Friday, March 04, 2011
Apple's Steve Jobs introduces iPad 2
Despite being on medical leave, Apple CEO Steve Jobs steps back in the spotlight to show off the 2nd generation of the iPad tablet. Shipping on March 11, the thinner, lighter iPad 2 is also faster, and it comes with two cameras.
Get around by biking in the sky
Scott Olsen, inventor of Rollerblade in-line skates, has developed a concept for a new mode of transportation called the SkyRide. Passengers sit on a bike and propel themselves forward with human strength and a belt-driven track. SmartPlanet shows you raw video of the eco-friendly transportation system that can also help get you in shape.
Bill Gates: How state budgets are breaking US schools
About this talk
America's school systems are funded by the 50 states. In this fiery talk, Bill Gates says that state budgets are riddled with accounting tricks that disguise the true cost of health care and pensions and weighted with worsening deficits -- with the financing of education at the losing end.
America's school systems are funded by the 50 states. In this fiery talk, Bill Gates says that state budgets are riddled with accounting tricks that disguise the true cost of health care and pensions and weighted with worsening deficits -- with the financing of education at the losing end.
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