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Article |
Gist |
Author |
Source |
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576 |
FLOOD MAPPING TOOL:
HELPING COPE WTIH FLOODS AMIDST CLIMATE CHANGE |
In times of climate
change, software developers across the world have worked together to create
an open source online tool to predict floods and understand their impact much better. |
NORONHA, FREDRICK |
OPEN SOURCE FOR YOU |
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577 |
INTERVIEW WITH MIKE ANAND
- CHEIF MARKETING OFFICER OF REDIS |
Mike Anand, Cheif
Marketing Officer, Redis, speaks with OSFY's Abbinaya Kuzhanthaivel about the
popularity of the company's open source products and the growth of the Indian
market. Among other things, he also talks about the new governance model the
company has adopted. Some excerpts
from the conversation... |
KUZHANTHAI VEL, ABBINAYA |
OPEN SOURCE FOR YOU |
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578 |
WHAT ARE OBJECT CREATIONAL
PATTERNS? |
The first part of this 12
part series of articles on software design focuses on 'creational patterns'.
The simple words and examples used here will
help newbies understand these patterns better. |
KOYYA, KRISHNA MOHAN |
OPEN SOURCE FOR YOU |
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579 |
AN OPEN SOURCE ECOSYSTEM
IS IN THE MAKING FOR 5G AND TELECOM NETWORKS |
As communications
providers prepare to deliver high speed connectivity to support new services
and use cases, the demand for low latency, high bandwidth, scalable networks
continues to grow. This may lead to software defined infrastructure and cloud native approaches to |
KUZHANTHAI VEL, ABBINAYA |
OPEN SOURCE FOR YOU |
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meet 5G requirements.
Here's a look at what the Linux Foundation is working on to create an open
source ecosystem to enable the future. |
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580 |
IMPORTANCE OF SPECIAL
PURPOSE TEAMS IN INNOVATIONS |
There are some good
strategies adopted by the defense forces which can be useful in the corporate
sector too. Agility and mission
based approach are two things for instance that can be of great help to the companies. |
TAMBOLI, ANAND |
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581 |
USEFUL OPEN SOURCE
SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS DEVELOPERS |
Gone are the days when developers had to struggle with a
limited set of tools like Notepad for editing and had to make do with
comparing differences between software versions using the only tools
available - their eyes and their intelligence. There are now many open source
tools that enable a good software development experience on Windows. |
BIPIN PATWARDHAN |
OPEN SOURCE FOR YOU |
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582 |
BECOMING A COMPUTATIONAL LINGUIST |
Help machines translate
human languages |
NARULA, DHRUV |
DIGIT |
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583 |
BIOTECH STARTUPS: THE
OTHER REVOLUTION |
The Biotechnology Industry
Research Assistance Council's (BIRAC) Sustainable Entrepreneurship and
Enterprise Development Fund (SEED) funding program have awarded a total of 75
lakh to three startups, Beaniesnak, Savemom |
MADANAPALL E, ADITYA |
DIGIT |
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and Inphlox Water Systems.
These three are respectively involved in making high tech nachos, tackling
the challenging problem of
neonatal healthcare and developing an innovative decentralised as well as
modular watewater treatment system. We spoke to these start-ups to understand
more about the problems that they are trying to solve and how they are going about it. |
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584 |
BECOMING A UX ENGINEER |
UX engineers combine
technical expertise with aesthetic considerations. They collaborate with
programmers, academics, designers and others to create an engaging user
experience. A UX engineer often possess the competence of a frontend engineer
and the practical knowledge of UX design concepts. A UX engineer isn’t the same as a UX designer. |
NARULA, DHRUV |
DIGIT |
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585 |
THE FUTURE: BRAIN TO BRAIN
COMMUNICATION: NOW A REALITY |
Soldiers able to
communicate silently could change the face of warfare on the ground and
perhaps the mind technology could prove to be more dangerous than the nuclear bomb. |
DEEPAK HALAN |
ELECTRONICS FOR YOU |
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586 |
QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS |
The changes in the world
each day are unlike anything |
CHIRANJEEVI ARADHYA |
ELECTRONICS FOR YOU |
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IN INDUSTRY 4.0 |
humanity has ever
encountered before in terms of size, breadth and intricacy. With the
revolution of Industry 4.0, how can quantum technologies find themselves to
be a part of it? |
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587 |
TECH TRENDS SHAPING MICRO
MOBILITY |
The concept of micro-
mobility was best displayed in Segway. As this field of innovation expands
its borders to two wheeler and three wheeler options, will the market accept
this change? What's the
technology that's driving them> |
HELGE SVERRE EIDE |
ELECTRONICS FOR YOU |
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588 |
IOT START UPS: INDIA'S
TICKET TO GLOBAL TECH DOMINANCE |
India has been the
torchbearer for a plethora of disruptions that rattled the world, be it the
automotive revolution or the software era. With the rising popularity of IoT, will Indian startups be able to
emerge as champions of the connected new world too? |
SIDDHA DHAR |
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589 |
FAKE CHIPS? SHOULD
ENGINEERS WORRY? |
Fake components
are a reality. Also, a hot and thriving business. So hot,
these chips could get you fried (or fired)? |
AJITH NARAYANAN |
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590 |
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS HAVE
TO BE DESIGNED - NOT ASSEMBLED |
Now-a-days. designers tend
to use off-the-shelf designs and software available on the Internet or from
the vendors to design products requisitioned by their clients. While this may
be unavoidable in certain circumstances, |
S.A.SRINIVASA MOORTHY |
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their rampant use without
understanding the factors involved can land them in problem. Here are some
important suggestions from a person who has seen it all for such designers. |
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591 |
EMERGING ENERGY HARVESTING
TECHNIQUES FOR LOW POWER NO BATTERY SOLUTIONS |
Ultra low power techniques
are emerging for operations of devices without dependence on batteries. Will
such emerging energy harvesting techniques be the key for sustaining low
power devices? Will the devices be feasible for their applications? If so, why? |
DARSHIL
PATEL |
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