Bizarre Japanese Fighting Robots
Bizarre Japanese Fighting Robots από DiagonalView
15 Jan
ENUM : everyone a single phone number that maps to all
ENUM : everyone a single phone number that maps to all
E-mail, IM, Facebook, phones—what if all of these ways to reach you over a network could be condensed into a single, unique number? The ENUM proposal aims to do just that, by giving everyone a single phone number that maps to all of their identifiers. Here’s how it works, and why it isn’t already widely used.
10 Dec
Autism seen as asset, not liability, in some jobs
Autism seen as asset, not liability, in some jobs
Ron Brix, a retired computer systems developer for Wrigley who has Asperger Syndrome, is on the board of Aspiritech, a company that trains high-functioning autistic people to work as testers for software companies. …
27 Nov
This Is Your Brain On Jazz: Researchers Use MRI To Study Spontaneity, Creativity
This Is Your Brain On Jazz: Researchers Use MRI To Study Spontaneity, Creativity
ScienceDaily (Feb. 28, 2008) — A pair of Johns Hopkins and government scientists have discovered that when jazz musicians improvise, their brains turn off areas …
25 Nov
Android vs iPhone for sysadmins
Android vs iPhone for sysadmins
There are plenty of reviews comparing Android to iPhone generally so this post will focus specifically on the features sysadmins would find useful. This is comparing …
24 Nov
The Go Programming Language
The Go Programming Language
New Programming language from Google (Go Programming Language Home) : No major systems language has emerged in over a decade, but over that time the computing …
19 Nov
It Takes 147,456 PowerPC Processors To Out-Think a Single Cat Brain
It Takes 147,456 PowerPC Processors To Out-Think a Single Cat Brain
IBM has revealed the biggest artificial brain of all time, a simulation run by a 147,456-processor supercomputer that requires millions of watts of electricity and …
15 Nov
Dizzy In Greece
Dizzy In Greece
Dizzy In Greece features compositions, arrangements and performances by jazz immortals. Writings from the pens of Quincy Jones, Ernie Wilkins, Tadd Dameron, Benny Golson and …
13 Nov
EyeWriter Allows Man To Paint Despite Paralysis
EyeWriter Allows Man To Paint Despite Paralysis
Before disease took his ability to move, Tony Quan was an amazing graffiti artist. Now he is completely paralyzed, save for his eyes, and still …