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ESA ACT

DIY Robotics: The Rise of Open Source Hardware - 0 views

www.wired.com/...etech_hardware

hardware robotics open-source innovation

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    we should try out some of these kits? anyone interested? LS
Francesco Biscani

The Cathedral and the Bazaar - 7 views

catb.org/...cathedral-bazaar

open source

shared by Francesco Biscani on 15 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Francesco Biscani on 15 Nov 09
     
    Albeit a bit dated, this is the classical Eric Raymond paper about the self-organizing open source model (the bazaar) compared to the usual closed software development model (the cathedral). Is science today more a bazaar or a cathedral?
  • LeopoldS on 16 Nov 09
     
    funny .... this is exactly the book that Franco mentioned during one of the first meetings I had with him on the ACT, our research, how to organise, the potential of new ways of cooperating etc ...
  • tvinko on 16 Nov 09
     
    Science today is a Basilica.
Juxi Leitner

Make: Online : Regular GPS not accurate enough? Try RTK-GPS! - 1 views

blog.makezine.com/...y_real_time_kinematic_gps.html

technology fun DIY

shared by Juxi Leitner on 20 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Juxi Leitner on 20 Nov 09
     
    an open-source real time kinematic GPS receiver, allowing way better accuracy
LeopoldS

Cambridge University Engineering Department - Qi Pan - 3 views

mi.eng.cam.ac.uk/...BMVC09

INF 3D camera optics

shared by LeopoldS on 25 Nov 09 - Cached
  • LeopoldS on 25 Nov 09
     
    nice tool ... but apparently not open source :-(
  • Nicholas Lan on 25 Nov 09
     
    already posted further down the page
eblazquez

NVIDIA Releases Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules - 0 views

https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-releases-open-source-gpu-kernel-modules/

technology AI

started by eblazquez on 12 May 22 no follow-up yet
ESA ACT

Google Doctype - Google Code - 0 views

code.google.com/doctype

web2.0 open-source

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    Google Doctype is an open encyclopedia and reference library. Written by web developers, for web developers.
ESA ACT

Notepad++, an excellent source code editor and Notepad replacement, which supports seve... - 0 views

notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/...site.htm

software programming open-source webdesign editing writing text tools javascript windows

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    maybe but windows only :-( ...
Ma Ru

Ten Simple Rules for the Open Development of Scientific Software - 0 views

www.ploscompbiol.org/...10.1371%2Fjournal.pcbi.1002802

bio science open source INF software tips

shared by Ma Ru on 07 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Ma Ru on 07 Dec 12
     
    Another great piece from "Ten Simple Rules" series by PLOSCB
Thijs Versloot

Linked Open Earth Observation Data for Precision Farming - 1 views

www.linkedeodata.eu

EO farming applications

shared by Thijs Versloot on 10 May 14 - No Cached
  • Thijs Versloot on 10 May 14
     
    Lots of Earth Observation data has become available at no charge in Europe and the US recently and there is a strong push for more open EO data. With precision farming, advanced agriculture using GPS, satellite observations and tractors with on-board computers, the farming process is performed as accurately and efficiently as possible. This is achieved by combining data from earth observations with other geospatial sources such as cadastral data, data on the quality of the soil, vegetation and protected areas. This enables the farmer to find the optimal trade-off in maximizing his yield with minimal use of fertilizers and pesticides while respecting environmental protection.
Dario Izzo

Google defends H.264 removal from Chrome, says WebM plug-ins coming to Safari and IE9 -... - 1 views

m.engadget.com/...article.do

open source free sofware

shared by Dario Izzo on 16 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Dario Izzo on 16 Jan 11
     
    Free software or a marketing move?
  • Francesco Biscani on 16 Jan 11
     
    They have all the weight they need to pull this through. I'm dreaming of a day in which they will switch all Youtube videos to WebM, with all the Apple devices becoming useless to watch Internet video :) And Steve Jobs struggling to explain why, after wearing the mantle of open standards in the whole Flash vs HTML5 thing, he's now pushing H.264 against WebM... Anyway, in my view the less encumbered formats around the best for everyone's freedom.
Luís F. Simões

Bitcoin P2P Currency: The Most Dangerous Project We've Ever Seen - 10 views

launch.is/...dangerous-project-weve-ev.html

bitcoin p2p money disruptive

shared by Luís F. Simões on 16 May 11 - No Cached
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  • After month of research and discovery, we’ve learned the following:1. Bitcoin is a technologically sound project.2. Bitcoin is unstoppable without end-user prosecution.3. Bitcoin is the most dangerous open-source project ever created.4. Bitcoin may be the most dangerous technological project since the internet itself.5. Bitcoin is a political statement by technotarians (technological libertarians).*6. Bitcoins will change the world unless governments ban them with harsh penalties.
  • The benefits of a currency like this:a) Your coins can’t be frozen (like a Paypal account can be)b) Your coins can’t be trackedc) Your coins can’t be taxedd) Transaction costs are extremely low (sorry credit card companies)
  • An individual with the name -- or perhaps handle -- of Satoshi Nakamoto first wrote about bitcoins in a paper called Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • * We made this term up to describe the “good people” of the internet who believe in the fundamental rights of individuals to be free, have free speech, fight hypocrisy and stand behind logic, technology and science over religion, political structure and tradition. These are the people who build and support things like Wikileaks, Anonymous, Linux and Wikipedia. They think that people can, and should, govern themselves. They are against external forms of control such as DRM, laws that are bought and sold by lobbyists, and religions like Scientology. They include splinter groups that enforce these ideals in the form of hacktivism, such as the takedown of the Sony Playstation Network after Sony tried to prosecute a hacker for unlocking its console.
  • Ma Ru on 17 May 11
     
    Sounds good!
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  • pacome delva on 18 May 11
     
    wow it's frigthening! it's the dream of every anarchist, every drug, arm, human dealer! the world made as a global fiscal paradise... the idea is clever however it will not replace real money because 1 - no one will build a fortune on bitcoin if a technological breakthrough can ruin them 2 - government never allowed parallel money to flourish on their territory, so it will be almost impossible to change bitcoin against euros or dollars
  • Nicholas Lan on 18 May 11
     
    interesting stuff anyone read cryptonomicon by neal stephenson? similar theme.
  • Luís F. Simões on 18 May 11
     
    :) yes. One of the comments on reddit was precisely drawing the parallels with Neal Stephenson's Snowcrash / Diamond Age / Cryptonomicon. Interesting stuff indeed. It has a lot of potential for misuse, but also opens up new possibilities. We've discussed recently how emerging technologies will drive social change. Whether it's the likes of NSA / CIA who will benefit the most from the Twitters, Facebooks and so on, by gaining greater power for control, or whether individuals are being empowered to at least an identical degree. We saw last year VISA / PayPal censoring WikiLeaks... Well, here's a way for any individual to support such an organization, in a fully anonymous and uncontrollable way...
  • tvinko on 18 May 11
     
    One of my colleagues has made a nice, short write-up about BitCoin: http://www.pds.ewi.tudelft.nl/~victor/bitcoin.html
  • LeopoldS on 18 May 11
     
    very nice analysis indeed - thanks Tamas for sharing it!
  • pacome delva on 20 May 11
     
    mmm I'm not an expert but it seemed to me that, even if these criticisms are true, there is one fundamental difference between the money you exchange on internet via your bank, and bitcoins. The first one is virtual money and the second one aims at being real, physical, money, even if digital, in the same way as banknotes, coins, or gold.
  • nikolas smyrlakis on 20 May 11
     
    An algorithm wanna-be central bank issuing untraceable tax free money between internet users? not more likely than the end of the world supposed to take place tomorrow, in my opinion. Algorithms don't usually assault women though !:P
  • LeopoldS on 21 May 11
     
    well, most money is anyway just virtual and only based on expectations and trust ... (see e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_supply) and thus if people trust that this "money" has some value in the sense that they can get something of value to them in exchange, then not much more is needed it seems to me ...
  • pacome delva on 23 May 11
     
    @Leopold: ok let's use the rigth words then. Bitcoin aim at being a currency ("physical objects generally accepted as a medium of exchange" from wikipedia), different than the "demand deposit". In the article proposed by Tamas he compares what cannot be compared (currencies, demand deposits and their mean of exchange). The interesting question is wether one can create a digital currency which is too difficult to counterfeit. As far as I know, there is no existing digital currency except this bitcoins (and maybe the currencies from games as second life and others, but which are of limited use in real world).
  • nikolas smyrlakis on 23 May 11
     
    well of course money is trust, and even more loans and credit and even more stock and bond markets. It all represents trust and expectations. However since the first banks 500 years ago and the first loans etc. etc., and as well the fact that bonds and currencies bring down whole countries (Greece lately), and are mainly controlled by large financial centres and (central) banks, banks have always been on the winning side no matter what and that isn't going to change easily. So if you are talking about these new currencies it would be a new era, not just a new currency. So should Greece convert its debt to bitcoins ;P ?
  • pacome delva on 23 May 11
     
    well, from 1936 to 1993 the central bank of france was owned by the state and was supposed to serve the general interest...
LeopoldS

Knowledge, networks and nations | Royal Society - 4 views

royalsociety.org/...knowledge-networks-nations

shared by LeopoldS on 29 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • LeopoldS on 29 Mar 11
     
    nice graphs ... and nice stats
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  • Luís F. Simões on 30 Mar 11
     
    the graphs are Motion Charts. They were made famous by Hans Rosling's TED talks (http://www.ted.com/speakers/hans_rosling.html). Google eventually bought his software, and made part of it freely available: http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery/motionchart.html. That's what they are using there.
  • LeopoldS on 30 Mar 11
     
    thanks - I was already wondering several times what had happened to this technique that he used at the talk we looked at several times when it was first uploaded ... good that they have made it open source! are they easy to use?
  • Luís F. Simões on 31 Mar 11
     
    the easiest way to use them is: Google Docs > open/create a spreadsheet > Insert > Gadget > Charts > Motion Chart !! :) You have here a tutorial describing all the steps to get it running.
Marcus Maertens

US Petition for building a Death Star 2016 - 3 views

petitions.whitehouse.gov/...wlfKzFkN

fun

shared by Marcus Maertens on 05 Dec 12 - No Cached
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  • Marcus Maertens on 05 Dec 12
     
    By focusing our defense resources into a space-superiority platform and weapon system such as a Death Star, the government can spur job creation in the fields of construction, engineering, space exploration, and more, and strengthen our national defense.
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  • Dario Izzo on 06 Dec 12
     
    I want to sign, it is totally a meaningful idea .... ! Just remember not to put the nuclear energy source at the end of a tunnel which has an opening on the surface :)
  • Marcus Maertens on 12 Jan 13
     
    Bad news from this frontier: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/isnt-petition-response-youre-looking As the Americans are not going for it, it might be a good opportunity for Europeans to make a real difference in space.
  • LeopoldS on 19 Jan 13
     
    Merkel seems anyway a bit short of ideas ...
Annalisa Riccardi

An open-source MDAO framework written in Python - 1 views

openmdao.org

shared by Annalisa Riccardi on 03 Apr 13 - No Cached
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  • Annalisa Riccardi on 03 Apr 13
     
    Multidisciplinary Design Analysis and Optimization framework developed by NASA since 2010
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