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Gilt Comes to iPad, Kent Teachers Under Surveillance by Students

by Matthew Zuras on April 2, 2010 at 06:08 PM


There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
  • We say this without a shred of endorsement, but Gilt Groupe is effing awesome for the sartorial types who don't have that magic machine that shoots money at you (or whatever it is that rich people have). And, now, the invite-only, sample-sale heaven of GG has gone iPad like the rest of the Web (although we didn't include it in our earlier roundup). It makes a heck of a lot more sense than on the iPhone; now we can touch-zoom our future Richard Chai zip blazer without squinting. [From: TechCrunch]
  • In other handheld news, Physorg reports that a new HIV-testing device may hit the market in the next couple of years. At a build cost of about $250 (with developer Palo Alto Research Center hoping to lower it even further), the mobile, battery-powered unit analyzes a drop of blood in about ten minutes, and could revolutionize testing in such AIDS-embattled regions as rural Africa, where existing diagnostic tech is large, expensive, and far-flung. [From: Physorg]
  • An unnamed school in Kent, England has started a program in which a few students have received iPhones with instructions to monitor their teachers' performances and issue feedback, via e-mail, to a central database. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers has been shaken up by this (of course), demanding some kind of "clear guidance" on how the program should be conducted if it were to be introduced to other schools. Teachers, it's finally time for you to mind your Ps and Qs. Little Brother is watching. [From: Daily Telegraph]
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