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  • Olympic games gain new twist

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    An associate professor has helped online workers get on their feet in a participatory project. This year marks 10 years since ATEC associate professor Xtine Burrough began the Mechanical Olympics. Created for Amazon’s crowdsourcing marketplace, the Mechanical Turk, the Mechanical Olympics is an art project intended to encourage the online marketplace’s workers to be active…

  • Indians’ definition of success needs to change

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    For a country with a population of 1.25 billion people, India has lagged behind in medal count since the country’s first Olympic appearance at the 1900 Paris games. Team India has secured as many medals total as the 28 Michael Phelps has earned in his career. According to CNBC, factors such as the irresponsible use…