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2012: The Year of the Kids’ App-cessory

2012: The Year of the Kids’ App-cessory | Science News | Scoop.it

It is this critical mass that has given rise to the “app-cessory:” a digitally enabled item that is controlled by, or interacts with, your mobile device. We have seen them emerging for adult markets with items like Bluetooth headsets and Bluetooth laser keyboards. But the children’s market will take them to the next step. And why not? If children’s expectations will be for more options and more development to increase interactivity and engagement, then it is they who will lead the development of the internet of things more than anyone...

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2012: The Alan Turing Year

2012: The Alan Turing Year | Science News | Scoop.it

He helped win World War II by cracking the German ENIGMA code but was persecuted by Great Britain for being gay. Today, his name is synonymous with the test he invented in 1950 for determining a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior.

June 23, 2012 will be the hundredth anniversary of Alan Turing's birth, and a centenary celebration has been planned with events around the globe. It is perhaps most fitting that the Royal Mail will be issuing a commemorative stamp, a posthumous honor for one of England's heroes who was so mistreated during his life.

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