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In-memory databases for IOT

The use of memory in computing is not new. But while memory is faster than disk by an order of magnitude, it is also an order of magnitude more expensive. That has for the most part left memory relegated to acting as a caching layer, while nearly all of the data is stored on disk. However in recent years, the cost of memory has been falling, making it possible to put far larger datasets in memory for data processing tasks, rather than use it simply as a cache. It’s not just that it is now possible to store larger datasets in memory for rapid analytics; it is also that it is highly desirable. In the era of IoT, data often streams into the data centre or the cloud – the likes of sensor data from anything from a production line to an oilrig. The faster the organization is able to spot anomalies in that data, the better the quality of predictive maintenance. In-memory technologies are helping firms see those anomalies close to, or in, real-time. Certainly much faster than storing data ...

The biggest mistake almost every engineering student makes

Undertaking an engineering degree is one of the most difficult courses available. As a result, it is also one of the  best paid  professions around. For those who didn’t click the link, 6 out of the top 7 are engineering majors, with petroleum engineers unsurprisingly comfortably at the top of the list. You need to spend a lot of time studying and working hard to be successful in engineering, far more than most degrees. If you want to succeed, consider your final two years to be more or less devoid of a social life. Many students, year after year, make the same mistake over and over again when studying engineering. I have seen countless examples of students who don’t realise they are making this one mistake that sets them up for failure. What is the biggest mistake engineering students make? They don’t manage their time effectively! Key #1 – Develop a realistic and challenging strategy The first key to effectively managing your time is to have a strategy. Wars ...

ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN DETERMINING THE END OF HUMAN LIFE

Jahi McMath is legally dead in California, where a routine tonsillectomy on the thirteen-year-old girl done on Dec. 9, 2013 and she basically bled to death.  But she is still legally alive in New Jersey.  After refusing to let the California hospital harvest her organs, her family insisted that she was still alive and moved her to New Jersey to take advantage of a law that allows them to do so.  New Jersey and New York are the only states which allow families to refuse a diagnosis of brain death if it violates their religious beliefs.  This exception was made to accommodate the beliefs of Orthodox Jews, who believe that breathing indicates life.  Not so long ago, most people and governments would have said the same thing, but then medicine developed the ability to monitor brain function via electroencephalography (EEG machine) as well as more sophisticated technologies such as MRI scans and automatic ventilator machines.  The...

Climate change

“Scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal.” - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Climate change refers to any significant change in the measures of climate including temperature, precipitation or wind lasting for an extended period of time. The term “climate change” is commonly used interchangeably with Global warming and Greenhouse effect . The Earth is surrounded by an envelope of gases comprising of N 2 , O 2 , CO 2 , water vapourand other gases. It is this blanket of gases that controls the temperature on Earth. Climate change is primarily due to the human use of fossil fuels such as oil and coal which emit greenhouse gases like CO 2 , Carbon monoxide in the atmosphere. These gases trap heat in the atmosphere which can have a range of effects on the ecosystem from melting of glaciers to rise in sea- levels, from floods in the low-lying areas to droughts in water deficient areas. While some quantities of these gases are naturally occurring ...

CULTURE AND ITS IMPORTANCE

The concepts, culture and society are closely related.   Culture is defined as all the products of society-- material and nonmaterial; Society consists of interacting people living in the same territory who share a common culture. We really can't have one without the other (unless you want to call archaeological remains and historical records "culture"). People in society create culture; culture shapes the way people interact and understand the world around them Different people define culture in different ways, for example "Culture: learned and shared human patterns or models for living; day- to-day living patterns, these patterns and models pervade all aspects of human social interaction. Culture is mankind's primary adaptive mechanism"1. Another author says that "Culture is the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one category of people from another." from these definitions it is clear that both explains the...

Information Robbery on UIDAI

Covert examinations or alleged sting operations involve a mind boggling and problematical moral space in news coverage, yet it is difficult to blame The Tribune's confession, distributed in the wake of getting to Aadhaar's database of names, numbers and addresses. In the first place, the general population intrigue — which lay in demonstrating how effectively the database could be ruptured and attracting consideration regarding the presence of a sorted out racket to encourage this — far exceeded, or more than adjusted for, the demonstration of unapproved access, for this situation secured on installment of a couple of hundred rupees. The examination was composed up in the best journalistic convention — it focussed on how the information were being dug for cash, it didn't release any Aadhaar numbers or different points of interest to set up this, and it looked for and got a reaction from stunned authorities of the One of a kind ID Specialist of India before going to print...

NEED OF QUALITY EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Expansion of an academic system is invariably marked by issues of 'qualitydecline'. This was true, let's say, of the new growth of instructional systems inpractically all developingcountries within the Sixties and Nineteen Seventies. Similarly, the present state of affairs of stagnant or declining enrolments in many developing countries, once more brings theissue of up instructional quality to the forefront. Public debate on the standard of education sometimes concentrates on alittle variety ofissues, the foremost frequent of that is that the students' level of feat. People, whothemselves benefitted from a college education, tend to believe that 'today's youngsters square measuredoing worse than in our time'. They compare today's student levels in arithmetic,geography, etc. to what they feel their ow n generation learnt at school. Many folks square measurealso extreme...

Computer Assisted Learning(CAL)

Today, traditional education methods are rapidly being replaced with digital education, e-school, and distance learning systems. Heightened by enhanced visualization and data diffusion technologies, it is now extremely simple to develop computer software programs that display and analyse graphics data for human interpretation. This has become an integral part of education and is often used to develop and make interactive presentations in subjects that are challenging for students to understand without proper illustration. As per the above mentioned content, we simply define computer assisted learning as the tutoring, learning, and interacting process enabled through the use of computers. The main edge/benefit that CAL has over education methods is interaction. Computers can stimulate and provoke the active interest of students during the learning process at various levels. For example, on one level, it facilitates the interest of students in the learning measureable or the content...