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This intern at Teach For America Baltimore will have you believing in education as a force for change like never before.

In an impassioned speech, recent Baltimore, Md. high school graduate Elijah Miles identifies unpleasant realities when it comes to education, but his message is tempered with hope and a sincere belief in a better future through teaching. Miles’ moving words were captured in a video posted by Teach For America, who write:

A summer intern at Teach For America Baltimore, Elijah Miles delivered this inspiring speech to a group of incoming teachers at institute. Wise well beyond his years, we think Elijah’s words are a great reminder about why we do the work that we do.
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Excited about the new Tivo Roamio DVRs? Ben is, mainly because they’re screamingly speedy and deliver out-of-home streaming. Aside from recapping his Roamio review, we also discuss the week’s hottest HD stories — including Richard’s unabashed excitement for Saint’s Row IV. This is the Engadget HD Podcast, and its aural delights await you below.

Hosts: Ben Drawbaugh, Richard Lawler

Producer: Joe Pollicino

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Is Instagram over yet? Or our distant relatives just finding out about filters? Wherever the picture sharing app currently stands on the sliding scale of not owning a TV to being an Oprah audience member, it’s obvious to anyone who has used Instagram that people like hashtags, people like food pictures (and sunset pictures and sky pictures), people like bragging, people like quotes and people like selfies. That’s really all people like. That’s why Instagram should totally update its app to include all these hilarious features like limiting hashtags to 600 and adding an Inspirational Quote Generator.

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To some, Google Glass is nothing more than a notification machine, but there are others who see Glass as an AR headset waiting to happen. OpenGlass is among those looking to give Glass augmented reality powers, and it’s figured out how to implement simple AR in real-time. The trick was accomplished by sampling the imagery pulled in by the headset’s camera and extracting the portion of that feed that corresponds to the size of Glass’s display. That feed is then sent to an OpenGlass server that overlays digital annotations provided by another users onto the video feed to augment the wearer’s reality.

There’s a video after the break demoing the AR functionality, but it’s rudimentary and laggy in its implementation. Essentially, the system serves as a telestrator that superimposes scribbles into your field of view. It’s a good proof-of-concept to show that Glass can do real-time AR, but there’s a lot of work to be done before Glass can become a fully-fledged augmented (or mediated) reality headset.

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A lot of announcements are on the docket for Archos at IFA this year, including several smartphones, but it looks like we’ve gotten a peak at what one of those items will be specifically: the Archos 101 XS 2. Thanks to an FCC filing, we now know they will be revealing this tablet as a […]