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Korea to Abandon Printed Textbooks by 2015

July 8th, 2011 | by Jo Borrás

In a bold move, South Korea's ministry of education recently announced plans to remove printed textbooks from Korea's schools by the year 2015. Called “Smart Education”, the plan calls for the creation of a dedicated cloud network - which will host digital copies of the students' required reading and lessons – that can be accessed through “any” Internet-connected device, from low-power netbooks to tablets to (presumably) Android-powered washing machines, which will be provided to students' families if they are unable to afford them (the netbooks, not the appliances)


Extreme Wind Turbines Mean Extreme Testing

April 7th, 2011 | by Jo Borrás

Wind power is definitely "big" these days, especially in light of Japan's ongoing nuclear crisis in the wake of last month's earthquake. The failure of several contingency plans at the Fukushima facility has cast doubts on nuclear power's role in future energy policy, with several EU member nations discussing scaling back even current levels of nuclear power production



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