Education
OU professor submerses laptop in liquid nitrogen, smashes it to prove a point (video)
Feb 21st
Hey, students — pay attention. Not to us, mind you, but to the syllabus provided by your professor. Kieran Mullen, a at the University of Oklahoma, has a fairly strict rule about gadgets in class: there won’t be any, ever, under any circumstances. Balk all you want (understandable given his own clipped-on cellie), but if you sign up for this guy’s class, you’ll be flipping your phone to “off” and leaving your laptop in the dormitory. And if you try to blaze your own path and slip that netbook into the back row, you might leave bitterly disappointed. As you’ll see clearly past the break, Mr. Mullen sought to make a visual point that laptops weren’t allowed in class (he calls them “a distraction”), and while it seems that the whole stunt was premeditated, most students acknowledged that his point was driven home. In short, he took a defunct machine, submerged it in , and proceeded to make the following statement:
“This is just liquid nitrogen, so it alone won’t hurt the computer. But this will.”
Find out exactly what “this” was by hitting that ‘Read More’ button there on the lower left.
[Thanks, studentatOU]
originally appeared on on Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:54:00 EST. Please see our .
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Arizona school bus gains WiFi, students suddenly chill out and get productive
Feb 15th
Who woulda thunk it? Giving WiFi to fidgety students on a bus actually makes them more productive. Nearly three years after an Arkansas school that delivered laptops, iPods and wireless internet to a bus, an Arizona school district is discovering the merits of such a system — though with this one, there stands a good chance for it to go well beyond the “pilot” phase. Students in Vail, Arizona have been able to handle school assignments, engage in research and even update their Facebook status on the lengthy rides to and from school, and the suits responsible for hooking Bus No. 92 up have stated that mischief has all but subsided and the bus has magically morphed into something of a “rolling study hall.” As you’d expect, is responsible for the technology (the same company with in-car WiFi), and it has already sold similar tech to schools or districts in Florida, Missouri and Washington, DC. We always dreamed of being whisked off to another lousy school day on the , but this ain’t a half bad alternative.
[Thanks, Nate]
originally appeared on on Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:42:00 EST. Please see our .
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