Posts Tagged ‘students’

Cat Cooked And Eaten In Facebook

Friday, June 13, 2008 13:55 No Comments

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Two students from the School of Journalism in Denmark got banned from Facebook after cooking and eating a cat. They uploaded about 30 photos of their “experiment” and tried to make a point that in order to defend animal rights, no exceptions can be made.
They wanted to express their dislike towards the [...]

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Papyrus e-book Concept

Saturday, April 19, 2008 16:05 2 Comments

Papyrus e-book is a digital replacement for textbooks and notebooks. The Papyrus e-book reader replaces the usual PC or PDA and becomes an interactive e-book reader for school classes. The cost is expected to be less as 100 dollars, which makes is a feasible classroom tool.

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ShadowReaching For Touch Screen Wall Displays

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 23:43 No Comments

Students from British Columbia, Canada, presented a very interesting idea regarding the interaction with Wall Displays. Since we would need a ladder to interact with a gigantic touch screen wall display, they invented Shadow Reaching.
It seems very interesting, although it might have some problems in the presence of strong light.
See the video.
 

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University Of Sussex In Second Life

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 13:03 No Comments

The Sussex University found a nice way to introduce its self to prospective students around the world and also to give a chance to old students to remember the good old days.
The Web Team of Sussex created with in Second Life the Campus with the outmost detail. Visitors can meet in the e-campus, go to [...]

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Free iPhone To New Students

Thursday, February 28, 2008 23:06 No Comments

I think in America they solved the problem. Do not bother with heaven and Hell anymore, an iPhone is all it take to bring someone to the path of god.
 
The Abilene Christian University will give to each new student an iPhone! The purpose of this gadget is to aid the student to receive his homework, [...]

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