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Does Use of Google Apps Discriminate Against the Blind?

Google's tools don't easily translate into synthesized speech or Braille. Now the National Federation of the Blind has issued a federal complaint with the Justice Department, alleging that university use of Google Apps for Education amounts to discrimination.READ»

The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Education

From LinkedIn to Inigral, these companies are revolutionizing how we teach and how we learn. These ten companies made our Most Innovative Companies list for Education.READ»

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Color-Changing Shirts Sniff Out Air Pollution [VIDEO]

What if detecting urban pollution was as easy as looking down at your neighbor's chest?READ»

Robotics Turn Furniture Into Lovable (Sometimes Horny) House Pets

Adam Lassy lends Ikea furniture an electronic soul.READ»

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Ikea's Animalistic Robotic Furniture Moves for You, Humps Your Leg

From NYU's ITP spring show this week, we've already told you about 3-D pop-up books with augmented reality and how cell phones could one day replace game controllers. Now Adam Lassy, another engineer and designer featured at the ...READ»

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Cell Phones to Replace Game Controllers: The Next Generation of Potato Sack Races

We've already shown you how ZooBurst is changing pop-up books, now designer Elie Zananiri, who was also featured at the NYU Tisch School's ITP spring show Monday, is changing the potato sack racing game forever. Yes, that's right. ...READ»

NYU Offers a Crash Course in Sustainability for Business Executives

Want to make sure you're the best candidate for that high-level executive job? You might want to bone up on your sustainability skills with a little help from the NYU Polytechnic Institute's CleantechExecs program, a 10-session ...READ»

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Connecting With Computers Through Mud

Tom Gerhardt's mud computer, one of the projects on display at NYU's ITP spring show 2009, is a keyboard replacement made entirely of the squishy stuff. According to Gerhardt, the Mud Tub pioneers a "new open-ended interaction ...READ»

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The Future of Media is Murky

This decade has spurred on a lengthy requiem for print media, a lament indicated in part by countless blogs covering media news, as well as news items reporting the downsizing of newsrooms. And if Wednesday's hour-long expert panel ...READ»