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

The K Programming Language

The K programming language:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_(programming_language)
http://vrabi.web.elte.hu/k/

Open-source implementation of the K programming language:
https://github.com/kevinlawler/kona

Sample:
http://kparc.com/

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

Microsoft Road Map

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2016/07/15/net-core-roadmap/

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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http://www.cityam.com/245728/if-you-go-down-woods-today-you-might-find-google-robot?

100-Year Old Photographs of US

Woodward Avenue, Detroit , Michigan, in 1917. 2. Atlantic City, 1910 3. The main street of Memphis , north of Avenue Gayoso, 1910. 4. Station"Louisville-Nashville," Florida , in 1910. 5. Forsyth Street, Jacksonville , Florida, in 1910.Love those cars. 6. The beach in Atlantic City , 1915.Note the men in coats and ties. 7. Grant Avenue after an earthquake in San Francisco in 1906. 8. Carts for transporting dairy Thompson , Washington , 1927.How in the world did the dairy get those horses so evenly lined up. 9. 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) 10. Cadillac Square, Detroit , Michigan, 1916. 11. Ninth Street, Washington DC, 1915. 13. Corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street , New York , 1910. 14. Broad Street north of Spruce Street , Philadelphia , 1905. 15. View of Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn in 1909. 16. Fire at 55th Street , New York , 1915. 17. Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913. 18. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 1907. 19. The New York Publi c Library, New York , 1915.Didn't realize they had 4-laners in those days. 20. Wall Street, New York , 1911.The 2 sidewalks together are as wide as the street in this pic. 21. Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.Look at those top hats!

Medication Dispensing Robot

A medication dispensing robot - pretty neat:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/pillo-robot-order-dispense-your-8352634

Weapon's Platform in Space

This is a weapon's platform in space - under the guise of asteroid mining with 3-D printers:


https://medium.com/made-in-space/how-we-want-to-turn-asteroids-into-spacecraft-e95d3214d787#.p0hen1605