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We the Geeks: a nerdy Constitution
Editor’s note: Despite his unfortunate reference to a “Jedi mind meld,” some consider President Barack Obama the first geek president for his tech fluency and outreach. Now the White House is launching its #WeTheGeeks initiative, a series of online video chats meant to “highlight the future of science, technology and innovation in the United States.” The first one happened Thursday at 2 pm ET on the White House’s Google+ page and included four leading thinkers in science and technology. We at CNN.com began to wonder what would happen if there really was a part of the dusty old U.S. Constitution devoted to geeks. So we, who are geeks ourselves, drafted one. Below, you will find Article I of the Geek Constitution.
Funny-looking plane designed to make history
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Solar Impulse, a Swiss-made, solar-powered aircraft, soars above San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in April. The one-of-a-kind aircraft is on a five-leg voyage across the United States.
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Bertrand Piccard, one of two pilots who take turns flying the Solar Impulse, comes from a family of adventurers. In 1999, Piccard was part
Xerox stepping into grading school papers
Think back to third grade.
You take a quiz on multiplication, you get a B on it. What do you and your teacher know? Generally speaking, that you’re fairly adept at multiplication. But that score says very little about what you don’t know — whether the questions you got wrong had something in common, or whether many other students in your class had trouble with those same problems.
Xerox Corp. — which made $22 billion last year on everything from office equipment to business process outsourcing — is about to get into the business of grading school papers, as well as
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Coming to your phone: HD voice
(CNN) — Smartphone makers have long touted the appeal of their high-definition display screens. Soon they’ll be able to add high-definition sound to the mix, too.
“HD Voice,” also known as wideband audio, is a technology designed to make a caller’s voice, and other noises, sound on phone calls as close as possible to how they do in person.
On Monday, ATT Senior Vice President Kris Rinne confirmed that the company plans to roll out HD Voice later this year, making it the latest major player officially adopting a mobile feature that, unlike many in recent years, actually has to do with making phone calls.
“HD Voice is part of our voice-over-LTE strategy,” said Rinne, speaking at the
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Coming to your phone: High-definition voice
(CNN) — Smartphone makers have long touted the appeal of their high-definition display screens. Soon they’ll be able to add high-definition sound to the mix, too.
“HD Voice,” also known as wideband audio, is a technology designed to make a caller’s voice, and other noises, sound on phone calls as close as possible to how they do in person.
On Monday, ATT Senior Vice President Kris Rinne confirmed that the company plans to roll out HD Voice later this year, making it the latest major player officially adopting a mobile feature that, unlike many in recent years, actually has to do with making phone calls.
“HD Voice is part of our voice-over-LTE strategy,” said Rinne, speaking at the
Article source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_technology/~3/AUdIC5fFnSU/index.html
