Archive for October 2017

http://www.zdnet.com/article/reaper-botnet-could-be-worse-than-mirai-cyberattack/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3BMmD%2FR1DIQduoO1k8kb9JCA%3D%3D A little over a month ago, a sizable botnet of infected Internet of Things devices began appearing on the radar of security researchers. Now it’s on track to become one of the largest botnets recorded in recent years. The botnet, dubbed “Reaper” by researchers at Netlab 360, is said to have ensnared almost two million internet-connected webcams, →

Halloween is coming and you might think you need some scary/funny decoration for it. Here are some ideas. DesignNews article 13 Halloween Gadgets to Frighten Up Devil’s Night shows some ideas for Halloween props you can buy from shop. Or do you want to make something yourself? So let’s start with pumpkins. How to Carve →

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/9-million-deaths-per-year-makes-pollution-the-worlds-most-prolific-killer/ Pollution is killing up to 9 million people every single year across the planet. This unnatural phenomenon is responsible for one-in-6 deaths worldwide, more deadly than anything else, including natural disasters, famine, and war. Air pollution is the most serious issue: it accounted for two-thirds of all pollution-related deaths in 2015. Drinking water was second on the list. →

https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/security/to-secure-the-internet-of-things-we-must-build-it-out-of-patchable-hardware  For several years now, the number of things connected to the Internet—including phones, smart watches, fitness trackers, home thermostats, and various sensors—has exceeded the human population.   For the most part, this development promises great excitement and opportunity for engineers and society at large. But there is a dark cloud hanging over the IoT: the →

http://europeanmakerweek.eu/ European Maker Week Is an initiative promoted by European Commission and implemented by Maker Faire Rome in collaboration with Startup Europe.  Events will be held around Europe between 23-29 October. →

It seems that we are going to get some kind of 5G standard this year. But it will not be the glamorous rumored 5G industry revolution we have been hyped for – but something much less than that  (but still more than what 4G offers). To get the standard made in time 3GPP puts some →

https://horizon-magazine.eu/article/innovation-should-be-school-subject-commissioner-navracsics_en.html Innovation should be taught as a subject in European schools, according to Tibor Navracsics, the EU’s Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, who says that education can be a defining factor in the life of young scientists. ‘Education can be a decisive force, an engine in the socialisation of young scientists,’ he said. ‘It →

https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2017/10/12/new-api-pattern/?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY Distributed Architectures are a lot like neural networks; all services that talk to each other need to share the I/O in and in a way that they can synchronize that information on the fly.   Since the API Pattern designed in the 1970’s for centralized architectures and NOT distributed architectures, it was never intended to →

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Open-electronics.com article tipped that Ultimate Arduino Handbook creator, Mark Maffei has has published a 200 page book under a Creative Commons BY SA license via the Internet Archive. Download Ultimate Arduino Handbook Neurohackers Edition v1.0 to see yourself what interesting stuff it has in it. The book covers entire spectrum of Arduino awesomeness, with a →