Thursday, September 13, 2012

Fujitsu is building a robot that can beat comprehensive university entrance exams

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Todai Robot logo (Source: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/fujitsu-trying-to-get-artificial-intelligenc...

Microsoft is working on a holodeck for your living room

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Microsoft Holodeck Room [Image: Microsoft/USPTO] Microsoft filed an US  patent  in early 2011 for an 'immersive display experience...

A geographical map of physics from 1939

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This map from 1939 depicts physics as a geographical map with different areas (e.g. astronomy, electricity, heat, magnetism, etc.) and scien...
Friday, September 7, 2012

Interactive periodic table of elements with QR codes

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Yinging Lu from Walls 360 developed an interactive periodic table of the elements by adding QR codes (linking to Wikipedia) to each elem...
Saturday, September 1, 2012

Envisioning Educational Technology of the Future

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Educational Technology of the Future [Click to Enlarge] (Source: http://www.teachthought.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/envisioning-the-fu...
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Why is evolution so hard to understand?

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I gave a talk today at the University of Sydney Institute for Innovation in Science and Mathematics education (IISME)  on the topic "W...
Friday, August 3, 2012

Two forms of procrastination

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Productive Procrastination (Source: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=960) Procrastination  refers to the act of repl...