Bytes and Biology

The impact of computer science on science as a whole was considered by a group of leading researchers, led by Stephen Emmott of Microsoft Research. Their report, "Towards 2020 Science," contains the initial findings and conclusions of a group of internationally distinguished scientists who met over an intense three days in July 2005 to debate and consider the role and future of science over the next 14 years towards 2020, and in particular the importance and impact of computing and computer science on science towards 2020.

Site – http://research.microsoft.com

Welcome to the future

CNN explores realities the future might bring in the areas of technology, health, entertainment and more. The Sunday March 26 show featured a discussion with Ray Kurzweil and others.

Site – http://www.kurzweilai.net

CRN Task Force releases 11 key essays on nanotech impacts

The Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN) today announced its first series of new research papers in which industry experts predict profound impacts of nanotechnology on society. Eleven original essays by members of CRN’s Global Task Force appear in the latest issue of the journal Nanotechnology Perceptions, published today, and are also being posted online at KurzweilAI.net, which will host discussions on these vital issues.

Site – http://www.kurzweilai.net

2020 – Future of Computing

In the last two decades advances in computing technology, from processing speed to network capacity and the internet, have revolutionized the way scientists work. From sequencing genomes to monitoring the Earth’s climate, many recent scientific advances would not have been possible without a parallel increase in computing power – and with revolutionary technologies such as the quantum computer edging towards reality, what will the relationship between computing and science bring us over the next 15 years?

Site – http://www.nature.com

Here’s an Idea: Let Everyone Have Ideas

Co-founders of Rite-Solutions, a software company that builds advanced command-and-control systems for the Navy, have created an internal “stock market” of ideas where any employee can propose that the company acquire a new technology, enter a new business or make an efficiency improvement. These proposals become stocks, complete with ticker symbols, discussion lists and e-mail alerts. Employees buy or sell the stocks, and prices change to reflect the sentiments of the company’s engineers, computer scientists and project managers — as well as its marketers, accountants and even the receptionist.

Site – http://www.nytimes.com

Azul to fire up 48-core Java chip in 2007

Azul Systems has launched a preemptive multi-core strike against larger server vendors. The Java processing specialist today revealed plans to ship a 48-core chip in 2007. Jumping the gun? Yes, a bit. Start-ups, however, want all the attention they can get, so Azul hit the streets with word of Vega 2. This chip will be designed by Azul and produced by TSMC using a 90nm process. With 48 cores and a relatively low-power design, Vega 2 should give customers some serious price/performance gains with J2EE applications.

Site – http://www.theregister.co.uk

Brain cells fused with computer chips

The line between living organisms and machines has just become a whole lot blurrier. European researchers have developed “neuro-chips” in which living brain cells and silicon circuits are coupled together. The achievement could one day enable the creation of sophisticated neural prostheses to treat neurological disorders, or the development of organic computers that crunch numbers using living neurons. To create the neuro-chip, researchers squeezed more than 16,000 electronic transistors and hundreds of capacitors onto a silicon chip just 1 millimeter square in size.

Site – http://www.msnbc.msn.com

Google in 20 years

Today Google show us new services almost every day.Google is all over the internet, in one word Google tend to be the internet.But let’s image how Google will look in 20 years …

Site – http://necromanc.blogspot.com

The Top 18 Skylines in the World

All my years in studying Urban Planning helped me grow a greater appreciation for the dense downtown skyline of the big city. The downtown core of big cities across the Americas, Europe and Asia are the cultural pulse and economic engines of urban regions where millions of people live. All urban “life” begins and ends, each day and night under the watch of the city’s tallest skyscrapers and most grand architectural structures. So kick back and appreciate the view that they have to offer… not too techy, but my hometown is included and good pictures.

Site – http://necromanc.blogspot.com

Samurai 7

Samurai 7 is a 2004 anime series based on Akira Kurosawa’s classic 1954 movie The Seven Samurai. Kanna is a friendly rice village with a problem. Every year during harvest, huge mechanical robots, known as the Nobuseri, come and steal away almost all of the rice that had been harvested that year. Not only that, the Nobuseri are becoming more demanding, now taking women and children in addition to rice. The elder of Kanna has declared that to protect the village they must hire samurai. However, they have no money and thus must find samurai willing to protect the village for the price of all the rice that he/she can eat. And thus the journey begins…

Site – http://en.wikipedia.org

Javalobby Readers’ Choice: Top 10 Java Books

There are evidently a lot of high-quality Java and programming books out there which your fellow Javalobby members would recommend. If you began right now reading the cumulative 72,079 pages of the titles they have recommended, and if you read fifty pages per day every day, then you would finish reading this collection sometime in the middle of January, 2013! Of course, there’s some question whether all of this material would still be relevant by then, and there’s also the small issue of whether you’d really want to fork over the $5,238.66 this library would cost if you paid full price for every title. Thank goodness for Amazon, that 38% savings would really matter here!

Site – http://www.javalobby.org

RDF Validator

Because RDF syntax can be hard to get right, it’s a good idea to test new RDF documents using an RDF validator. The W3C maintains one that also draws a grah of the dataset, which can be very helpful.

Site – http://www.w3.org