]]> 27556 Speaking at the sixth international conference for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) at Cape Town University in South Africa today, Michael Best, of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, described experiences of running the SMTC during elections in Nigeria and Liberia in 2011 and then in Ghana in 2012. Source: HumanIPO

 

]]> Michaelanne Dye 1 1386870124 2013-12-12 17:42:04 1475893520 2016-10-08 02:25:20 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-12-10T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-10T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-10T00:00:00-05:00 <![CDATA[Student Researchers at Sonification Lab Bring New Sound to Data]]> 28124 Doctoral candidates Jonathan Schuett, Jared Batterman and Vincent Martin collaborate to create an auditory-enhanced version of Fantasy Football, which allows vision-impaired fans, including Martin, to join the competition.

]]> Tyler Sharp 1 1424273102 2015-02-18 15:25:02 1475893437 2016-10-08 02:23:57 0 0 hgTechInTheNews 2013-11-11T00:00:00-05:00 2013-11-11T00:00:00-05:00 2013-11-11T00:00:00-05:00