Lauren Singer Trakhman

Ph.D. Candidate in Educational Psychology, University of Maryland
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Autonomous Drone Boat Test Ends in Disaster
August 20, 2025
United Airlines Flight Training Center on 35th Ave in Denver, Colorado, USA.
United Airlines Ventures Invests in Aerospace Startup Astro Mechanica
August 20, 2025
The REGENT Viceroy Seaglider, a winged passenger ferry, glides over the surface of Narragansett Bay on a test run, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, off the coast of North Kingstown, R.I.
Winged Ferry That Glides Like a Pelican Tested for Coastal Transportation
August 20, 2025
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GM's Futuristic Corvette Opens Like a Fighter Jet
August 19, 2025
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This undated photo provided by The Strong shows the three toys inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame Class of 2017, from top left, the Wiffle Ball, the paper airplane and the board game Clue. The trio was honored at the upstate New York hall on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017.
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Toy Hall of Fame Names New Inductees
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. is seeing fiscal second-quarter profit slip 3 percent despite growing sales because of costs related to improper vehicle checks in Japan and a massive global air-bag recall in the U.S. Nissan, allied with Renault SA of France, reported Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, a July-September profit of 141.6 billion yen ($1.2 billion), down from 146.1 billion yen the same period last year.
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Nissan's Profit Flattens
This July 25, 2017, frame grab from video shows the Nest Cam IQ camera. Nest’s newest home security camera is supposed to be so smart that it can recognize anyone entering its sight line after it has been introduced to someone. That skill comes from facial recognition technology made by sister company Google. As The Associated Press discovered, the Nest Cam IQ has an uncanny knack for recognizing people, even when they’re disguised.
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Security Camera Recognizes People
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The Power of Print in a Digital World
Many assume that students’ preference for technology translates into better learning outcomes, but that’s not necessarily true.
November 10, 2017