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                    Global shipments of augmented reality and virtual reality headsets will hit 13.7 million units this year as they ride a compound annual growth rate of 56.1 percent on their way to 81.2 million shipments in 2021, according to a new forecast. MoreNearly every app and service will incorporate some level of artificial intelligence in the next few years. Whether they're obviously intelligent or use intelligence behind the scenes, these tools "create a new intelligent intermediary layer between people and systems and have the potential to transform the nature of work and the structure of the workplace," according to a new trends forecast. More 
                 
	                        
	            
	            
	              
	               
	              
	               
	              
	            
	            
	          
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                PhET, a non-profit project within the University of Colorado, Boulder, is teaming up with Legends of Learning, a middle school science gaming company, to put its science and math-based interactive simulations on the gaming platform. MoreKajeet has updated its filtered WiFi hotspot for schools buses, the SmartBus, to allow for more connected devices, offer faster speeds and more. More 
               
               
               
              
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    Sponsor: Toshiba America Foundation
 
    Award: Two categories: Up to $5,000 and more than $5,000 
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    Application Deadline: Up to $5,000 awarded on a rolling basis; Nov. 1 deadline for applications for more than $5,000 
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    Sponsor: SparkFun
 
    Award: STEM/STEAM-releated prize packages, event and team sponsorships and other types of support 
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    Application Deadline: Ongoin: third Thursday of each month; awards announced on the last business day of each month 
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    Award: No more than 10 percent of an organization's annual operating expenses or 25 percent of the total budget for the project being funded; awards have ranged from the hundreds to the millions of dollars. 
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    Qualification: Project should "directly serve or impact children living in urban poverty, particularly in the areas of education,  family economic stability (including microfinance) and childhood health." 
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