Technology

Artificial intelligence is poised to change the writing world as we know it. It has already revolutionized countless industries in the form of automation, and is poised to impact the creative industries in the near future. Some of the more developed tools are designed to predict the structure of a piece of writing, and others are created to assist the writer in their creative endeavours. Although AI writing software still has a long way to go, it is already good enough to be a starting point for many writers.

Lung cancers are difficult to detect at an early stage. Usually they are diagnosed on the basis of symptoms such as incurable chronic cough, breath shortness, general fatigue, etc. By the time lung cancers can get detected using X - rays, tumors usually have crossed their smallest and most curable state. In a recent research presented at theEuropean Respiratory Society International Congress in Munich, it has been reported that just by measuring the temperature of the exhaled breath, presence of lung cancers can be detected.

Brain is an enigma; an excellent servant but a terrible master. It controls us but the moment we try to control it, we find ourselves in uncharted waters. Recent Developments With the progress in science, however, we can now find out what our brains are doing, which of its parts are more active and even, to some extent, what it is thinking, just by looking at the EEG (Electro-encephalogram), fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging), etc.

Interaction, engagement and responsiveness are great trends of our times. From social media, website design to advertisements, the trend is all too catching. Digital Billboard from British Airways is an amazing example of interactive advertisement. Now it appears the human ingenuity is as limitless as his imaginations are and sky is not the limit. This time another brilliant interactive advertisement has been found deep under the ground-in Stockholm, Sweden. The digital screen in the subway advertises a new line of hair care products through a picture of products and a woman.

A four part Big Data Series: Part 1: Big Data, GFS and MapReduce – Google’s Historic Contributions Part 2:Hadoop - The Open Source Approach To Big Data Processing You Ought To Know Part 3: MapReduce - The Big Data Crunching Framework Part 4: MapReduce Framework - How Does It Work? We understand that MapReduce eats up the Big Data behemoth one bite at a time- but how does it really take those bites?

A four part Big Data Series: Part 1: Big Data, GFS and MapReduce – Google’s Historic Contributions Part 2:Hadoop - The Open Source Approach To Big Data Processing You Ought To Know Part 3: MapReduce - The Big Data Crunching Framework Part 4:MapReduce Framework - How Does It Work? So how do you eat an elephant? Of course one bite at a time and that is exactly what MapReduce Framework does to the behemoth of Big Data.

A four part Big Data Series: Part 1: Big Data, GFS and MapReduce – Google’s Historic Contributions Part 2: Hadoop - The Open Source Approach To Big Data Processing You Ought To Know Part 3: MapReduce - The Big Data Crunching Framework Part 4: MapReduce Framework - How Does It Work? Imagine yourself around the turn of the century- sometime around 1999-2002. Internet is evolving, Java is hot, XML is roaring and more and more people are joining the formative Internet Atlantic.

A four part Big Data Series: Part 1: Big Data, GFS and MapReduce – Google’s Historic Contributions Part 2:Hadoop - The Open Source Approach To Big Data Processing You Ought To Know Part 3: MapReduce - The Big Data Crunching Framework Part 4: MapReduce Framework - How Does It Work? Big Data is the new buzzword; a name given to the enormous amount of data that is piling up over time at an unprecedented rate- and that rate is increasing explosively.

As a CS freshman I was required to present on an emerging technology of my choice. I chose Big Data Processing Using Hadoop, with the focus being on general understanding of the core rather than technical depth. So here is a four part general write up: Part 1 covers the very fundamentals of Big Data and Google’s milestone contribution towards its processing. Part 2 discusses the development of Hadoop- an open source approach for the processing of Big Data.

The year 2014 is about to witness the explosion of an amazingly disruptive technology - Bluetooth Smart and it’s manifestation as iBeacon from Apple. It is essentially a micro location technology and in iOS it simply extends its location services. It can alert apps (in your mobile devices), when you are in the proximity of a location which has a Bluetooth Smart transmitter. You only need an iOS7 or later on your device, Bluetooth turned ON and a compatible device such as iPhone 4S, iPod (5th generation), iPad mini or an iPad (3rd generation).