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18 year-old Mohammad Fahad Rahman is the youngest chess player in Bangladesh to earn the lifelong titles of International Master (2019) and FIDE Master (2013). The self-taught genius relies mainly on books to practice and perfect his moves across the chessboard. He is an SSC candidate from Little Jewels International School. “The Daily Star Campus Stars” is a show that highlights promising individuals who have excelled in their academics and extracurricular activities, alongside securing ...

Human-Computer Interaction focuses on technology to improve daily lives April 21, 2021 By Nicole Herzog Graduate students David Porfirio (left), Bengisu Cagiltay (center) and Andrew Schoen (right) work with a robotic arm in the Wisconsin Human-Computer Interaction Lab located in the Computer Science Building. Photo: Bryce Richter From February through June, we will highlight the ways that UW–Madison powers the state’s economy through research and innovation, educates the next genera...

Very Cronenbergian on April 9, 2021, 5:26 WTF?! Have you ever looked at your webcam and thought, “yeah, it performs its intended functions, but I wish the camera resembled a disembodied human eye—like something from a David Cronenberg movie.” If so, heres some good news: your disturbing fantasy has been made real. The aptly named Eyecam comes from researcher Marc Teyssier and is part of research at the Saarland University Human-Computer Interaction Lab. The anthropom...

9:00 AM MYT In 2020, most universities had to resort to virtual classes because of the Covid-19 pandemic. — Anton Shuvalov unsplash/AFP In 2020, several new educational practices saw the light of day, outlining a possible blueprint for tomorrows education. Multimedia content and gamification became teaching tools and could well become the norm in 2021. "I wrote my probability exam online, but then I had a scanner problem. I was two minutes late to hand in my paper and it wasnt accepted," sai...