Small wind power seems like a great idea for a home or business until you learn the facts about how much more efficient, both cost- and energy-wise, large conventional wind turbines are. For certain situations, notably off-grid and rural locations with adequate wind speeds, small wind generators on tall masts can be a good option, but for the rest of us, mounting a tiny wind machine on our roof or in the backyard and expecting it to produce meaningful amounts of electricity just isn’t realistic.
Month: January 2017
Integration & Orchestration Middleware Market Revenues to Reach US $15.29 Bn by 2024 End
According to Persistence Market Research, integration and orchestration middleware market will surpass US$ 15 Bn by 2024-end, expanding at a CAGR of 7.1% through 2024. Primarily fueled by widespread adoption of cloud computing, rapidly expanding digital transformation, and soaring adoption of API management, this market will also be impacted by several other technology trends.
Rep. Rohrabacher: Calling Putin a War Criminal May Cause Conflict With Russia
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., warned against labeling Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal after Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., used the term Wednesday. Rohrabacher, during an interview with Breitbart News Radio said, “We have these people claiming that Mr. Putin is war criminal, alright.”
Dave Davies Talks Smithsonian TV Series, New Album With His Son & Recent Demos With Brother Ray
Rock stars and their toys are the subject of a new Smithsonian Channel series — and the Kinks’ Dave Davies is happy to be a part of it. Davies joins Graham Nash , Motown legend Martha Reeves , Moby and others in Rock ‘N’ Roll Inventions , a six-episode weekly series kicking off at 8 p.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 16. The first episode, “This Damn Music,” examines developments such as windup gramophones and 78rpm shellac records, vinyl singles, the jukebox, transistor radios, FM radio, cassette and videos, while subsequent chapters will take on everything from electric guitars and keyboards to studio technology and staging.
MiX Telematics Limited (MIXT) Receives Average Recommendation of “Buy” from Brokerages
Shares of MiX Telematics Limited have earned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the six brokerages that are covering the company. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company.
Nintendo Switch: Everything you need to know
Nintendo Switch: Everything you need to know Nintendo’s new console has a release date, price, and many more details. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2jFpKjt
Best job search websites
The job market isn’t as dire as it was six or seven years ago, yet finding employment still feels like work in and of itself. As more and more college degrees are issued each year, the prospective pool of employables – your competition, that is – grows proportionally.
D-Wave open sources quantum app development software
Agencies looking to experiment with quantum computing now have access to open source quantum software tools from D-Wave Systems. Although mainstream quantum computing is still years off, agencies are starting to experiment with D-Wave machines for optimization problems.
IoT for the Home: HVAC, Outlets, and Lighting
The Internet of Things offers great promise in the industrial market, but can it effectively-and efficiently-be applied in homes? One of the main benefits of automated homes is their ability to save money and add convenience. However, to ensure your smart-home devices are making the most efficient and convenient home, you need to be cognizant of several aspects of this technology.
Robots to Ravage Humans by Stealing Their Jobs
Industrial robots continue to insinuate the workforce in a bid to speed up and increase production efficiencies. This results to an annual revenue that would exceed $30 billion in 2020 and nearly $45 billion in 2025.
Don’t Kill Humans: European Parliament Calls for Laws Governing Artificial Intelligence
A draft report outlining a possible regulatory framework was approved by the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee on Thursday. It covers a broad range of AI-related issues, from liability in accidents involving driverless cars to the possibility of creating a new legal status of “electronic persons” for the most sophisticated autonomous robots.
Here’s How Going Cheap on Employee Training Is Costing You
When your business adds a new employee, one of the first steps is to provide work-specific training. This may be something as simple as acclimating the person to the policies and procedures unique to your organization or as complex as learning the set of tasks necessary to operate equipment or software.
Spacewalking astronauts upgrade orbiting lab’s power grid
The International Space Station’s solar power grid got three more top-of-the-line batteries Friday during the second spacewalk in a week. Commander Shane Kimbrough and French crew member Thomas Pesquet plugged in three new lithium-ion batteries, adding to the three hooked up last week.
Spacewalking astronauts upgrade orbiting lab’s power grid
This still image taken from video provided by NASA shows U.S. astronaut Shane Kimbrough, left and French astronaut Thomas Pesquet during a space walk outside the International Space Station, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017.
Telecom Cloud Billing Market Expected to Reach 8.22 Billion USD by 2021
According to a new market research report “Telecom Cloud Billing Market by Type of Billing , Cloud Platform, Deployment, End User, Service, Rate of Charging Mode, and Region – Global Forecast to 2021”, published by MarketsandMarkets, the telecom cloud billing market size is estimated to grow from USD 2.49 Billion in 2016 to USD 8.22 Billion by 2021, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 27.0% from 2016 to 2021. Browse 75 market data tables and 59 figures spread through 160 pages and in-depth TOC on “Telecom Cloud Billing Market” Early buyers will receive 10% customization on reports.
5 Ominous Signs for the Securities Industry
Donald Trump’s election win created a sunny day in the financial industry. The promise of deregulation has sent financial stocks up about 10 percent — almost double the gain in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index — and related exchange-traded funds have attracted more than $11 billion in new money.
The Drone Industry Crashes to Earth
Attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week could play around with a dizzying array of unmanned aerial vehicles. Drones that take selfies.
Crude Oil Halts Four-Week Gain as OPEC Cuts Yet to Be Verified
Oil is poised for its first weekly decline in more than a month as traders waited for proof that OPEC and other producers are following through on promises to cut production. Futures slipped 0.7 percent in New York and were headed for a weekly decline of about 2.4 percent.
Microsoft’s New Windows 10 Game Mode Will Maximize Gaming Performance
Microsoft has started officially testing a new Game Mode feature in Windows 10. From a report: Traces of the new option were found back in December, but the most recent test build of Windows 10 includes Game Mode in the Xbox app . MSPoweruser has supplied some screenshots of how you can enable the option , but Microsoft has not yet officially unveiled Game Mode for everyone to test.
Two months after launch, Alcatel’s Windows 10 Mobile flagship gets an 8% price cut
In November, Alcatel unveiled the IDOL 4S with Windows 10 , its new flagship-class smartphone running Microsoft’s mobile operating system. Despite Alcatel hinting at plans to launch it in new markets , the device remains exclusively available in one country, the United States; and on one carrier, T-Mobile.
SAFE Collecting Supplies a Go to Source for Numismatists Worldwide
The leading e-commerce supplier of coin collecting supplies , SAFEA Collecting Supplies, remains the preeminent leader of its industry in 2017. As the North American representative of the lauded German collecting supplies manufacturer Schwabische Albumfabrik, SAFEA Collecting Supplies brings with it over 25 years of sound experience of making and selling a variety of coin housing cases.
New App Launched That Allows Followers to Ask Questions, Favors and Receive Answers at a Price
The newly launched app Goree seeks to empower its user in a new way by presenting them the opportunity to earn by answering questions which have been asked by other users seeking advice, tips, information and favors at a price. Built on the same ideals of the popular information sharing platform “Quora”, Goree will be taking the concept a step further by providing its users an incentive to get involved and help each other out.
Global Logistics Robots Market by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2021
Latest Research Report on Logistics Robots Market 2016: Industry Size, Share, Analysis, Price, Strategy, Segment, Trends, Key, Development, Forecast to 2022 Scope of the Report: This report focuses on the Logistics Robots in Global market , especially in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle and Africa. This report categorizes the market based on manufacturers, regions, type and application.
Now Putin is causing drama for Uber drivers in Russia
Uber Technologies Inc. has asked its Russian drivers to temporarily bear the load of a new tax charge, causing some of them quit to avoid paperwork and tax filings. President Vladimir Putin signed a law in July to levy an 18 percent value-added tax on electronic goods and services provided by global internet giants starting in 2017.
This Albert Einstein robot will actually get smarter the more you interact with it
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Chemical Engineering Resources: Go Online to Solve Problems
Schneider Electric introduces SimSci SimCentral for Process Utilities, a platform to manage how processes are engineered across their entire lifecycle. With this platform, users can streamline process utility design, collaborate for process improvement and simplify modeling complexity, according to the company.
Move over James Bond: A civilian pilot is being trained on the…
The lucky civilian is Mischa Pollack, a video blogger from Los Angeles, who will learn the ropes at Jetpack Aviation’s tethered training facility in Southern California. The pack itself is lightweight enough to be carried by a single person and can reportedly fly for up to 10 minutes and reach speeds of 60 mph .
Obamas lead a virtual VIP White House tour
Obamas lead a White House tour virtually, with help from Oculus. You get access to the Oval Office, Situation Room and other places typically off-limits.
Carbon Copy Cloner
Apple discussion continues on the stale Mac Pro, proprietary parts vs. upgradability, software licensing/compatibility issues, quiet hackintosh builds, the Mac Cube and more. Carbon Copy Cloner is a popular app from Bombich Software Inc. that offers reliable backup, restore, cloning and integrity-checking capabilities for the Mac.
AlfaStrakhovanie pays $40 thousand to Webers Comechanics
AlfaStrakhovanie has paid $40 thousand to Webers Comechanics in compensation for the damage of a turning machine manufactured by Win Ho Technology Industrial Co. Ltd, the insurance company informed.
Press release distribution, EDGAR filing, XBRL, regulatory filings
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How serverless computing could help enterprises cut cloud complexity
As some enterprises find the reality of cloud fails to live up to the hype, Clive Longbottom explains why serverless computing could help firms attain the operational benefits they’re looking for Setting up a cloud computing platform can be a little more complex than many organisations expect, as there are so many things to take into consideration. This essential guide brings together 6 articles wisely selected to help you understand what the real benefits of converged infrastructure are.
Spacewalking astronauts upgrading orbiting lab’s power grid
It’s the same type of job that was conducted last Friday 250 miles up. This Friday, commander Shane Kimbrough was back at it.
New JVM language stands apart from Scala, Clojure
Intended for building scalable systems, Eta is a strongly typed functional language. It’s similar to Scala , a JVM language that also emphasizes functional programming and scalability, and Clojure, another a functional language on the JVM .
Kitces: How to survive the robo planner threat
The compounding growth of computing power suggests it’s only a matter of time before computers have the same brainpower as a human being. And don’t look now, but computers may surpass humans’ cognitive powers sooner than we think.
Cloud Computing Sees Huge Growth Rates Across All Segments
The cloud computing market continues to grow at a robust pace, according to a new report from Synergy Research Group. Across six key cloud services and infrastructure market segments operator and vendor revenues for the four quarters ending September 2016 reached $148 billion, up 25% on an annualized basis.
10 Cyber Security Trends That Will Dominate 2017
The New Year promises to be a busy one in technology. Here are 10 information security trends to expect, according to Mandeep Khera, CMO at Arxan.
Cut out the middleman with asset-backed lending
Peer-to-peer lending is an attractive idea. By bypassing traditional banks and finance houses and lending direct to individuals or businesses, you can potentially earn a much higher return.
Cell signalling pathways underlying induced pluripotent stem cell reprogramming.
Induced pluripotent stem cells, somatic cells reprogrammed to the pluripotent state by forced expression of defined factors, represent a uniquely valuable resource for research and regenerative medicine. However, this methodology remains inefficient due to incomplete mechanistic understanding of the reprogramming process.
Nintendo Switch details: $300, March 3 release, online service requires paid subscription, more
Nintendo finally revealed some, though not all, of the Nintendo Switch’s details during a livestream event last night. We now know that the console will cost $299.99 in North America, launches worldwide on March 3, and requires a subscription for multiplayer games.