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Learn a Language While You Text
An MIT graduate student's "WaitChatter" app teaches vocabulary during moments in between text and instant-message replies.
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Unmanned Aerial Systems Will Detect Pests, Diseases in Food Crops
Kansas State University is leading an international, multimillion-dollar project that is looking at unmanned aerial systems to detect pest insects and diseases...
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Patented Process Builds Better Semiconductors, Improves Electronic Devices
Kansas State University chemical engineer Jim Edgar has received a patent for a process that may improve electronic devices and benefit manufacturers of semiconductor...
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Taking a Short Smartphone Break Improves Employee Well-Being, Research Finds
A Kansas State University researcher has found that short smartphone breaks throughout the workday can improve workplace productivity, make employees happier, and...
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Cybersecurity Algorithms, Techniques Being Developed Through Anthropology Methods
Experts in anthropology and cybersecurity at Kansas State University are examining the unspoken knowledge shared by cybersecurity analysts as a way to develop...
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Engineers Make Golden Breakthrough to Improve Electronic Devices
In work that may greatly improve future electronics, a Kansas State University research team has studied a new three-atom-thick material and found that manipulating...
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Research Collaboration Aims to Improve Wireless Technology, Smartphones
Kansas State University's Electronics Design Laboratory and Lawrence-based Avatekh Inc. are improving the technology behind wireless communication systems and...
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Cybersecurity Experts Look to Keep Medical Devices Secure, Communicating
Cybersecurity experts are working to keep medical devices — and the patients they help — safe from hackers.
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Forget Pencils and Paper: Smartphones and E-Readers Are the New School Supplies
The use of technology in the classroom is growing beyond computers to improve student learning, according to Kansas State University education technology expert...
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Self-Adapting Computer Network Defends Itself Against Hackers
Kansas State University cybersecurity experts are researching the feasibility of building a computer network that could protect itself against online attackers...
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Attachment to Cellphones More About Entertainment, Less About Communication
That panicked feeling you get when the family pet goes missing is the same when you misplace your mobile phone, says a Kansas State University marketing professor...
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