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1. Microsoft releases several Surface Go videos on YouTube
(English/Betanews)

... portability over performance, the Surface Go should prove quite popular. I don't only see students embracing the low-cost tablet/laptop, but potentially, business executives too. Heck, any type of consumer ...

2. The medical world has discovered Liquid Ass
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... Nazarene University in Kansas, started buying Liquid Ass for the simulation lab she runs for her students. It’s the only product she’s found that accurately captures the smells that come from our bowels, ...

3. Get $50 off Acer Alexa-enabled Windows 10 laptops on Amazon, plus a free Echo Dot
(English/Betanews)

While summer has only just started, it is already time to start thinking about Back-to-School shopping. Yeah, sorry to bum you out, students. But hey, you don't want to return to school or university without ...

4. Apple offers free Beats and big discounts in its Back to School promotion
(English/Betanews)

From now until September 25, Apple is running a Back to School promotion, and there are some great offers for students. If you qualify, you can bag yourself a free pair of Beats headphones or earphones ...

5. Using Meshmixer to Make Tinkercad Models Look More Organic
(English/instructables)

Tinkercad is an amazing (and free!) online 3D modelling tool for all ages. By using simple geometric shapes you can create everything for cars to cats. However as my students pointed out, the end result ...

6. One two three... Go: Long Pig Microsoft avoids cannibalising Surface
(English/TheRegister)

It's an Office runtime, for students Microsoft has avoided cannibalising its boutique, premium Surface line by making one that's a lot less boutique and premium – at around half the price.… Read all  ...

7. Professor rating site finally drops creepy "hotness" rating
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

RateMyProfessors.com is like Yelp for college students, but until recently it also had an uncool "Hot or Not" setting where students could rate the attractiveness of professors, with those who were sufficiently ...

8. LED DRAWING PAD
(English/instructables)

Hi Friends,Welcome back to creativity buzz.Here I make LED drawing copy pad for all students.For this, you need 15 LEDs and acrylic sheet. You only need to stick acrylic sheet and place LED panel inside ...

9. Microsoft's $400 Surface tablet seemingly confirmed as it passes through FCC
(English/Neowin)

The company's lower-cost model of the Surface lineup, aimed at students and emerging markets, has seemingly been confirmed after the discovery of FCC documents most likely pertaining to it. Read more... ...

10. The Morning After: Weekend Edition
(English/engadget)

... needs to do next season. Calling all students! Whi... Read all  ...

11. University students raise £1500 to send much loved janitor on a much needed vacation
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

This isn't a long story, but damn, it's a great one: students at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom recently came together to celebrate one of the best things about where they go to school: ...

12. The Gates Foundation spent $775m on a Big Data education project that was worse than useless
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Kudos to the Gates Foundation, seriously: after spending $775m on the Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching, a Big Data initiative to improve education for poor and disadvantaged students, they ...

13. Autonomous Kitchen Garden
(English/instructables)

First, let us tell you more about ourselves: We are two : Baptiste and Andreas, both french students in mechanical engineering. This was our first electronic project and it was done as part of our engineering ...

14. Will Cisco Make a Comeback in Cuba?
(English/CircleID)

... equipment, but they may be donating it as a marketing and international public-relations expense. (In the mainframe days, IBM gave significant discounts and subsidies to universities so students would ...

15. Tiny Wooden Car Build - Road to Guinness
(English/instructables)

The purpose of this instructable is to document the process used for making a tiny vehicle and to also acknowledge the Jr. High Students in Omaha, Nebraska that put forth tremendous effort to getting this ...

16. New Google Classroom features make it harder to cheat
(English/engadget)

Today, Google announced new features aimed at educators using Google Classroom. These include the ability to assign quizzes through Google Forms and "lock" them, so that students cannot navigate ...

17. The Smallest Museum in the World. Stay in the (Pappis) box, think outside!
(English/ikeahacker)

... Box? Not just an in scale maquette representing something bigger, but a real scale installation, a micro-show about a famous artist. So I challenged the students […] The post The Smallest Museum ...

18. Yale's most popular course ever: Happiness
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... of students would sign up (after all, the literature suggested that there is an epidemic of depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation among US college students); the course was the most successful in Yale's ...

19. The Morning After: MoviePass surge pricing
(English/engadget)

... should know about. Calling all students! While you're on a break from t... Read all  ...

20. Fight against Ebola continues in high security African lab
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... from France. In all, 150 people work for the CIRMF and live on the huge premises. Its reputation draws scientists, students and apprentices from Asia, Europe and the United States, as well as Africa. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xp9YFsIHA3o ...

21. Microsoft strengthens its education offerings by acquiring video discussion platform Flipgrid -- and makes it free
(English/Betanews)

... rivals Google and Apple. Flipgrid is used by million of students and teachers to collaborate on lessons, covering everything from Pre-K to PhD level. The acquisition is great news for schools: Microsoft ...

22. Gifted clarinetist's prestigious scholarship sabotaged by ex-girlfriend
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... hard to get into – only two students are accepted a year. When Abramovitz received an email from the Conservatory that denied him a spot with them, along with the scholarship he had applied for, he was ...

23. 13 Year Old Italian Students Make a Smart Ardubike
(English/makezine)

The final project ensured a safety system for the bike using lights, turn signals and a fall alert based on a compass position control. Read more on MAKE The post 13 Year Old Italian Students Make a ...