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On domain-specific languages usage (why DLSs really matter)
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On domain-specific languages usage (why DLSs really matter)

Vassilios Karakoidas

Storm-chasing drones
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Storm-chasing drones

Eric FrewUnmanned aircraft systems. Aerial robots. Drones. Regardless of the name, this new technology is being developed to revolutionize the sampling and understanding...

Feeding a hungry world: the potential for unmanned aircraft systems
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Feeding a hungry world: the potential for unmanned aircraft systems

Wayne Woldt, Eric Frew, George MeyerThe fusion of next generation sensors and advanced information systems, combined with advances in unmanned aircraft systems...

Journalism with flying robots
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Journalism with flying robots

Matt WaiteThe use of unmanned aerial drones will revolutionize news reporting, but many issues need to be resolved before things can really take off.

Connecting with oceans using underwater acoustic networks
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Connecting with oceans using underwater acoustic networks

Michael ZubaOceans cover a majority of our planet and are currently lacking in regards to exploration and technological innovations. One technology that can help...

A dexterous crabster robot explores the seafloor
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A dexterous crabster robot explores the seafloor

Bong-Huan Jun, Hyungwon ShimCrabster CR200 is a giant crab robot with six legs and 30 powerful joints developed at the Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean...

A high-speed, real-time mobile gait rehabilitation system
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A high-speed, real-time mobile gait rehabilitation system

Wenlong Zhang, Yi-Hung Wei, Quan Leng, Song HanCombining advanced technologies in real-time wireless communication, control theory, sensor and actuator design,...

Networking vehicles for safety: embedding cyber networks in physical networks
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Networking vehicles for safety: embedding cyber networks in physical networks

Yaser P. FallahA cyber-physical systems perspective on the design of vehicular networking solutions for safer and greener transportation.

Composing on-demand intelligent PHYsical layers
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Composing on-demand intelligent PHYsical layers

Aveek Dutta, Dola SahaIn the future, our radio devices will adapt to deal with new types of signals. The challenge is to describe those signals so that devices...

Profile Benjamin Cichy: writing code to run on Mars
From XRDS

Profile Benjamin Cichy: writing code to run on Mars

Adrian Scoică

NICTA ATP lab: Eveleigh, Sydney, Australia
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NICTA ATP lab: Eveleigh, Sydney, Australia

Yan Shvartzshnaider

Satellite navigation
From XRDS

Satellite navigation

Finn Kuusisto

Efficient sensor placement for environmental monitoring
From XRDS

Efficient sensor placement for environmental monitoring

Marinka Zitnik

SXSW Accelerator Finalists in Big Data and Beyond
From The Eponymous Pickle

SXSW Accelerator Finalists in Big Data and Beyond

Thought provocative SXSW accelerator finalists. In particular the big data in the enterprise section, but more beyond that.  " ... For the 2014 SXSW Accelerator...

Friday Squid Blogging: Bobtail Squid Photos
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Bobtail Squid Photos

Pretty. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.

Administration Launches Big Data and Privacy Review
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Administration Launches Big Data and Privacy Review

As part of the government response to public concerns over national security surveillance programs, the President announced in January that there would be a review...

NSF CISE Distinguished Lecture: AP Computer Science Principles
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

NSF CISE Distinguished Lecture: AP Computer Science Principles

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) is pleased to announce a Distinguished Lecture on...

NEBULA: NSA Exploit of the Day
From Schneier on Security

NEBULA: NSA Exploit of the Day

Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: NEBULA (S//SI//FVEY) Multi-Protocol macro-class Network-In-a-Box (NIB) system...

What Consumer Segments Say
From The Eponymous Pickle

What Consumer Segments Say

Regrettably presented as an infographic, but an interesting view of consumer segmentation.  Points through to a white paper that requires registration.  " .... The...

Trade Marking Simple English Phrases
From The Eponymous Pickle

Trade Marking Simple English Phrases

Can you trademark a phrase?  To the extent to which you are willing to sue.  In Language Log.  A list of phrases and their defenders. Here the defenders are promoters...
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