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Kristin Norton took D draw by beating out Franzi Steinhardt of Illinois State University (7-5, 6-4), Michala Jensen of the University of Colorado at Boulder (5-1, ret.), and Pavlina Smatova of the University of Oregon...
Islamic artists in the 15th century used complex mathematical techniques that were unknown to Western scholars until the 1970s, a new study co-authored by a Harvard graduate student revealed. According to Harvard doctoral candidate Peter J. Lu and Princeton University Professor Paul J. Steinhardt, the authors of the study, the motifs that embellish mosques and palaces throughout the Middle East and Asia demonstrate symmetrical patterns which were not associated with recognized mathematical formulas. Islamic art typically incorporates sets of five template tiles—a decagon, pentagon, diamond, bow tie, and hexagon. These tiles are used to draw shapes...
...install EDRs in every car because objective crash data will lead to the design of safer cars and highways. Privacy activists want the government to prevent police and insurance companies from checking drivers' black boxes without permission. "We have a surveillance monster growing in our midst," says Barry Steinhardt of the American Civil Liberties Union. "These black boxes are going to get more sophisticated and take on new capabilities...
...advocates say that even with those safeguards, consumers should have a choice about how their information is used. Even anonymous data could, for example, reveal where a large group of people is headed for a protest. "These programs start out with the best intentions, but they expand," says Barry Steinhardt, director of the Technology and Liberty Program at the A.C.L.U. Some responsibility, of course, rests with the individual. Since his data were revealed, Clark took his mobile number off his business cards. Wireless carriers also recommend that customers avoid giving out their mobile numbers online. But Clark insists that...
...Staff writer Jenifer L. Steinhardt can be reached at steinhar@fas.harvard.edu...