NewTech4Ed

Great idea for an episode, @CBS ! Virtual "All Rise." Gonna be interesting to see how this goes!

No suit! Sweats! #suitornosuit

Used cooking oil from a McDonald's franchise has successfully been turned into a resin that can be used for 3D printing by a team at the University of Toronto Scarborough: cnn.com/2020/02/19/bus… Added bonus: objects printed with the resin are biodegradable.

New book on game-based learning. "This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the latest research on learning and instruction with computer games." seriousplaywire.com/handbook-game-…

3D printing of skin for burn patient grafting might be clinically available using a handheld device in 5 years, based on this research: newatlas.com/medical/handhe…

A smart ring to track the very important index finger's finger movements: newatlas.com/wearables/aura…

3D printing may be a way to provide low-cost housing around the world: newatlas.com/architecture/3…

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Duke's Wired! Lab (@dukewired): sites.duke.edu/centeringdh/ Free and open to the public. If you're interested in digital humanities, be sure to check it out!

I can't spend $995 on it, but I would sure like to have this jacket that reflects all colors in bright lights: newatlas.com/vollebak-black…

No more live animals in Germany’s Circus Roncalli. As of 2018, they are using holographic animals visible to all attendees simultaneously. vrscout.com/news/german-ci…

Archivists deserve a lot more credit than the general public knows to give them.

And the report of The Future of Email Archives task force is here: clir.org/pubs/reports/p…

In case email archive issues and needs interest you, the email task force has some documents you might want to peruse: emailarchivestaskforce.org/documents/

Speaker from Library of Congress talking about work of task force looking at archiving email. (Focus on tech issues.) As she says, #emailmatters

Learning about machine learning in the context of archiving today. sils.unc.edu/events/2019/ml…

An article about new glove research to improve movement detection in virtual spaces and a nod to similar efforts: newatlas.com/hand-movement-…

Funding for immersive tech in the arts! Y'all think of some innovative projects and submit. If you want to do some brainstorming, let me kniw.

A Kickstarter campaign for virtual reality (VR) trackers for legs from @katvrwalk: katvr.com/loco #vr2learn

Smart AR goggles are about to hit the market for swimmers: vrscout.com/news/form-ar-s…

Different brains in murderers than in other criminals says new study. This would make great discussion starter for ethics, law, etc. newatlas.com/brain-scan-mur… (lay article) link.springer.com/article/10.100… (research article)