--georgia tech you were look you are working on a number of different areas.ou gave up some and shall rush some interesting attentional applications. interesting applications. talk about some of the areas you are focused on. doingot of times we are stuff for five or 10 years ahead of industry. we are making a lot of progress recently. what i have been looking at is trying to have a machine that watches your life as you live it. one of the things we were doing is watching your hands. can we walk -- can we learn around the world around you by watching how you interact with it. that is what this helmet is for. that you maytem have a picture of. you put this on and you can do sign language. the system automatically discovers the signs in the language. instead of trading them -- training them to learn one language after another, they automatically discover the individual signs and words of the language. my colleague made a starting idea -- a startling idea. if you are trying to recognize the objects around you, something like a book, it is hard to recognize books b

one of my other colleagues at georgia tech went further. he said, if i put motion sensors on my wrist, elbows, shoulders, maybe i can interact with things and teach a humanoid robot how to move. i can use my everyday motion to train a robot, the connecticut motion equation, how to move and interact with the real world. you can put part -- start putting sensors on the body and really understand computers and robots dealing with the world on human terms. >> you are talking about putting sensors around and on the human body and they would have to be very small, very light weight to function successfully. what i wanted to ask you about is about power and batteries because that has always been something that has not moved quite up the same pace as other technologies. how do you solve powering all of these devices on your body? is the current technology available kind of holding you back? >> we are seeing a revolution there as well. there's a couple ways you can go about it. one is to use the human body motion to power it. if you can get this dow

although i noticed the maryland when over georgia tech on saturday, the terrapins were really impressive. they shot well in the tech -- and they beat tackle rather easily. the wizards are the local team which have fallen on hard times. last night against golden state they've dropped their third straight. they are not playing with emotion. they are not efficient. it is almost been embarrassing. >> we had a lackluster performance, especially here at home. hopefully we can -- >> finally, this guy was on vacation last summer in vegas. his son went to auburn so we decided to put a $100 bet on auburn to win the national title. he got 500 to one odds. if auburn >> cold and more cold. >> cold advisories in effect. we will give you a good update tonight at 11:00. >>> welcome to "world news." tonight, frozen nation. the arctic express slamming most of this country. this isn't siberia. it's lake michigan. stuck at the airport and trying to sleep and bathe. and icy cold waiting outside your window. >>> superslimmers. in this new year, 15% of us lose weight and keep it off. tonight, we'll tell you th

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as offense of coordinator at georgia tech, they won the offense of title.with the chargers, they won -- went to the super bowl. welcome back. let's go to south bend, indiana, virginia and notre dame. this was a total team effort. they all contributed tonight. tony bennett had them ready. 69-53 was the final there. the wizards are playing a late game out on the coast. bradley beal, john wall against perhaps the best in the nba. right now, golden state leads by two. >> that has to be a fun game to watch. >> very good. >> now, a man was out fishing with his friends when the trip takes a turn. >> i thought it might've been my dog. >> it wasn't. what h >> we have some eyes on the weather tonight. that is our top trending story tonight on wjla.com. the investigation into that deadly shooting in columbia and $3000y that will pay you if you agree to get the flu. you can read all about those stories right now on wjla.com. >> we are not signing up for that one. a new zealand man is on a fishing trip when he is bitten by a shark. that is and what makes this story so r

some students at georgia tech had actually never seen snow at all, until today. enjoying the bitter blast that has the south feeling more like the north. and coping with a winter that continues to have an unrelenting icy grip on much of the country. now this storm has turned deadly in mississippi today, where authorities say a family was trying to stay warm when a space heater caught fire. killing four people, including two young children. brian? >> dylan dreyer starting us off in fayetteville, north carolina tonight. dylan, thank you. >>> as fate and luck would have it, al roker is in washington tonight with a look at more on where this storm is headed. hey, al, good evening. >> where you go, brian, i go. we will continue to follow this weather. it stretches from texas all the way to new england with watches, winter storm watches, warnings and winter weather advisories all the way into the northeast and new england. the latest radar shows not only an icy mix stretching across the gulf coast on into the southeastern atlantic and the outer banks, but we're also go

and so recently there amounts to georgia tech, the causety was going to take a 70,000 residential master degree in advanced computing. offered the master's degree online for $7,000. first 77 all, think about what it does to student loans. second, if you're an adult and this is a class you really need but you live in minnesota or live in southern california, and your not going move to georgia tech, you can now take it in the morning, on the weekend, while you're on vacation. all of a sudden, we have begun to liberate you from the professor's schedule. most education is stunningly unefficient. the course will be offered from 10:20 to 1130 at the convenience of the professor three days a week. that's not -- that's the world is going rapidly disappear despite every effort of the prison guard of the university system to block it. the most famous -- you can look it up yourself. i'm not making it up. go look up duo lingo. it's a free sight that teaches seven different languages. it raises an interesting question about the future of language education. it raises the question about ability to tea

. >>> to a game with an almost identical score, maryland hosting georgia tech, get to that game, therewe go. terps and things up early with a nasty dunk from dez wells, 11 points on the day. then to close out the first half, second leading scorer. terps get the generous bounce, led by 14 at one point. the guy with the hot hand today, nick faust led all scorers with 16. in all, maryland had 16 assists, six turnovers to beat the yellowjackets 07-61. >> but for the most part, shot selection was better, shot a few shots that led to layups for them, but our passing was better and our guys were looking for each other. you know, just having more offensive players on the floor makes us pretty hard to guard. >> coming back from christmas break, we wanted to think of it as kind of a fresh start. we have really been playing tough on d. i think that kind of spurs our offense a little bit. >>> florida state hosting virginia, cavaliers jumping out to an early lead. darian atkins finds mitchell down the court for the dunk to put virginia up by 11. florida state, having a hard time hanging on to the b

to a game with an almost identical score maryland hosting georgia tech. terps amped things up early with a nasty dunk with wells. he had 11 points on the day. a guy with a hot hand, he led all scorers with 16. in all, maryland had 16 assists, just 6 turnovers as they beat the yellowjackets 77- 61. after the game, mark sturgeon was praised. >> i'm happy for him. he really defended, again, continues to defend. he fell asleep one time. but he's just under control. just so much better with the ball and not forcing things, and he's playing like a veteran guard. should play a ton of minutes since he's been here. >> more basketball. florida state hosting virginia. uva on the break, london with the alley. justin anderson, he's got the oop. 16 for anderson. they win 62-50. west virginia in their big 12 opener against tcu. less than two minutes to go. wvu up 2. drives the lane for 2 of his 15. west virginia wins 74-69. good day for a lot of the local teams. some exciting playoff games today. tomorrow will be interesting. >> want to recap for us? >> our temperatures

georgia tech is offering a masters in computer science online a full-service degree. everybody as good as l regular masters. except super cheep. it's kind of appealing. another thing i would like to see more, i think we will, is certification in case of diploma. i'm not optimistic -- as convinced an in the article of business review. showing they know how do things instead of diploma. ic that certificates actual ability are big deal. people who think that are colleges. the higher education establishment sits getting behind third party certification as a way of demonstrating to people that their degree means something. i think it's useful. another thing is the rise of apprenticeship. there was a -- i thought it was a sad article in the "washington post" stf about people who had gone to college and couldn't get jobs going back to trade school to learn how to be electricians. there's nothing sad about being an electrician or plumper. i was talking to one of my fellow law professor about michael lynn's article about the exploitation of the working class and his response w

an investigation after a bank robbery in our >>> today the maryland's men basketball team plays georgia tech in college park. you can bet one of their rising stars will be on the court. >> he is truly fulfilling his dreams of playing hoops despite so many people telling him to give it up. news 4 has more. >> reporter: it's varun poster day. >> i want to help anyway i can. >> reporter: it's his second season in the program. one the maryland native only dared to dream he could be a part of. all his life he was told to give up this sport. >> coming from my background, we all focus on the academics. so i was only thinking about him going to get a nice degree and then pursue whatever you want to do. but varun has got something inside him. >> it's that something that convinced his parents he could continue as long as he kept his grades up. after a year at a division 3 school, he transferred to maryland and walked on to the terps. this past off season he was offered a scholarship. oh, and, yes, his grades are pretty good. currently holding a 3.99 gpa. the number that worries his mother the most, 5'

georgia tech is offering a masters in computer science online, a full-service degree. everybody is good at regular masters except it's super g. kind of appealing. another thing that i would like to see more, i think we will, his certification in place of diploma. i'm not as us -- optimistic, convinced in the article that says people just going to get certificates. shows they know how to do useful things. i do think that certificates of actual others are a big deal and people who think that our colleges. the higher education establishment itself is getting kind third party certification as a way demonstrated to people that their degree means something or i think that's pretty useful. another thing that started happen is the rise of apprenticeships. i thought it was a sad article in the "washington post." it was about people who went on to college and couldn't get jobs going back to trade schools to learn how to be electricians and plumbers and things like that. there's nothing said about being an electrician or a plumber. i was talking to a fellow law professor to scope

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now no longer just the domain of the university of phoenix and a few other for-profit schools, georgia tech is offering a haaser's in computer science -- master's in computer science online that is a full-service degree. everybody's good at their regular master's except it's super cheap. kind of appealing. another thing we're seeing that i would like to see her of of and i think -- more of is and i think will we will is certification in place of diplomas. i'm not as convinced as an article that was in the harvard business review today which saysst the end of degrees, people are just going to get certificates that show employers they know how to do useful things as opposed to diplomas. but i do think a certificate's actual ability are a big deal, and people who think that too are colleges because the higher education establishment is getting behind third-party education as a way to explain to people that their degrees mean something. and i think that's pretty useful. and another thing that's starting to happen is the rise of apprenticeship models. there was a sad article in "the washington p

. >> i was lying in bed, watching cnn, when professor charlie kemp from georgia tech came on and demonstrated robot. >> you can move to the side and it would follow you. you will find that turns. >> that's interesting. >> i immediately thought of using it as a body surrogate and e-mailed the company. to my surprise, they answered right away. >> it was the first of many e-mails that evans sent to robot scientists across the country to launch a project called robots for humanity. >> we are actually working on a 3-pronged program which will greatly expand the world of people worldwide. we hope to make tele presence devices physically located in interesting locales across the united states available to people from around the world. >> the leap for human tin was -- to work for humanity was a change, using robots to try to free up paralyzed people. it could be something as small as holding a plastic device so that henry could rub his head on it appeared scratch his head for the first time. >> at brown university in rhode island, chad jenkins studies human robot interaction and robot learning. >> it

. >> i was lying in bed watching cnn, when professor charlie kemp from georgia tech came on and demonstratedet's move to you. you can move to the side and it would follow you. you'll find that it turns. >> reporter: that's interesting. >> i immediately thought of aing it as a boyd surrogate and emailed the company to my surprise, they answered right away. >> reporter: it was the first of many e-mails that evans sent to scientists around the country to launch a project called robots for humanity. >> we are actually working on a three-pronged program which will greet grately expand the worlds of people worldwide. we hope to make devices which are physically located in interesting locales throughout the united states available to people from around the world. >> robots for humanity was a huge change because it gave name purpose in life. we are using robots to try free up paralyzed people. it could be something as small as holding a plastic device so that henry could had you been his head on it and scratch his head for the first time. >> reporter: at brown university in rhode island, chad genera

. >> we want to welcome peter squire, a professor of law at georgia tech.n the surface, peter, give us your first assessment of this, the changes. >> i thought it was a great speech. we have to do national security, and we have to do privacy and civil liberties and we somewhere to have an internet that works for commerce. and the president wove all of these things together in a speech yesterday. >> let's break down the specifics. president obama said some of the changes are going to happen. nsa getting required to get permission for access of phone records. and the ends of spying on the heads of friendly states. but other recommendations are still up in the air. having a third party maintain phone data. why was that important for the panel, one the hurdles here? >> i think all are sitting in one government database, i think that's concern for a lot of people. it's not just your records, it's your kids' records, what's the government doing with that? we say having a database, holding it is not the right way to go. >> but in the conversation about hurdles, we