students

Software

Windows 7 Student Pricing Is The Way To Go, If You’re A Student

9:46AM Nick Broughall | If you’re a university or TAFE student looking for an OS update, Microsoft is offering you the opportunity to upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional for $50. It’s better than paying full price, that’s for sure… [MicrosoftThanks Matt!]
Design

Amazing Student-Made Solar Homes Compete In Solar Decathalon

9:45AM Dan Nosowitz | The Solar Decathalon, a 10-criteria (it’s a little bit of a stretch to decathalon, but that’s okay) judging contest, just completed this year’s competition, and there are some incredible works here. I love that each group used its hometown aesthetic. More »
Software

Top Eight iPhone Apps For Students

7:00AM The Business Insider | Not everything in Apple’s iPhone App Store is fun and games: Students should check out some of the handy educational tools and reference guides in the App Store. More »
Gadgets

University Tech Gadgets: Then And Now

5:20AM Danny Allen | From 35mm SLRs in the 50s to electronic-typewriters of the 80s, PC World has a timeline of gadgets that most changed campus life. For me, it was a giant CRT (which doubled as my room heater). What about you? More »
Gadgets

If You Need a ScreamBody, You May Also Need a Vacation

6:40AM Mark Wilson | Have you ever been so upset that you just needed to scream, but you didn’t want to upset your co-workers? Well here’s an incredibly practical solution to that problem. It’s called the ScreamBody. More »
Deals

This Year’s Apple Student Deal Not As Good As Last Year

10:30AM Nick Broughall | Last year, Apple enticed students with a $199 rebate when they bought a Mac and an iPod in one purchase, which essentially gave them a free 4GB iPod nano. This year, the rebate’s been dropped to $179, meaning your best option is $20 for an 8GB nano (which ain’t half bad). Of course, the price of Macs has gone up as well, and compared to the US offer of a free iPod Touch this does seem a little cheap, but as my pappy always used to say*, “if you start complaining when you’re getting something for free, you’re a douchebag”. [Apple - Thanks Ben!] More »
Gadgets

Student Develops Cheap Power Turbine For Developing Nations

2:20PM Matt Hickey | It’s one thing to tinker in your garage to restore that old gas-guzzling muscle car that you think will get you some action. It’s something entirely different to invent an electricity-generating wind turbine out of scrap parts that could revolutionise personal power in developing nations, especially if you’re in college. Max Robinson has done just that, designing a turbine out of spare parts that costs less than US$40 to build out of readily available parts and can power a home’s lighting for up to two and a half days or a radio for over a day. No word on how long an OLPC would last. [Daily Mail] More »
Regulars

10 Back to School Gadgets for Lazy Students

6:00AM Sean Fallon | Summer has gone fast hasn’t it? Hard to believe that many of you will be heading back to school sometime in the next few weeks. That means it’s time to get on a schedule and prepare yourself for another semester of boring lectures, homework and tests. Sure, there is a lot of fun to be had–but the party is going to come to a screeching halt when you get out there into the real world. That’s why you have to apply yourself now so you can get a good job when all is said and done. Either that, or you have to learn how to cut corners more effectively. Since this is the Thank Giz It’s Friday roundup, we are going with the latter.