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August 1, 2017

August 2017 News Wire

Tim Slavin
Staff Writer

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How to Watch This Summer’s Solar Eclipse!

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/
http://eyes.jpl.nasa.gov/eyes-on-eclipse.html
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/3d-printable-pinhole-projectors
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/how-to-make-a-pinhole-camera/
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/moon-phases
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/pi-in-the-sky-4

You Can’t Hear This

https://www.wired.com/2017/05/hundreds-apps-can-listen-beacons-cant-hear/

Say What?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/13/ai-programs-exhibit-racist-and-sexist-biases-research-reveals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_embedding

New Coders Speak Out

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/we-asked-20-000-people-who-they-are-and-how-theyre-learning-to-code-fff5d668969

Think Your Way Out of a Paper Bag

https://timeline.com/margaret-e-knight-paper-bag-f5d474c0f3d2
http://www.women-inventors.com/Margaret-Knight.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_E._Knight

Wonder Women

http://www.laweekly.com/arts/vrla-program-girls-make-vr-aims-to-close-the-gender-gap-in-virtual-reality-before-it-widens-8136760
http://www.virtualrealityla.com/
http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/virtual-reality-foundation-launches-first-ever-girls-make-vr-workshop-vrla-summer-expo-2147751.htm

No Bones About It

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/no-bones-needed-ancient-dna-in-soil-can-tell-if-humans-were-around/

Plastic Rocket Men

http://rocketry.mit.edu/2017/04/100-3d-printed-solid-rocket-motor/

The Art of Exoplanets

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6868
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA21422

This Map Will Show if Your Web Traffic Passes Through an NSA Listening Post

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ixmaps-privacy-surveillance-nsa-canada
With CIA Hacking Revelations, How to Protect Your Devices

SK Telecom Shows What a 5G Baseball Stadium Looks Like with Augmented Reality, VR

http://www.sporttechie.com/2017/03/30/venues/sk-telecom-shows-what-5g-baseball-stadium-looks-like-with-augmented-reality-vr/

Tim Slavin
Staff Writer Tim Slavin 661 posts
Tim is a long-time staff and freelance technical writer for Reuters, DoubleClick, MongoDB, Amelia, and other companies. He also has worked as a website producer. He enjoys teaching technology skills to normal non-technical people, kids included. He’s played with internet technology since the Well and Usenet.
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