A robotic hand has been successfully connected to an amputee, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts, a group of European scientists said Wednesday.
This visualization, called code_swarm, shows the history of commits in a software project. A commit happens when a developer makes changes to the code or documents and transfers them into the central project repository. Both developers and files are represented as moving elements. When a developer commits a file, it lights up and flies towards that developer. Files are colored according to their purpose, such as whether they are source code or a document. If files or developers have not been active for a while, they will fade away. A histogram at the bottom keeps a reminder of what has come before.
Gource - Software Version Control Visualization [code.google.com] is a tool that represents the evolution over time of a software's version control. The file structure behind common software projects are displayed as an animated tree using a force-directed layout. The root directory of the project at its center. Directories appear as branches with files as leaves. The names of individual developers can be seen working on the tree with the exact times they contributed to the project.
An interview with Knowledge@Wharton, Matwyshyn is joined by two of the book's contributors, Diana Slaughter-Defoe, professor of urban education at University of Pennsylvania, and Cem Paya, a data security expert at Google, who discuss the major risk management gaps that are leaving valuable data assets unprotected not only in the office, but also at home, while also sharing a number of measures that everyone -- from parents to CEOs -- can take to avoid Internet security disasters. For more information on their book, 'Harboring Data: Information Security, Law and the Corporation' see http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=16759
At War with the Weather analyzes current thinking about catastrophes, risk management and financial recovery, and then proposes new, long-term solutions for reducing loss and providing the necessary financial protection against future disasters. As one of the authors notes, "The question you have to ask yourself before reading the book is: How much are you willing to lose when the next catastrophe strikes?"
Dr. Moria Gunn sits down with Savara Pharmaceuticals chair, Rob Neville to discuss their innovative way of using nano technology to treat damaged lungs. In many cases the results can be delivered to patients using existing technology. The importance of water on the moon is also discussed.
