project

Thu
19
Oct
John Lister's picture

Toronto Bayfront to Become 'Smart City' using Google Tech

Google's sister company is to build a mini-city in Toronto that includes a range of technologies built into the infrastructure. It's designed partly to help locals and partly as a test bed for new technology. The 68-acre project on the Lake Toronto ... waterfront is led by Sidewalk Labs - a spin-off company that's owned by Google's parent company Alphabet. It's a partnership with the city and won't involve Google owning any land or acting as a landlord, though Google will move its Canadian headquarters to the area. It'll be part of a wider regeneration project covering 800 acres. Free Public WiFi ... (view more)

Wed
17
May
John Lister's picture

Researchers to Fit Computer Chips in Human Brains

A computer processor manufacturer is working on chips to implant into human brains. It could dramatically improve life for people with spinal or brain injuries, but is years from becoming a reality. The project is a partnership between the ... University of Washington's Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering and ARM, a company which dominates the market for processors in mobile devices. It will build on existing technologies which can read signals in the brain and then wirelessly transmit them to nerve stimulators, allowing people to control their hands and arms despite suffering from ... (view more)

Mon
02
Feb
Douglas Godbey's picture

'Workrave 1.10.1', and 'GanttPV 0.12j'

Workrave 1.10.1 Do your wrists get sore from too much repetitive movement while typing that long document? Workrave is a freeware program that locks down the computer for a while, thereby preventing repetitive stress injury. http://www.workrave.org/ ... GanttPV 0.12j GanttPV is project scheduling software which aids in project management by helping to manage tasks. If you use Microsoft Project, you can also export from GanttPV to Project at a later time if desired. http://www.pureviolet.net (view more)

Wed
24
Sep
John Lister's picture

How a $30 Cellphone Could Help Save a Mother's Life

A new project aims to use cellphones to give pregnant women in developing countries a lifeline. It's designed to tackle a problem of a reported 300,000 women each year dying during pregnancy or childbirth. The Zero Mothers Die project aims to use ... the cellphones in two ways. The first is as a way to send text and voice messages during the pregnancy, giving health information and tips. That's something that could be vital for women who don't have access to regular medical attention or the ability to read health advice online. The second part of the plan is that the phones will come ... (view more)

Mon
17
Feb
John Lister's picture

Kickstarter Site Hacked, Passwords Stolen

Kickstarter, a popular site for raising money for technology and art projects, has been hit by hackers. The site says no credit card information was compromised but warns users to review their passwords. Kickstarter is a popular "crowdfunding" web ... site. It lets members of the public pledge money towards a project, usually as a pre-order for a finished product; the pledgers only have to hand over the cash if the project reaches a set funding target. The most successful such project was Pebble, a wristwatch device that used Kindle-style electronic ink to display information from a ... (view more)

Fri
14
Feb
Dennis Faas's picture

New Infopackets Website Relaunch - Complete

Dear Infopackets Readers, I'm pleased to announce that our website relaunch is now complete. Unfortunately, the transition did not go as smoothly as anticipated. Shortly after the new site went live, the server was maliciously attacked and the ... databases became corrupted. There were also 185 (or so) documented bugs I needed to correct over the last month, before giving this official 'go ahead' announcement. This is described below. A Bit of History This project officially began shortly after April 2011, coinciding with Google's algorithm change which dropped our web traffic and ... (view more)

Fri
20
Jul
Dennis Faas's picture

Google Project Tackles Illicit Drug Networks

Google has announced it will sponsor a conference aimed at reducing illegal drug and human trafficking. The conference is part of Google Ideas, a project designed to examine how technology can help solve major world problems. The project's first ... major work came in 2011, when it held the Summit Against Violent Extremism (SAVE) in Dublin, Ireland. SAVE brought together 84 former extremists, ranging from gang members to violent nationalist and religious extremists, along with victims of gangs and terrorism. Virtual Community Created to Prevent Violence The SAVE conference led to the formation of ... (view more)

Tue
26
Jun
Dennis Faas's picture

New Google Project Designed to Save Rare Languages

Google is funding a project designed to promote languages in danger of falling into disuse. The search giant is producing a series of tools, including specialist social network tools, designed to revive interest in the languages. The Endangered ... Language Project springs from the fact that about half of the 6,000 human languages spoken today are "on the verge of extinction," with few native speakers left alive. Researchers predict there will be no one able to speak these languages by the year 2100, unless special efforts are made to preserve them. (Source: endangeredlanguages.com ) Expansion of ... (view more)

Wed
09
Nov
Dennis Faas's picture

'Scribus 1.4.0 RC6 Beta', and 'Mozilla Lightning Project 1.0 Final'

Scribus 1.4.0 RC6 Beta Scribus is a desktop publishing system, sort of like a word processor on steroids (example: MS Word). It's an open source program that is compatible with Windows, Linux/UNIX, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp 4/eComStation with a ... combination of press-ready output and new approaches to page design. Underneath a modern and user-friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as color separations, CMYK and Spot Color support, ICC color management, and versatile PDF creation. http://wiki.scribus.net Mozilla Lightning Project 1.0 Final Mozilla Lightning brings ... (view more)

Wed
24
Aug
Dennis Faas's picture

'VideoLobster 1.0', and 'Pale Moon Project 6.0'

VideoLobster 1.0 VideoLobster is a convenient and free application for video processing. The main advantage of this program is wizard-like functioning that allows you to easily convert video files. The application interface supports different ... languages. http://www.videolobster.com Pale Moon Project 6.0 The Pale Moon project is a custom-built and optimized Mozilla Firefox browser for Windows. Make sure to get the most speed and efficiency out of your browser! http://www.palemoon.org This freeware software program is brought to you by MajorGeeks.com: The Original Spyware-Free Download Site, in ... (view more)

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