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- Gadgets
Hands-Free Computing
This week everyone's at the Web 2.0 Expo at New York City's Javits Center. Abby reported on a technology that makes your computer talk to you; I met a couple of brothers who were at the show to promote their invention, wherein you talk to your computer.
9.21.2008 at 03:42am - Comment by jandomtazti is free and limited, but a different app (shareware, unfortunately) called e-speaking is the king. controls my music player, web browsing, printing, copy&paste. It's so mu practical to say 'next track' from your bed when your reading than to go to your computer or use a pilot :)
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Ms. Scientist
In 2005, the then-president of Harvard University said that men are better at math and science than women. (President Lawrence Summers' exact words were a bit more roundabout. While theorizing why women are underrepresented in those fields, he said "there is a different availability of aptitude at the high end.") Turns out Summers's attitude may be to blame, according to a new study from vocational psychologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
9.11.2008 at 04:51pm - Comment by jandomwhat i'm about to say may be unpopular but i dare to believe it be true. equal results in math's test? so what? how many women got a nobel prize for physics, maths? (i know there is no nobel prize for maths, but one can get it 'around' - like john nash for economy) how many women - great mathematicians - are noted in the history? tests can be skewed. history is less prone to skewing. some may say 'that the community was anti-feminist' yup, up to a point, now that statement is just an excuse. besides, being better certainly involves the confidence, not just the pure skill. man may perform equally better in tests as women, but this proves nothing. tests require noting more than machine like repetition of a scheme and carefulness in calculations. achieving success in maths requires something more than this.
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