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Grad School for Gadgeteers: 10 Ways to Fuse Technology and Art

If a recent show of work from the New York University Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) is any indication, the student-artists there are having way more fun than anyone in graduate school should. From hacking a piano to mix and dispense cocktails to rigging a Twitter-powered mobile of birds, students married tech to whimsy for their 2008 winter show. ITP, which bills itself as a "hi-tech fun house," is a two-year graduate program in alternative media, in which students design games, build musical instruments and create works of interactive art.

S&T Grad to Blog from Space

astronaut Sandra Magnus, a Missouri University of Science and Technology graduate, launched into orbit aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on Nov. 14, 2009. The space shuttle dropped Ms. Magnus off at the International Space Station for a four-month stay, during which time she will be contributing to a Missouri S&T blog aimed at getting more kids interested in science.

New blog helps students prepare for life after graduation

Grad school applications are looming, you need to round out your volunteer experience and you still haven't lined up a summer job. Is there anyone who can help?

Universities Patenting More Student Ideas

theodp writes "Working as a NASA intern, grad student Erez Lieberman had a eureka moment, resulting in an algorithm that detects whether a person is standing correctly or is off balance. Unfortunately, MIT liked it so much they decided to patent it. Seeking permission to use his own idea for his iShoe startup, which develops products like insoles to address the problems of seniors, Lieberman was told no problem — as long as he promised a hefty royalty and forked over a $75,000 upfront payment. Whether or not students are aware of it, the NYTimes reports that most universities own inventions created by students that were developed using a 'significant' amount of schools resources. Colleges and universities once obtained fewer than 250 patents a year, but that was before the Bayh-Dole Act gave them ownership of inventions developed throug

On the Road: Blogging Basics

SYLACAUGA, Ala. – Some say blogging is the reason Barack Obama won the election. “His Internet marketing campaign was huge,” said Jeff Korhan at Agrium Advanced Technologies recent Green Industry Grad School on Dec. 9 during his talk titled “Emerging Trends in Internet Marketing.”

NADA Art Fair Miami 2008

NADA (New Art Dealers Alliance), the small but relatively well-established fair known for its more raw, youthful energy has really come into its own this year. (Images above by RISD grad Ara Peterson, represented by Ratio 3.)

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