Mostly Flowers

On Big Data

The rise of Big Data:

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139104/kenneth-neil-cukier-and-viktor-mayer-schoenberger/the-rise-of-big-data?cid=oth-cfr-callout-mj13-04232013

and 

Think Again: Big Data

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/05/09/think_again_big_data

Creativity in Adversting

Anti-Motto

"Beatus vir qui non habet ideas novas vir tutus appellantur.”

 

Blessed is the man who has no new ideas; he is called safe.

 

Smart Fork

http://www.gizmag.com/hapifork-smart-fork-kickstarter/27156/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=86d1f0ebce-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email

Fortify On Demand

HP Fortify on Demand (beta) enables you to upload your files (.Net or Java) so that security experts test your application and review the results for accuracy.

It is available at https://www.fortifymyapp.com/.

You must first sign up to use the free version.  Then you can zip your source files and upload into Fortify.

Next you will receive another email when your report is ready to be viewed online.  While results may vary depending on file size and code complexity, typically reports are ready within one or two days - or sooner.

Making Strategic Sense of Cyber Power

From the US Army War College:

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=1147

OpenSimulator

OpenSimulator is an open source multi-platform, multi-user 3D application server. It can be used to create a virtual environment (or world) which can be accessed through a variety of clients, on multiple protocols. It also has an optional facility (the Hypergrid) to allow users to visit other OpenSimulator installations across the web from an account on a 'home' OpenSimulator installation.

Find it @ http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page

Innovative Designs

Design is everything:

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130325-folding-phone-charger-plugs-a-gap

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130318-radical-camera-goes-back-in-time

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130319-updating-the-humble-eggbox-design

Good JavaScript Book

http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742

Git

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.   Learn more about it @ http://git-scm.com/

Robotic Jellyfish

Design is Everything:

http://inhabitat.com/ph-conditioner-floating-jellyfish-skyscrapers-combat-air-pollution-while-producing-fresh-water/ph-conditioner-skyscraper-evolo-2013-2/?extend=1

Robot Baby

http://www.engineeringontheedge.com/2013/01/robot-baby-makes-video-debut/

Underwater Bowling Game

An addictive game:

http://ak.imgag.com/imgag/product/full/ap/3040935/graphic1.swf

Rapyuta

Rapyuta is an online "brain" that describes objects robots have encountered and also carries out complicated computation on behalf of those robots.  European scientists that created it hope it will make robots cheaper as they will not need all their processing power on-board.

The Rapyuta database is part of the Robo Earth project that began in 2011 with the hope of standardising the way robots perceive the human world.

Check out the BBC report @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21714191 and the Rapyuta home page @ http://rapyuta.org/rapyuta-the-roboearth-cloud-engine.

PortableApps

PortableApps.com is the world's most popular portable software solution allowing you to take your favorite software with you. A fully open source and free platform, it works on any portable storage device (USB flash drive, iPod, memory card, portable hard drive, etc).

With millions of users all over the world and a full collection of open source software (as well as freeware and commercial software), PortableApps.com is the most complete solution for life on the go.

Cascading

Cascading is a Java application framework that enables quick and easy development of rich Data Analytics and Data Management applications that  work seamlessly with Apache Hadoop 1.0 and API compatible distributions.

Learn more about it @ http://www.cascading.org/about/