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StudyBlue

Useful smartphone apps for students

Lydia Taylor August 7, 2017

Between balancing classes, extracurriculars and possibly a job or two, there are a few applications students can use to help ease their work load. StudyBlueThis free smartphone application helps college...

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Opinion: The gray area of technophobia

Nicholas Hunter July 3, 2017

It is very easy to be frightened by technology these days.There is a constant barrage of news about information leaks and data dumps, from voter information accidentally dumped by an analytics company...

MAVIC Pro sits on a bench at the Kent State Golf Course on Thursday, June 1, 2017. Students use this type of drone to shoot footage and train with.

New course teaches drone piloting skills

Ray Padilla June 8, 2017

Students in the Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Aerial Camera Ops course walked through the knee-high grass at the now-defunct Kent State Golf Course. The students took out their drones, placing them on...

Melissa Ziminsky, Adult Services Director of the Kent Free Library, poses at her desk in on Tuesday, March 25, 2017.

Evolving technology forces careers to adapt

Rick Pongonis April 25, 2017

Murali Shanker, a professor of management and information systems at Kent State, remembers when Amazon was just an online bookstore, not one of the most dominant businesses in the world.The giant online...

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Nicholas Kotch April 18, 2017

HED: 'Phubbing': When phone etiquette hinders relationshipsTry to recall a time when you were in the middle of a conversation with another person and they pulled out their phone and began to browse through...

Anne Weber, 9, plays a game using physical contact as a controller with her father Michael Weber, a professor at Cuyahoga Community College and Lakeland Community College, at the Makey Makey table at Mini Maker Fair in the library Friday.

Mini Maker Faire shines light on local inventions

Paige Brown April 14, 2017

About 30 exhibitors displayed their creations and technology at the fourth annual Mini Maker Faire at the University Library Friday.“It’s a showcase of some of the making and innovation that is happening...

Jagger Smith, age 12, builds a house as tall as he is using the Cocoro playhouse system, showcased at the Maker Faire in the University Library on Friday, May 10, 2015. The Cocoro playhouse, which uses lightweight but durable cardboard that can be stacked and combined for limitless possibilities, was created by NorioKids, who’s founder got the idea from playing with legos and lincoln logs as a kid and always wanting to be able to fit inside.

Mini Maker Faire to showcase inventions Friday

Paige Brown April 12, 2017

Creators, inventors and curious people alike will gather at the University Library on Friday from noon until 4 p.m. for the Kent State Mini Maker Faire.The Mini Maker Faire can best be described as an...

Technology becoming increasingly more vital to college students’ lives

Nicholas Kotch April 5, 2017

As social generations progress further, so does technology and the obsession that has steadily grown along with it.According to a 2015 study by the nonprofit group Common Sense Media, Generation Z —...

A Kent State student receives help with his computer from TechHelp Friday March 3, 2017. 

No task too big or small for Tech Help

Rick Pongonis April 5, 2017

The worst repair senior IT user support analyst Nicolas Zevchek worked with at Tech Help was the result of spilled soup.Zevchek said this was the hardest task he’s had to fix thus far — so difficult...

University partnership promotes mutual tech growth

Rick Pongonis April 4, 2017

A partnership between Kent State and Cleveland State University will allow both institutions to create innovative technology to test and eventually put on the market.“It allows us to take university...

Schwartz Center ‘makerspace’ sparks creativity among students

Paige Brown April 4, 2017

Spark Innovation Studio, a "makerspace" on campus, has opened with access to 3-D printing, laser cutting and prototyping.A makerspace is a place where people with shared interests, often in computing or...

University receiving widespread wireless update

Rick Pongonis February 28, 2017

Six Kent State residence halls will receive faster and more stable internet connections this summer as part of a larger plan to eventually update Wi-Fi in all the campus residence halls.Prentice, Verder,...

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