Category Archives: Computing

University of Southampton – Southampton engineers a Raspberry Pi Supercomputer

Posted on December 28, 2012 by dkohn96

A Raspberry Pi Suppercomputer:

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The MagPi

Posted on December 19, 2012 by dkohn96

My friends at MidSouth Makers just pointed out this link http://www.themagpi.com/ A FREE, on-line magazine for Raspberry Pi users. On other Raspberry Pi notes (also from my MSM friends) try http://store.raspberrypi.com/.

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Arduino’s Playmate

Posted on April 26, 2012 by dkohn96

Arduino’s Playmate The $25 Raspberry Pi will do for computing what Arduino has done for robotics IEEE Spectrum BY Steven Cherry // Wed, April 18, 2012 This is an exciting time for do-it-yourselfers. Last October, Spectrum ran a feature article … Continue reading →

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Happy IPv6 Day

Posted on June 9, 2011 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum June 8, 2011 Happy IPv6 Day We’ve run out of IPv4 addresses. Time to test drive the new protocol Interview Podcast found at http://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/telecom/standards/happy-ipv6-day Happy “World IPv6 Day.” If that’s not on your calendar as a major … Continue reading →

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UofM Programming Challenge / Robotics

Posted on May 1, 2011 by dkohn96

Yesterday, UofM Computer Science department held its “Programming Challenge” Competition. This year they changed the format a bit and added ROBOTICS to the competition. They used Lego RCX robotics and programmed them with LeJOS. They had around 80 students compete … Continue reading →

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Develop for Android

Posted on April 13, 2011 by dkohn96

Do you want to develop for the Android OS but are weak on programming skills? Try App Inventor.

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Robot Operating Systems and Software

Posted on March 10, 2011 by dkohn96

http://www.ros.org/wiki/ ROS (Robot Operating System) provides libraries and tools to help software developers create robot applications. It provides hardware abstraction, device drivers, libraries, visualizers, message-passing, package management, and more. http://www.microsoft.com/robotics/ The Microsoft® Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3 (Microsoft RDS) is … Continue reading →

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Watson Update

Posted on February 22, 2011 by dkohn96

By Daniel Kohn With the category of “US Cities” and the clue ” Its largest airport is named for a world war II hero; its second largest, for a world war II battle” and his wrong answer of “What is … Continue reading →

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Jeopardy! Update

Posted on February 17, 2011 by dkohn96

Following Jeopardy! Win, Experts Discuss Future Of Computers And Humans. The AP (2/17, Robertson, Borenstein) reports IBM’s Watson computer soundly defeated its two human opponents in Jeopardy! “Watson’s victory leads to the question: What can we measly humans do that … Continue reading →

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Programming Contest at UofM

Posted on February 15, 2011 by dkohn96

We’d like to invite you and students to participate in the 2011 Programming Challenge at the University of Memphis on Saturday April 30th, 2011. This event will be an opportunity for your students to learn about exciting technologies in computing. … Continue reading →

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