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Division Isn’t So Bad by Andy Kessler of Wall Street Journal

American culture is built on division. Left vs. Right, Coke vs. Pepsi, Ohio State vs. flag-planting Michigan, Classico vs. Rao’s, Red Sox vs. Yankees. Kanye West vs. Taylor Swift. Maybe you’re tired of it, but you can’t get rid of division. Donald Trump has said, “The discord and division in

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LEARNING NEWS

GE Vernova Outlines $600M US Expansion

GE Vernova Inc. outlined a capital investment program for U.S. manufacturing and development operations totaling close to $600 million through 2027. It projected the investments would address issues involving energy affordability, national security, and manufacturing growth, and would prompt the creation of more than 1,500 new jobs. GE Vernova, which

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SATCO Guaranteed Price Protection

As we navigate the evolving global trade environment regarding the possible impact of new import tariffs, we want to assure you that we have taken proactive steps in our supply chain management to protect pricing and ensure product availability during this uncertain time. Through strategic diversification of our production across

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High-Tech Partnership Invests $500 Billion in AI

President Donald Trump on Tuesday talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by Sam Altman of OpenAI, Larry Ellison of Oracle, and Masayoshi Son of SoftBank. The new entity, Stargate, will start building out data centers

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AI-Driven Electronics Design by N. Mughees

The use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) for designing and manufacturing electronic circuits is changing the game by making it possible to develop modern, high-quality products. Electronics manufacturers are improving efficiency of their products by leveraging AI tools throughout the production process, starting from initial design to final quality checks.

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New Technologies

Revolutionary Colorscaping System Introduced by WAC GROUP

On the cutting edge of landscape lighting technology, WAC Group introduces the groundbreaking Colorscaping Smart Landscape Lighting System. This innovative, patented line of exterior LED luminaires is designed and engineered to illuminate landscapes with tunable white light and an unlimited color palette. Colorscaping integrates a full selection of WAC Landscape

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Hyundai Mobis Unveils Holographic HUD

Hyundai Mobis unveiled its ‘holographic windshield display’ technology, which transforms the vehicle’s front windshield into a transparent display, at the world’s largest tech event, CES 2025. The key feature of Hyundai Mobis’s new holographic windshield display technology is that it transforms the vehicle’s front window into a transparent screen, without

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Samsung Unveils a New Vision for Displays at First Look Event

Ahead of the opening of CES 2025, Samsung Electronics showcased a range of new products at First Look 2025 — underscoring its technological leadership: The Vision AI Zone provided an overview of Samsung’s signature AI features, presenting technologies that transcend the traditional role of TVs to now deliver personalized experiences

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E-Learning Showcase

Lessons Learned in Problem Solving, Historic Renovation, Office Design, and Neuroarchitecture by Jeanette Fitzgerald Pitts

Innovative materials, unique circumstances, new design approaches, and the demand for people-first workspaces are pushing architects into new frontiers. In many cases, completed projects can serve as excellent teaching tools for demonstrating what can be accomplished architecturally in a space and how to best accomplish it. This course explores some

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Publications of Learning

AI in Education: Process Over Product by Thomas G. Farrell, M.B.A., Ed.D.

Don’t let AI steal the learning process.  The role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education should be about prioritizing the learning PROCESS over the end product or rote knowledge acquisition.  AI is transforming industries worldwide, and education is no exception.  From personalized learning to data-driven insights, AI offers tools to

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EDUCATION RESOURCES

2024 State of the Cannabis Lighting Market by Jolene Hansen

There’s no doubt that the relationship between cannabis and light is one of the most crucial aspects of cannabis cultivation and ultimate success. From light intensity to spectral properties, to light uniformity, to dimming technology and much more, every new discovery in the cannabis industry opens another door for growers,

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Lighting Revolution in Two Graphs: LED Distribution In Residential And Commercial Applications by Craig DiLouie

As the LED revolution achieves increasing adoption, a recent report by the Department of Energy illuminates the growth. Published in April 2024, the “2020 U.S. Lighting Market Characterization” https://tinyurl.com/3fczwe9s estimates technology distribution among the U.S. installed base of units (lamps/luminaires), along with energy consumption. Residential sector: Let’s start with the

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Hire – While most of us have heard the term artificial intelligence, few could predict the explosion of GenAI technologies in the public sphere over the last two years. In the work setting alone, Microsoft and LinkedIn reported that “75% of knowledge workers use AI at work” and “66% of leaders say they wouldn’t hire someone without AI skills”.                 

So how did this all happen:

1956, August: At the Dartmouth Conference, researchers discuss creating machines capable of intelligent behavior and the term “Artificial Intelligence” is introduced.

2017, June: Google researchers introduce the Transformer architecture, the foundation for generative AI (GenAI) models. (GPT = Generative Pre-trained Transformer)

2022, November: OpenAI unveils ChatGPT, a conversational GenAI model, marking a tipping point in public access and accelerated adoption.

2024 NOW: Commercialization is accelerating. Globally, the GenAI solutions market is expected to exceed $50 billion by 2028 with over 60,000 GenAI companies already doing business (Horban, 2024).  The biggest tech/communications companies are all involved in a very big way to drive and influence our lives now and in the future with their GenAI models:

  • OpenAI’s ChatGPT
  • xAI’s Grok
  • Google’s Gemini
  • Microsoft’s Copilot
  • Anthropic’s Claude
  • Apple’s Apple Intelligence
  • Meta’s Llama
  • Coming: Orion by OpenAI 

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