My talk was about the Internet of Things. I just did a brief introduction to the topic that was followed by a good demo of http://rfrb.net/
31 May
I had a talk today at ISA http://www.isa.utl.pt/. Now that is what I call a campus! :)
31 May
Quem ainda não ajudou o Banco Alimentar ainda vai a tempo de o fazer! Não é preciso sequer ir às compras http://www.alimentestaideia.net/
29 May
Now, I need to prepare the first draft of an Internet of Things presentation.
27 May
Finishing a snapshot report. Only 1 hour left, no time to lose!
26 May
Link RT Banco Alimentar inaugura canal online de doação de alimentos com o apoio da Link http://tinyurl.com/3vcfgct
26 May
Paper accepted!
25 May
Hoje à noite a não perder: ciência e fé http://tercas.weebly.com/terccedilacom-feacute-e-cultura.html
24 May
Hoje o Técnico faz 1100100 anos! Parabéns informáticos! http://www.ist.utl.pt/ #IST #Técnico
23 May
Pope and the astronauts Live! http://www.vatican.va/news_services/television/index.htm
21 May
Mission accomplished! With a little inspiration from Endeavour :)
20 May
Switching to paper writing on paper. Let's see how it goes.
20 May
Change of plans: doing a review of a report and preparing it for a conference submission. Sometimes you've got to go with the flow...
20 May
Working on an architecture overview document
20 May
Santini do Chiado: aprovado!
19 May
Paulo VI em Fátima (13 Maio 1967): "Homens, sede homens. Homens, sede bons, sede cordatos, abri-vos à consideração do bem total no mundo."
13 May
It's good to know my research is going to be useful... soon!
11 May
Listening to WHRO classical music
4 May
Helping a student sharpen its MSc dissertation
2 May
Working at my new office at IST
2 May
ASUS PL-X31 Powerline adapter is an amazing product! I'm accessing the Internet from my store room, 3 floors down from my office!
1 May Favorite
2011-05-31
2011-05-30
History in the re-making
The National Museum of Computing has finished restoring a Tunny machine - a key part of Allied code-cracking during World War II.
BBC News - Code-cracking machine returned to life
This post is dedicated to PZL.
2011-05-29
Creative bookshelves
I love books. But sometimes they take up too much room at home and stay in the way. If only there were more creative bookshelves... ;)
The Spear
The Spear by Louis de Wohl
Louis de Wohl takes the reader back to the times of the Roman Empire, to follow the story of Cassius Longinus, one of the Roman soldiers that will witness the death of Jesus.
The Gospels are very well woven into the story. The book provides plenty of fresh perspective on the life of Rabbi Yeshua.
Someone that you probably heard of, for sure ;)
Louis de Wohl takes the reader back to the times of the Roman Empire, to follow the story of Cassius Longinus, one of the Roman soldiers that will witness the death of Jesus.
The Gospels are very well woven into the story. The book provides plenty of fresh perspective on the life of Rabbi Yeshua.
Someone that you probably heard of, for sure ;)
Sentimental-ism
Source: DisOriention book
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This is the first of a fourteen-part series of posts about ideologies - the "Isms".
The images and texts are taken from the DisOrientation book - How to go to College without losing your mind - web site.
2011-05-28
Baby brain
New study shows that babies can perform sophisticated analyses of how the physical world should behave.
Source: MIT News
This post is dedicated to Artur Mota :)
2011-05-27
Useful Google Bookmarklets
2011-05-25
Robot talk
Robots are creating their own language as part of a project involving the University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology. Researchers have taught two robots how to speak, but have not given them a specific language. Instead, the robots are making up words for each new place they visit and thing they see.
Source: Physorg.com via ACM Tech News
2011-05-24
Which technologies get better faster?
Some forms of technology — think, for example, of computer chips — are on a fast track to constant improvements, while others evolve much more slowly. Now, a new study by researchers at MIT and other institutions shows that it may be possible to predict which technologies are likeliest to advance rapidly, and therefore may be worth more investment in research and resources.
Source: MIT News via ACM Tech News
2011-05-23
Hold the Call, Watch the Road
An in-car warning system being developed by Microsoft researchers could help prevent accidents by automatically putting calls on hold when the road demands more attention. The researchers found that the system could significantly reduce the risk of an accident while driving.
Source: MIT Technology Review via ACM Tech News
2011-05-20
A World Full of Sensors
Computer scientists, electrical and computer engineers, and mathematicians at the TU Darmstadt and the University of Kassel have joined forces and are working on implementing the vision of "Smart Cities" under their “Cocoon” project.
Source: Alpha Galileo via ACM Tech News
2011-05-19
Portuguese Software Enables Automatic Analysis of Mammograms
This software, developed by a research team from INESC Porto and FEUP, can automatically analyse and validate cases of breast cancer using similar cases when the results are clear.
Source: INESC Porto via ACM Tech News
2011-05-18
Faster transistors
MIT physicists discover a new physical phenomenon that could eventually lead to the first increases in computers’ clock speed since 2002.
Source: MIT via ACM Tech News
2011-05-17
Looking for the King
Looking for the King by David C. Downing
This book tells the story of two young Americans - Tom and Laura - that travel to England and meets the Inklings, a literary group including C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien while research the legend of King Arthur.
The book is an interesting read. The main plot is nice but all too predictable.
The really good thing about the book is that you get to "meet" the Inklings and attend their lectures and more informal meetings at the Bird and Baby pub.
This book tells the story of two young Americans - Tom and Laura - that travel to England and meets the Inklings, a literary group including C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien while research the legend of King Arthur.
The book is an interesting read. The main plot is nice but all too predictable.
The really good thing about the book is that you get to "meet" the Inklings and attend their lectures and more informal meetings at the Bird and Baby pub.
Green GPS calculates most fuel-efficient route
A new software interface reduces energy consumption in transportation systems.
Green GPS, developed by computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, works like general GPS navigation, except that in addition to calculating the shortest and fastest routes, it also projects the most fuel-efficient route.
Read full story.
2011-05-12
2011-05-11
AI needs a reboot, experts say
Some of the founders and leading lights in the fields of artificial intelligence and cognitive science gave a harsh assessment last night of the lack of progress in AI over the last few decades.
Read the Unthinking Machines story
2011-05-10
Chip building goes up!
Intel Increases Transistor Speed by Building Upward
Read full story
(...) early transistors were built on a flat surface. But like a real estate developer building skyscrapers to get more rentable space from a plot of land, Intel is now building up.
The company has already begun making its microprocessors using a new 3-D transistor design, called a Finfet (for fin field-effect transistor), which is based around a remarkably small pillar, or fin, of silicon that rises above the surface of the chip.
(...) it expected to be able to make chips that run as much as 37 percent faster in low-voltage applications and it would be able to cut power consumption as much as 50 percent.
Read full story
2011-05-09
e-readers in research
A study on how University of Washington students use the Kindle arrived at an interesting conclusion:
Read the article
There is no e-reader that supports what we found these students doing
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