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Tired of the same old evening news? Well, look out Katie, Charlie and Brian! If researchers at Northwestern University have their way, the news will become a lot more interesting. With funding from the National Science Foundation, Scientists at Northwestern's Intelligent Information Laboratory are working on a project that creates customized newscasts, read by online avatars based on individual preferences.
This is an awesome resource and I will be using it in my virtual classroom. I am in the process of teaching coding and this is a good example of how to use coding at home and in the future as a job skill.