Algorithms · May 2022Gaffe level: Blunder
Honorlock flagged a teenager for looking away from her screen. A professor she never met called it cheating.
During a remote biology exam, proctoring software flagged a 17-year-old Broward College student for taking her eyes off the screen. A professor she had never met filed the cheating charge; she got a zero and a warning on her record for 'failure to follow instructions.' Looking down to concentrate is now suspicious behavior.
Source: The New York Times
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah