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Feb, Sat, 2020

Fiber Optics And Nanotechnology Pioneer

Dr. Thomas Mensah is a world-renowned Ghanaian – American inventor and chemical engineer well-known for his pioneering innovations in fiber optics and nanotechnology.

Settling in the United States, Thomas Mensah took a job at Air Products and Chemicals in Allentown, Pennsylvania, from 1980 to 1983.

Mensah’s jobs in the 1980s were well suited to his strengths in basic research.

From 1983 to 1986 he worked for Corning Glass Works in its fiber optics research division in Sullivan Park, New York.

There he devised a new and faster method of accomplishing a fiber optics manufacturing procedure, the draw and coating process, that brought him four patents.

In 1986, Thomas Mensah joined AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he led the development of fiber optics utilized in guided missiles.

Source: Dr. Thomas O. Mensah

delta
Feb, Fri, 2020

Data , F.Y.I.

Stellar Development Foundation – Horizon 1.0

What is Horizon?

Horizon is an HTTP API server that makes it easy for people to interact with the Stellar network without having to worry about low-level details. It exposes multiple endpoints that are optimized to allow you to do things like:

Submit a transaction to the network
Read information about the current state of the ledger (like an account’s balance)
Explore historical data (like the transactions an account has submitted to the network)

Source: Introducing Horizon 1.0 – Developers Blog

delta
Nov, Mon, 2018

Data , F.Y.I.

The truth about Virtual Private Networks – Should you use a VPN? – Video

delta
May, Tue, 2018

Data , F.Y.I. , Smart Home Tech , Video , Voice

IoT Security Done The Right Way

Eli The Computer Guy interviews CUJO CEO Einaras von Gravrock…

https://www.homeruninstall.com/product/cujo-iot-wifi-security/

delta
Dec, Fri, 2017

Data , F.Y.I. , Smart Home Tech

Ubuntu for the Internet of Things

From home control to drones, robots and industrial systems, Ubuntu Core provides robust security, app stores and reliable updates. Ubuntu makes development easy, and snap packages make Ubuntu Core secure and reliable for widely distributed devices.

Digital signage

A small footprint and full OpenGL with reliable updates across a diverse range of hardware make Ubuntu Core a perfect platform for millions of digital signs.

Robotics

With ROS and snapcraft, it’s easy to enable apps on robots and drones, creating new ecosystems and business models.

Gateways

Rich networking and protocol support make Ubuntu Core the perfect choice for your industrial gateways. Create the next wave of industrial control and intelligence with Ubuntu Core.

Source: Ubuntu for the Internet of Things | Ubuntu

delta
Nov, Mon, 2017

Data , F.Y.I.

Technical Explanation-How Blockchains Really Work-Video

delta
Nov, Sat, 2017

Data , F.Y.I.

Big Data Minority Report -Palantir

The ‘special ops’ tech giant that wields as much real-world power as Google

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=RgJ4yZigi9M

Peter Thiel’s CIA-backed, data-mining firm honed its ‘crime predicting’ techniques against insurgents in Iraq. The same methods are now being sold to police departments. Will they inflame already tense relations between the public and the police?

Source: Palantir: the ‘special ops’ tech giant that wields as much real-world power as Google

delta
Nov, Fri, 2017

Data , F.Y.I. , Smart Home Tech

The Equitable Internet Initiative

What is E.I.I?

The Equitable Internet Initiative (EII) will accelerate outreach, training and wireless broadband Internet sharing on the neighborhood level in Detroit. The program’s mission is to ensure that more Detroit residents have the ability to leverage online access and digital technology for social and economic development.

Their Story

DCTP grew out of Allied Media Projects’ (AMP) nine year track record of digital media education and community technology building in Detroit.
In 2012, Allied Media Projects partnered with the Open Technology Institute of the New America Foundation to create the Digital Stewards Program, which trains neighborhood leaders in designing and deploying community wireless networks with a commitment to the Detroit Digital Justice Principles, emphasizing access, participation, common ownership, and healthy communities.
The following year, three community wireless networks were built and prototyped in five Detroit neighborhoods. To date, DCTP has implemented the Digital Stewards training with leaders from seven Detroit neighborhoods and has supported 11 community groups internationally to adopt and modify the training for their own contexts.

The Digital Stewards Program led to the formation of the Detroit Community Technology Project in 2014. DCTP was developed to encompass broader community technology education and organizing work and to share best practices.