The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has announced its Research Grants competition, a program which seeks to stimulate research on U.S. education issues using data from the large-scale, national and international data sets supported by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), NSF, and other federal agencies, and to increase the number of education researchers using these data sets. The program supports research projects that are quantitative in nature, include the ana...
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2015 Edison Awards Nominations set to open September 1, 2014
The Edison Awards: "Recognizing and honoring the best in innovation."
The aforementioned Awards are named after the famous inventor, Thomas Edison. These awards are tributes to this inventor's work and legacy.They are geared towards companies and researchers, who, like Edison, have innovative products. Recipients of the awards are able to increase awareness of their respective brands, which may lead to an increase in sales.
There are fifteen award categories open to innovators and entreprene...
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The HEART of Innovation: St. Francis Hospital
The heart.
Some may argue that it is the most important organ in the body.
Oftentimes, especially with increased age, this valuable pumping machine starts to deteriorate in function. Researchers at St. Francis Hospital and the Dematteis Center for Education and Research are trying to use their investigations to gain scientific knowledge and insight into this deterioration.
This knowledge has been and will continue to be translated into improved methods for prevention, diagnosis and tr...
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Clothing Is The New & Improved Harvesting Source of Electrical Energy
Clothing is the new electrical insulator as deemed by academic researchers. Investigators from Wake Forest’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials manufactured a clothlike material that generates electricity using body heat. Generators that produce electricity using heat are inefficient. However, heat itself is almost everywhere and is generated by almost everything, even the human body. Because it is a very common energy source and doesn't cost much, such as leftover heat produced b...
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Cool Innovative ideas of Pranav Mistry
Technological ideas? Pranav Mistry has some. Mistry is an Indian computer scientist and Inventor. He can be considered to be a forward thinking technological guru. At present, he is the head of Think Tank Team and Vice President of Research at Samsung. He is best known for his work on SixthSense and Samsung Galaxy Gear. He has created some innovative technologies that foreshadow the future of receiving, transmitting, and exchanging information.
Mistry's research interests include Wearable Com...
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CES awards: Honoring innovation in design and engineering
2015 CES Innovation Awards
The CES Innovation Awards is an annual competition honoring outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products.
LAS VEGAS, NV
JANUARY 6-9, 2015
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AppRadio 3 (SPH-DA210)
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FMP-X1 4K Ultra HD Media Player
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International Development Design Summit – 7 July – 9 Aug
The International Development Design Summit is an intense, hands-on design experience that brings together people from all over the world and all walks of life to create technologies and enterprises that improve the lives of people living in poverty. Unlike most academic conferences, this particular summit emphasizes the development of prototypes, not papers and proceedings.In moving the technologies on the path from idea to implementation to impact the summit aims to create real ventures, not j...
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Harley Davidson Innovates with Project Live Wire
Project LiveWire™ is the next major milestone in the history of The Motor Company – The first Harley-Davidson® motorcycle with an electric engine. This is Harley-Davidson® way by bringing this innovation to the street to gain feedback from customers. HD is inviting customers to ride the motorcycle and tell them what they think. Even those who don’t ride yet can take a ride on Jumpstart™ Demo, a simulated riding experience that doesn’t require any experience or a motorcycle license. The Project i...
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Cool Rock-It 2.0 Portable Vibration Speaker System
Many teens and adults enjoy listening to their favorite music. The Cool Rock-It 2.0 Portable Vibration Speaker System is a thoughtful solution for those with tangled or broken speakers who wish to "jam out" to their favorite tunes. This device, which was featured on ABC's Shark Tank, turns any hollow object into a speaker.
With this new innovation, possible choices for speakers are endless. The pictures in this article illustrate how the device itself is used in the comfort of your home.
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