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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Data Visualization and Art

My denied patent application for data visualization using computer-animated figure movements:


http://www.google.com/patents/US20100039434


and my patent for data visualization using data painting of an asymmetrical facial image  in the style of Pablo Picasso:


https://www.google.com/patents/US20090110244?dq=Data+Visualization+asymmetrical+faces&cl=en

Thursday, July 21, 2016

From BBC: Pokemon Go

 
BBC: And now, to Northern Ireland...

Pokemon Go: Man jumps into traffic playing smartphone game;  Police warn Pokemon game 'not worth your life' as player jumps in front of traffic
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-36854134

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Estimated Effort Breakdown in the Waterfall Process

I am posting this here as an informational item. Hope it is useful.

Estimated Effort Breakdown in the Waterfall Process

Requirements: 15-20 percent,
Analysis and Design: 15-20 percent,
Construction (code and unit testing): 25-30 percent,
System Testing: 15-20 percent,
Implementation: 5-10 percent.

The robotic future beckons


From City AM of the UK: The robotic future beckons...

 

Don't miss the short video-clip where the dog-like robot slips on a banana skin and falls over: there's still some work to be done before the robot can perform a range of standard canine tasks, such as wagging its metallic tail for no reason at all, or licking its shiny plastic orchids for hours on end.

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Thursday, July 14, 2016

100-Year Old Photographs of US


Woodward Avenue, Detroit , Michigan, in 1917.
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Atlantic City, 1910
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The main street of Memphis , north of Avenue Gayoso, 1910.
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Station"Louisville-Nashville," Florida , in 1910.
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Forsyth Street, Jacksonville , Florida, in 1910.Love those cars.
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The beach in Atlantic City , 1915.Note the men in coats and ties.
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Grant Avenue after an earthquake in San Francisco in 1906.
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Carts for transporting dairy Thompson , Washington , 1927.How in the world did the dairy get those horses so evenly lined up.
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Washington, DC, 1914.Not so thoughty having those horses run on a railroad tracks.
(thoughty? Must have been a popular word back in the day)
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Cadillac Square, Detroit , Michigan, 1916.
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Ninth Street, Washington DC, 1915.
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Corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street , New York , 1910.
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Broad Street north of Spruce Street , Philadelphia , 1905.
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View of Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn in 1909.
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Fire at 55th Street , New York , 1915.
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Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.
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Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 1907.
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The New York Publi c Library, New York , 1915.Didn't realize they had 4-laners in those days.
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Wall Street, New York , 1911.The 2 sidewalks together are as wide as the street in this pic.
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Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.Look at those top hats!

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

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