Tag: TESTING

Genetics are kind of like Mexican food; if you happen to have good ones, your life can be sublime. If you're not so lucky, though, things can get ugly. And as doctors have become more aware of the critical role that genes play in determining a person's likelihood of developing breast cancer, obesity or Alzheimer's, genetic testing has become increasingly common in diagnostic labs and hospitals -- ...

It's not going to win any foot races, but a new robot being developed for the U.S. Army still has a leg (or two) up on its competition. The "Petman" prototype is a bipedal robot that simulates human walking (video after the break) more realistically than any other robot we've seen. According to Wired, the robot, which is being developed by Boston Dynamics, will be used to test how protective ...

Automated test scoring is nothing new. Most of us are quite familiar with the act of filling in little #2 pencil marks on a Scantron, and having it fed through a machine that puts a depressing little red dash next to each wrong answer. That's all well and good for tests with simple multiple choice answers, but what about tests with written answers and essay questions, like an English test? Well, ...

Politiken is reporting that several high schools in Denmark will be allowing 'A' level students to have Internet access during their written exams. If the experiment goes well, the system will be implemented across the country for the 2011 high school exams. According to Politiken, the Ministry of Education will require that papers be handed in digitally, and administrators will carry out ...

Southwest got official with its Wi-Fi plans late last month, but avid travelers who favor the only airline worth flying anymore (okay, Virgin America and JetBlue aren't bad either) were left wondering about most of the details. Today, the company has fired up a single Row 44-equipped flight, and it has announced plans to equip three more airplanes with in-flight WiFi by early next month. ...