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smarterplanet: Emerging protocol can help manage the Internet...

Tue, 07 May 2013 07:12:39 -0400

Emerging protocol can help manage the Internet of Things — GCN

The ever-expanding networks of sensors and other machine-to-machine devices on the “Internet of Things” are creating huge stores of data for everything from traffic and weather monitoring to health care and finance.

And there will only going be more of them. Sensors, for example, will play a key role in the Obama Administration’s recently released National Strategy for Civil Earth Observations, a plan to increase the efficiency and effectiveness Earth-observations. Along with other steps toward streamlining the efforts of the 11 agencies involved in the observations, it calls for extensive use of sensors in gathering the data.

Of course, having all that data is one thing. Making sense of it — quickly — is another. One key is the emerging Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol, a lightweight messaging transport for machine-to-machine communications that recently was proposed as an OASIS standard.

OASIS in March began the process “to define an open publish/subscribe protocol for telemetry messaging designed to be open, simple, lightweight and suited for use in constrained networks and multi-platform environments.” The protocol, which consumes little power, is designed to help sensors and other devices — which tend to be low-power and low-bandwidth — communicate reliably.

laughingsquid: Test-Firing The ‘Liberator,’ World’s First...

Tue, 07 May 2013 07:10:56 -0400

laughingsquid:

Test-Firing The ‘Liberator,’ World’s First 3D-Printed Plastic Handgun

Redesigning Google

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:51:51 -0500

Redesigning Google

Why Startups Fail

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:34:08 -0400

by ernestoolivares.Browse more infographics.

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Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:45:00 -0400

staff: Welcome to the latest Tumblr Tuesday, where we share...

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:59:48 -0400

staff:

Welcome to the latest Tumblr Tuesday, where we share some of our favorite random Tumblr blogs of this very moment.

I Stole This From You
A collection of your precious things — stolen, borrowed, and handed down — and the stories behind them. Submitted by you. Illustrated by Sirin Thada.

Science in a Can
One-paragraph articles explaining the universe. If you’ve ever wondered what space smells like, here’s your answer.

YA Highway
Nomadic novelists from around the world celebrate fiction’s most exciting age ground: young adult!

FACEMATH
This new form of mathematics explains so much. Here’s my favorite.

Track Em, Find Em, Kill Em
A field guide from in-world universe of The Expendables 2. I’d sure hate to be these guys.

For updates on what’s fresh, check the official New & Notable Tumblrs blog!

Something to learn about and from the block buster poster...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:41:00 -0400

Something to learn about and from the block buster poster designs.

Rory Sutherland on how companies and individuals look for...

Thu, 24 May 2012 02:58:23 -0400

Rory Sutherland on how companies and individuals look for expensive solutions than effective solutions to spend on once they have a larger budget. A very common sensical approach!!

worldfamousdesignjunkies: “Focus groups” have said that this...

Mon, 14 May 2012 08:42:11 -0400

worldfamousdesignjunkies:

“Focus groups” have said that this new 20 dollar bill is pornographic and evokes images of 9/11 because there are two towers.

Dear focus groups: have you lost your fucking minds?

Here is an embed of the xkcd comic that originated the concept...

Tue, 08 May 2012 04:47:00 -0400

Here is an embed of the xkcd comic that originated the concept of the “Ballmer Peak” LOL nice one!!

hatetoburstyourbubble: i didn’t see one for Tumblr.

Tue, 08 May 2012 02:12:17 -0400

hatetoburstyourbubble:

i didn’t see one for Tumblr.

Tablets used 74% of time at home.

Tue, 08 May 2012 01:57:16 -0400

Tablets used 74% of time at home.

Flipboard>Trap It>>>> now its Zeen by Youtube founders

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:05:21 -0400

Awaiting a new game change…

twitter - be aware!!

What Men and Women Really Want, According to Social Media...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:05:56 -0400

What Men and Women Really Want, According to Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]

Tablets Are a Dream Come True for Retailers

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:00:46 -0400

Tablets Are a Dream Come True for Retailers

How Social Media Is Changing Sports [INFOGRAPHIC]

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:34:08 -0400

How Social Media Is Changing Sports [INFOGRAPHIC]

Challenging what is...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:11:00 -0400

Challenging what is impossible !!..Inspiring.. Truly awesome !! by Regina Dugan

Regina Dugan: directs the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the DoD innovation engine responsible for creating and preventing strategic surprise.

Skout and Grindr two of the most recent Location based dating site launched.

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:52:17 -0400

Grinder is just too gay or only gay..

Infographic of the Day: Is Bottled Water Really That Bad? Yes

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:14:43 -0400

Infographic of the Day: Is Bottled Water Really That Bad? Yes

The 10 corporations that control most of the products we use...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:45:00 -0400

The 10 corporations that control most of the products we use daily !