Daily Digest

The first Digest of this week features new information released on an alternative to Obama's college-rating plan and an update on the effects of recession budget cuts on public higher education. Also included is information on Ohio Third Frontier grants focusing on biomedical research and education, a series of discussions around the world to promote online education, and the announcement of America Makes' second round of funding. 

The final digest of the week features auto part manufacturing, AT&T heading up hiring in Ohio, high-school credits, the US Air Force Research Lab's computer system, and Big Data's use throughout Ohio hospitals. Also included is information on an interesting history on CERN's Supercomputing history. 

Today's digest highlights news on Third Frontier funding to University of Toledo, wind turbines providing renewable energy at a Honda transmission plant, and Bob Evans working on manufacturing efforts. Also included is information on IBM Watson supercomputing and STEM education promotion among girls and young women across the country. 

. Today's Digest has an assortment of articles from high-tech library training to Big Data efforts across the country. Also included is information about a new STEM teacher recruitment campaign at USC's College of Education and the Ohio Export Internship Program through Ohio State's Fisher School of Business. 

Today's digest features a variety of information from Brazil's efforts in development of massive open online courses (MOOCs), to an update on the sequester and the new federal spending plan. Also included is information on the Smithsonian working on expanding its digital collection, the upcoming Ohio Educational Technology Conference, and a new website called "RoboEarth" that will allow researchers to share design and programming information about robots. 

Today's Digest contains information on IBM Dublin reducing energy use, free databases to provide public access to big data, and an Ohio school district implementing an energy conservation project to save costs. Also included is information on President Obama's announcement of a new tech-hub at North Carolina State University to help foster collaboration between the public and private sector, and a new DNA supercomputer built by Illumina. 

Today's digest contains information on supercomputers working on new platinum-group alloys, Battelle's predictions about R&D growth this year, and a new e-reading program in Texas. Also included is information on teacher education programs in Ohio and colleges adjusting to the new Obamacare changes. 

 Today's digest features a wide variety of articles ranging from Ohio's casino-tax revenue and its effects on cities and school districts, to start-ups using research funds from Ohio State. Also included is information on a new degree program focusing on the use of unmanned aircrafts, supercomputing efforts in Japan venturing into the human brain activity research, and 3D computing used to develop fighter jets. 

Today's digest focuses on US energy efforts revolving around the shale boom in relation to Big Data, 3D printing updates presented at an International CES tradeshow, and how high costs of research at universities are said to be made worse by the funding gap. Also included is information on how Cleveland Public Libraries are using technology to promote creativity among children and collaboration between US and Chinese manufacturing through a local US facility. 

We are back kicking off another week with the Daily Digest--featuring articles on Big Data at MIT, NVIDIA's automatic cars and a new algorithm providing genomes and internet sites with greater efficiency. Also featured is information on STEM growth in Ohio through a new house bill and JobsOhio providing $250,000 for a program to help college students pay for education while working for tuition assistance.