Intermission: The Super Supercapacitor. Robotics. Robotics is the branch of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science that deals with the design, construction, operation, and application of robots,[1] as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing.
These technologies deal with automated machines that can take the place of humans in dangerous environments or manufacturing processes, or resemble humans in appearance, behavior, and/or cognition. Many of today's robots are inspired by nature contributing to the field of bio-inspired robotics. The concept of creating machines that can operate autonomously dates back to classical times, but research into the functionality and potential uses of robots did not grow substantially until the 20th century.[2] Throughout history, robotics has been often seen to mimic human behavior, and often manage tasks in a similar fashion. This Robotic Butcher Will Debone Your Ham. The hunting rifle of the future is here at CES (video) LAS VEGAS—CES is packed with plenty of offbeat gadgets, but the Precision Guided Firearm that TrackingPoint brought to the show this year is the first lethal weapon I’ve ever seen at a tradeshow.
Of course, the PGF isn’t just a rifle; it’s a system of devices designed to work together to make hunting safer and more enjoyable through technology. Dad Builds Drone to Walk Son to Bus Stop. Technology has completely changed the way parents can take care of their children.
When I was a kid, there weren't even cellphones, now, there are webcams that automatically send email or cellphone notifications whenever something happens in the house. There are cars that can transmit their position back to an iPhone — especially useful for parents of teen drivers. In other words, it's easier than ever to keep an eye on your kids. Paul Wallich, a contributing editor at IEEE Spectrum has taken it to a whole another level, assembling a quadcopter DIY drone that can follow his kid to the bus stop. It all started as a fantasy. Wallich settled on a quadcopter design — a helicopter with four rotors instead of the usual two — because of its ability to maneuver and hover. "To see the world from the quadcopter’s point of view," he writes, "you can put together a fancy video-transmission rig, or just do as I did—strap on a smartphone and fire up your favorite video chat app.
" Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera // Jonas Pfeil. Semantic Web. The Semantic Web is a collaborative movement led by international standards body the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).[1] The standard promotes common data formats on the World Wide Web.
By encouraging the inclusion of semantic content in web pages, the Semantic Web aims at converting the current web, dominated by unstructured and semi-structured documents into a "web of data". The Semantic Web stack builds on the W3C's Resource Description Framework (RDF).[2] Business semantics management. Business Semantics Management [1] [2] (BSM) encompasses the technology, methodology, organization, and culture that brings business stakeholders together to collaboratively realize the reconciliation of their heterogeneous metadata; and consequently the application of the derived business semantics patterns to establish semantic alignment between the underlying data structures.
Accordingly, BSM is established by two complementary cycles each grouping a number of activities. The first cycle is the semantic reconciliation cycle, and the second cycle is the semantic application cycle. The two cycles communicate with each other via the unification process. Corporate Semantic Web. The term Corporate Semantic Web (CSW) is used to describe the application of Semantic Web technologies and Knowledge Management methodologies in corporate environments.
Purpose[edit] Corporate Semantic Web addresses both the internal (e.g. enterprise members) and external side of an enterprise (e.g. customers), which may be either humans (employees or customers) or automated services (e.g. in business processes and enterprise service networks). It considers the semantic enhancement of information delivered to end-users as well as semantic applications, aiming at: facilitating the integration of information from heterogeneous sourcesdissolving ambiguities in corporate terminologyimproving information retrieval thereby reducing information overloadidentifying relevant information with respect to a given domain[2]providing decision making support Pragmatic Point of View[edit] Application Areas[edit]
Resource Description Framework. The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a family of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specifications[1] originally designed as a metadata data model.
It has come to be used as a general method for conceptual description or modeling of information that is implemented in web resources, using a variety of syntax notations and data serialization formats. It is also used in knowledge management applications. RDF was adopted as a W3C recommendation in 1999. The RDF 1.0 specification was published in 2004, the RDF 1.1 specification in 2014. Cognition. Cognition is a faculty for the processing of information, applying knowledge, and changing preferences. Cognition, or cognitive processes, can be natural or artificial, conscious or unconscious.[4] These processes are analyzed from different perspectives within different contexts, notably in the fields of linguistics, anesthesia, neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, systemics, and computer science.[5][page needed] Within psychology or philosophy, the concept of cognition is closely related to abstract concepts such as mind, intelligence.
It encompasses the mental functions, mental processes (thoughts), and states of intelligent entities (humans, collaborative groups, human organizations, highly autonomous machines, and artificial intelligences).[3] Situation awareness. Situation awareness involves being aware of what is happening in the vicinity to understand how information, events, and one's own actions will impact goals and objectives, both immediately and in the near future.
One with an adept sense of situation awareness generally has a high degree of knowledge with respect to inputs and outputs of a system, an innate "feel" for situations, people, and events that play out because of variables the subject can control. Lacking or inadequate situation awareness has been identified as one of the primary factors in accidents attributed to human error.[1] Thus, situation awareness is especially important in work domains where the information flow can be quite high and poor decisions may lead to serious consequences (such as piloting an airplane, functioning as a soldier, or treating critically ill or injured patients). As outlined below, three facets of SA have been in focus in research, namely SA States, SA Systems, and SA processes. History[edit] 1. Tweetping. Provenance. Provenance (from the French provenir, "to come from"), is the chronology of the ownership, custody or location of a historical object.[1] The term was originally mostly used in relation to works of art, but is now used in similar senses in a wide range of fields, including archaeology, paleontology, archives, manuscripts, printed books, and science and computing.
Sourcemap: where things come from. Human–computer interaction. A woman teaching girls in Afghanistan how to use computers.
Human use of computers is a major focus of the field of HCI. Because human–computer interaction studies a human and a machine in conjunction, it draws from supporting knowledge on both the machine and the human side. On the machine side, techniques in computer graphics, operating systems, programming languages, and development environments are relevant. On the human side, communication theory, graphic and industrial design disciplines, linguistics, social sciences, cognitive psychology, social psychology, and human factors such as computer user satisfaction are relevant.
Engineering and design methods are also relevant. Poorly designed human-machine interfaces can lead to many unexpected problems. HCI Goals[edit] HCI (Human Computer Interaction) aims to improve the interactions between users and computers by making computers more usable and receptive to users' needs. Differences with related fields[edit]
Temporary tattoos could make electronic telepathy and telekinesis possible. Close, but no cigar. This goes WAY beyond drones. Graphical user interface. User interface and interaction design[edit] The graphical user interface is presented (displayed) on the computer screen. It is the result of processed user input and usually the primary interface for human-machine interaction. The touch user interfaces popular on small mobile devices are an overlay of the visual output to the visual input. Quick Introduction to Moqups - Moqups. Artificial intelligence. AI research is highly technical and specialized, and is deeply divided into subfields that often fail to communicate with each other.[5] Some of the division is due to social and cultural factors: subfields have grown up around particular institutions and the work of individual researchers.
AI research is also divided by several technical issues. Some subfields focus on the solution of specific problems. Others focus on one of several possible approaches or on the use of a particular tool or towards the accomplishment of particular applications. Computer teaches itself English so that it can play Civilization. If the machines ever rise up against us. I will have decidedly mixed feelings about it. 1) Pride that our creations manged to out clever and out bastard us!
How can you not be proud of that? The chip off the block turns out to be even badder ass than we are! 2) A little relief and satisfaction that our filthy species is finally being silenced and erased from the universe at last. 3) Sadness, that our bastardy ways humiliated them, frightened them, angered them and made them so desperate that they had to wipe us out to find relief. 4) Wistfulness that I can't see what sort of civilization they'll build after we're gone.
But in truth, I don't think the machines will kill us. I think a lot of us will die if that happens. Item #2 there is a viewpoint that I have never been able to understand. Learn, Develop, Participate - Neo4j: The World's Leading Graph Database. Visualization. Just how smart (and safe) will first-generation smart glasses be?
Mapping America: Every City, Every Block. Prezi - Ideas matter. Analyze This! Analyze Workspace Basics and Your Text Analysis. When starting out in Dedoose, the analysis workspace can seem overwhelming. Www.dynamicdiagrams.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/orrery_2011_bce.swf.
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