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Remembering Steve Jobs
As you’ve probably heard, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs died yesterday aged 56. Jobs’ name is listed as an inventor on 313 patents for products that millions of people use every day. If you’re...
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Salt is the Secret for a Six-Fold Increase in Digital Storage
From Geekosystem: “The need for more digital storage has exploded in recent years and with the advent of cloud computing and storage that appetite has shown no signs of abating. Thankfully, Dr. Joel...
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In the future, you might read e-mail on digitally enhanced contact lenses
From CNN: “Researchers at the University of Washington and Finland’s Aalto University have developed a prototype of a contact lens that would project digital images onto the retinas of its wearer....
View ArticleSuggested Reading from the CTR Library Staff
Congratulations on making it through the Fall 2011 semester, y’all. The Engineering Library staff would especially like to congratulate those of you who can now call yourself graduates of The...
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Augmented reality headset turns astronauts into doctors
“An augmented reality headset, currently being developed by the European Space Agency, could one day turn astronauts into impromptu doctors, or even surgeons. As future astronauts venture farther...
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Investigate “Tales from the STIP”
Check out these cool, retro posters we received from NASA’s Scientific and Technical Information Program! Each poster features a pulp sci-fi illustration of one of the most unusual publications on the...
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Oil: The Epic of Black Gold
If you’re interested in the future of the oil economy, you might enjoy the six-part series “Oil: The Epic of Black Gold.” According to the filmmakers: Our mandate for the production of “The Epic of...
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Programmer Creates Algorithm to Find Waldo
From Geekosystem: “Because people with phenomenal computer skills get bored of simply being geniuses and need to exercise their genius every now and then, we, the human race, have found a way to make...
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Turning on a 100-Year-Old Light Bulb
This morning, BoingBoing posted a video of General Electric researchers turning on a 100-year-old light bulb (click through to watch the video). The bulb was found in a time capsule on the grounds of...
View ArticleMost-Buzzed About UniversitiesHow Does UT Rank?
Mashable reports today that MIT tops a Global Language Monitor ranking list of the Internet’s most-buzzed about universities. What does that mean? The list shows which universities people are talking...
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