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- Neural Network Trained to Control Anesthetic Doses, Keep Patients Under During Surgery
- Using Technology to Tailor Lessons to Each Student
- 3D Biometric Authentication Based on Finger Veins Almost Impossible to Fool
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- Searching for images with filetype: on Google?Yesterday I made an interesting mistake.. I'd seen an animated GIF of a cat. I thought I'd like to see it in detail, so I did what I thought was an obvious search. I did: [ cat filetype:gif]on the regular search page. I was VERY surprised when I saw ZERO results! That's funny... You know and I know there are about a billion images of […]
- Fact check labels in search resultsA bit more on fact-checking… Google puts in a fair bit of effort to surface fact-check information in the results. As you search, be sure to pay attention to the fact-check labels as they’re put on the page to evaluate questionable information. You can read the original Google blog post about it here. Here's an example of an Image search for the mythi […]
- SearchResearch Challenge (9/23/20): Digging deeper into the story behind a photo?I'm sure this happens to you... You're out and about when something captures your eye. Quick! Pull out the phone/camera and grab the image. Later, when you get back home, you can look it up. (Usually.) Recently I took a couple of photos that I've puzzled over for a while. What's going on in these images? Can you help me figure out […]
- Searching for images with filetype: on Google?
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Monthly Archives: August 2011
NFB and the Maryland Technology Assistance Program present the Web Accessibility Training Day
from the National Federation of the Blind website: National Federation of the Blind, Jernigan Institute, and Maryland Technology Assistance Program are delighted to present the second Web Accessibility training day. On September 19th, they will offer a day-long, in-depth look at … Continue reading
Copyright Law Best Practices (or, “What can I do/not do with library property?”
Disclaimer: this is not legal advice, just legal information gleaned from my learning experience. This post originally appeared in the July 2011 issue of the WLA eNewsletter, Connect. After having an interaction with a patron last week who wanted to check … Continue reading
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Tagged best practices, copyright, copyright law, fair use, public domain
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What IS a print disability? An answer + resources
As of today, according to http://www.ifla.org/en/lpd, it’s stated that only 5% of the world’s published information is fully accessible to persons with a print disability; it’s my career goal to help increase that percentage as much as I can. Some people … Continue reading
