Over 300 people across the state came together via simulcast last night for a RIoT event supporting US Ignite’s national Gigabit Reverse Pitch initiative in North Carolina. Initiated by North Carolina Next Generation Network in partnership with New City Ventures and RIoT, the event kicked off a statewide competition to create transformative, problem-solving applications that leverage ultra-high speed, low latency fiber networks.
Month: March 2017
How to make a lasting copy of a Photos Library before cleaning it out
A bulging Photos Library that consumes 30GB of iCloud storage has led Sante Kotturi to want to offload all their current images and videos, and start fresh. But Sante wants to store the existing media securely and for a long time.
EXCHANGE: STEM students create winning invention
In this Jan. 20, 2017 photo, teacher Matt Erbach explains to his students what he is looking for as the group of Streamwood High School students in Streamwood, Ill., design a micro generator using wind power to light up areas around homeless shelters. Their wind-powered generator idea won the state competition in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest, which encourages teachers and students to solve real-world issues using classroom skills in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.
These Absolutely Frightening Robots Will Give You Nightmares
Imagine ringing a doorbell and waiting for someone to come to the door when a 6-1/2-foot tall robot kangaroo comes rolling over the threshold, zips down a flight of stairs at nearly 10 mph and then down a snowy hill and into the parking lot behind you. Yes, this is the thing nightmares are made of.
UK Parliament to hold inquiry into algorithmic transparency
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee put out a public call for suggestions on subjects it should investigate and one of the three winning pitches came from Stephanie Mathisen, campaigns and policy officer at Sense about Science, who suggested an inquiry into transparency in algorithmic decision-making. In an explanatory editorial, Mathisen explains that algorithmic decision-making is poorly understood and yet widely acclaimed, which sets the stage for a lot of bad outcomes: governments and corporations are under real pressure to adopt these systems, but to yield to vendor insistence that the decisions the systems deliver are “objective” and also not comprehensible by humans .
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Bootstrapping an Online Mattress Brand to $168 Million: Ricky Joshi…
Bootstrapping an Online Mattress Brand to $168 Million: Ricky Joshi and Ron Rudzin, Co-Founders of Saatva Mattress Sramana Mitra: Are you selling your own branded mattress? All this calculation that you did about the raw materials, did it lead you to the decision to do your own branded mattress? Ricky Joshi: We were always going to create our own brand. That was part of the whole operation.
Newton Robotics hosts STEM night open house
The event started with a demonstration of the robot assembled for this year’s FIRST Robotics Competition, called “Steamworks.” Brian Hoskins and Josh Virtell controlled the robot through a laptop, joystick, and video gaming controller on the D-Level Carpet of the high school for all to see. Parents, students, and sponsors watched in admiration and astonishment as the high school students demonstrated their own custom-built functional machine.
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First step to help preserved organs survive the deep freeze
Deep-freezing donated organs might one day help improve the transplant supply but scientists must first figure out how to thaw the delicate tissue without it cracking. Now researchers are taking a first step toward that goal, using nanotechnology to create super heaters for preserved tissue.
India’s Premier Ecommerce Companies Embrace Pitney Bowes Parcel Sortation Solutions
Pitney Bowes Inc. , a global technology company that provides innovative products and solutions to power commerce, today announced two new clients for its emerging parcel sortation business in India. Gati Limited and Flipkart will be more efficiently managing parcel shipments with the Pitney Bowes TrueSort automated parcel sorting system and the Pitney Bowes OneSort automated data capture system.
Boost the visibility of your online content through Search Engine Optimization.
With most leading green businesses devoting more time to content marketing these days – the publishing of articles, videos, images and more to reinforce brand image – it’s more important than ever to ensure that content is Search Engine Optimized. “It definitely helps,” says Chad Wehrbrein, co-owner of Greenlife Gardens in Papillion, Nebraska.
San Jose: Three men sought in violent convenience store robbery spree
Police are turning to the public for help in identifying three men who robbed three San Jose area convenience stores at gunpoint in less than 40 minutes in mid-October and in one case assaulted two people. Surveillance video released by San Jose police Tuesday showed one of the suspects armed with a rifle fitted with a scope.
Reliance Jio and TeamF1 Networks Announce Partnership to Launch Fixed Line Digital Services
Reliance Jio and TeamF1 Networks partner to deliver state-of-the-art home gateway solution for seamless “connected-home” experience for Media, Television , Telephone , Gaming, and Internet. /PRNewswire/ — Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited , a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited , has built a world-class all-IP data strong future proof network with latest 4G LTE technology.
Don’t give these people your time or your money
Today, I’d like to save you time, money, energy and stress. I want to help you avoid making the extremely costly mistake of using someone’s title as a decision making shortcut.
Hope for the Mac Pro?
Over the past year, there have been many concerns about the future of the Mac. Even though Apple earns loads of money from its personal computing platform, it’s a fraction of what the iPhone produces.
AVALON: Boeing’s Australian innovations see light of day
Collaborative robotics, virtual reality and aircraft cabin disease transmission prevention are among the latest projects under way at Boeing Research and Technology-Australia – the manufacturer’s largest research organisation outside of the United States. Boeing’s Australian research organisation – based in Melbourne and Brisbane – has been at the forefront of numerous pioneering developments that have been rolled out by the aerospace giant.
The Opensource.com preview for March
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.com | Young leaders call on Zuma to take action against xenophobia
We, young African leaders, write to you in utmost urgency regarding the extreme violence beset by fellow South Africans upon our fellow African brothers and sisters. We must unite now against this destructive illness that is xenophobia or risk perishing as a nation.
Obamas sign book deal with Penguin Random House
DUBAI, 1st March, 2017 – UK and GCC scientists will be working together on eight cutting edge research projects across the six Gulf countries thanks to US$3.4 million in UK government funding allocated to research projects in areas ranging from nanotechnology to cyber-security.
Amazon web service outage affects thousands of US companies
Thousands of US websites and applications have been affected by a failure of Amazon’s cloud-computing service known as AWS , that has been impacted by “increased error rates.” Amazon Web Services identified and is repairing a problem in its web storage system that experienced a blackout affecting numerous US entities, the company said via Twitter.
Foxconn to Start Work on $9 Billion Chinese TV Display Plant
Foxconn Technology Group will begin construction this month on a $9 billion display plant in southern China, as billionaire founder Terry Gou makes a big bet on demand for giant-sized TV screens in healthcare and homes. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.
TechTarget Research Reports All Flash Array and HyperConverged…
Purchase intent-driven marketing and sales services company TechTarget, Inc. today announced the availability of its Q4 Post Purchase Data Reports for 20 Information Technology market segments. Of note, the All Flash Array and HyperConverged Infrastructure markets have experienced strong growth in volume of transactions over the past several quarters , demonstrating a growing demand for these technologies amongst Global 2000 and mid-size enterprises.
Homeless man hit by car to receive military funeral
This Nov. 20, 2016 photo taken by James Cool shows his brother, Raymond John Cool, 60. It’s the spot in a parking lot in Riverside, Calif., where Cool lived and where authorities say he was intentionally struck and killed by the driver of a car on Feb. 3, 2017. Cool, who was homeless, was a Navy veteran who will be buried with military honors on March 13 at Riverside National Cemetery.
Qorvo Powers Multiple Smartphones with Full Suite of RF Fusion Solutions
Qorvo , a leading provider of innovative RF solutions that connect the world, today announced that multiple leading and emerging smartphone manufacturers have selected complete reference platforms of the Companys RF Fusion split-band solutions to support the launch of performance-tier smartphones. Qorvos RF Fusion RF front end solutions integrate the Companys premium filters, high-throw count switches and multimode, multi-band power amplifiers to deliver full coverage of high, mid and low cellular frequency bands.
Qorvo Delivers Highly Integrated Solution for Pre-5G Massive MIMO Networks
Qorvo , a leading provider of innovative RF solutions that connect the world, today announced two highly-integrated dual channel switch-LNA modules for base station implementations of massive multiple-input/multiple-output . When combined with Qorvos GaN-based integrated driver and power amplifier module, the dual channel switch-LNA modules provide a complete, highly integrated solution for wireless infrastructure manufacturers seeking to quickly and cost-effectively implement pre-5G massive MIMO networks.
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Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (LYV) Upgraded by Zacks Investment Research to “Hold”
According to Zacks, “Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. is the world’s premier live entertainment company, consisting of Live Nation, Ticketmaster and Front Line Management Group. The Company engages in producing, marketing, and selling live concerts for artists via its concert pipe.
UBCO instructor shortlisted in astronaut search
But in a few month, the 35-year-old could be headed to NASA’s Johnson Space Centre to start basic astronaut training.
World’s oldest fossils unearthed
Remains of microorganisms at least 3,770 million years old have been discovered by an international team led by UCL scientists, providing direct evidence of one of the oldest life forms on Earth. Tiny filaments and tubes formed by bacteria that lived on iron were found encased in quartz layers in the Nuvvuagittuq Supracrustal Belt , Quebec, Canada.
Rapid changes point to origin of ultra-fast black hole ‘burps’
IMAGE: This is an artist impression illustrating a supermassive black hole with X-ray emission emanating from its inner region and ultrafast winds streaming from the surrounding disk . view more Gas outflows are common features of active supermassive black holes that reside in the center of large galaxies.