In a computer lab in downtown Davenport, a group of 14 students are exploring and training for what could be the next generation of digital jobs. As the first students of the new EON Innovation Academy at Eastern Iowa Community Colleges , the group is delving into the world of virtual reality, or VR, and augmented reality, or AR.
Month: February 2017
Hackaday Links: February 5, 2017
A lot of people around here got their start in electronics with guitar pedals. This means soldering crappy old transistors to crappy old diodes and fawning over your tonez, d00d.
Top 100 Business Concepts in February – From Dock-Free Bike Sharing…
The internet and other connected technologies have had an outsize impact on February 2017 business concepts. While it’s no surprise that the efficiency and novel systems offered by technology have a large impact on society as a whole, many businesses in particular are finding interesting ways to make use of those innovations.
Google Ventures, BMW, Lowe’s Invest in Desktop Metal
Desktop Metal, an emerging startup with the mission to bring metal 3D printing to all design and manufacturing teams, announced today it has raised a total of $97 million in equity funding since its founding in October 2015. The announcement comes as the result of the latest Series C investment of $45 million, led by GV , as well as BMW i Ventures and Lowe’s Ventures.
Mission Bio Receives Investment from Life Science Angels
Mission Bio, Inc. announced today that it has secured funding from U.S. top ranked angel investment group Life Science Angels in a seed round to commercialize its high throughput single-cell genomics system. Mission Bio is developing a microfluidic, droplet-based platform to enable critical advances in diseases like cancer, where elucidating heterogeneity in cell populations is essential.
Satellite data speeds of 100 gigabits per second
Terahertz satellite links could make gigabit-per-second connection speeds available to anyone anytime, anywhere on the face of the earth, on the ground or in flight Terahertz satellite links could make gigabit-per-second connection speeds available to anyone anytime, anywhere on the face of the earth, on the ground or in flight. Terahertz satellite links could make gigabit-per-second connection speeds available to anyone anytime, anywhere on the face of the earth, on the ground or in flight.
Review: “The Space Between Us”
Gary Oldman plays Nathaniel Shepherd, the visionary head of a company that specializes in space exploration. His goal is to form a colony on Mars called East Texas.
How Open Sourcing Made Apache Kafka A Dominant Streaming Platform
Open sourced in 2010, the Apache Kafka distributed streaming platform is now used at more than a third of Fortune 500 companies . An anonymous reader writes: Co-creator Neha Narkhede says “We saw the need for a distributed architecture with microservices that we could scale quickly and robustly.
U of A develops virtual reality training for med students
Dr. Martin Ferguson-Pell and his team at the U of A have built VR systems that help students to learn anatomy, and students will start using it in the coming weeks. He told Global News his simulation systems allow trainees to see anatomical structures and how they fit together.
Hands on review: Zencastr podcast maker
If you need to make a bunch of people sound like they’re in the same room, even though they’re spread far and wide, then Zencastr might be the service you’re looking for. Zencastr is primarily aimed at podcasters but it actually has much wider appeal when you consider all the situations where it’s useful to have a high-quality recording of an online group conversation – from business meetings, conference calls or panel discussions to school assignments or other situations where you need to interview someone.
Watch: Astronaut Throws Football That Travels 564,664 Yards In Space
CBS2 / KCAL9 CBS2/KCAL9 is part of CBS Television Stations, a division of CBS Corp. and one of the largest network-owned station groups in the country. CBS Studio City Broadcast Center 4200 Radford Avenue Studio City, CA […] Man Killed In Mountain Ice Accident Lived In Gardena A man killed when a group of hikers plunged down an icy slope in Southern California mountains was a 67-year-old resident of Los Angeles County.
Watch: Astronaut Throws Football That Travels 564,664 Yards In Space
CBS2 / KCAL9 CBS2/KCAL9 is part of CBS Television Stations, a division of CBS Corp. and one of the largest network-owned station groups in the country. CBS Studio City Broadcast Center 4200 Radford Avenue Studio City, CA […] Man Killed In Mountain Ice Accident Lived In Gardena A man killed when a group of hikers plunged down an icy slope in Southern California mountains was a 67-year-old resident of Los Angeles County.
Watch the Super Bowl online
You can watch the Super Bowl online for free, but there are a few catches. For starters, you’re out of luck on phones unless you’re a Verizon customer.
Watch the Super Bowl online
You can watch the Super Bowl online for free, but there are a few catches. For starters, you’re out of luck on phones unless you’re a Verizon customer.
‘Split’ leads box office for third week, tops ‘Rings’ and ‘The Space Between Us’
For the third week in a row, Universal’s “Split” landed in the No. 1 box office spot, beating out new releases, Paramount ‘s “Rings,” STX Entertainment’s “The Space Between Us” and Sony’s “The Comedian.”
‘Split’ leads box office for third week, tops ‘Rings’ and ‘The Space Between Us’
For the third week in a row, Universal’s “Split” landed in the No. 1 box office spot, beating out new releases, Paramount ‘s “Rings,” STX Entertainment’s “The Space Between Us” and Sony’s “The Comedian.”
Juno Buzzes Jupiter a mere 4,300 Km’s above the Cloud Tops
On July 4th, 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft made history when it became the second mission to establish orbit around Jupiter – the previous being the Galileo spacecraft, which orbited the planet from 1995 to 2003. Since that time, it has circled the massive gas giant three times, collecting data on the gas giant’s composition, interior and gravity field.
plone.supermodel 1.3.2
The principal use cases are: 2. Save and load interface definitions via an XML format. To turn a schema interface into XML, you can do: To get a schema from an XML file, you can use the xmlSchema() function above, or you can use the more powerful spec() function, which turns a dict of all schemata and widget hints in a given XML file.
Super Bowl online: See the game, learn some new taunts
In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, file photo, an attendee snaps a photo of the Vince Lombardi Trophy and team helmets during NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s news conference for Super Bowl 51, in Houston. The Atlanta Falcons will face the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
VEX Robotics Competition
It seems like robots are taking over many aspects of our daily lives, and now they are competing against one another. With technology continually evolving and robots nowadays doing almost anything and everything, I mean who knows, maybe some day a robot will be sitting here reading you the news, someone has to understand how they work.
Induced pluripotent stem cell technology: a decade of progress
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery , Vol. 16, No. 2. , pp. 115-130, doi:10.1038/nrd.2016.245 To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document.
Induced pluripotent stem cell technology: a decade of progress
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery , Vol. 16, No. 2. , pp. 115-130, doi:10.1038/nrd.2016.245 To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document.
Step inside a Lancaster Bomber at IWM Duxford during February half-term break
The spotlight will fall on the legendary Avro Lancaster, one of Britain’s most iconic Second World War bombers, at IWM Duxford during the February half-term holiday. From Saturday, February 11 to Sunday, February 19, the Lancaster Experience will give visitors the rare opportunity to peer inside the rear section of the World War Two aeroplane and hear a selection of amazing stories about the men who flew and fought in this type of aircraft.
Step inside a Lancaster Bomber at IWM Duxford during February half-term break
The spotlight will fall on the legendary Avro Lancaster, one of Britain’s most iconic Second World War bombers, at IWM Duxford during the February half-term holiday. From Saturday, February 11 to Sunday, February 19, the Lancaster Experience will give visitors the rare opportunity to peer inside the rear section of the World War Two aeroplane and hear a selection of amazing stories about the men who flew and fought in this type of aircraft.
Inspired by The Jump? Catch Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards in St Albans
Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards brings his new tour to The Alban Arena in St Albans in May [Picture: Konrad Bartelski] Inspired by the daring winter sport exploits of the celebrities on the new series of Channel 4 TV show The Jump? In Try Hard, Eddie talks through his incredible life journey; from self-learning ski-jumping and being shunned by the sporting establishment, to the extensive surgery to rebuild his face and body following years of spectacular crashes on the snow. Then there’s his attempts to break world records in stunt jumping and speed-skiing .
Inspired by The Jump? Catch Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards in St Albans
Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards brings his new tour to The Alban Arena in St Albans in May [Picture: Konrad Bartelski] Inspired by the daring winter sport exploits of the celebrities on the new series of Channel 4 TV show The Jump? In Try Hard, Eddie talks through his incredible life journey; from self-learning ski-jumping and being shunned by the sporting establishment, to the extensive surgery to rebuild his face and body following years of spectacular crashes on the snow. Then there’s his attempts to break world records in stunt jumping and speed-skiing .
Amazon.com’s (AMZN) “Outperform” Rating Reiterated at Cowen and Company
Cowen and Company currently has a $1,050.00 price target on the e-commerce giant’s stock. A number of other equities analysts have also recently commented on the stock.
Automoblog Book Garage: Lamborghini Supercars 50 Years
Aimed at those searching for the latest automotive news delivered in a timely manner, the news category reports about new car releases and brings exclusive stories from the automotive niche. Car news are delivered every day and focused on those in need of the newest from the automotive world.
Women Thriving in Computer Science at California College
In a computer lab at Harvey Mudd College in California, a small robot performs the graceful movements of tai chi, an ancient Chinese meditation exercise. Student Jane Wu writes instruction codes from a nearby computer, showing a visitor a simple form of robotics and artificial intelligence.
Women Thriving in Computer Science at California College
In a computer lab at Harvey Mudd College in California, a small robot performs the graceful movements of tai chi, an ancient Chinese meditation exercise. Student Jane Wu writes instruction codes from a nearby computer, showing a visitor a simple form of robotics and artificial intelligence.
Hacker releases iPhone cracking code used by FBI, other iOS impacted
The Apple iPhone 5C displayed at an Apple Store in September of 2013 after the launch of the then new iPhone 5c. A hacker, who accessed code used by the FBI to gain entry into the phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters, has now released part of that code to the public.
U.S. stocks end mixed amid data, earnings
U.S. stocks closed mixed for the first week of February, with the Nasdaq setting new closing records, as investors mainly digested a batch of economic data and corporate earnings. For the week, the blue-chip Dow edged down 0.1 percent, while both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose 0.1 percent.
Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Receives Outperform Rating from Cowen and Company
‘s stock had its “outperform” rating reissued by research analysts at Cowen and Company in a note issued to investors on Sunday. They currently have a $1,050.00 price objective on the e-commerce giant’s stock.
Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Receives Outperform Rating from Cowen and Company
‘s stock had its “outperform” rating reissued by research analysts at Cowen and Company in a note issued to investors on Sunday. They currently have a $1,050.00 price objective on the e-commerce giant’s stock.
Palak stresses cyber security for key govt agencies
The government has identified 21 of its agencies as critical infrastructure and attached high importance to protecting them from cyber attacks, State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak said yesterday. Bangladesh Bank, National Board of Revenue and Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh are among them, he said at a seminar on cyber security at the NBR headquarters.
Doctoral Students in Molecular Medicine
Aiming to combine complementary strengths in the Partnership, each institute brings a unique set of expertise, skills, and facilities encompassing the recognized research strengths of the is an international research institute focusing on human genomics and personalised medicine at the Helsinki Institute for Life Science of the University of Helsinki. integrates molecular medicine research and technology centre and biobanking infrastructure under one roof promoting translational research in grand challenge projects, specifically, the impact of genome information from the Finnish population in personalised health and medicine, individualised cancer medicine.
Doctoral Students in Molecular Medicine
Aiming to combine complementary strengths in the Partnership, each institute brings a unique set of expertise, skills, and facilities encompassing the recognized research strengths of the is an international research institute focusing on human genomics and personalised medicine at the Helsinki Institute for Life Science of the University of Helsinki. integrates molecular medicine research and technology centre and biobanking infrastructure under one roof promoting translational research in grand challenge projects, specifically, the impact of genome information from the Finnish population in personalised health and medicine, individualised cancer medicine.
Rays of hope for Meherpur family
For Tofazzel Hossain it was a make or break call to save his three terminally ill family members as he could no longer afford their treatment for the rare disease they have long been suffering from. But his emotional appeal to save his two sons and one grandson has not fallen on deaf ears, as an Indian hospital has now come forward to treat them free of cost.
How to get free books, music, movies on your phone, tablet
How to get free books, music, movies on your phone, tablet Load up your smartphone, tablet and laptop with free content, including movies, TV shows, music, and books. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2kCOBZd Given it’s the start of February, chances are you recently paid off your credit card bills tied to holiday shopping.
How to get free books, music, movies on your phone, tablet
How to get free books, music, movies on your phone, tablet Load up your smartphone, tablet and laptop with free content, including movies, TV shows, music, and books. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2kCOBZd Given it’s the start of February, chances are you recently paid off your credit card bills tied to holiday shopping.