tagged w/ Dartmouth College
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This is about using what The Economist calls artificial artificial intelligence (like Mechanical Turk, which uses people as artificial computers) to enhance (artificially intelligent) machine visionThis is about using what The Economist calls artificial artificial intelligence (like... more
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When things go wrong, you could sometimes be forgiven for imagining that big institutions are indifferent to the effects of social media. This video should clear that up, at least for these household names, which seem fully engagedWhen things go wrong, you could sometimes be forgiven for imagining that big... more
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An opportunity to watch Steve Chu, US Energy Secretary, running us through a list of the technologies which he hopes will help America reassert itself in the rapidly intensifying struggle for competitiveness and maybe even its very survivalAn opportunity to watch Steve Chu, US Energy Secretary, running us through a list of... more
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This video features physics and astronomy professor Jim LaBelle, as he discusses the truly fascinating science behind a classic physics experiment, Foucault's pendulum, while seated next to Dartmouth University's pendulum in Fairchild Tower.This video features physics and astronomy professor Jim LaBelle, as he discusses the... more
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Are Cornell students suicidal? Is Dartmouth all Republicans? Is Vassar really gay? Kathleen Kingsbury investigates which college stereotypes are bunk—and which are well-deserved.
Campus stereotypes have been around as long as college itself. And, usually, these reputations stick no matter what a university—or parent—tries to do about it.
“My favorite was, ‘God, Mom, Hamilton is so Hootie & the Blowfish,’” recalls Meg Gobles, a Brooklyn mother who guided her son through the college admissions process last year. “What does that even mean? And how could I possibly rebut it?”
From Dartmouth’s buttoned-down Republicans to Cornell’s suicidal student body, The Daily Beast investigates the longstanding stereotypes of eight prominent schools to find out just how true they are.Are Cornell students suicidal? Is Dartmouth all Republicans? Is Vassar really gay?... more
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There is a good chance you're carrying cocaine.
A UMass Dartmouth chemistry professor's study detected trace amounts of cocaine in 67 percent of the dollar bills researchers collected in Southeastern Massachusetts during the past two years.
Professor Yuegang Zuo said the study, which he said will be published in Scientific Journals International, could provide forensic scientists with information on the origins of illicit drug use, as well as clues won how to differentiate money contaminated in general circulation from cash used directly in narcotics transactions.
"I hope this can give objective data so law enforcement can take the right measures to eliminate, or reduce, these kinds of problems and increase the community's security," Mr. Zuo said.
The UMass study is not the first research to determine that a significant percentage of U.S. currency is contaminated with cocaine residue.
There is a good chance you're carrying cocaine.
A UMass Dartmouth chemistry... more
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College video project on the new face of student activism, with a focus on environmental and climate change activism.College video project on the new face of student activism, with a focus on... more
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