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Akin to Pokemon Go, the new mobile app is helping the University of Washington community "experience" a new computer science building 18 months before its doors open to students.

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BY PARKER RAINS
The amount of data we produce is astonishing. In 2016 alone, we produced as much data as in the entire history of humankind through 2015, according to Scientific American. We hear the words ‘big data’ often, but do we really know what those words mean? And how does big data affect our lives?

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Cloud storage company Box is using Google’s vision technology to make its service considerably smarter.
SOURCE: MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

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Despite all the advances in screen tech over the years, most smartphones are still highly susceptible to damaged screens. Rather than try to figure out how to prevent it — say, by deploying tiny airbags or adding miniature rockets to a phone — Motorola wants damaged screens to be able to repair themselves.
SOURCE: Geek.com

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The Construction Open Standards Alliance (COSA) is a community of construction industry professionals who support open integration standards in construction software. Join the effort today.

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