Boxopus born a few weeks ago, a tool to download torrents directly to your Dropbox I had all to be a success because of the sync option and having the torrents available for download from any place where you are. Work, school, home of the mother, not going to stop downloading torrents ever. For this reason is that Dropbox became concerned, as the torrents are strongly associated with piracy and this is not nice for a company that is very successful without relying on anyone. So the dream ended, but we could not tell you about this great idea censored by fear.
Dropbox is a great help for those who want our files by hand all the time, and also for those who rely on this service as an aid when backing up. Through its API, applications, websites and other services have made Dropbox universal storage system in a context where the alternatives are many and there are some that I look better. But its expansion has come so that people of Boxopus had a great idea and decided to launch an application that allowed namesake torrents direct to your Dropbox, bringing together two worlds that we love. In short, Boxopus was a new service that let you download torrents synchronize based on a strange and unmediated Dropbox without compromising the integrity of your account.
Making an intelligent use Dropbox API, users would be able to add BitTorrent torrent files anonymously and without the need for a BitTorrent client installed on your computer (great for when you're at work and want to advance a little downloads). The good thing is that basically all you had to do is click comenzasen files for synchronization with the cloud and your Dropbox folder, which would be converted into a true hub of content downloaded you can use anywhere and building width foreign band, cough cough. But why use the past tense? Because Dropbox was in his pants, basically. Is that in view of what this web service offered, the company decided to ban or prohibit Boxopus. The reason is the piracy which are associated with the torrents because Dropbox wants nothing to do with itDropbox says: "We noticed that Boxopus characteristics may be perceived as an incentive for users to violate copyright using Dropbox. Copyright infringement is against our terms of service, so cancel access to the API. Once the access is revoked, any request to the API to generate the application will fail"
A pity! For the comfort knowing that he was almost assured, security was a factor in the use of Boxopus, that by using the Dropbox API, this had no access to other files in your Dropbox account. The idea was launched and several torrent sites had already discussed his interest in integrating alternative Boxopus download your torrents, but the dream was short with Dropbox in fear at the prospect of being pointed the finger of the RIAA and other economic interest groups that are behind everything that has whiff of piracy, though to the rest of us is more of a scent of freedom of action.
By now you may have heard of Amazon EC2. If you need a computer / server and virtual private (or more) running constantly and allowing applications to be administered at any time through the cloud, that's the kind of service you seek, however, the neighborhood is about to a bit more populated. With the I / O conference entering its final day, the Mountain View giant officially announced its platform Google Compute Engine. With more than 770 thousand families and counting, the new platform promises GCE increased processing power at lower cost, something that definitely sounds good in theory.
Perhaps an average user with a desktop, a laptop and / or tablet available to ask (with some validity) that want a virtual computer in the cloud. If your hardware needs are met, there may be no reason to have one, but the point is that, in most cases, these needs "no" are covered. Virtualization is one of the best things we have passed, and having access to all virtual machines that we want in exchange for a certain cost increases the chances of success for any project. I know some users use virtual systems in the cloud to create "boxes torrent", however, such use is negligible in comparison with large-scale projects that require thousands of cores in parallel, to carry them out in a reasonable time.
Here is where the new option of Google, called Google Compute Engine. Web sites, online games, content distribution and databases are some applications that can have virtual environments based on Linux (Ubuntu or CentOS are the main options) GCE. The key to better understand the GCE platform is think big. During his demonstration, executed an application focused on analyzing the human genome, and assigned to it about 600 thousand families, which verifies that the CGE has a level of flexibility and impressive processing power. Google has said that his GCE can provide up to fifty percent more calculations per dollar, and when operating on such a scale, there is no doubt that every penny counts.
With this announcement, Google clearly seeks to erode the position of Amazon EC2. It's as if Google is in a sort of cold war against Amazon, the first consumer-level tablet with the Nexus 7, and now with a very high-profile platform as CGE. Obviously, Amazon has several years ahead and have more varied options (virtual systems can run Linux or Windows, according to what the user needs), but beyond the differences, the smallest instance of Google seems to deliver more amount of resources worth more than reasonable. The platform is in beta, and Google is already offering "trials" limited to selected projects.
Like it or not, Google does not rest and while you put your content before the start of a new extension for Chrome, the people of Mountain View is working on an artificial brain of billions of neural connections using 16,000 computers. While still unable to go into space as the mind of the crew and then conspiring to kill all humans in it, now is working to identify cats on the web through a learning process that does not carry any human assistance.
Although Einstein said that human stupidity is one of the only certainties, our brain is the machine that every scientist dreams of imitating through some invention that forever revolutionize artificial intelligence. The calculation capacity, the unused potential and everything that makes the mystical brain has drawn attention to laboratory scientists Google X, apart from the invention of augmented reality devices and cars that drive themselves, have made research on neural networks and how machines can learn alone if they are connected to each other and the Internet. Thus, the artificial brain of Google begins to take shape.
The first test was done to the neural network consists of 16,000 processors Google more than a billion connections was to get online and expose it to 10 million thumbnail images found on YouTube videos. The neural network then began searching for what humans look for more: cats. According to information leaked, the neural network is taught herself to discover the cats in the pictures, and the result will be presented by researchers next week, but they are very satisfied as cats have been recognized efficiently in a list than 200,000 objects. It also reconfirmed the biological hypothesis that says that individual neurons are trained to detect important objects, even in the era of today are cats.
This learning model which is called "deep learning" (Learning in depth) is part of the latest in research of speech recognition by computers these days, and Microsoft also demonstrated to be aware and in the process of investigation. Despite not even dream of achieving the power of human cortex, the Google brain artificially proves to be more and more intelligent as it faces huge amounts of data. Is that since Google insisted that there was some support for the selection and identification of objects during the learning process and that this could have been neurologically successfully completed by repetition. That is, they never told "this is a cat", but the neural network invented the concept itself.
6 - Be open to learn from anyone. Not only the best.
A positive attitude must prevail in the mind of an engineer, even in the worst times. Builds confidence and provides security to the rest of the working group. Do not be pessimistic to believe that what is invented in advance, will be impossible. Learn to accept ideas, but from other people with less experience, listen to all views, watch the movements or competitive products and to sit and re-examine theories related to the project, may be the key to achieving a successful product for the company where you work. Pessimism, obtuse behavior, or not to accept ideas that do not close our minds, can wreck a project that other companies successfully reach, thanks to open-mindedness of its engineers.
7 - Our boss or manager, not the enemy.
A good manager will always try to be successful in the work you are assigned as ultimately, success will also mean it. You must always remember that a manager advises people with high potential, determines the salaries they "deserve" their employees, writes and detailed job performance of individual employees, assigns projects and work according to the skills of engineers who is in charge and many other direct actions that mark the direction of our actions, our attitude in a company. Therefore think that our chief is our enemy is a very serious mistake that can lead to failure in a company. If enmity or antagonism are factors beyond the orbit of work, always have the option of requesting a reallocation of tasks or a new location within the company. It will also be very healthy to do a deep introspective vision to learn to know each other better and find out if we act on impulse or non-existent prejudices against persons who, as mentioned earlier, want to help us be successful together, not eliminate us.
8 - Be grateful to the University
Return to the home that taught you to grow, to fight and be a professional, can be a significant motivation for students who seek to achieve a job as you can get to have you. Learn from your experience, the ups and downs and challenges that life has put you on the road and have managed to overcome to get to have professional success you have today. Provide lectures, conferences, seminars, specific industry support and practical issues are some of the activities that will teach anyone to do, but the fruit of your hard work will invite you to make as a gesture of thanks, rich for the spirit and very useful for future generations.
9 - Be happy with your work.
This is very simple and does not require much explanation. If you feel repulsion or a natural aversion for each job that touches you do, you should reconsider very good job that touches you take or, in the worst case, you should consider dedicating to another branch of science. An engineer loves his job, is happy with each positive result, however minimal, and will always on his face a picture of happiness contagious, showing that it feels fortunate in life. That their work is what we always wanted.
10 - Manage your own career breaking down myths and study until the end.
No one will manage your career for you. Only you will decide if you want to be a freelancer, an industrial employee, or if your momentum takes you to be leader of a multinational group of companies. Everything is within you and discover just never expect someone else to do for you. Of course freedom of choice brings with it many risks of losing everything achieved over many years of sacrifice in a few minutes, but within the urban myths, which must not fall there are two very important: a) In dynamic business world today, no job lasts forever and b) Never believe that your company, boss or manager will look after you and your career. Have too many complications in his life to "adopt" a new "son."
Finally, never stop studying, learning, moving on to new technologies through post-graduate courses, conferences, publications and specialized techniques for each element can help you stay current. Do not think you get a title is to finish school, that would be a grave mistake. Accepts and understands that there is a finish line, but a new starting point. It is the beginning of a lifelong study until the end of your life as an active worker for not being left out of technological advance. Otherwise, what would the title validity of an electronics engineer who can not work with an FPGA? There will always be someone younger than you, on your tail. Be sure to advance, life has just begun and the road is very long. The goal is not the title, is all life.
As, as an engineering student, you begin to advance your career and the first glimmerings avizoras your arrival to obtain the "as dreamed academic degree", also begin to understand that there is a real, physical world out there, much more complex than you might have thought during your days as a student. To be an outstanding engineer, some of the things you need to know, not necessarily learn in college. This is understandable, given the time (relatively) short to live in your passage through it, together with the significant differences between the objectives of a house of studies and the requirements that the work activity, industry or the real world, you require. Here are some of the basic things that the University does not teach you.
1 - You must learn to be a professional business-oriented, rather than the development and / or design.
Is a key priority to understand the "cost of doing business." It means understanding the total costs involved for your company or organization, make a product. This basic concept is relevant to any engineering discipline. From the first bolt to the last drop of tin. You must learn to understand the relevance of monetary gain. If you work for a company, it is important that you become aware and reasoning assume that your company is in business to make profits as a reason for their existence (except you work for a company subsidized by the state) and will go bankrupt if that does not happen until, finally, come when you'll no longer have a job. So, first think of the profits of the company, if it is covered, you can unleash your creativity, spirituality, ethical principles, moral and feeding the dreams of inventions developed during your college years.
2 - multidisciplinary problems and your unique specialty.
The problems you face in a classroom during your career as a student are difficult, although in most cases you solve them with the knowledge acquired within the study area of your specialty. Quite the contrary, in real life many of the obligations require you to dabble in multidisciplinary work. This will make your life in the workplace is exciting, challenging and rewarding. Therefore, part of "your" interest is the fact extend beyond "what they taught you" and you should move to expand (by yourself) your technical knowledge in theory and practice in all disciplines of engineering, much as possible. You will learn many fundamentals of relevant specialties (who will be involved in your area) very different from yours.
Major universities may give you some experience in this area, through field experiences or internships in any industry that produces products not always directly related to your field of study. For example, while studying Electronic Engineering, you can do an internship in metallurgy or in an architectural firm. Always talking about the same race, you can intervene in the design of a circuit for Formula One, in a glider, the stability of a system of satellite and thousands of end products, at first impression, have nothing to do with your major and where your relationship with other "disciplines" may take you to "be part of a group or team."
3 - Learn to work in groups
Joining a workgroup does not mean that you will be waiting as a professional specialist and star in your field. You will be one that will fulfill a specific role where there are other "pairs" with your own specialty and they have the added bonus of experience and "office" in the work area where you have been assigned (which you do not already have). That is, in an imaginary industry, a specialist design the structure of an aircraft, other mechanics of the engines and their inclusion in the ship, another the setting and internal distribution of the benefits of the service and the electronics that you command the aircraft . However, in reality, many active groups "organized" (well, in quotes), which operate in a chaotic way opportunities and / or anarchy, where everyone tries to save your work (do their job) without considering in depth the desprolijidades you can leave as a legacy to the working groups that continue in the production chain.energy-soccer-greenenergy-FIFA-technology-
The soccer ball that stores energy
Usually, the correct statement would be: kick a football a waste of energy produced by the players. However, the science exists to break this kind of predictable truths, so now we can say that kicking a ball will cause the player to have more energy available. No, no. Also produce fatigue in them, but after playing for a while may use the stored electrical energy in the kicked ball to load, for example, a lamp, phone or whatever is needed in places where electricity is not something that may be playing. This is the Socket ball, soccer ball
This is the age in which soccer balls are building processes longer than some modern buildings. Are studied, they are thinking, is the test given thousands of properties concerning the game that will participate, and if we talk about football, the care is much higher, but then fiascos occur as large as the world. Within the balls, as well as air, have begun to introduce meters and systems of all kinds await the approval of FIFA to be implemented in official matches, avoiding more fiascos. With this idea, and thinking less about FIFA and Africa, students at Harvard University had started a project in 2008 whose name was Ball Socket. Its role was simple: a ball with the ability to capture and store energy from the kicks of the players.
It succeeded in 2010 and there began the real development taking solidarity ribbons that generate media attention but obviously not financial. Today researchers and graduates have a soccer ball that can give power to millions of children in Africa. Just have to play with him, since this area has a unique design consisting of a mechanism based on a gyroscope inside that captures the energy printed on the leather and makes clean electricity for use in mobile charging, lighting, purifiers water, heating, fans, speakers and more. Water resistant and the most adverse conditions, this concentrates the energy ball as does one of those LED flashlights that are stirred to generate electricity through a wire coil and a magnet. Simple, but in a ball.
As if this way of making small energy sources athletes in your own home, the ball is made of 95% organic materials, which implies a coherence sometimes forget many of these projects. Habiéndola tested in South Africa, energy capture was good, but could be improved. The technical problem was the weight, because the ball socket is a few grams heavier than the official match ball (though it cares little who is seeking his second goal on a makeshift pitch). The soccer ball that stores energy expected to sell $ 60 in a campaign of such purchase and donate, hopefully a lot of satisfaction to the three parts that come together in this great project.
4 - Mathematics and Quality of Materials
You will spend 99% of your engineering career trying to understand how everything is shown mathematically that surrounds the man and his existence. Everything will be associated with mathematics. Since the flight of a fly, the falling leaf of a tree, how credit cards and even how a transistor in an amplifier. Interestingly, of the preparatory period comes when you think everything in your work will always be resolved into a series of black boxes with inputs and outputs that obey mathematical processes you know. In the real world, you learn to know the transistors (Asians) and poor quality that do not respond at all to those who express their sheets, or find that the reliability of the metals you have selected does not match the theory learned over the years . You learn that the materials begin to learn to use, experience failures and many shortcomings that mathematics can not explain.
You may not get to use them in most of the work you are assigned, or you feel very frustrated to find that, who is on the other side of the counter, has no idea of the absolute value of each magnetic permeability ferrite core is in the store, who only knows that one is 4C65, another is T100 and the other ... is not labeled. You must learn to recognize the quality of the materials appealing to the senses, as the price of different goods does not always reflect what the data sheets express. How can we conceive that a single transistor cost 4 Euros and there is another model "economic" 1 Euro? What kind of magic did the manufacturer to be cheaper? They begin to discover that your mathematical analysis, quality of materials and data sheets do not always go together. In electronics, usually begin to learn what the temperature, smell and color of the smoke.
5 - Understand the differences between universities and industry.
Some things, however elementary they may seem, are hard to digest when you switch from an academic and a pass to work. It's like falling suddenly in another country, only with your knowledge to be used as tools. The differences are remarkable and in many cases, you must have the strength to not fall as soul or feelings of frustration.
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One of the key points that can not be part of a simple list, is the subject of earlier intellectual property. Any research, development and discovery in a university is an academic achievement and social merit very important for the institution. This will give recognition in society, give them access to government benefits in appreciation for his contribution to science of a nation and many other benefits and / or awards that mean "good things" for the house of studies. Quite the contrary, the industry-wide trade secrets, intellectual property of every idea, every project you are working under a strict trade secret, completely changes the experience of joy and excitement to share a find. In industry, a successful discovery means a patent and that leads to working capital for the company. Disclose such information, without control or shelter, can create serious problems in our future work.
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