Top 50 New Software Development Books
Top 50 New Software Development Books – NOOP.NL
It’s been nine months since I created the Top 100 Best Software Engineering Books, Ever, with the best books ever released. I still refer to it when I want to pick up a timeless classic.But last week I suddenly had the desire to know what the new best software development books are. And I couldn’t find any such list. So, of course, I made it myself.
In this post I proudly present the Top 50 New Software Development Books, where new means “less than two years old”.
Intel & Micron Announce 25nm NAND Flash Production, SSDs to get Bigger/Cheaper in Q4
AnandTech: Intel & Micron Announce 25nm NAND Flash Production, SSDs to get Bigger/Cheaper in Q4
If IMFT can ramp up production of 25nm NAND flash, 2012 may be the year of the first truly affordable mainstream SSDs.
Complete Genomics To Sequence 1 Million Genomes
Exclusive: Complete Genomics To Sequence 1 Million Genomes – Interview With CEO | Singularity Hub
Instead of building individual machines that can be shipped off to laboratories, Complete Genomics is turning the traditional industry model upside down and doing the sequencing itself. Researchers send Complete Genomics a sample of human DNA in the mail, allow them to process it in their sequencing center, and shortly thereafter they will ship back the sequencing results at a cost and speed that is crushing the rest of the industry.What do I mean by “crushing”? In November of last year Complete Genomics announced that they had sequenced 3 human genomes at an average cost of materials below $5000 apiece, shattering all previous records by nearly a factor of ten! Last year Complete Genomics was charging its customers $20,000 per genome and this year they will be charging $10,000 or less. We can expect the company’s costs and the prices it charges its customers to continue to drop dramatically in the next few years. The $1,000 genome is indeed within sight.
EndoBarrier, un tratament revolutionar pentru diabet si obezitate
Oamenii de stiinta au pus la punct o metoda revolutionara care necesita doar 15 minute pentru a fi implementata, ce nu presupune o operatie chirurgicala si care poate sa conduca la o scadere considerabila in greutate si la anularea efectelor cauzate de diabet, informeaza site-ul express.co.uk, citat de Mediafax.
Mobile Touch Screens Could Soon Feel the Pressure
Technology Review: Mobile Touch Screens Could Soon Feel the Pressure
Forget swiping or pinching–the next generation of portable touch-screen devices will be able to distinguish between a gentle touch and a hard poke.Peratech, a U.K. company, has signed a $1.4 million deal to license its pressure-sensing touch-screen technology to Japanese screen manufacturer Nissha, which makes displays for companies including LG and Nintendo. Peratech’s technology is one of several approaches that can be packed into portable devices. But it uses a novel quantum mechanism to sense pressure, and this promises to be more sensitive and more efficient than the other approaches.
Samsung Begins Mass Producing 3D TV Panels
Samsung Begins Mass Producing 3D TV Panels
The company began producing LED and LCD compatible panels for 40-inch, 46-inch and 55-inch full-HD 3D TVs using ‘3D Active Glasses’ this month, employing Samsung’s exclusive true 240Hz technology.Samsung’s true 240Hz technology delivers full-HD viewing in 2D, and also smooth, natural, full-HD 3D images that can vividly capture rapid movements.
By incorporating true 240Hz technology, operating at 240 frames per second, Samsung’s panels deliver a more lifelike picture with alternating left and right eye images through the use of 3D Active Glasses technology.
Samsung has reduced the response time of its LCD and LED panels by 20 percent to less than four milliseconds, eliminating any interference between left and right eye images. With this improved response time, Samsung is able to achieve natural 3D images and also deliver 2D pictures capturing rapid movement with exceptional clarity.
Samsung’s new 3D Active Glasses technology first blocks the left and then right lens, causing a momentary lag when images are shown to each eye to achieve more lifelike 3D images. The term, ‘3D Active Glasses,’ was selected as an official term by the Glasses Standardization Working Group of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) earlier this year.
The polarized glass method previously used in 3D glasses produced separate images for the left and right eyes, resulting in half the resolution of two-dimensional pictures as only half of the screen can be viewed through each polarized filter. Brightness was also lowered because of the polarized filter.
Toshiba looks ahead, sees a 14TB disk
Toshiba looks ahead, sees a 14TB disk • The Register
Such areal density improvement delights won’t be appearing in products for several years. The hard disk drive industry might achieve a doubling of capacity every three years say, and that would deliver a 14TB 3.5-inch drive in 2018. You could plug in a different capacity doubling period to this algorithm and get a different year. Seagate reckons we have another two or three perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) media generations ahead of us before we need to move to new technologies such as BPM though. ®
The iPad and its Creator: A matter of watch, learn, perfect
The iPad and its Creator: A matter of watch, learn, perfect | TG Daily
What makes Steve Jobs so successful, according to Gladwell, is his talent to “watch, learn and perfect – swiftly and effectively.” The author said that the Apple co-founder, has matured the art of “perfecting someone else’s innovation.”I can’t really find fault with this thought. Look at the iMac, the Macbook, the iPod, iTunes, the iPhone, and now the iPad. They are all better versions of what we have had before.
Oldest bird-like dinosaur solves long-standing mystery
Oldest bird-like dinosaur solves long-standing mystery | Mail Online
A creature with pointed teeth, sharp claws and a confused identity has been shown once and for all to be a dinosaur and not a bird.Haplocheirus sollers lived 15 million years before the first flying bird, Archaeopteryx, and supports the theory that birds evolved independently from bird-like dinosaurs.
Organic transistor mimics brain synapse
Organic transistor mimics brain synapse – physicsworld.com
Researchers in France claim to have made the first transistor that mimics connections in the human brain. The device, which is based on pentacene and gold nanoparticles, could lead to a new generation of neuro-inspired computers as well as help connect artificial structures to biological tissue.
Planetary physics shrunk into a lab as MIT pursues fusion
Planetary physics shrunk into a lab as MIT pursues fusion – physicsworld.com
Researchers in the US have simulated a magnetic field structure normally produced by the core of a planet, and they say that their design could lead to an efficient way of harnessing nuclear fusion for power generation. The experiment, based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), could also provide an opportunity for space physicists to model the dynamics of planetary magnetic fields and their interaction with charged particles from space.
‘Altruistic’ robots produced through evolution
‘Altruistic’ robots produced through evolution | TG Daily
And, astonishingly, the robots were even able to evolve altruistic behaviour, in a task that involved pushing tokens around. Some could be pushed single-handed, earning the robot one ‘fitness point’; others required two robots, gaining the whole group one point.It was found that groups of unrelated robots – those with randomly differing genomes – invariably took the selfish approach and went for the small tokens. But those with similar genomes generally pushed the larger tokens, cooperating to raise the fitness of the whole group – and thus reducing their own chances of ‘winning’.
Dinosaur’s colour discovered for first time… and it was GINGER
Dinosaur’s colour discovered for first time… and it was GINGER | Mail Online
He added: ‘Our research provides extraordinary insights into the origin of feathers. In particular, it helps to resolve a long-standing debate about the original function of feathers – whether they were used for flight, insulation, or display.‘We now know that feathers came before wings, so feathers did not originate as flight structures.
‘We therefore suggest that feathers first arose as agents for colour display and only later in their evolutionary history did they become useful for flight and insulation.’
The Avatar Mountains
Fresh Pics: The Avatar Mountains
In a beautiful part of southern China there are some mountains called the Southern Sky Column Mountains which have recently been renamed to the Avatar Hallelujah Mountains after the floating mountains that were featured in the blockbuster movie Avatar. The floating Hallelujah Mountains in the movie were the inspiration of a Hollywood photographer who, in 2008, shot photos of the Southern Sky Column Mountains. Now, tourists can go on a tour to see Avatar’s floating mountain and learn that they were once called the Southern Sky Mountains.
Apple’s iPad debuts: a giant iPod touch for $499
Apple’s iPad debuts: a giant iPod touch for $499 – The Tech Report
Not one to disappoint, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled his company’s latest creation during this morning’s press event. Dubbed iPad, the new device has a 9.7″ multi-touch display (based on the same IPS panel technology as high-end professional displays), a custom-designed Apple A4 processor, a super-sized version of the iPhone operating system, and a 10-hour battery.
