technology

IoT research and technological development in Europe

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The debate about Internet of Things in Europe rose at a time when the structure of the 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7) was already established. It is obvious that the holistic approach adopted by the “Networked Enterprise and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)” unit (DG INFSO/D4) in its initiatives, especially the Communication of June 2009 and … Read more

‘Earables’ the next milestone in wearable tech, say engineers

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A team of engineers based at the University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering are exploring a new sub-area of mobile technology based on sophisticated and connected earphones.  “The leap from today’s earphones to ‘earables’ would mimic the transformation that we had seen from basic phones to smartphones,” explained Professor Romit Roy Choudhury, an expert … Read more

The Evolution of Software Testing as a Technology Profession

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Back in the 1950s and 1960s, software quality was a hit-or-miss proposition. There were no formal development processes and no formal testing processes. Software developers of the 1970s and 1980s were, for the most part, successful in capturing their best development practices. This capture provided a repeatable level of software reliability and stability. Unfortunately for … Read more