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December 15 2011
How The Creator of CAPTCHA Will Translate The Entire Internet

How The Creator of CAPTCHA Will Translate The Entire Internet

What if you could learn a new language and, in the process, make the Internet more accessible? The guy who created those annoying security tests is making it happen with a program called Duolingo.

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Try accessing the newest edtech on the kind of hardware most schools are still holding on to.

How Schools’ Poor Infrastructure Can Blunt EdTech Advances

Written by: EdSurge

Sure, there is great cloud-based education software available, but many schools lack either the hardware or the bandwidth to make them work. Hope comes in the form of some clever--and cheap--hardware innovations from around the world.

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Matt Damon Plays Santa For Laughs, Clean Water

Matt Damon Plays Santa For Laughs, Clean Water

Still from: Water.org

In his latest piece of amusing work for Water.org, the Oscar-winner gets a little pushy with some children who aren’t asking Santa for the right gift.

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Method, United By Blue Create A Supply Chain For Ocean Plastic

Method, United By Blue Create A Supply Chain For Ocean Plastic

Method had the pie in the sky plan to take trash from the ocean and turn it into cleaner bottles--but where do you get all that plastic? From a company whose business model involves cleaning up the ocean.

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The Perils Of Creating Companies That Matter

The Perils Of Creating Companies That Matter

People with ideas for technologies that could help save the planet often think the importance of their idea trumps the need for business acumen. They couldn’t be more wrong. Even a rocket scientist found it challenging to turn his brilliant idea into a successful business.

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Why Shouldn’t Women Do Startups?

Why Shouldn’t Women Do Startups?

Written by: Jean Brittingham

After arguing that the world needs more companies founded by women, Jean Brittingham responds to critics who say that the world should stop telling women what to do.

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