Big New Wireless Spectrum Expected to Open for Internet of Things This Week

Big New Wireless Spectrum Expected to Open for Internet of Things This Week: "The FCC will meet on Thursday to vote on a proposal to open up a larger swath of wireless spectrum to licensing than was opened at the dawn of TV remote controls, baby monitors, cordless phones and WiFi networks. The most likely candidates to fill that new spectrum are connected devices, or the Internet of Things, which are now coming online faster than new human subscribers to leading mobile phone networks.

'This will also be a platform for innovators and entrepreneurs,' FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski told the New York Times in an in-depth report last week. 'There is every chance of this leading to the development of one or more billion-dollar industries.' Beyond the possible economic impact, the move may have substantial cultural consequences, as the spectrum is opened up through which our refrigerators, toasters, exercise equipment and city streets can publish data about their activities to the Internet.

Bacteria and climate change: Invisible carbon pumps | The Economist

Bacteria and climate change: Invisible carbon pumps | The Economist: "UNDERSTANDING how the oceans absorb carbon dioxide is crucial to understanding the role of that gas in the climate. It is rather worrying, then, that something profound may be missing from that understanding. But if Jiao Nianzhi of Xiamen University in China is right, it is. For he suggests there is a lot of carbon floating in the oceans that has not previously been noticed. It is in the form of what is known as refractory dissolved organic matter and it has been put there by a hitherto little-regarded group of creatures called aerobic anoxygenic photoheterotrophic bacteria (AAPB). If Dr Jiao is right, a whole new “sink” for carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been discovered.

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Home - TimeFlow - GitHub

Home - TimeFlow - GitHub: "TimeFlow Analytical Timeline is a visualization tool for temporal data. The current release is “alpha” software—a very early version that may have bugs and glitches.

The tool helps you analyze temporal data with five different displays:

* Timeline View: plots events over time on a scrollable, horizontal timeline
* Calendar View: plots events by day, month, and year in calendar format
* Bar Chart View: a flexible, aggregate view of data points. It allows users to aggregate data by any header in the data set.
* Table View: a straightforward table view of all data points
* List View: a simple list of events shown on the timeline, complete with description and metadata about each data point

Welcome to the main conference website | ECCS'10 European Conference on Complex Systems

Welcome to the main conference website | ECCS'10 European Conference on Complex Systems: "The ECCS’10 European Conference on Complex Systems will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, an organization of the Complex Systems Society.

ECCS’10 will be located at the Lisbon University Institute, from the 13th to 17th September, 2010. The main conference tracks will be presented on the 13th, 14th and 17th September and the Satellite Meetings will occur on the 15th and 16th September, 2010.

Please check the list of invited speakers. The scientific programme is also available. Get ready for the ECCS'10 Challenge and Video competitions!

Earthquakes | Eleganthack

Earthquakes | Eleganthack: "Earthquakes

In 1923, Frank Lloyd Wright completed the Imperial Hotel, a building commissioned in Japan. In 1923, there was a 8.3 magnitude earthquake. The hotel survived.
earthquake-impreial

Wright was a midwesterner like myself, and had no experience with Earthquakes. When he arrived in Japan, that lack of familiarity was his strength; he passionately researched earthquake damage, and designed his hotel with multiple safeguards.

1. The reflecting pool (visible in the picture above) provided a source of water for fire-fighting, saving the building from the post-earthquake firestorm;
2. Cantilevered floors and balconies provided extra support for the floors;
3. A copper roof, which cannot fall on people below the way a tile roof can;
4. Seismic separation joints, located about every 20 m along the building;
5. Tapered walls, thicker on lower floors, increasing their strength;
6. Suspended piping and wiring, instead of being encased in concrete, as well as smooth curves, making them more resistant to fracture.

Platform for Systems Biology and Bioinformatics: NetBeans vs Eclipse | Abhishek Tiwari

Platform for Systems Biology and Bioinformatics: NetBeans vs Eclipse | Abhishek Tiwari: "Platform for Systems Biology and Bioinformatics: NetBeans vs Eclipse
2010 September 4
by abhishektiwari
An unbiased list of systems biology, bioinformatics and chemoinformatics applications built on top of Netbeans pltform and Eclipse RCP. In all fairness, there is no clear winner. In fact with little variations both Eclipse and Netbeans can be used for similar kind of applications development.

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Mind - Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study Habits - NYTimes.com

Mind - Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study Habits - NYTimes.com: "Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits
By BENEDICT CAREY
Published: September 6, 2010
Every September, millions of parents try a kind of psychological witchcraft, to transform their summer-glazed campers into fall students, their video-bugs into bookworms. Advice is cheap and all too familiar: Clear a quiet work space. Stick to a homework schedule. Set goals. Set boundaries. Do not bribe (except in emergencies).