Sherrod Brown advancing legislation to fund more public-private advanced manufacturing institutes (Columbus Business First) – A new bill is working its way through the senate that would authorize $300M in spending to create more private-public manufacturing hubs like the one’s announced this spring, including the Ohio State-EWI-U Michigan partnership.
DigitalGov Search delivers real-time analytics, better results (GCN) – As federal and state agencies move to make more of their data accessible to the public, one federal agency has helped create an open source search tool that can be built into any agency website and uses data analytics to help the agency improve the content that it provides.
Cincinnati public library's 3D printer makes tech available to all (WCPO) – The Cincinnati Public library’s main branch has recently purchased a MakerBot 3D printer that it will be making open for use by any library patron. This is part of a growing trend at libraries to provide a variety of resources that will help better their local communities.
Potholes on the Road to Exascale (Scientific Computing) – As efforts get underway to develop the technologies needed to build an exascale supercomputer, one expert stresses the importance to also develop programs that will take advantage of the new GPU processors in order to tap into the tremendous power these accelerators offer.
Why Online Students Should Bother With Orientation (U.S. News & World Report) – A recent look at online courses found that students that completed the online orientation were more likely to complete the course and tended to receive higher grades than students who decided to skip the orientation.
