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Luis von Ahn Featured in NBC Learn Video on Crowdsourcing

August 28th, 2012 / in Research News / by Erwin Gianchandani

Science Behind the News [image courtesy NBC Learn].NBC Learn — the educational arm of NBC News — is out with a new video about crowdsourcing, featuring Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist Luis von Ahn and his work with CAPTCHA, reCAPTCHA, and, most recently, Duolingo. The video — part of a “Science Behind the News” video series developed in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore advances in science and technology making the news — describes von Ahn’s efforts to digitize books and translate the web into foreign languages. Check out the clip after the jump…

(Contributed by Erwin Gianchandani, CCC Director)

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Luis von Ahn Featured in NBC Learn Video on Crowdsourcing

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