Maxwell Pace is 15 years old, but he already knows how to wire a circuit, weld a metal helmet and write basic code. “That’s more how I learn – with projects, not textbooks,” said Pace, a high school freshman with plans to become a biomedical engineer and develop prosthetics.
Month: January 2017
Aerojet Rocketdyne hiring 100 to build new rocket engine in Alabama
It’s the commercial satellite launch market illustrated by this launch that Aerojet Rocketdyne’s new engine is designed to serve. The company will build the new engine in Alabama and have it operational in 2019.
AMD’s Last Report Before Ryzen: What to Expect
The company’s fourth-quarter results aren’t as important as its outlook. Ryzen needs to be a success for AMD to return to profitability.
3 Reasons Amazon.com Is Taking Over the World
If you’re wondering what the best stock of the past 20 years is, there’s a far-and-away winner. In other words, $1,000 invested at that time would today be worth more than $420,000.
NextVR puts NBA fans ‘courtside’ with virtual reality broadcasts
Testing a virtual reality telecast before an NBA game. Newport Beach-based virtual reality firm NextVR Inc. is broadcasting at least one live NBA League Pass game per week during the 2016-17 season.
What is a Planet?
Humanity’s understanding of what constitutes a planet has changed over time. Whereas our most notable magi and scholars once believed that the world was a flat disc , they gradually learned that it was in fact spherical.
Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) Stock Rating Lowered by Zacks Investment Research
According to Zacks, “Darling Ingredients Inc. is a provider of rendering, cooking oil and bakery waste recycling and recovery solutions. It collects and transforms all aspects of animal by-product streams into broadly used and specialty ingredients, such as gelatin, edible fats, feed-grade fats, animal proteins and meals, plasma, pet food ingredients, organic fertilizers, yellow grease, fuel feedstock, green energy, natural casings and hides.
Actor says he’ll leave the iconic sci-fi series after three seasons.
Capaldi first stepped into the TARDIS in 2013, and will leave the iconic role in the 2017 Christmas special after spending three seasons on the iconic BBC America series. “One of the greatest privileges of being Doctor Who is to see the world at its best,” he said.
Man caught in vast FBI sting gets 3 years for child porn
Standing before a federal judge on Monday, a Virginia man apologized for using a secret website to download images of naked children and to discuss his urges to touch them. Edward Joseph Matish III told the judge he knows children in the photos are now “haunted by the fact these images continue to circulate.”
A commuter’s dream: Entrepreneurs race to develop flying car
Even before George Jetson entranced kids with his cartoon flying car, people dreamed of soaring above traffic congestion. Inventors and entrepreneurs have long tried and failed to make the dream a reality, but that may be changing.
One startup company created by Purdue University students plans to…
Tri-D Dynamics co-founder Alex Finch said a 3-D printer and other manufacturing techniques can create rocket engines. “When you’re looking at rockets that, you know, can range $10 million, $70 million, $400 million in some cases, it can get pretty expensive” said Finch.
European Bioinformatics Institute And Collaborate To Enhance Global…
Red Hat, Inc. , the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that the European Bioinformatics Institute , part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, is using Red Hat OpenStack Platform to deliver the scale and flexibility required to drive its Embassy Cloud project. The goal of Embassy Cloud is to transform the way collaborative research, such as pan-cancer analysis, tackles the world’s toughest biological challenges.
Intralink Spine??’s R??juve Treatment Nears Completion Of Safety…
With extremely positive clinical results at the six-month juncture from its early safety and feasibility study in Malaysia, Intralink-Spine, Inc. confirms that the RejuveTM System is now poised to begin its multi-site pivotal study beginning with sites in Southeast Asia. “We’ve demonstrated the safety of this device, and based on my 30-plus years of experience in this field, the prospects for this revolutionary microinvasive treatment are unique compared to all other existing and emerging surgical and minimally invasive treatments for degenerative disc disease and chronic low back pain.”
Qiagen N.V. Hereditary And Rare Disease Solution Chosen By Genomics England
HGMD is the leading content knowledgebase for interpretation of genomic data in hereditary and rare diseases, providing a deep resource of expertly curated data from the world’s scientific and clinical literature. The 100,000 Genomes Project will use QIAGEN’s HGMD Online Professional solution, which is part of the QIAGEN Clinical Insight portfolio of solutions for the interpretation of complex genomic data, to support scientists, clinicians and researchers in 13 NHS Genomic Medicine Centres for clinical reporting and interpretation.
Certara Corporation Releases New Version Of D360, Its…
CertaraA , the leading provider of decision support technology and consulting services for optimizing drug development and improving health outcomes, today announced that it has released D360a version 9.0 along with D360 Express, its data informatics platform for discovery scientists. D360 is a self-service data access, integration and visualization solution used to query multiple cheminformatics and bioinformatics data sources and make informed go/no-go and next step research decisions.
Pharm-Olam International Ltd. Deploys Medidata Rave; Shores Up Global …
Pharm-Olam International Ltd., a multinational, full-service clinical research organization serving the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries, today announced that it has deployed Medidata Rave A -the industry’s leading electronic data capture , management and reporting tool-to streamline its global Data Management and Reporting services. Part of the Medidata Clinical Cloud A platform, Rave is a highly scalable, unified SaaS solution that enables users to manage clinical data from multiple sources, as well as quickly analyze and extract information for real-time decision-making throughout a clinical trial.
Under Amour Outlook: Dive Or Drive?
Under Armour will need to provide a strong 2017 outlook and beat and top line estimates to drive its share price higher. E-Commerce growth continues to eat away at traditional retail sales and Under Armour will need to demonstrate progress in this segment to appease investors.
Findit, Inc. Announces Extension of Restructured Equity of Common…
On March 3, 2016 Findit, Inc. announced the reduction of common stock through a conversion to preferred for a lock up period of 18 months; today that period was extended ), an innovative social media management company, today announced that its stock swap of 1.3 billion shares of its Common Stock for Series B Convertible Preferred Stock lock up has been extended. In connection with the stock swap, the holders of the Common Stock being swapped, LinkMyFan, Inc. and WooEB, Inc., originally agreed not to convert their Preferred Stock for a period of 18 months as of December 31st, 2015.
Amazon’s Alexa will place that annoyingly long Starbucks order for you – CNET
Starbucks now lets you order through its Alexa assistant and iPhone app, which means less time waiting in line to get your name spelled wrong. You don’t have to be embarrassed about admitting to another human being that you want a grande caramel frappuccino with extra whipped cream and a triple shot of vanilla syrup.
Car2Go gets fancy by adding Mercedes-Benz vehicles to its fleet – Roadshow
Car2Go , a subsidiary of Mercedes’ parent company, Daimler, is performing a substantial upgrade to its car sharing fleet with the addition of Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class and GLA-Class models. Compared to the most common vehicle in the Car2Go fleet, the Smart Fortwo , the pair of Benz vehicles brings higher levels of luxury, features and space to carry up to five passengers.
a Smart home, smart lock, smart deals – CNET
From Home Deals: A smart lock can be your first step into a smart home. Here are the best deals out there on smart locks Welcome to Home Deals, where we pick out the best deals on things you need for your home, garden and beyond.
Gold-plated iPhones celebrate the love between Trump and Putin – CNET
Should you wish to revel in their apparent bromance, you can now do so with custom companion gold-plated iPhones from Caviar, a Russian-Italian maker of luxury smartphones. Use the devices separately, or, ideally, place them next to one another so the politicians can stare lovingly into each other’s eyes — and iPhone 7 cameras.
a Airbnb: stranded refugees can stay with us for free – CNET
Dozens of companies offered assistance after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday temporarily barring immigration to the States from seven countries. Airbnb was one of those companies.
Refugee ban leads to airport chaos, but Trump blames anything else – CNET
Commentary: On Twitter, the president insists his immigration ban wasn’t the problem. Instead, he faults a computer outage, protesters and a senator’s tears.
AT&T, UTRGV help students share their expertise during Robotics Showcase
The top three schools that competed in the 2016 UTRGV’s Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technology Week Robotics competition will have an opportunity to show their prize-winning robots and share lessons learned with representatives from AT&T.
RIP, “Six Strikes” Copyright Alert System
This was the process the Center for Copyright Information employed to detect infringement and to notify customers of participating ISPs. Four years ago, some of the nation’s leading ISPs worked in conjunction with the Motion Picture Association of America, the Recording Industry Association of America, and the White House to roll out what they called the Copyright Alert System.
Skyrocketing memory prices may get worse before getting better
The price of desktop RAM keeps on going up, and the disappointing trend is expect to continue for a good chunk of 2017. Right now, the best price you’re going to find for 2 x 8GB desktop DDR4 RAM modules on Newegg is about $73 .
Mind blown: The entire universe could be a hologram
The entire universe could be a “vast and complex hologram,” scientists reported Monday. Also, what we think of as reality may just be an illusion.
Benjamin Logan robotics team competes in state qualifier
Students built a robot that pressed lighted beacons that would score points based on the coordination of team color to beacon color. Benjamin Logan’s robot also launched team-colored wiffle balls called “particles” collected from the field launched into a center vortex to score points.
Gap envisions a future with augmented reality ‘dressing rooms’
Fashion brands know that experimenting with tech is imperative, whether it be to enhance the retail experience or introduce fans to the concept of virtual reality. For Gap Inc., which, in addition to its eponymous label owns Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta and Intermix, technology has never played a major role in its business strategy.
St. Louis Cardinals Receive Hacking Punishment
Major League Baseball announced that the St. Louis Cardinals will forfeit their first two draft picks in the 2017 amateur draft to the Houston Astros and have been fined $2 million for the hacking of Houston’s databases. A federal judge unsealed details about former St. Louis Cardinals executive Chris Correa’s hacking of the Houston Astros’ email and player evaluation databases last week.
MLB strips Cardinals of draft picks, fines them $2 million for Astros hack
Major League Baseball dropped an unprecedented penalty on the St. Louis Cardinals for their scouting director’s hacking of the Houston Astros’ computer system, ordering the Cardinals to send their top two draft picks to the Astros and pay them $2 million in damages. MLB strips Cardinals of draft picks, fines them $2 million for Astros hack Major League Baseball dropped an unprecedented penalty on the St. Louis Cardinals for their scouting director’s hacking of the Houston Astros’ computer system, ordering the Cardinals to send their top two draft picks to the Astros and pay them $2 million in damages.
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What’s it like to ride a robot shuttle bus that doesn’t have a driver?
The EasyMile EZ10 is an all-electric, fully automated — i.e., no driver included — shuttle that may someday join the fleet of New Orleans’ Regional Transit Authority. Transdev, the public transit management company that manages operations for the RTA, demonstrated the chubby, red, 10-passenger vehicle on Convention Center Boulevard on Monday morning , providing free test rides to the public.
50 years after Apollo 1 tragedy, NASA looks back
Astronauts, from the left, Gus Grissom, Ed White II and Roger Chaffee stand near Cape Kennedy’s Launch Complex 34 during training for Apollo 1 in January 1967. They all died in a fire during a launch pad test.
Dilemma choosing between old guy I5 4670, i3 7100 or a…2
System that I have: I am thinking about changing my gpu and building some kind of budget gaming rig. I am going to buy GTX 1060 as it is price and performance wise right now.
i5 6500 or i5 6600k7
Hi guys ! I’m building a new PC with: GPU:EVGA GTX 1060 6GB RAM:8gb Hyper X Fury DDR4 2133Mhz Mobo:Asus H110M-D – 6th Generation DDR4 MotherBoard Cooler: Hyper 212X HDD: WD 1TB Just couldn’t decide on which CPU to pair with my 1060- i5 6500 or i5 6600k. Also, how much W PSU would be recommended for this build given that I’ll use it for gaming With the h110 motherboard, there isn’t much point in paying the premium for a K series CPU.
High Performance Computing (HPC) Market Worth 36.62 Billion USD by 2020
According to a new market research report “High Performance Computing Market by Components Type , Services, Deployment Type, Server Price Band, Vertical, & Region – Global Forecast to 2020” , published by MarketsandMarkets , the High Performance Computing Market estimated to grow from USD 28.08 Billion in 2015 and projected to be of USD 36.62 Billion by 2020, at a high Compound Annual Growth Rate of 5.45% during the forecast period. Browse 66 market data Tables and 34 Figures spread through 162 Pages and in-depth TOC on “High Performance Computing Market – Global Forecast to 2020” Early buyers will receive 10% customization on this report.
Problems running games with strix GTX1060 O6G6
I just bought new gtx 1060 as an upgrade to my pc because my old gtx 750ti was starting to get some problems with running games. After some testing with the new card i realised that it performs almost as bad as my old 750ti.
Microcontroller Embedded Systems Market: Industry Analysis, Trend, Demand and Global Forecast to 2027
Market Scenario: Microcontrollers are the small computer which is integrated on a single circuit and includes a core processor, memory, and some programmable input and output peripherals. This market has seen tremendous opportunities as consumption percentage of electronic goods are increasing.