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Newsela | Google's Project Loon: Using balloons to connect remote areas to the 'Net - 13 views

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  • han 12 feet wide, the giant plastic
    • dlarabee
      dlarabee on 22 Oct 13
       
      mr rainey is cool
    • mbedgood1
      mbedgood1 on 22 Oct 13
       
      ha!
    • Amy Thornburg
      Amy Thornburg on 22 Oct 13
       
      Are all of the pieces in the balloon?  How are they able to float?
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  • Science Google looks to balloons to provide Internet access in Third World By Brandon Bailey, San Jose Mercury News Aug. 2, 2013  midnight
  • DOS PALOS, Calif. — Only half-filled with helium, and already more than 12 feet wide, the giant plastic envelope shimmered and shook in the breeze like some airborne jellyfish rising through a gentle current.
  • Only half-filled with helium, and already more than 12 feet wide, the giant plastic envelope shimmered and shook in the breeze like some airborne jellyfish rising through a gentle current.
    • evan hellner
      evan hellner on 22 Oct 13
       
      I thinks its a good idea to bring the internet to everyone
  • sophisticated
    • sbrock1
      sbrock1 on 22 Oct 13
       
      already 12 feet wide wow
    • mbedgood1
      mbedgood1 on 22 Oct 13
       
      WOW
    • ctsmith18
      ctsmith18 on 22 Oct 13
       
      Would this be profitable?
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TweenTribune | News for Kids | Would you trade your textbooks for a tablet? | tweentrib... - 8 views

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  • pair of Alabama lawmakers are asking for $100 million to replace school textbooks with digital devices. Advocates of the idea have said allowing children to
  • . Aside from that, the devices may help districts cut down on the need to replace aging textbooks.
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    • Amy Thornburg
      Amy Thornburg on 22 Oct 13
       
      good information
    • ecaraway
      ecaraway on 22 Oct 13
       
      derp
    • sbrock1
      sbrock1 on 22 Oct 13
       
      hi
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distracted driving university leicester motion detection - What's Next - CNN.com Blogs - 28 views

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  • sities and car companies work on perfecting self-driving vehicles, flawed and sometimes sleepy human drivers still fill our roads.
    • Scott Rainey
      Scott Rainey on 24 Oct 13
       
      I think this sounds like a neat idea
  • But new technology could help detect when those drivers start to feel tired and possibly prevent dangerous accidents
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  • found a new way to combine them for more accurate information about a person's state of mind.
  • They tracked brain activity using an electroencephalograph
  • Distracted driving is also a hurdle for researchers working on self-driving cars. The first wave of automated vehicles won't completely take over the job of driving
    • odaugherty
      odaugherty on 24 Oct 13
       
      I think that this idea will make our roads a safer place to be driving on.
    • caydenman
      caydenman on 24 Oct 13
       
      I think this will save many lives 
  • sities and car companies work on perfecting self-driving vehicles, flawed and sometimes sleepy human drivers still fill our roads.
    • lake hall
      lake hall on 24 Oct 13
       
      so.. why do we need to work on sleepy drivers if we have self-driving cars?
  • 00,000 crashes, 40,000 injuries and 1,550 deaths a year in the United States as a result of drivers nodding off at the wheel.
    • measter
      measter on 24 Oct 13
       
      This technology is quite advanced and I think it will help for the better. But of course there will be a couple glitches PostCancel
    • measter
      measter on 24 Oct 13
       
      This technology could get a glitch in the system and could cause many casuallities
  • According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there are more than 1
    • caydenman
      caydenman on 24 Oct 13
       
      I think this will save the lives of others
    • caydenman
      caydenman on 24 Oct 13
       
      It will help people like truck drivers stay safe when falling asleep
    • Scott Rainey
      Scott Rainey on 24 Oct 13
       
      HI 8TH GRADE
    • njacob18
      njacob18 on 24 Oct 13
       
      It seems like a cool idea, but it seems like it wil be a while before it can be used.
    • dfurness
      dfurness on 24 Oct 13
       
      I think that this is pretty cool. I dont know if it would completely work because if it were to mess up it could cause crashes and many other things.
  • "There are a variety of behaviors that are related to sleepiness and distractions," said Dr. Ison. "Some of them, such as blinking more frequently, changing our eye movements’ pattern, or not fixating on the road ahead are well suited to be detected with an eye tracker.
  • But new technology could help detect when those drivers start to feel tired and possibly prevent dangerous accidents
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  • According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there are more than 100,000 crashes, 40,000 injuries and 1,550 deaths a year in the United States as a result of drivers nodding off at the wheel.
  • computer can tie that data to specific types of thoughts, and together with eye-movements, the information collected can tell a computer system if a person is getting sleepy.
  • To detect eye movements, researchers aim an array of LED lights at the subject's eyes. An infra-red camera sensor detectes the reflection of the lights off of the eyes.
  • Distracted driving is also a hurdle for researchers working on self-driving cars. The first wave of automated vehicles won't completely take over the job of driving.
    • nfuller18
      nfuller18 on 24 Oct 13
       
      This would be an amazing technology when it is given to the public.
    • bwaters1112
      bwaters1112 on 24 Oct 13
       
      I think it will work for them. They would be able to collect the stuff they need.
    • dhanway
      dhanway on 24 Oct 13
       
      I think this could be really good for America and the world in the near future.  This could make life better for everyone.
  • "This could help people with severe motor disabilities
    • mbedgood1
      mbedgood1 on 24 Oct 13
       
      i think they SHOULD make roads safer its a good idea
    • Molly McKinnon
      Molly McKinnon on 24 Oct 13
       
      We can get sleepy by blinking a lot?
    • Lauren Little
      Lauren Little on 24 Oct 13
       
      That kind of technology would end up being very expensive so no one would buy the cars that have it.
  • A research project at the University of Leicester has combined eye-tracking and brain monitoring to calculate when a driver's alertness starts to wane
  • "We´re only starting to understand what our brain does under real-life situations
    • sbrock1
      sbrock1 on 24 Oct 13
       
      They are still testing?
    • Eion McKenna
      Eion McKenna on 24 Oct 13
       
      I thought this article was cool but I was a little freaked out to on how a the car can sense when you are going to possibly fall asleep. But at he same time I realize that technology has come far so if they can release this to the public, then I'am just even more excited to see what new technology comes out next.
    • ctsmith18
      ctsmith18 on 24 Oct 13
       
      I don't think this will be available to the public for a long time mainly due to glitches in the system, or high cost.
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