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The Future of News
Offline is a new mobile magazine app for iPhone users. This app lets users read as well as listen to every article. At any point in the article you can swap between the two platforms. This app also lets users … Continue reading
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X-Ray Glasses
Evena, a medical supply company has released Eyes-On Glasses. This new piece of technology lets nurses and doctors ‘see through’ patients’ skin to make finding the right vein to use. On the image, the veins that would be most conducive … Continue reading
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Spotify to Release Free Mobile Version
Next week Spotify is aiming to release mobile on-demand music streaming for free. Currently you can pay a $10 subscription fee that will give you this mobile service for free. Of the 20 million Spotify users, 6 million pay this … Continue reading
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Distortion
On June 9th 2010, a vlogger uploaded a very unique video to Youtbe.com. Thought this upload is old, I find it very interesting! The gentleman wrote a script that downloaded a video he recorded of himself talking in a MP4 … Continue reading
The Future of Technology in the US
Right now until January 29th, 2014 students grades K-12 are encouraged to submit a video to a film contest sponsored by the White House. If you visit the submission site, you see President Obama and the First Lady along with … Continue reading
Some History on RMP
As we are working with Rate My Professor data, I got to thinking about the origin o f the website. I did some research and discovered some interesting facts. RMP was founded in May 1999 by John Swapceinski (currently he … Continue reading
Coding… Is it Important?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of coding jobs in the US is set to grow 30% by 2020. This is twice the growth rate of the general job growth. Learning to code is much different than … Continue reading
Hackers Attack!!
After visiting the data center, a question popped into my head: have data centers ever been hacked? The answer is yes. One of the more publicized attacks occurred at the beginning of this year. Bank of America, HSBC, Capital One, … Continue reading
Urban Informatics
When watching the President’s Council of Advisers of Science and Technology, something really sparked my interest. Using a simple nonintrusive sensor to collect information about heat, a thermal map of lower Manhattan was produced. From the findings, scientists assed that … Continue reading
Bytes and Data-intensive Science
Why are bytes used as the primary way to measure information? How are 8 bits of memory able to describe information delivered to end users? A series of benchmarks are used to properly evaluate the total number of bytes delivered. … Continue reading
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UM Honors 352: Cyberscience, Fall 2013 