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• in Green
  Massive Study Proves Climate Change is No Hoax
  More than a century of records and 1.5 billion data points clearly show that climate change is for real.
  by goldnugget / on Oct 23, 2011
• in Videos
  Robot Learns to Pair Socks… Incredibly Slowly
  UC Berkeley robot takes fifteen minutes to flip sock inside out.
  by bryanmckay / on Aug 24, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “uc berkeley”

 

• A Simple Lesson From Strep Throat

  
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  Sometimes life imitates art. And sometimes life imitates psychology experiments. This month my life took on an uncanny resemblance to fictional scenarios we use to study human explanatory preferences in the lab. Find out what strep throat and ear infections can teach us about what makes an explanation simple. read ...
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• A Simple Lesson From Strep Throat

  
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  Sometimes life imitates art. And sometimes life imitates psychology experiments. This month my life took on an uncanny resemblance to fictional scenarios we use to study human explanatory preferences in the lab. Find out what strep throat and ear infections can teach us about what makes an explanation simple. read ...
  5 days ago

• Should Graduation Require Medication?

  
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  Learning is stressful and the modern-day education stakes are high because not only does a future ride on performance but so do the bank accounts of parents and adult students. The need for anti-anxiety and anti-depressant medications has trickled down from corporate executives to children in pressure-cooker ...
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• The Mental Health Costs of Academic Success

  
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  Learning is stressful and the modern-day education stakes are high because not only does a future ride on performance but so do the bank accounts of parents and adult students. The need for anti-anxiety and anti-depressant medications has trickled down from corporate executives to children in pressure-cooker ...
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• The Mental Health Costs of Academic Success

  
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  Learning is stressful and the modern-day education stakes are high because not only does a future ride on performance but so do the bank accounts of parents and adult students. The need for anti-anxiety and anti-depressant medications has trickled down from corporate executives to children in pressure-cooker ...
  6 days ago

• Eric Schmidt at BU : No Electronics for One hour a day [Video]

  
  Infworm — Authority: 121
    Google chairperson Eric Schmidt was invited to give a commencement speech at Boston University’s graduation earlier today, along with being awarded an honorary degree.   As one of the leading men who helped shape the modern Web, Schmidt gave some meaningful advice to those who graduated. Most importantly, ...
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• Kitchen Counter Botany

  
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  Know your veggies. Eat your veggies. Draw your veggies. Making vegetables and plants irresistibly interesting to the next generation is the goal of Botany on Your Plate: Investigating the Plants We Eat, a ready-to-use curriculum written by Katharine D. Barrett, Jennifer M. White and Christine Manoux. The eight ...
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• Innovation in Education from UC Berkeley

  
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  A whiteboard style discussion from an independent study by Sara Beckman. It outlines what she believes to be true innovation in the educational space, currently being spearheaded by UC Berkeley. Continue reading →
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• Targeted Cancer Drugs With Punch: The Next Big Class of Antibodies

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 629
  Luke Timmerman One of the big dreams in biotech over the past 35 years has been to make drugs that work like “smart bombs” by destroying tumors while minimizing collateral damage. Scientists have learned this is no easy thing, but now that a couple of these types of drugs have been shown to work, a new wave of ...
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• Berkeley’s Coolest Hangs: The Elmwood Cafe

  
  The Daily Clog — Authority: 104
  The semester is winding down. The week ahead promises to be filled with procrastination and if you are graduating, reminiscing. You will be going to every restaurant, bar, or café in the Berkeley area in order to get all your Berkeley energies out before you pack up and head home (whether home means into your ...
  3 weeks ago

• UC Berkeley Student Builds Awesome Automated Dorm Room

  
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  College dorm life can be cramped and miserable, but one UC Berkeley freshman,  Derek Low, has built an amazing automated dorm room, which he call’s the B.R.A.D, or Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm. Low’s lights and curtains are controlled by his iPhone, his iPad, and voice commands on his laptop. At 8:00 ... ...
  3 weeks ago

• Occupy the Farm: Taking Back Land for the Community

  
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    Written by Jason Mark It doesn’t take an agricultural expert to know that you can’t grow vegetables without water. So it wasn’t surprising that after hundreds of people marching under the banner “Occupy the Farm” took over a University of California agricultural testing station on April 22, UC officials ...
  3 weeks ago

• From automated rooms to hacker culture, Derek Low shares the story behind the Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm

  
  e27 - Discovering Web Innovation in Asia — Authority: 511
  Derek, beaming with pride outside BRAD (Photo: Youtube) Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm, or better known as BRAD to the internet world, is the coolest college dormitory that I have seen! Within just three days of uploading a 5.56 mins long videoclip displaying the room’s automated functionality on to ...
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• Bye bye coolest dorm ever, Berkeley can’t handle your automated lights

  
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  UC Berkeley’s idea of dorm life probably consists of noisy roommates, unwashed linens, half-eaten cups of Ramen noodles, and maybe a few electrical outlets to power a laptop. The university is making Freshman student Derek Low go back to those dark times, days after he debuted his B.R.A.D. (Berkeley Ridiculously ...
  3 weeks ago

• Summer’s Temptation vs. Library’s Call

  
  BARE :: blog — Authority: 102
  As the sun begins to heat up and the shade of a nearby tree becomes an ever-engrossing daydream, students have begun debating the merits of exploring the great outdoors versus studying amongst the high-ceilinged bookcases that line the Main Stacks corridors. While last Friday marked the end of Berkeley’s formal ...
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• BRAD – Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm.

  
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  21-year-old UC Berkeley Engineering freshman Derek Low has created BRAD [Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm] after three weeks and several hundred dollars. BRAD controls his entire dorm room including curtains, lights and disco ball, all through voice recognition, motion sensors and a mobile application. BRAD’s ...
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• UC Berkeley Receives $60 Million From Simons Foundation

  
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  The grant will support the creation of an institute that will encourage top computer theorists and researchers to explore the mathematical foundations of computer science and how they can be used to tackle new challenges relevant to everyday life....
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• Local Dems running hard with student-loan issue

  
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  Democrats are running hard with the student-loan issue, including some efforts here in the Bay Area. The interest rate on need-based student loans will double to 6.8 percent July 1 unless a law is passed. Both sides of the aisle appear to favor freezing the interest rate, yet each side is using the question of [...]
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• Changing Brands Can Change Your LIfe

  
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  Often I am asked why I chose Shaklee as the company I purchase my supplements from. My response is always “because they work.” I particularly enjoy this video because it clearly shows how quickly this product gets into the bloodstream. A recent study determined that 90% of Americans are lacking key nutrients in ...
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• The Ultimate Automated Dorm Room Comes Complete with Party Mode [Video]

  
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  UC Berkeley student Derek Low is a master of science and technology . Here he uses his vast powers to create a dorm room that reacts to his every whim, even if that whim is playing irritating house music. More »
  3 weeks ago

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