https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46143399 Soon kilogram might not be exactly what it used to be. Scientists plan to change the way the kilogram is defined. Currently, it is defined by the weight of an aging platinum-based ingot called “Le Grand K” located in Paris. Many scientists favour of defining a kilogram in terms of an electric current, but →
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/new-product-raspberry-pi-3-model-a/ With the new Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ you can now get the 1.4GHz clock speed, 5GHz wireless networking and improved thermals of Raspberry Pi 3B+ in a smaller form factor. By halving the RAM to 256MB, and removing the USB hub and Ethernet controller, the board could be made cheaper and smaller. For →
https://www.foundry.com/industries/virtual-reality/vr-mr-ar-confused Since the beginning of time, most new and emerging technology has nurtured an unhealthy attachment to acronyms, and virtual reality is no different. This article tells the basics of VR, AR and MR. →
In many busy junctions there are pedestrian crossing buttons. Does pressing the pedestrian crossing button actually do anything? The short answer is – it depends. Ask CityLab: Do “WALK” Buttons Actually Do Anything? article also tells that it depends on where you are. I happened to come across a broken (most probably crushed by some →
https://medium.com/helloitsmagic/why-most-blockchain-projects-are-bullshit-2e3918439270 And How to Spot the Ones That Aren’t This is a good overview to blockchains and mountains of bullshit talk circulating around it: “The key to separating uses with promise from bullshit projects is asking what can onlybe done with the specific features blockchains provide, and whether those things are worth doing or having. →
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4437117/The-computer-virus-is-born–November-10–1983 On this day in technology history, a graduate student’s self-replicating code that could gain control of a system inspired the term “computer virus”. In his 1983 paper “Computer Viruses – Theory and Experiments,” Cohen defined a computer virus as “a program that can infect other programs by modifying them to include a possibly evolved →
https://spectrum.ieee.org/riskfactor/transportation/advanced-cars/new-auto-safety-technologies-pushing-repair-bills-upwards There is little debate over whether advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) could reduce both the number and severity of vehicle crashes. A collision-mitigation system alone can increase the cost of a new vehicle by US $1,500 or more and vehicles equipped with advanced safety features “can cost twice as much to repair following a →
https://www.sadanduseless.com/work-meeting-lifehacks/ This is a sneak-peak selection of the 20 funniest tricks you should totally use from book “100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings“. →
You might have noticed that many widely used languages are interpreted and use “runtimes” to execute your source code. In theory, most Node.js, Python, Ruby and Java. Theoretically code can be easily moved from one platform (Windows, Mac, Linux) but usually there are problematic issues caused by factors external to your application. Why Kubernetes is →
45 years ago today TCP/IP protocol was born. Happy cake day TCP/IP. Many people owe career to TCP/IP+Unix+Linux. So much changed over years. Read some history at http://history-computer.com/Internet/Maturing/TCPIP.html →