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Tech Workers Find Communal Living a Solution for High Rents

March 17, 2017 by Curriculum World

Tech Workers Find Communal Living a Solution for High Rents

SAN FRANCISCO —  Zander Dejah, 25, pays $1,900 a month rent to live in a downtown San Francisco house with at least 40 other people, many of whom sleep in bunk beds. Dejah is a resident of The Negev, a communal living space that styles itself as a home for millennial tech workers to brainstorm […]

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3D Printing Human Skin Opens Up World of Possibilities

March 17, 2017 by Curriculum World

3D Printing Human Skin Opens Up World of Possibilities

What’s the largest organ in the human body? It’s skin, of course. Ask any doctor about its role in protecting what’s inside us from all kinds of trouble. That’s why it’s such a big deal that university scientists in Spain have learned how to manufacture what they say is fully functional human skin with a […]

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Carmakers Differ Widely on When Self-driving Cars Arrive

March 16, 2017 by Curriculum World

Carmakers Differ Widely on When Self-driving Cars Arrive

BERLIN —  Carmakers and suppliers gave widely differing timelines Thursday for the introduction of self-driving vehicles, showing the uncertainties surrounding the technology as well as a split between cautious established players and bullish new entrants. Chipmaker Nvidia, facing direct competition with the world’s top chipmaker after Intel’s $15 billion deal to buy Mobileye, an autonomous […]

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SXSW Sets Stage for International Entrepreneurs and Breakthrough Products

March 16, 2017 by Curriculum World

SXSW Sets Stage for International Entrepreneurs and Breakthrough Products

Each year, aspiring tech entrepreneurs from all over the world head to the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas, to prove their worth. VOA reporter Tina Trinh met with the latest wave of tech disrupters to learn what it takes to stand apart from the competition.

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No Better Time to Be an Entrepreneur, Says Key Investor

March 16, 2017 by Curriculum World

No Better Time to Be an Entrepreneur, Says Key Investor

AUSTIN, TEXAS —  Under the Trump administration, there will likely be challenges for the U.S. tech industry when it comes to attracting foreign talent. But it’s never been a better time to start a company, said Dave McClure, a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist.“The general trend for start-ups under Trump or anyone else is still […]

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Report: North Korean Hackers Behind Global Attacks

March 16, 2017 by Curriculum World

Report: North Korean Hackers Behind Global Attacks

BOSTON —  A North Korean hacking group known as Lazarus was likely behind a recent cyber campaign targeting organizations in 31 countries, following high-profile attacks on Bangladesh Bank, Sony and South Korea, cybersecurity firm Symantec Corp said Wednesday. Symantec said in a blog that researchers have uncovered four pieces of digital evidence suggesting the Lazarus […]

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Using Social Media, Carter Center Maps Syria Conflict

March 14, 2017 by Curriculum World

Using Social Media, Carter Center Maps Syria Conflict

ATLANTA —  As the director of the Carter Center’s Conflict Resolution Program, Lebanese-born Hrair Balian had a problem at the onset of the war in Syria in 2011. “There really was a shortage of reliable information of developments on the ground,” he told VOA in an interview at the Atlanta headquarters of the Carter Center. […]

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Silicon Valley School Uses Unconventional Methods to Train Entrepreneurs

November 25, 2016 by Curriculum World

Silicon Valley School Uses Unconventional Methods to Train Entrepreneurs

SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA —  Many future entrepreneurs first attend university and business school. In Silicon Valley, though, a place that celebrates innovation, there is a school aimed solely at current and future entrepreneurs that uses unconventional methods of teaching. Most of the students did not expect jumping into a chilly pool with a billionaire investor […]

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Dogs Remember Like Humans

November 25, 2016 by Curriculum World Leave a Comment

Dogs Remember Like Humans

Your dog’s memory works much more like yours than previously thought, according to a new study. Writing in the journal Current Biology, researchers from the MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group in Budapest, Hungary, say that, like people, dogs can “remember and recall events from the past, even when those events didn’t hold any particular importance […]

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Skin Patch Uses Sweat to Monitor Health

November 23, 2016 by Curriculum World Leave a Comment

Skin Patch Uses Sweat to Monitor Health

A soft, flexible skin patch that monitors biomarkers in sweat can determine whether the wearer is dehydrated, measure the person’s blood sugar level and even detect disease. The invention is part of an emerging field of wearable diagnostics. Human sweat contains many of the same biomarkers as blood; however, analyzing sweat using a skin patch […]

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