Friday, 26 April 2013

Thank you for your unprecedented interest in WWDC.

Enthusiasm for WWDC 2013 has been incredible, with tickets selling out in record time. For those who can?t join us in San Francisco, you can still take advantage of great WWDC content, as we?ll be

Google Glass for consumers will 'take a while', Schmidt says

Google recently began shipping Google Glass to software developers who signed on to experiment with the device-which integrates a tiny camera and voice recognition technology-at a cost of $1,500 a pair. "You should assume that it will take us a while" to take stock of their feedback, said Schmidt when asked, at a seminar in Washington on the Internet and freedom of expression, when Google Glass might reach consumers.

Windows Azure Community News Roundup (Edition #63)

Welcome to the newest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure.

Future headlights turn rain invisible, we explain how in video

Intel has helped cook up some futuristic headlights that make rain seem to disappear. CNET UK's Luke Westaway takes a closer look.

Originally posted at <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-

Research | Scientists Build Baseball-Playing Robot With 100,000-Neuron Fake Brain

If you've been to the RoboGames, you've seen everything from flame-throwing battlebots to androids that play soccer. But robo-athletes are more than just performers. They're a path to the future. Researchers at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology have built a small humanoid robot that plays baseball - or something like it.

Google Summer of Code meetups, Episode 7: Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Fridaygram: Transparency Report, billions of bugs, calming doodle

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Strikingly (YC W13) raises $1.5M from SV Angel, Index Ventures, FundersClub

Strikingly, the do-it-yourself (DIY) website creation service, has raised a $1.5 million seed round. The investments came from prominent venture capitalists including SV Angel, Index Ventures, Funders Club, Infinity Venture Partners, and Innovation Works. Company founder David Chen tells us that the money will be used to help grow his team.

Networks | Google Fiber Spurs Mom-and-Pop Net Providers Too

Networks | Google Fiber Spurs Mom-and-Pop Net Providers Too
Yes, Google?s ultra

Virtual Network adds new capabilities for cross-premises connectivity

Last week we announced the general availability of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services and Virtual Network. Virtual Network is a service that allows you to create a private, isolated network in Windows Azure and treat it as an extension of your datacenter.

New 'smart skin' so sensitive it rivals the real thing

Researchers say their experimental arrays sense pressure in the same range as the human fingertip, which could result in better bots and prosthetics. (Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology) Using what they are calling "mechanical agitation," researchers out of the Georgia Institute of Technology say they've developed arrays that can sense touch with the same level of sensitivity as the human fingertip, which could result in better bots and prosthetics.

Servers | Tech Time Warp of the Week: The UNIVAC, 1956

Servers | Tech Time Warp of the Week: The UNIVAC, 1956
The UNIVAC had already predicted the 1952

Tesla offers loaner cars, valet service

In a burst of service-related announcements today, Tesla says it will build a fleet of loaner cars for when owners have their cars in service, and says its battery warranty covers everything except co

Yeoman Configstore, Debug.js, Sublime JavaScript Refactoring

Configstore



Sindre Sorhus sent in configstore (GitHub: yeoman / configstore, License: BSD, npm: <a href="https://npmjs.org/pac

Chrome Extension Opens MS Office Docs in the Browser

Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For April 26, 2013

Friday, April 26, 2013 at 9:05AM Hey, it's HighScalability time: 100 Billion - Neurons in The Human Brain, As Many Cells as Stars in the Milky Way; 10TB - Tumblr memcache Quoteable Quotes: @thoward3: OH: "We make scalability a possibility.. You know, we make 'scalapossibilty'.

Smart dust computers are no bigger than a snowflake

THOUGHT your smartphone or tablet packed a big punch for its size? Pah, that's nothing. The next generation of computers will be able to carry out complex calculations but will be little bigger than a snowflake. Such tiny computers - nicknamed smart dust - would work much like their larger cousins, says Prabal Dutta at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Computer scientists suggest new spin on origins of evolvability

Scientists have long observed that species seem to have become increasingly capable of evolving in response to changes in the environment. But computer science researchers now say that the popular exp

David Pogue: 10 top time-saving tech tips - (watch video)

Tech columnist David Pogue shares 10 simple, clever tips for computer, web, smartphone and camera users. And yes, you may know a few of these already -- but there's probably at least one you don't.

Autonomous military robots should be banned, group says (video)

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots tells CNET why lethal machines must remain under human control, for humanity's sake.

Originally posted at <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13639_3-57581390-42/a

Inspiring vision of Boeing's futuristic supersonic jet

This sleek model of a Boeing supersonic airliner design being tested in a wind tunnel brings with it a touch of sadness for those who, like me, mourn the decline of the British aviation industry in general and the utterly gorgeous Anglo-French Concorde in particular. The reason?

The Internet of Things

Our connected world is getting bigger all the time. And not just through people with phones and computers. The <a href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns341/ns525/ns537/ns705/ns827

Source code repository switched to Mercurial.

2013-04-25


Source code repository
switched to Mercurial.

Check Out the Learning Sessions for Hack Europe: London

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BlackBerry 10 and Ludus HTML5 Platformer Engine

Looking for a *simple* #html5 PLATFORMER engine (mario, sonic, metroidvania)? GUI, particles, 60fps, sfx+ mcfunkypants.com/ludus/ #LD48 #1gam - Christer Kaitila (@McFunkypants) April 23, 2013 A few days ago, Christer Kaitila (better known as @McFunkypants to some) dropped news regarding the HTML5 based platformer engine called Ludus.

How robots can help children with autism learn and communicate (w/ Video)

08:00, Electronics/Robotics (Phys.org) -The young boy, Jack, shyly approaches his friend in a classroom at Whiting Lane Elementary School. This is the last time they'll see each other, and Jack has a gift for his playmate: a picture of the two of them together, and the words, "I'll miss you."

How robots can help children with autism learn and communicate (w/ Video)

08:00, Electronics/Robotics (Phys.org) -The young boy, Jack, shyly approaches his friend in a classroom at Whiting Lane Elementary School. This is the last time they'll see each other, and Jack has a gift for his playmate: a picture of the two of them together, and the words, "I'll miss you."

Rob, Bacon

Our very own Justin Bieber, Rob Bishop, was at the world?s best-named conference last week. Bacon (www.devslovebacon.com) is a London conference on things

Bitcoin | Wired Fires Up New Bitcoin Miner, World Drools

Bitcoin | Wired Fires Up New Bitcoin Miner, World Drools
Bitcoin

E-tattoo monitors brainwaves and baby bump

MIND reading can be as simple as slapping a sticker on your forehead. An "electronic tattoo" containing flexible electronic circuits can now record some complex brain activity as accurately as an EEG. The tattoo could also provide a cheap way to monitor a developing fetus.

2013 VEX Robotics Competition World Championship - Robots Dreams Interviews - (watch video)

Thousands of students powered up for the ultimate robot showdown at the 2013 VEX Robotics Competition World Championship, presented by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation. More than 10,000 students from 20 countries will competed for the winning title at the annual VEX Robotics Competition World Championship.

Introducing Online ASP.NET MVC 4 Cheat Sheet

Cheat sheet (a concise set of notes) serve as reference tool having simple, brief instructions that offers fast help. If you are a developer working with different programming languages or different versions of languages then you know the logic but might face problem of syntax because of language overflow or out of practice.