Showing posts with label Internet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Internet. Show all posts

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Online tool 'PlagSpotter ' allows for plagiarism checks

A Ukraine-based startup, Devellar, has launched an online plagiarism tool that checks online content to see whether it has been duplicated. The beta version of PlagSpotter features an algorithm that "enables bloggers, journalists, writers, priests, politicians, or any type of public figure to track if someone posts any of their material online," the company said in a statement. PlagSpotter offers free...

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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Space-station commander controls Lego robot on Earth with futuristic network

Late last month in Germany, a robot made its first moves on Earth under commands from an orbiting spacecraft. Though that may sound ominous, it doesn't represent an impending threat to humankind. The robot was made of Legos, and it only traversed a European Space Agency test facility. The commands were sent by Sunita Williams, commander of the 33rd expedition of the International Space Station. The ESA-led experiment may have...

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