Image by Mudassar Iqbal from Pixabay Microservices architecture development is a relatively new field. A number of practices are still being ironed out. Unfortunately, there are a lot of common mistakes that can lead to costly outcomes. Developers need to ...

microphone placed inside the Lausanne Cathedral (Credit: EPFL) Researchers from Switzerland developed a new algorithm which can precisely measure the dimensions of a room using just a few microphones and a snap of your fingers. Indoor GPS and many other ...

Researchers at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse are studying the design of termite mounds in hopes of applying their principles to full scale architectural projects. The long term project yielded surprising ...

Researchers at Columbia University in New York City have developed an autonomous robot capable of exploring urban areas and creating site models based on imaging and other collected data with little or no human interaction. Such models, currently created by ...

Yale School of Architecture is using an advanced robotic arm called Kuka HA 60-3 which is capable of multiple tasks as well as learning new actions. The robotic arm assists students to create 3D models in unprecedented precision and accuracy. ...

The USB 3.0 Promoter Group released the USB 3.0 specifications at the first SuperSpeed USB Developers Conference in San Jose, California, held on on Monday, November 17th. The completion of the specification, the technical map for USB 3.0 – also ...

Intel Corporation will be unveiling a paper detailing the first ever “many-core” blueprint named “Larrabee.” Larrabee is a new approach to the software rendering 3-D pipeline, a ”many-core” programming model and performance analysis tool for several applications. Larrabee would be ...

Architect Mitchell Joachim, in collaboration with Douglas Joachim, a personal trainer, came up with a concept that redefines the way we view the contemporary gym. When we exercise a lot of energy is dissipated and wasted. River Gym, a soft ...

Researchers at Guardian Industries have recently introduced a new form of vacuum-glazed super glass. Based on the same principle used in vacuum thermos bottles, these glass panels essentially negate two principal modes of heat transfer. This vacuum-glazed glass may enable ...

Crystal Island is an ambitious building project on an unprecedented scale, which was recently granted preliminary planning permission in Moscow. Designed by Foster and Partners, whose chairman is the accomplished architect Norman Foster, this impressive project will be the world’s ...