Computer pinpoints March Madness winner
Those rambling wrecks from Georgia Tech are doing bettors a favor: They’ve run their Logistics Regression/Markov chain, a computerized college basketball ranking program, and it predicts Florida will...
View ArticleKey to learning high school algebra: double doses
It turns out that ninth graders who have trouble learning algebra benefit from sitting through two consecutive classes covering the subject. At least that is one conclusion coming out of work by...
View ArticleSlow but sure: 3D-printed snowboard
Well-designed skis and snowboards give riders a controllable surface to enjoy the sweet effects of gravity on mass. Most are made of wood and resin laminates or ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene...
View ArticleChina whining about Europe’s solar panel tariff is the pot calling the kettle...
A recent item in the online publication PVTech reveals China has told the European Union to expect trouble if it imposes trade duties on Chinese solar products.PVTech further reports that Ministry of...
View ArticleUnbelievable - NASA employs Chinese nationals
What were they thinking? The Washington Examiner reports that NASA employs 118 Chinese nationals in “remotely-based” information technology jobs that may let them penetrate the space agency’s national...
View ArticleWhat to do on your summer vacation: Develop video games
Ever gotten the idea that you could come up with a better Duke Nukem than the original game designers? If so, then a new short course this summer at M.I.T. might interest you. Called Game Development...
View ArticleThis year’s best April fool’s tech item: Drone-delivered newspapers
This is my nomination for this year’s best April fool’s item: A French newspaper claimed it would start delivery service via small drone planes. A newspaper in Colorado apparently noticed the item and...
View ArticleA wind advocate says subsidies hurt the wind industry
Most readers probably have never heard of Tang Energy Group. It is a clean energy company (developing wind turbine blades, wind farms, and clean coal technology) based in China but with a U.S. office...
View ArticleAre new EE grads really dummies?
There is a pretty heated discussion in progress on the Slashdot site. The thing that prompted it was news of the latest unemployment rate for EEs jumping to 6.5%. This figure prompted a lot of...
View ArticleEpic Fail: Computer picking NCAA winner
As I mentioned in my last blog entry, computer engineers from Georgia Tech had run this year’s stats through their college-basketball ranking program and it spit out Florida as the overall winner....
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