U.S. Census Bureau Employees, Circa 1960s, With The Film Optical Sensing Device For Input To Computers

Evolution of API Economy

API (Application Programming Interface) economy is impelling companies to secure the digital services and assets. Having API that is useful in providing solutions to the consumers is DevOps core goal. API economy is growing for its management platforms acting as an API request and protects the back ends of services from being brought down from too many breaches or queries. API platforms have a wide range available for many tailored solutions that cater to the specific needs.

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5 Questions from a Year of Education on the International Space Station

This year, we’re celebrating a Year of Education on the Station as astronauts and former teachers Joe Acaba and Ricky Arnold have made the International Space Station their home. While aboard, they have been sharing their love of science, technology, engineering and math, along with their passion for teaching. With the Year of Education on the Station is coming to a close, here are some of the highlights from students speaking to the #TeacherOnBoard from across the country!

Why do you feel it’s important to complete Christa McAuliffe’s lessons?

“The loss of Challenger not only affected a generation of school teachers but also a generation of school children who are now adults.” Ricky’s personal mission was to bring the Challenger Mission full circle and give it a sense of closure by teaching Christa’s Lost Lessons. See some of Christa’s Lost Lessons here.

Have you ever poured water out to see what happens?

The concept of surface tension is very apparent on the space station. Fluids do not spill out, they stick to each other. Cool fact: you can drink your fluids from the palm of your hand if you wanted to! Take a look at this demonstration that talks a little more about tension. 

How does your equipment stay attached to the wall?

The use of bungee cords as well as hook and loop help keep things in place in a microgravity environment. These two items can be found on the space station and on the astronaut’s clothing! Their pants often have hook and loop so they can keep things nearby if they need to be using their hands for something else. 

Did being a teacher provide any advantage to being an astronaut?

Being an effective communicator and having the ability to be adaptable are great skills to have as a teacher and as an astronaut. Joe Acaba has found that these skills have assisted him in his professional development.  

Since you do not use your bones and muscles as often because of microgravity, do you have to exercise? What type can you do?

The exercises that astronauts do aboard the space station help them maintain their bone density and muscle mass. They have access to resistance training through ARED (Advanced Resistive Exercise Device) which is a weight machine and for cardio, there is a bicycle and treadmill available to keep up with their physical activity.

Learn more about the Year of Education on Station. 

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How to melt gold at room temperature

When the tension rises, unexpected things can happen – not least when it comes to gold atoms. Researchers from, among others, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now managed, for the first time, to make the surface of a gold object melt at room temperature.

Ludvig de Knoop, from Chalmers’ Department of Physics, placed a small piece of gold in an electron microscope. Observing it at the highest level of magnification and increasing the electric field step-by-step to extremely high levels, he was interested to see how it influenced the gold atoms.

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China’s Xinhua news agency says it has developed an artificial intelligence news presenter, ready to take over 24/7, every single day of the year

The news anchor, based on the latest AI technology, has a male image with a voice, facial expressions and actions of a real person. “He” learns from live broadcasting videos by himself and can read texts as naturally as a professional news anchor.

Big data analysis is the buzzword in the technology domain has gathered massive traction in recent time. As the customer touch points are increasing from digital communications like social media and emergence of new innovative technologies like IoT, companies now have data sources that give real-time information. 

It is forcing enterprises to rely on it for more profound insights which are helping organizations to grow. Here are five significant data analytics trends that will be the talk of the technology world in 2019 and beyond.

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Amazon has been an e-commerce leader for the past decade for more reasons than one can imagine. Many opine it is the firm’s incredible ability in bridging gaps by delivering enticing products and services.

The greatest example is its virtual online shopping platform that set an example for many retail firms to follow. It continues to remain one of the favorite online shopping destinations today and has been irreplaceable.

The firm has been making waves recently for the launch of its latest cutting-edge product, Alexa. The world has been raving about this latest offering of the technology giant and the myriad benefits it can offer to the hospitality sector.

Amazon Alexa Various Benefits:

Owners of many hospitality concerns have started to realize the importance of Alexa and its potential in making the stay comfortable. The greatest advantage is that the Alexa can be entirely customized and tailored to align with the requirements of a hotel and the common expectations of its customer base.

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Drones today are not just limited to military surveillance or tech-savvy customers. There have been several advancements in drone technology over the last few years, and with each advancement, drone technology continues to improve in itself.

The changing lifestyle of modern-age customers creates significant impacts on banking requirements and encourages banking service providers to optimize their offerings digitally. With the dynamic growth of customer finance and banking needs in various sectors, the digital-age CIOs opt for advanced mobile banking applications.

 Mobile banking applications have experienced rapid adoptions in recent years. Today, mobile banking applications and interfaces have become the primary focus of banking service and product providers, as the banking innovation proves to bring massive digital transformation in banking operations. Modern banking applications offer benefits, from simplifying end-to-end banking processes to embedding banking products and services, which attract CIOs of banking institutions to invest in mobile applications.