Attending Cornell University as an undergrad will cost you around $17,000 per semester. But if you just want to look through the school’s libraries, it’s free – some of their content will become available to everyone, thanks to an arrangement with Google’s Library Project.
Cornell Joins Microsofts Live Book Search
Cornell University has announced joint initiatives with Microsoft and Kirtas Technologies aimed at digitizing a majority of the school’s library content. The volumes will be made available online via Microsoft’s Live Book Search.
Cornell Takes Next Robotic Leap
Robots can now build more robots, at least on a simplistic level. Hod Lipson and his team at Cornell University developed a group of robots that can replicate themselves. It’s considered a major breakthrough in robotics and while it may seem simple now, the future certainly looks bright.