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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Q&A with Nobel Laureate Professor W.E. Moerner

Q&A with Nobel Laureate Professor W.E. Moerner

by Praveen Batra November 4, 2014

Professor William E. Moerner, along with Stefan W. Hell and Eric Betzig, received the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Moerner, currently a Stanford professor, was awarded the prize for his work on single...

Siri displays the weekly local forecast after being asked for tomorrow's temperature. The program presents the forecast in a list that shows the temperature in either Celsius or Fahrenheit.

Siri gets serious in iOS 8

by Neil Bai and Melina Nakos October 30, 2014

Siri, Apple’s voice recognition assistant, received updates in iOS 8, which was released last month. New features included the ability to use apps directly from Siri, hands-free activation, and the power...

The Microsoft Band showing three separate apps : a heart monitor, an email client, and fitness. The Microsoft Band is controlled with an action button, touch screen, and microphone.

Microsoft Band: The newest in wearable tech

by Vijay Bharadwaj October 30, 2014

Microsoft announced the creation of its new wearable tech device known as Microsoft Band through tweets and Microsoft Health apps released on Windows, Android and Apple phones yesterday. The device...

To measure the connection strength of wi-fi on campus, Winged Post reporters tested download speeds at 10 different locations using Bandwidth Place.

Wi-fi speeds measured on campus

by Riya Godbole and Alex Wang October 24, 2014

To measure the connection strength of wi-fi on campus, Winged Post reporters tested download speeds at 10 different locations using Bandwidth Place. All speeds are measured in Mbps (Megabits per sec). This...

Students react to new iPhone

Students react to new iPhone

by Roshni Pankhaniya and Aditya Varshney October 24, 2014

Harker students and faculty expressed mixed reactions to the release of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and Apple Watch on last month, emphasizing the growing competition Apple faces in today’s market. Apple...

   Apple rolled out its new way to pay on all devices running iOS 8.1 this Monday. The service covers a variety of stores and credit cards and works by simply taking a picture of a credit card to save it to the Passbook app.

Apple Pay goes live

by Vivek Bharadwaj October 23, 2014

Have you, or a loved one, experienced chronic frustration at having to dig through a wallet or purse for credit cards at the checkout counter? If so, talk to your friendly Apple store Genius about Apple...

Students at the Upper School were able to view a solar eclipse occurring during seventh and eight periods.

Partial solar eclipse

by Vineet Kosaraju October 23, 2014

A partial solar eclipse occurred at 2:30 p.m, viewed by students and teachers using telescopes from the Astronomy classes during seventh and eighth periods. Because it is dangerous to look directly...

Siemens semifinalists and regional finalists announced

Siemens semifinalists and regional finalists announced

by Tiara Bhatacharya October 22, 2014

Thirteen upperclassmen were announced as semifinalists in the Siemens research competition in Math, Science, and Technology last Thursday, more than any other California high school. Semifinalists...

Madhu Nori (12) Sahana Rangarajan (12) talk about projects they submitted for the Siemens research competition. 49 Harker students submitted research papers this year.

Siemens competition research papers submitted

by Raveena Kapatkar and Stanley Zhao October 22, 2014

Harker students recently submitted research papers for the National Siemens Competition, a contest that involves conducting independent research and articulating findings in a formalized document. 49...

The faces of Harker Dev: pro bono programmers

by Vedant Thyagaraj and Derek Yen October 21, 2014

A group of tech-savvy students known as Harker Dev has programmed free applications to assist the student population despite not being recognized as a club. “The purpose of Harker Dev is to build...

Vedant Thyagaraj (12) and Vamsi Gadiraju (12) co-founded the startup V-Squared. The company uses sensor technology to monitor consumer preferences in retail stores.

Q&A with co-founders of V Squared Applications, Vamsi Gadiraju and Vedant Thyagaraj

by Tara Parimi and Sahana Srinivasan October 18, 2014

Winged Post: What does your company do? Vamsi Gadiraju (12): It uses something called iBeacon, which allows us to use sensors that can basically track the movement of phones and other devices that use...

The iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 are now available in gold color. The iPad Air 2 has an improved camera, and both devices have Touch ID sensors.

Apple announces new Macs and iPads

by Praveen Batra October 18, 2014

Apple Inc. announced the iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3, an iMac with a Retina 5K display and a new Mac mini on Oct. 16. The Cupertino-based company also released OS X Yosemite, a new version of its Mac operating...

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