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Probabilistic Data Structures for Web Analytics and Data Mininghighlyscalable.wordpress.com
Statistical analysis and mining of huge multi-terabyte data sets is a common task nowadays, especially in the areas like web analytics and Internet advertising. Analysis of such large data sets oft... -
Taking Parking Lots Seriously, as Public Spacesnytimes.com
We need to take parking lots more seriously, architecturally, and to think of them as public spaces, as part of the infrastructure of our streets and sidewalks. -
Estonia redefines national security in a digital agealjazeera.com
Estonia's ambitious plan to protect the digital identity of its citizens and rewrite international cyber-security law. - projects.eff.org
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Water crisis coming in 15 years unless the world acts now, UN report warnstheglobeandmail.com
If current usage trends don’t change, the world will have only 60 per cent of the water it needs in 2030, report says -
Modeling the Maximum Range of a Projectile | WIREDwired.com
Students love the "range equation" in introductory physics, but it's really kind of silly. Here is a better way to calculate the maximum range of a projectile. -
Latin America Is Quitting Smoking, And Africa Is Taking It Upfivethirtyeight.com
Over the past decade, Panama has adopted some of the strictest smoking laws in the world. In 2008, the country banned smoking in nearly all public spaces, indoor and out, as well as all workplaces ... -
Running Kafka At Scale | LinkedIn Engineeringengineering.linkedin.com
We're seeking intelligent problem solvers who are inspired and motivated to change the world. -
Security of quantum digital signatures for classical messages : Scientific Reports : Nature Publishing Groupnature.com
Quantum digital signatures can be used to authenticate classical messages in an information-theoretically secure way. Previously, a novel quantum digital signature for classical messages has been proposed and gave an experimental demonstration of distr... -
How one man’s utopian vision for the Internet conquered, and then warped, Silicon Valleywashingtonpost.com
An influential manifesto declared independence from governments — and tech companies seized power. -
SlideMail Is An Intelligent Email App For The Rest Of Ustechcrunch.com
A new email application launching today called SlideMail is designed to help those of us with bad email habits sort through our inbox, while also.. -
CSI: Picasso: X-Rays Reveal the Master’s Materials | Cocktail Party Physics, Scientific American Blog Networkblogs.scientificamerican.com
Every field has its raging debates among impassioned experts, and the art world is no exception. Case in point: some art historians long suspected that master ... -
Tiny Farms: Edible insects are a novelty today, but they’ll be mainstream tomorrowfoodnavigator-usa.com
Two or three years ago, you could count the number of US firms using cricket flour in food products on the fingers of one hand; today there are more than 30 companies making everything from bars to cookies. -
Red Lady cave burial reveals Stone Age secrets - life - 18 March 2015 - New Scientistnewscientist.com
Some 19,000 years ago, a woman was coated in red ochre and buried in a cave in northern Spain. What do her remains say about Paleolithic life in western - itunes.apple.com
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Progress in controlling fusion heat burstsworld-nuclear-news.org
Researchers from General Atomics and the US Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have made a major breakthrough in understanding how potentially damaging heat bursts inside a fusion reactor can be controlled. -
A second minor planet may possess Saturn-like ringsnewsoffice.mit.edu
Researchers detect features around Chiron that may signal rings, jets, or a shell of dust. - carelesslearner.blogspot.com