Month: March 2017

Immersive Education: AR Comes of Age

Despite all the headlines and conference coverage of virtual reality and augmented reality for education over the last year, the technology is still gaining speed – residing at that sweet spot in the hype cycle where, when you place headsets on people and gently guide them to turn around to gain a full view, they tend to gasp and say, “Oh, wow.” So imagine how your students would respond if, in that next geography lesson, instead of handing them a flat map of Peru, you pass out pre-loaded smartphones to each table along with a $15 Google Cardboard and ask them to pull up a walking tour that places them in Machu Picchu.

The latest in Oracle Partitioning – Part 1: Read Only Partitions

Now that Oracle Database 12c Release 2 is available on-premise for Linux x86-64, Solaris Sparc64, and Solaris x86-64 and on the Oracle Cloud for everybody else – the product we had the pleasure to develop and to play with for quite some time now – it’s also time to introduce some of the new functionality in more detail to the broader audience. This blog post will be the first of hopefully many over the course of the next months to specifically highlight individual features of Oracle Partitioning and why we actually implemented it.

Paul Kruse Retires From Blue Bell Creameries

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, Reston, Va., has formed an industry council focused on advancing High Pressure Processing as a critical technology in the food & beverage industry. Convened by PMMI, the HPP Council will address questions about the technology while developing and formalizing industry best practices.

FOIA Uncovers Part of U.K. Shadow Regulation on Search Engines and Copyright

Last month we wrote about the adoption of a new secret agreement between copyright holders and the major search engines, brokered by the U.K. Intellectual Property Office, aimed at making websites associated with copyright infringement less visible in search results. Since the agreement wasn’t publicly available, we simultaneously issued a request under the U.K.’s Freedom of Information Act , asking for a copy of the text.

Trends in Enterprise #DevOps | @DevOpsSummit #AI #APM #SDN #Monitoring

This is the burning question these days for the great minds of the enterprise regardless of industry! The digital revolution changes the way we do business and enables a world of new possibilities. But it also places unprecedented demands on businesses, on IT departmentsa and on legacy environments that were never designed to meet these challenges.

Toyota’s New Autonomous Car Actually Looks Just Fine

The Toyota Research Institute unveiled its first self-driving car last week, and it has a full slate of autonomous capabilities. While it’s only the initial offering from TRI, one thing stands out: It doesn’t look too bad! Toyota said that the car’s autonomous rig has a robust system of LiDAR, radar and camera sensors, which the automaker explains will “reduce the need to depend too heavily on high-definition maps.”

Investel Unveils Technology and Patent Application Filed October 31,…

“We welcome last week’s CRTC decision 2017-56 which now provides guidance on the use of wireless network extension technology and methods through private networks versus the use of public networks i 1 2 in conjunction with the incidental use of the wholesale roaming services,” commented Lawry Trevor-Deutsch Managing Partner at Investel. “The decision is a major milestone in the development of the Canadian wireless market and iPCS was developed several years ago on this very premise.”

#MWC17: We took over Barcelona’s L’Aquarium for a celebration of GREAT British talent

Overlooking the beautiful Puerto de Barcelona with its exotic yachts from countries near and far, we gathered on February 27th after a day exploring at Mobile World Congress in celebration of British home-grown innovation. Overseen by L’Aquarium’s resident stingrays, penguins and other gigantic amphibians, the event placed some of the UK’s best and brightest innovative talent in the spotlight, nurturing the conversation on the ways in which British talent is disrupting the world around us.

In the eternal battle of Windows versus Mac, the tide is…

For decades, Microsoft Windows users were locked in an seemingly eternal debate with fans of Apple’s Macs over who had the superior platform – a conflict spurred by the very public rivalry between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Around the mid-aughts, things eventually settled out into kind of a stable duopoly, as Apple found its niche as the makers of premium hardware for the culture-conscious, and Windows PCs earned a rep as the computer of the mainstream, especially for gamers and office workers.

Scientist tweak seat cushion material to clean up oil spills

In this December 2016 photo provided by the Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne researchers wring out an “Oleo Sponge” pad to extract adsorbed crude oil obtained during tests at a seawater tank facility in Leonardo, N.J. Both the oil and the pad can be reused after this process. In this December 2016 photo provided by the Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne researchers wring out an “Oleo Sponge” pad to extract adsorbed crude oil obtained during tests at a seawater tank facility in Leonardo, N.J. Both the oil and the pad can be reused after this process.

Re: Memory Info

TonyTib, When a friend’s office was closing, I as able to get a laptop that was just sitting around. It had not been used for a couple of years.

Here’s Why Your Facebook Live Video Sucks

The Facebook Live feature is arguably one of the most game-changing features the social media giant has ever rolled out. It’s another platform for celebrities and pundits to engage more intimately with followers and allows average citizens to document their lives and all they witness to a tremendous audience.

SWPA BotsIQ Robot Competition

Location: Butler County Community College – Butler, PA Time: 10:15AM-4:00PM Southwestern Pennsylvania BotsIQ, a gladiator-style robot competition, kicks off the 12th annual regional competition with preliminary rounds on Thursday, March 9, at Butler County Community College. Competition culminates with finals at California University of Pennsylvania’s Convocation Center on Friday and Saturday, April 28-29.

Study: Poachers are trying to hack animal trackers, intercept signals

Poachers are turning to hacking and “cyber poaching” to stay one step ahead of animal conservationists, according to a new study. The paper , co-published by researchers from several universities in Conservation Biology, claims that poachers are intercepting GPS signals sent from trackers that have been placed on protected animals.

GE Launches Global Powering Efficiency C …

GE today announced its new global Powering Efficiency Center of Excellence , which brings together cross-business experts in its energy businesses to apply a total plant hardware and software solution approach to boost the efficiency of the world’s new and existing coal-fired power plants and significantly reduce their emissions. The global COE, headquartered in Baden, will create integrated solutions as well as provide vision and oversight around the world.

GS1 Connect Conference 2017

The GS1 Connect conference is where supply chain partners come together to learn how GS1 Standards are helping them meet today’s business challenges and unlock tomorrow’s opportunities. Over this three-day event, attendees will discuss industry best practices, collaborate to improve business processes, and strengthen their professional networks to drive innovation and growth.

Power, Unlimited Power! Lithium-Ion Pioneer Introduces New Battery…

Goodenough and his team also say the new battery, which replaces a liquid electrolyte with glass, would charge quickly, never explode, and perform well at low temperatures that cripple today’s batteries. The battery is still in the early stages of development, with a recent paper describing it published in the journal Energy & Environmental Science.

Dais Analytic Accelerating NanoClear Water Treatment Shipments

These initial units are being shipped worldwide to companies evaluating NanoClear’s ability to purify contaminated water having high salt content, low pH, or where the need for extremely low Total Dissolved Solid “TDS” in the treated water is mandatory. “In addition to the NanoClear units shipped by Dais,” said Tim Tangredi, Chief Executive Officer at Dais, “Dais is bidding on substantially scaled up international projects where the Dais team believes the NanoClear technology is the best solution to a client’s need.

Verizon’s Unlimited Data Offer Puts Its Reputation for Reliability at Risk

“An unlimited offer is dangerous,” said Roger Entner, an analyst at Recon Analytics LLC. “If they sign up a lot of people, it will congest the network, and they run the risk of people saying ‘the network sucks’.” Verizon’s ability to retain its reputation as the nation’s premium network provider will be critical as pricing wars escalate with rivals T-Mobile US Inc. , whose Chief Executive Officer John Legere took credit last month for dragging the phone giant “kicking and screaming into unlimited.”

Libya Oil Output Falls as Fresh Clashes Force Ports to Shut

Libya’s crude output dropped after clashes forced two of the country’s biggest oil ports to shut down, threatening the OPEC member’s efforts to revive the production of its most important commodity. The North African country’s production fell to 650,000 barrels a day from about 700,000 barrels a few days ago, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because the person isn’t authorized to speak to media.

Nintendo’s Switch Controllers Compatible With Mac Devices

Nintendo debuted its brand new console called the “Switch” last Friday, and one feature gamers might not have been aware of is that you can pair the Switch’s controller with an Apple Macbook. The controllers, connected using Bluetooth, can link to Mac devices and allow users to play games on their computers.