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Tech-Neill-ogy #120 - 7 December 2025

Tech-Neill-ogy #120 - 7 December 2025

Your Weekly Guide to Leveraging Technology in College Counseling

Jeffrey Neill
December 08, 2025

Welcome to Tech-Neill-ogy #120!

Good luck to all of your students with the upcoming US ED and some EA results coming out. It’s a stressful time. I’ve been surprised by how much more stressed my students are this year due to the waiting. Anyone else?

Anyway, be sure to check out the Boodle Box articles and prompts. It’s a pretty amazing tool!

And be aware of the NACAC AI Demo Day this week in the Bulletin Board section.

Lots to process this week.

In any case, enjoy the rest of the newsletter!

Gen Z coder rejected by the Ivy League despite founding a $30 million app says college is 'not worth it for most people'

Although he started his first business at just ten years old, earned a perfect 4.0 GPA, and achieved a 34 on the ACT, he was still rejected by the Ivy League.

fortune.com/2025/10/12/zach-yadegari-entrepreneur-gen-z-coder-rejected-by-the-ivy-league-despite-founding-a-30-million-app-you-dont-need-college-to-find-success-millionaire-co-founder

Scientists use AI to detect ADHD through unique visual rhythms in groundbreaking study

A team of scientists has used AI to detect ADHD in adults by analyzing how their brains process rapid visual information. The findings suggest ADHD carries a unique perceptual rhythm that could help improve diagnosis and treatment.

www.psypost.org/scientists-use-ai-to-detect-adhd-through-unique-visual-rhythms-in-groundbreaking-study

Ray Kurzweil ’70 reinforces his optimism in tech progress

Innovator, futurist, author, and MIT alumnus Ray Kurzweil emphasized his optimism about AI and technological progress in a lecture at MIT while accepting the Robert A. Muh Alumni Award from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

news.mit.edu/2025/ray-kurzwei-reinforces-his-optimism-tech-progress-1010

Why the GAIN AI Act would undermine US AI preeminence

John Villasenor discusses how the GAIN AI Act may actually accelerate China's AI ambitions, despite seeking to curtail them.

www.brookings.edu/articles/why-the-gain-ai-act-would-undermine-us-ai-preeminence

Transform YouTube Videos into Infographics with Nano Banana

Here's a game-changer for business school educators: Nano Banana 🍌 can transform YouTube content into visual learning tools—instantly. The 3-Step Process is simple…

www.linkedin.com/posts/joel-reynolds-91363364_turn-any-youtube-video-into-a-teaching-activity-7400566343776948224-nhxw

Best screen recorder for product demos

Tight Studio helps you create impressive product demos from rough screen recordings in minutes. Get smart auto zooms to focus on key details, use AI narration to help you with mic set up or accent problems, and lot more.

tight.studio

Scrybe Voice - Turn Your Voice Into Viral LinkedIn Posts

Transform your spoken thoughts into crafted, viral LinkedIn posts in minutes. Build your audience with just 5 minutes a day.

voice.getscrybe.ai

Reve: Reimagine Reality

Reve: Reimagine reality. Create, edit, and remix images. Combine natural-language edits with a drag-and-drop image editor.

app.reve.com

Sider: Best AI Sidebar with GPT-5, Claude 4, Gemini 2.5 & Grok 4

Sider is your all-in-one AI assistant that helps you chat, write, read, translate, and research on any webpage. Ask AI any questions or create AI presentations, websites, and images with ease. Free to try.

sider.ai

The Go-To for GenAI Teamwork | BoodleBox

Master the top AIs like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, SDXL, and over 1,000 custom GPTs all in one place. Get started for free.

box.boodle.ai

https://www.edficacy.co/ - Tell them Jeff sent you!

OK. So take a series of notes, a video of a lecture, or so on, and upload it into Boodle Box, select Nano Banana, and use this simple prompt:

Generate an image of an infographic explaining the concept presented in the video.

Of course, as you might expect, this works better with shorter items, but the output from this in regards to some longer videos was still quite impressive!

Please, if you have any great prompts or ideas, please share! Send me a note at [email protected].

Demo Day - AI in College Admission

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Join us for an exciting AI Demo Day showcasing four innovative vendors transforming the future of college admissions and student support. Capture Higher Ed presents a hybrid human+AI framework for personalized recruitment and

www.nacacnet.org/demodayai