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Newsflash: Students and Technology

Professors, did you know that only 19% of college students think you use technology effectively, and that 51% of students think they know more about how to use said technology than you do? Oh those young whipper-snappers. EDUCAUSE has just released their College Student Technology Study, developed by education-research giant Grunwald Associates, LLC, about the [...]

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3D Printing: Coming to a Home Near You

Sometimes you have to dig a bit underground to hear the noise of a trend in the making.  I attended MakerFaire, NY earlier this year and saw the world of 3D exploding with possibility. As the costs come down and the ease of use goes up we should start seeing 3D printing become more mainstream. [...]

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The Skinny on 3D from a PhD

Dominick Maino, PhD, our favorite specialist in pediatric and binocular vision is presenting his newest thought on the 3D Vision Syndrome at the American Academy of Optometry this week.  The man is a fountain of knowledge about how 3D works, when it works well, and when it doesn’t. If you’re thinking about making the leap [...]

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Counterintuitive? HP Pushes for Print as the New Delivery Medium

The whole world is moving towards screens. Screens to read magazines, screens for textbooks, and screens for all sorts of information on the go. HP is putting their money on the old printed word in a new, broad strategy announced today. All of the new HP printers are connected to the web and able to [...]

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