The US intelligence chief has acknowledged for the first time that agencies might use a new generation of smart household devices to increase their surveillance capabilities. As increasing numbers of devices connect to the internet and to one another, the so-called internet of things promises consumers increased convenience – the remotely operated thermostat from Google-owned →
A researcher in Russia has made more than 48 million journal articles – almost every single peer-reviewed paper every published - freely available online. And she’s now refusing to shut the site down, despite a court injunction and a lawsuit from Elsevier, one of the world’s biggest publishers. http://www.sciencealert.com/this-woman-has-illegally-uploaded-millions-of-journal-articles-in-an-attempt-to-open-up-science?utm_content=bufferda29f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Posted from WordPress for Android →
According to the calendar, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Valentine’s Day cards for engineers article has card ideas to print out. Happy Valentine’s Day. →
Let’s continue the VGA theme I started in VGA memories and future posting. Here are some VGA hacking ideas on using VGA graphics adapter for non-traditional uses. VGA connectors and cables carry analog component RGBHV (red, green, blue, horizontal sync, vertical sync) video signals, and VESA Display Data Channel (VESA DDC) data. Those analog component →
If you’re a beginner photographer, it can be helpful to have a simple guide that helps you understand the different settings that you can toggle on your DSLR camera. This picture it will show you exactly what happens when you tweak your camera’s settings. http://www.boredpanda.com/photography-shutter-speed-aperture-iso-cheat-sheet-chart-fotoblog-hamburg-daniel-peters/ Posted from WordPress for Android →
For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe. This confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity and opens an unprecedented new window onto the cosmos. http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/news/story/gravitational_waves_detected_100_years_after_einsteins_prediction Posted from WordPress for →
For almost three decades monitors, computers and multiple televisions have found to have a VGA connector. A Video Graphics Array (VGA) connector is a three-row 15-pin DE-15 connector. The 15-pin VGA connector is found on many video cards, computer monitors, and high definition television sets. VGA connectors and cables carry analog component RGBHV (red, green, →
After getting shut down late last year, a website that allows free access to paywalled academic papers has sprung back up in a shadowy corner of the Internet. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/the-research-pirates-of-the-dark-web/461829/ Posted from WordPress for Android →
According to a report from 2015, 179 game studios have been established between 2011 and 2014 and 69% of the Finnish game studios are less than five years old. Turnover has been growing steadily with the industry hitting a $1 billion mark in 2014, a relatively moderate increase from 2013, but a significant one compared →
https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs Compare to Amazon Lambda services… Posted from WordPress for Android →