From the perspective of a computer scientist, a city is also an information-processing entity. And so when IT talks about “smart cities” they usually talk about a system of many data sources and actuators distributed in the city, and the infrastructure to use them meaningfully. Data sources are things like a sensor temperature sensor, or …
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Smart City – one term, many concepts
The term “smart city” is en vogue. Every city that is proud of itself would like to be like a city smart. But most citizen con not connect a clear idea with this term. Sure, there are definitions of the term. Just for new terms it is crucially how they are used. Where there is …
Third price at the Speedup Europe Bootcamp!
Third price at the Speedup Europe Bootcamp! The task was to develop and present a business idea, which utilizes the cloud based services of FIWARE. Our team demonstrated how to improve quality assurance for offshore wind power plants. FIWARE is sponsored by the European Union.
Reversed sound volume controls
Sometimes when I want to adjust the volume on my electronic devices, I push the loud button instead of on the quiet button. Why do I get confused? Let’s look at the assignment of the volume buttons to the volume control for a Android tablet nexus 7, second version: When I press the left button, …
CoObeya
CoObeya is a network of experts for innovations. I am a member, and now our website is online. The Co stands for Co-Operation, Co-Laboration, Co-Creation, Obeya is a culture of innovation used in the Japanese high-tech industry, where the development of new products happens in a large room and intersects departments and even company borders.
Risk, Security and Human Decision Making
(Deutsch) Vortrag über die menschliche Seite von IT-Sicherheit. 5 Gründe warum Menschen zu riskanten Entscheidungen neigen.
OpenMRS
Last Saturday I took part in the OpenMRS-CodeJam. OpenMRS is a web based system for the entry, management and evaluation of medical records. It is an open source system. The core is written in Java and uses Spring and Hibernate. Special thanks to the team from ThoughtWorks for the organisation of the code jam.
Ushahidi
There is an article about Ushahidi on the ACM-Website. Ushahidi is a remarkable system that was originally used for election monitoring in Kenya. The system is used to collect, evaluate, visualize and map reports or eyewitness accounts. The central element is a web server. There are mobile apps for different devices, but information can also …
My blog get a new look
Today this website got a new theme.
(Deutsch) Google Technology User Group Hamburg
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