Tag: knowledge
How much is your brain worth? Use this equation to find out…
Take a look at this formula: T = 40 M i K e (3e +M) (e +50M) / {(e2 +3M e +M2) (e +100M)} Mean anything to you? Well it apparently holds the key to as much as £30,000…
OPINION: Exams haven't met the 21st Century yet
It’s easy to forget sometimes that the 21st century is now. Information is the currency that the world runs on, and is far more transferrable and globally relevant than actual cash. However, despite its focus on knowledge, the education system is hopelessly out of date. The traditional “exam” involves sitting down with a pen and some dead tree, and trying to remember when the battle of Sevastopol was. A school in Australia is trying to change that…
Google takes on Wikipedia with Knol – "units of knowledge"
Wikipedia: often quoted, often defaced, often ridiculed, often found to be used as a credible source of information by major media organisations even though it contains erroneous information, and often to be found lurking at the top of Google’s search results for any given search phrase.
It seems that Google wants to dive into this world of collaboratively edited encyclopaedias with one of its own.
Currently being tested behind closed doors, with a selected group of people, “Knol” is a new service which sounds eerily like Wikipedia.
