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Author Archives: Hellmuth Broda
Infographic of the Day: Chronology Of Important Tech Inventions
Although there have been controversial discussions on the usefulness of infographics the one published on dvice.com from Rackspace Hosting, via Daily Infographic is nicely summarizing how each generation enjoys a technology revolution. What the graph does not mention though is that fact that … Continue reading
Clouds Shine Through the Fog: CloudBursting
This article was recently shared on LinkedIn: Future of cloud computing … more clouds. Seriously. | LinkedIn. It describes Forrester‘s take on the concept of virtual virtual (virtual**2) machines where users can move apps and data easily and freely between cloud service … Continue reading
Jonathan Livingston Seagull the Robot
Festo‘s SmartBird robotic seagull is barely four months old, but already it’s flown (or we should probably assume, been flown) from Germany to Edinburgh for the 2011 TEDGlobal conference. Festo has a fairly fascinating, frankly fantastical, and frequently full-on fabulous … Continue reading
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Will SuperCooperation Beat Command-and-Control in the Network Age?
Within the last couple of days I read two articles, a book review and a printed blog. Both were published at completely different places but reading them in a timely context made me see some interesting connection between the two. … Continue reading
Posted in Management, New and Noteworthy
Tagged Altruism, Business, Cooperation, Environment, F-Factor, Martin Nowak, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
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Twenty Years of World Wide Web!
August 6 marks the 20th anniversary of the world-wide web. It was the day when Tim Berners Lee and Robert Cailliau (both researchers at CERN) published a description of the world-wide web project and the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) in the … Continue reading
Posted in New and Noteworthy, Web
Tagged CERN, Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Robert Cailliau, Tim Berners Lee, World Wide Web
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Visible Light Communication An Alternative to Wifi?
An interesting alternative to WiFi in the home is the use of LED lamps where the network signal can be modulated on the light beam (Visible Light Communication, VLC) resulting in data transfers of 1GB/s. Project Omega, the Home Gigabit … Continue reading
Posted in New and Noteworthy
Tagged Data transmission, European Union, home network, LED lamp, Light-emitting diode, VLC, Wi-Fi
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Cloud computing: Over 30% in energy savings — Cleantech News and Analysis
Yes–there are issues with security, availability, and privacy in the cloud, but these will have to be managed (cf. some of the links below). The energy aspect is usually not brought to the table in the current discussions on Cloud Computing. … Continue reading
Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in serious trouble | ZDNet
A post by Robert Ciampa made me aware of this development. This time it seems that Tell is getting shot by the apple . . . See the article on ZDNet: Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in … Continue reading
Swiss ICT Award: Public Award is Open for Voting
Update: On Oct. 18th the Swiss ICT Award ceremony took place. See the new blog entry. As in earlier years I have the honor to serve as Jury member of the Swiss ICT Award. The Swiss ICT Award is an important and internationally recognised … Continue reading
Posted in New and Noteworthy
Tagged Lucerne, Swiss ICT Award, Swiss IT Magazine, Switzerland
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Identity Adventures From the Digital/Analogue Frontline
A few days ago I received communication from my domain provider with a bill, which was signed electronically. The paragraph referring to this read: “Als Anlage finden Sie eine neue Rechnung als .pdf-Datei mit digitaler Signatur (Rechnungsnummer: xxxxxxxxxxxxx). Bei der Signatur … Continue reading
Posted in Identity Management
Tagged Digital signature, Document, Electronic signature, Portable Document Format, Swiss law
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The Two Faces of Hacking – IEEE Spectrum
The Two Faces of Hacking – IEEE Spectrum. Interesting Article in the IEEE Spectrum with a matrix plot of recent attacks with scales from low to high impact and from simple to innovative. On the article page you can even … Continue reading
Apps: Are We on the Wrong Tack?
Everybody loves them. The little apps that you can download to your pad or smartphone that make life so much easier. But why should I download an app that allows me to read Der Spiegel or 20minutes? What happened to … Continue reading
A 508 Year Old Painting Brought To Life
Art and Technology combined can lead to beautiful results. Here an installation by Mat Collishaw where he animates the 1503 painting of Albrecht Dürer, “Das große Rasenstück” (Great Piece of Turf) in a LCD/PC installation called “Whispering Weeds” and brings … Continue reading
Puzzle: Warped Turboprop Propeller Blades
I recently took these two picture from the window of a Dash-10 Turboprop. Camera: HTC Desire HD. I can assure that the blades looked normal to the naked eye. Any explanation on the observed warping of the propeller blades in the pictures? Puzzle solved: … Continue reading
Should I Work for Free?
Should I Work for Free?. This graph helps in making such a decision with a touch of humor. Having been paid by a big corporation I was able for many years to do a lot of voluntary work in pre-sales, with … Continue reading
Cloud Computing: From Designer Clothes To Prêt-à-Porter
Today I read the June issue of the “Informatik Spektrum” (Organ of the German Informatics Society). It has a contribution by Prof. Gunter Dueck titled “Cloudwirbel” (cloud vortex). Gunter Dueck regularly publishes a column in this periodical under the header “DUECK-ß-INSIDE, many with … Continue reading
I finally made up my mind . . .
. . . to start my own blog. Whenever I read articles on the web or in trade magazines I think I should really tell George, Lisa, or Peter about this. Or that it would be worthwhile for several of … Continue reading
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