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15 August, 2013

According to the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute, Chinese is a Class III language—the most difficult to master—and requires 2,200 hours of rigorous study to gain general proficiency. Luckily for procrastinators with tickets already booked to Beijing, a new design-focused learning system called Chineasy can teach students basic literacy in a matter of days. (Graphic cue cards)

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/08/chineasy-teaches-chinese-language-visually/

Encrypted email isn’t secure, but if you must use it, here are some Lavabit alternatives

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/163698-encrypted-email-isnt-secure-but-if-you-must-use-it-here-are-some-lavabit-alternatives

While the Leap’s cameras seem to only use infrared light (provided by three infrared LEDs inside the unit), the Haptix can use ambient light and infrared. Ambient light enables the capturing of much more detail, which is a boon for accuracy, but it requires “a few tricks” for the computer vision algorithm to handle that much data in real time.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/163929-haptix-turns-any-surface-into-a-multi-touch-interface-for-70