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How Does Handwriting Recognition Work? | Scribble for iPadOS 14
So I've been using Scribble on iPadOS 14 for the past week now, and here's my review.
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How Does AI Work?
It’s basically taken over our online lives, but how does AI work anyway?
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Prefix Power
“Prefix Power” explains the concept of prefixes and gives examples of common prefixes.
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Making Inferences
Making Inferences explains how context clues can be used to make inferences about a story.
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Scientific Stubbornness
Paul Steinhardt, University of Princeton, describes his encounter with a highly sceptical geologist, demonstrating both his tenacity as well as an intriguing scientific distinction between "impossible" and "highly unlikely".
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Learning Together
Theoretical physicist Rocky Kolb, University of Chicago, describes the uniquely enriching experience he had of learning astronomy side by side with his graduate school advisor and mentor.
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Astonishingly Simple
Renowned particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed, Institute for Advanced Study, describes how he believes that the surprisingly simple final form of a large class of complex calculations is a clue to how we can move forwards towards...
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Understanding Vision
Stanford University neuroscientist Kalanit Grill-Spector describes how the act of vision is much more complicated than we might naively assume, as 30% of our brains is dedicated to vision processing.
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Neuroscience, Eventually
Stanford University neuroscientist Kalanit Grill-Spector relates her personal career trajectory of beginning as an electrical engineer before eventually becoming a specialist in computer vision and neuroscience.
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Screaming Out for an Alternative
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study) highlights the clues pointing us towards the need for re-addressing core issues of quantum field theory.
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Fundamental Opportunities
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute of Advanced Study) describes why now is the perfect time to study fundamental physics.
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Bioluminescent Mysteries
Marine biologist Edie Widder at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association gives us a taste of some of what we don’t know about the fascinating phenomenon of marine bioluminescence.
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Strongly Constrained
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Instutute for Advanced Study) describes how today's theorists have much less room to manoeuvre than is often supposed.
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Computational Complexity and Public Key Cryptography
Quantum physicist Artur Ekert (Oxford and NUS) describes how aspects of computational complexity are harnessed by cryptosystems like RSA (Rivest–Shamir–Adleman) which is a public-key cryptosystem that is widely used for secure data...
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The Mind as a Functional System
Cognitive scientist Victor Ferreira (UC San Diego) describes how psychology and neuroscience might overlap through the mind.
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The Brain and the Mind
Social psychologist Roy Baumeister, University of Queensland, describes how consciousness is not “a direct pipeline to reality” but involves the brain and the associated conscious mind mysteriously combining to somehow produce meaning...
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Reducing the Mess
York University psychologist Ellen Bialystok describes both the challenges and opportunities she faces in her research on how bilingualism affects the mind and brain.
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Putting the Pieces Together
Neuroscientist Greg Hickok (UC Irvine) discusses his interests in sensory motor control and auditory processing, with direct implications for better understanding speech generation and much more.
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Metalinguistic Awareness
York University psychologist Ellen Bialystok describes her research on how bilingualism increases metalinguistic awareness - knowledge about language and its structure.
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Steve Dembo - Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom
As a former kindergarten teacher and school Director of Technology, Steve Dembo is a pioneer in the field of educational social networking. Currently serving as Discovery Education's Director of Social Media Strategy and Online...
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Two-Part Counterpoint Masterclass from Bach - Composer Insights
We explore the first of Bach’s 15 two part Inventions in the key of C. This composer insights lesson unbolts the imitative counterpoint, explaining the various contrapuntal ingredients and how they are used throughout the piece....
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Julianne Ross-Kleinmann - Do You Hate Technology?
Julianne Ross-Kleinmann is passionate about the power of instructional technology in teaching and learning, sharing what she has learned, and community service. Juli is the Instructional Data Analysis & Technology Specialist at Ulster...
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Melissa Goldman - Giving Students a Safe Place
Melissa Goldman is a Latin teacher with theLos Alamos Public Schools. She has taught many different subjects, mostly languages (French, German, Cultural Language, and Introduction to Latin), Special Education Math (Algebra and...