The next Barbie will be a computer engineer !->
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Van_Jean writes "Barbie has never been sexier !"
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Making battery replacement a thing of the past->
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An anonymous reader writes "University of Michigan researchers have crammed an ARM Cortex microcontroller, a thin-film battery, and a solar cell into a package that is only 9 cubic millimeters in volume. The system is able to run perpetually by periodically recharging the on-board battery with a solar cell (neglecting physical wear-out of the system)."
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Operate your iPhone with Frozen Hot Dogs !?! ->
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Weemz writes "This is definitely the oddest thing I have read all day."
"Too cold to take your gloves off? No problem, try a frozen, individually wrapped Hot Dog.
Seoul, Korea; CJ Corporation's "Max Rod" sales are soaring as Koreans have discovered that they are quite effective for operating iPhones in cold weather. Max Rods are individually wrapped, frozen sausages that have replaced the need for an iPhone stylus or iPhone gloves. Once back indoors, this handy stylus becomes a not so light snack!
Funnier than watching a subway car of people tapping their iPhones with frozen meat-sticks is reading the Google Translation of the original news article here."
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"Too cold to take your gloves off? No problem, try a frozen, individually wrapped Hot Dog.
Seoul, Korea; CJ Corporation's "Max Rod" sales are soaring as Koreans have discovered that they are quite effective for operating iPhones in cold weather. Max Rods are individually wrapped, frozen sausages that have replaced the need for an iPhone stylus or iPhone gloves. Once back indoors, this handy stylus becomes a not so light snack!
Funnier than watching a subway car of people tapping their iPhones with frozen meat-sticks is reading the Google Translation of the original news article here."
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Colleague messing with your design model
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mjander writes "About 2 years ago, a taskforce initiated by myself among other colleagues started a software project. From the beginning I had a very clear architecture picture in my mind. I explained that to the taskforce and everyone agreed. Since nobody had time among other excuses, I proceeded with the core part of the software coding itself as well. I did not really wanted to, but it was not much work at all, and I also wanted to make use of the new thing.
Some time ago a colleague which was not really active on this project when it started, know is trying to take leadership, taking decisions without telling anyone and checking them in, prohibiting use cases to other colleagues, blocking access to the software repository to any person he decides and messing up the entire architecture. This colleague is of the type of programmer that sits down and starts coding without any plan. Aspects as cohesion, coupling, dependencies, what ever are turning into a mess beyond good and evil. We even had some training on software architecure some time ago, but despite that it did not help to increase any awareness on the matter. He talks about it, but prooves that he does not have any clue on a line. He prefers to take decision on "how it feels". Its very frustrating to see how that project is being messed up without hope to make him to understand. I'm somewhat scared to talk to our boss about this. The project is becoming more and more an important part of our productive process, so I think it is even more important to keep it clean of clutter and conceptual nonsense.
Any suggestions what to do ? I don't like what this colleague is doing, but I don't want to end up in a war with him, and others taking party either.
The other thing is that I was designated to be the software architect on another project. The first time at where I do work that somebody is called like that. It was not my initiative to do this, but I also believe that I'm the fittest for that task. If not, I should definitely quit on that task I guess. This may also be causing some sort of envy perhaps, despite there is no reason, since there was no big announcement, nor do I get more pay.
Has anybody experienced a similar situation on the way to senior engineer ? Any thoughts to share about ? Or is this the ominous midlife crisis ? Thanks."
Some time ago a colleague which was not really active on this project when it started, know is trying to take leadership, taking decisions without telling anyone and checking them in, prohibiting use cases to other colleagues, blocking access to the software repository to any person he decides and messing up the entire architecture. This colleague is of the type of programmer that sits down and starts coding without any plan. Aspects as cohesion, coupling, dependencies, what ever are turning into a mess beyond good and evil. We even had some training on software architecure some time ago, but despite that it did not help to increase any awareness on the matter. He talks about it, but prooves that he does not have any clue on a line. He prefers to take decision on "how it feels". Its very frustrating to see how that project is being messed up without hope to make him to understand. I'm somewhat scared to talk to our boss about this. The project is becoming more and more an important part of our productive process, so I think it is even more important to keep it clean of clutter and conceptual nonsense.
Any suggestions what to do ? I don't like what this colleague is doing, but I don't want to end up in a war with him, and others taking party either.
The other thing is that I was designated to be the software architect on another project. The first time at where I do work that somebody is called like that. It was not my initiative to do this, but I also believe that I'm the fittest for that task. If not, I should definitely quit on that task I guess. This may also be causing some sort of envy perhaps, despite there is no reason, since there was no big announcement, nor do I get more pay.
Has anybody experienced a similar situation on the way to senior engineer ? Any thoughts to share about ? Or is this the ominous midlife crisis ? Thanks."
Fastest Browser on Earth Released! 1
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An anonymous reader writes "Opera has released a beta version of there new 10.5 browser. They are claiming it to be fastest browser on the planet. "Our new JavaScript engine is 8x faster than before." Tests show it edges out even the latest Chrome v5.x beta releases. Vega graphics library, private browsing done properly, and a new Opera Widgets platform that allows widgets to move beyond the Web browser and onto your desktop are just a few of the new features being touted.
http://www.opera.com/browser/next/"
http://www.opera.com/browser/next/"
SPAM: Marvell Introduces Pantheon Mobile Platform For S
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MojoKid writes "Marvell just announced a new series of chipset solutions for smartphone makers called Pantheon. The Pantheon chipset platform incorporates Marvell's advanced modem technology, seamless wireless connectivity, and multimedia processing. The flagship product is the new ARMADA 618, which offers CPU cores with PC-class performance, integrated 1080p full-HD encode and decode, and the ability to do a bit of 3D gaming. Marvell is hoping to launch a new wave of sub-$100 smartphones that could really take off in emerging markets."
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