Brain scans 'provide clue to leadership skills' Sep 12, 2009
The idea is that more complex brains produce better situational awareness and adaptive thinking -- essential skills for the modern soldier, who must be able to transition from front-line combat to nation building. He refers to traits like complexity and transformational leadership as antecedents to leadership itself. (CNN -- Health)
More than $1 million in Vucurevich grants give boost to area organizations Sep 12, 2009
Western Resources for the Dis-Abled Independence, Rapid City - 10,000 for their Home Modification and Adaptive Devices Program ... Prairie Freedom Center for Independent Living, Sioux Falls -- 5,000 for the Home Modification and Adaptive Devices Program. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Harmonic Converges On Three-Screen Video Sep 11, 2009
The ProStream 5000 supports a variety of formats, including Microsoft Silverlight, Apple's adaptive HTTP Live Streaming and Adobe Flash, in addition to mobile video formats and existing broadcast TV and video-on-demand services. Other elements of the MediaPrism suite include Harmonic's CLEARcut and LIVEcut content-preparation software to capture and prepare assets for multiscreen viewing; and the StreamLiner 3000 video-streaming servers, which supports delivery formats including HTTP progressive... (Multichannel News)
Mothballed plants no easy sell for brokers Sep 10, 2009
Demand for industrial space and manufacturing growth in any particular market drives the adaptive reuse of former industrial sites, said Bill Acton, principal and senior project manager at Civil & , Inc.. It can be more economical to reuse an existing space rather than rebuild if an appropriate use is found that fits into the building, he said. (Columbus Business First, OH)
Design Research Points The Way So You Won't Get Lost At The Hospital Sep 7, 2009
16, 2007) By adding features to commonly used chemical-engineering software packages, researchers have developed adaptive technology that allows blind or visually impaired students and working professionals to. (June 29, 2009) Extensive research in care homes across South East England has prompted a student to design a jigsaw puzzle especially for people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. (Science Daily)
Opera Releases Turbo-Charged Opera 10 Browser Sep 3, 2009
Opera also pointed to its adaptive memory-management function that works to conserve memory if a computer has limited RAM and uses more memory to enhance performance if the computer has memory to spare. Opera 10 allows users to resize the tab bar by pulling down on it or double-clicking the handle. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Building Trust in Business by Trusting Sep 3, 2009
That adaptive capacity is the most important attribute in determining who will become a leader. It's also the defining trait of the best actors. (BusinessWeek)
Frost & Sullivan Confers Supply Chain Management Product Quality Leadership of the Year Award on SAP AG Sep 1, 2009
By offering a common information framework supporting communication and collaboration, SAP SCM helps in building a responsive supply network that is adaptive to ever changing customer demands. In addition to having made the supply chain demand-driven, the software product also helps in monitoring supply chain compliance in areas such as environment, health and safety. (PR Newswire)
Whitepapers: Manage Your Business Infrastracture with IBM Aug 29, 2009
This white paper explores a range of possibilities, and shows how an adaptive data protection solution can protect remotely stored data for enterprises of all sizes. As the demands for data capacity and higher service levels grow, protecting corporate data becomes more challenging. (IntranetJournal)
TiVo Inc. sues AT&T, Verizon over DVR patents Aug 27, 2009
This patented technology covers Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) codec and other cellular communication standards and is used to assure backward compatibility of cell phone handsets and base stations. Other applications of this patented technology include Bluetooth devices. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
'Feminist' bacteria kill males only - by self-sacrifice Aug 27, 2009
Bacteria that infect insects kill male embryos and themselves in "adaptive suicide", say researchers ... She told BBC News that Wolbachia "engage in adaptive suicide". (BBC News -- Science)
Vigilan Recognized for Second Consecutive Year on Inc. 5000 - America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies List Aug 18, 2009
Unlike other systems providers, Vigilan offers an adaptive system that can accommodate the variety of state regulations and individual facility requirements. Core to the company's operational excellence suite of products is the Administrator that, on average, increases revenue by $150 per resident per month. (PR Newswire)
ThoughtWorks Studios Introduces Adaptive ALM(TM) for Agile Application Lifecycle Management Aug 18, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO and BANGALORE, India, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- ThoughtWorks Studios, () a global leader in Agile application lifecycle management (ALM) and software development tools, today announced Adaptive ALM(TM), a new solution to help organizations streamline and automate the entire Agile software development lifecycle. Using Adaptive ALM, development organizations realize new levels of visibility and flexibility to better manage a wide range of software development methodologies and... (PR Newswire)
Storms in the tropics of Titan Aug 15, 2009
Gemini North adaptive optics image of Titan showing the bright storm feature ... Gemini North infrared image of Saturn and Titan obtained using the adaptive optics system. (Astronomy Now Online)
Penguin Puts High-performance Computing in the Cloud Aug 13, 2009
Last week, Cluster Resources changed its name to Adaptive Computing and expanded its clustering software to support virtualized enterprise applications. Penguin wants eventually to bring "HPC to the masses," Wuischpard said. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
GMAT Test Prep: A User's Guide Aug 12, 2009
Using adaptive learning software and live video, Knewton delivers a full-length online course to students ... A big differentiator: Knewton's adaptive learning software, which customizes content to reflect each student's progress, delivering what the company calls a "supercharged" test-prep experience ... "By going online, Knewton can deliver the industry's very best teachers anywhere, anytime. And Knewton's adaptive learning engine personalizes your experience in a way that old-school test prep... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Tibet 'Chinese issue' says Dalai Aug 11, 2009
While acknowledging the Chinese Communist Party as adaptive to new realities, the Dalai Lama described China's policy on ethnic minorities as "a failure". He said Beijing's approach to the autonomous regions of Xinjiang and Tibet was not realistic. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Martian methane mystery deepens Aug 6, 2009
In December, Dr Mumma's team will begin another study of the Martian surface using the new technique of adaptive optics at the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile. They hope to replicate their earlier results. (BBC News -- Science)
New tools to fight cyber attacks Aug 4, 2009
"Today's cyber terrorists are highly adaptive. The complexity and stealth of their attacks necessitate a new class of detection software to identify and understand where vulnerabilities exist," said Goel. "Palantir will provide us with a platform that is able to reduce information from multiple data sources into a form where it can be coherently analyzed.". (Albany Times Union)
Unveiling the true face of Betelgeuse Aug 1, 2009
The first team used the adaptive optics instruments NACO, combined with the "lucky imaging" technique to obtain the sharpest view of the giant star ever obtained ... A close look at Betelgeuse obtained with the NACO adaptive optics instrument on ESO s Very Large Telescope. (Astronomy Now Online)
Start young to teach children about money Jul 29, 2009
Pearson Canada Signs Agreement to Distribute DreamBox Learning s Adaptive Instructional Product to Canadian Market. Pearson Canada, Canadas largest education publisher, and DreamBox Learning, Inc., an award-winning software start-up, have signed a letter of intent under which Pearson will exclusively market and distribute DreamBox Learnings web-based instructional products throughout Canada for use in both the classroom and home. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Business forecast company helps clients help each other Jul 23, 2009
Vicki Thompson A new service offered by Adaptive Planning CEO William Soward, left, and co-founder Rob Hull lets its software-as-a-service clients share closely guarded financial data anonymously in order to improve their performance ... Adaptive Planning, which has raised $27 million through four rounds of funding, introduced the idea in June ... partner Eric Dunn said the benchmarking service arose out of a challenge thrown down by investors to Adaptive Planning s management to do something... (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
VDIworks to Demonstrate VideoOverIP protocol at TechTarget's BriForum® 2009 Jul 20, 2009
The product also allows buffer sizes to be adjusted to enable improved synchronization of audio and video, delivers multiple administrator-selectable methods for source capture and implements an advanced adaptive delta algorithm to maximize performance. VideoOverIP can function independently of a connection broker, but is also fully supported by VDIworks VDP management and brokering product. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Leica Geosystems iNEX (2) Jul 12, 2009
In addition to AB Parallel guidance, the iNEX comes standard with A+ Heading, and Adaptive Curve guidance options and unlimited storage for all guidance points and waylines, providing customers with the information they need for repeatability year to year. For more information visit. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Talking Shop Jul 11, 2009
We are adaptive creatures; we adapt to marriage, we adapt to having children and so on. We begin to mutate and change. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
101 Open Source Apps for Enterprises Jul 9, 2009
Designed to replace spreadsheet-based processes, Adaptive Planning includes budgeting, forecasting, and reporting capabilities. In addition to the free Express version, it's also available in commercial Corporate and Enterprise editions that can be deployed on-demand (hosted) or on-premise. (Datamation)
Jobs go but new processors coming at ARC Jul 1, 2009
LONDON ARC International (St Albans, England) is to lay off 35 employees and close several of its locations in a major restructuring that sees the licensor of multimedia IP cores reduced to 115 direct staff, excluding its Adaptive Chips joint venture in India. The company also revealed it is readying a new processing range that will be launched in November. (EETimes)
Streetlight Intelligence Inc. adds Chief Marketing Officer Jun 26, 2009
Trademarked as Lumen IQ(TM), SLQ's technologies provide improved lamp performance, adaptive lighting control, and system-wide communications for centralized street light management. SLQ's systems enable street light operators to significantly reduce their community's energy consumption, maintenance costs and environmental impact. (Canada Newswire)
Palo Alto planners: Cut Arastradero lanes Jun 26, 2009
The hardware for a traffic adaptive signal system that will respond to traffic in real time and should yield intersection efficiencies of 20% (conservatively)or more was installed with the first phase of this project. The system will go online with Phase II once software adjustments have been completed. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Cytel Signs Cooperative Research And Development Agreement With FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Jun 23, 2009
Adaptive trials leader and CDRH regulators join to create Bayesian trial design and analysis software standard ... Cytel pioneered the statistical and computational science of adaptive clinical trials and has Cytel serves trial sponsors with , to increase the return on investment in clinical development. (PR Newswire)
IBM to forecast space weather from solar storms Jun 19, 2009
"In general, the big challenge for streaming analytic applications is to construct a computing platform that can cope by supporting applications that are adaptive and which process the data in a way that is intelligent not over-computing not under-computing but adjusting in a way that's easy and inexpensive.". Page 2. (EETimes)
Precision dangers Jun 19, 2009
"I believe we need the best we can get so that we can set in train a good adaptive process to protect the country from risk of flood whether from rivers or flash floods in cities or coastal floods.". That view was echoed by Professor Sir Brian Hoskins of the Grantham Institute in London, who chaired the independent review of the projections. (BBC News -- Science)
Virtual Smart Home Controlled By Your Thoughts May 27, 2009
The engineer from Pamplona, Carmen Vidaurre Arbizu, has designed a totally adaptive interface that improves the performance. (Apr. (Science Daily)
Computer Simulation Captures Immune Response To Flu May 21, 2009
The second aspect is the more time-consuming, precise and thorough adaptive immune system pumps out vast numbers of immune cells on the hope that one will have the right receptor protein to link up with, and become activated by, any invader encountered ... Workhorses of the adaptive system include "killer" T cells that attack cells that have been infected by viruses before the virus can turn them into virus factories, and helper T cells that orchestrate other parts of the immune response ... In... (Science Daily)
Making the case for network security configuration management May 15, 2009
It should also be capable of adaptive and/or context-aware security configurations. Testing, validation and enforcement of the security configuration once created to ensure compliance. (Search Security, MA)
Sybase Unveils Data Storage Upgrade May 12, 2009
In response to all of these trends, the new software supports not only Sybase but also other databases, including Oracle, Microsoft SQL, and IBM's UDB. With Replication Server, data from different databases can be stored on one Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) database. The news comes as vendors of technologies as diverse as unified communications and virtualization are talking about the need to support multiple vendors -- but not always managing to deliver what customers want. (Datamation)
COMMENT: The Virtue Of Rejuvenation May 12, 2009
Marrying behavioural insights to the efficient markets formula, MITs Andrew Lo went beyond both to produce the adaptive markets hypothesis. This says the illusion of security producing excessive risk appetite in boomtime dissipates during busts when markets must kick old habits. (India Times, India)
Soon, PCs will gauge your emotions May 11, 2009
The application is expected to help in controlling human communications as well as digesting their output, for example, Adaptive Semantics JuLiA is a software agent that can recognise abusive comments based on a learning algorithm. She can take down or quarantine comments bending over the predetermined abuse threshold. (India Times)
New Robot With Artificial Skin To Improve Human Communication May 10, 2009
The researchers will work on Kaspar (), a child-sized humanoid robot developed by the Adaptive Systems research group at the University. The robot is currently being used by Dr. Ben Robins and his colleagues to encourage social interaction skills in children with autism. (Science Daily)
GeckoSystems Further Smoothes Mobile Robot Movements May 8, 2009
GeckoSystems is a dynamic leader in the emerging Mobile Service Robot industry revolutionizing their development and usage with "Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security and Service(tm)." The new GeckoMotorController uses a proprietary "self adaptive" constant energy paradigm for extraordinarily smooth acceleration and de-acceleration of their mobile service robots. "A 'herky jerky' mobile robot platform can be very distracting when proximate to people and other living creatures. We are very... (Canada Newswire)
New Moonlight Release Available for Testing May 7, 2009
0's support of Adaptive Streaming, a feature in Silverlight that allows developers to create their own transports to fetch media, which does not limit them to using the HTTP.. "For instance, a developer could write a transport that fetches different bits of the media from different servers," he wrote, "or use bittorrent to fetch the media instead of depending on a single server.". (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Latest GibbsCAM 5-Axis Exhibited at EASTEC 2009 May 5, 2009
3 - Additional tilting options for tool axis control, including tilt relative to impeller machining layer - Advanced options for gouge checking, to include or exclude selected segments of toolpath, enabling toolpath trimming before first collision and after last collision - New sorting options for better control of passes in roughing operations - Added ability to flip arcs on lead-in and lead-out for links - 5-axis work area angular axis limits - Roughing enhancements, including a redesign of... (PR Newswire)
Faster Than The Speed Of Sound: New Control System Has What It Takes To Guide Experimental Aircraft May 5, 2009
ScienceDaily (May 4, 2009) When a jet is flying faster than the speed of sound, one small mistake can tear it apart. And when the jet is so experimental that it must fly unmanned, only a computer control system can pilot it. (Science Daily)
Mobile Robot Co., GeckoSystems Intl. Corp., Introduces New Personal Care Mobile Robot Apr 30, 2009
The foregoing combination of sensor-fused technologies brings a new level of cost effective situational awareness to their adaptive, intelligent, multi-tasking personal care mobile robots. Situational awareness is the environmental understanding resulting from blended sensor systems and the common sense implications of those combined perceptions that enables the CareBot to "know" (i. (Canada Newswire)
Xytech Launches Dynamic MediaPulse Pipeline Apr 29, 2009
Adaptive Media Workflow Solution Successfully Unveiled at NAB. On Tuesday April 28, 2009, 4:31 pm EDT. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Key role of forests 'may be lost' Apr 19, 2009
Co-author Professor Andreas Fischlin from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology commented: "Even if adaption measures are fully implemented, unmitigated climate change would - during the course of the current century - exceed the adaptive capacity of many forests. "The fact remains that the only way to ensure that forests do not suffer unprecedented harm is to achieve large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. " Bookmark with: Print Sponsor SEE ALSO 01 Apr 09 | Science onment 25 Mar 09 |... (BBC News -- Science)
Integrating server virtualization in a private cloud Apr 8, 2009
When properly deployed and managed, the integration of server virtualization technology in the private cloud results in a flexible, adaptive solution that can net corporations significant cost savings by consolidating resources, cutting power consumption and utility costs and reducing their carbon footprints. There are, however, no shortcuts or magic formulas to proper deployment and management of a private cloud. (SearchCIO.com)
CET Teleport Launches iDirect Evolution DVB-S2/ACM Network to Expand Services Over Africa Apr 7, 2009
Built on the DVB-S2 standard and featuring Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) capabilities, iDirect's Evolution platform delivers dramatic gains in bandwidth efficiency. The Evolution product line can deliver a 30 percent improvement in bandwidth efficiency over DVB-S systems. (PR Newswire)
The value of easy-to-use SAN storage Apr 3, 2009
Among these products are Compellent Technologies Inc.'s Storage Center, Dell Inc.'s EqualLogic PS Series, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s NSM Series (through its acquisition of LeftHand Networks Inc.), Reldata Inc.'s 9240i Unified Storage System with its Adaptive Storage Wizard and Xiotech Corp.'s Emprise Series with Icon manager. And contrary to conventional wisdom, these intuitive SAN storage systems are more than just storage for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), they're often for the... (Search Storage)
Hot climate produces baby girls Apr 1, 2009
The results could indicate an adaptive strategy employed by humans ... "The results could indicate an adaptive strategy employed by humans, or there may be another non-adaptive strategy. "Perhaps male ejaculate quality or miscarriage rates vary on a latitudinal scale," she said. Survival advantage Dr Bill James of University College London, who has spent his career studying sex ratio patterns, said although the differences found were statistically significant, it was not as meaningful as other... (BBC News -- Health)
* How crisis shapes the corporate model Apr 1, 2009
Innovation in management, after all, is adaptive. Management is not a science, like physics, with immutable laws and testable theories. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Loaded with features... oh, and it drives nice, too Mar 26, 2009
We even had time at night to test Adaptive Highbeam Assist. Forget about those mundane headlights that self-level and swivel sideways in curves. (Globe and Mail)
Software Satisfaction Awards 2009 - A form guide to accounting & finance contenders Mar 24, 2009
Inca Planning, an Excel-based tool developed in the UK was awarded an honourable mention last year and look out for 2008's Newcomer of the Year, Adaptive Planning. Its overall share of the market was too low to qualify for last year's shortlist, but like Inca, if Adaptive continues to recruit users and generate good feedback, it will be one to watch in this year's BI and performance management category. (Accounting Web, UK)
Leica Geosystems Adds New iNEX Mapping and Guidance Display Mar 24, 2009
In addition to AB Parallel guidance, the iNEX comes standard with A+ Heading, and Adaptive Curve guidance options and unlimited storage for all guidance points and waylines, providing customers with the information they need for repeatability year to year. "Combining mapping, data management, and auto-section control technology in the iNEX display with the Leica mojoRTK has given us the opportunity to reach more of the market with the tools they need to save on input costs right now," said... (PR Newswire)
A sound machine that stays alert while you're asleep Mar 16, 2009
A new tabletop machine from Adaptive Sound Technologies uses its algorithms to create soothing bedside sounds ... Jay Littlefield, director of product management at Adaptive Sound Technologies, estimated that about 90 percent of customers were buying Ecotones for their bedrooms. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Compulsive Hoarding Poses Safety And Psychological Risks Mar 11, 2009
Why people save to the point where it becomes maladaptive is the kind of question that can be applied to every psychiatric disorder because they are all exaggerations of adaptive traits, he says. Hoarding is challenging and frustrating to treat, he says. (Science Daily)
EE Times launches Editors' Choice: Products of the Week Mar 10, 2009
This adaptive bias feature allows for optimal high IP3 performance when presented with large unwanted interferers, often referred to as blocking signals. When blockers are no longer present, the ADL5801 automatically switches to a lower power operating mode, which is essential for high-dynamic range applications within satellite communications, wireless base stations, point-to-point radio links, instrumentation, and military equipment. (EETimes)
Non-agnostic context Mar 4, 2009
It is not just focused on the successful aggregation of distributed software programs into a self-contained application, it has its sights set on flexible and adaptive composition. This means that services need to be designed not only to participate in a larger composition, but to facilitate the continuous need to augment, extend, or re-configure existing compositions and to take part in new compositions, to whatever extent business change demands it. (Search Webservices)
Pak Datacom Limited Installs iDirect Hub in Pakistan's Financial Capital Mar 4, 2009
The company will roll out a next-generation network based on DVB-S2 with Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) in an effort to meet growing demand for satellite broadband connectivity from major banks, government organizations, as well as national and multinational operators ... The Evolution platform also supports Adaptive Coding and Modulation technology, which enables each remote to achieve maximum data throughput by utilizing the most efficient coding and modulation scheme in real time,... (PR Newswire)
Agri-Tech: AutoTrac RowSense offers advanced hands-free steering for combines (20) Mar 2, 2009
The GreenStar 2 system also allows the operator to choose between options such as Operating with Straight Track, for relatively square or rectangle fields or Operating with Adaptive Curves, when the path will change while going through the field. If the operator has a curve that is continuous, they may want to choose Operating with AB Curves, which projects all lines off of the first path. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
New Research Identifies Faster Detection Of Viruses Feb 26, 2009
25, 2009) A more specific and faster detection of viruses has been identified in new research by Trinity College Dublin s Professor of Physics, Martin Hegner at Trinity College s Centre of Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) and an international team of researchers. See also. (Science Daily)
Digi Releases Dual Purpose KVM over IP, Console Management Device Feb 25, 2009
The Digi Passport I-KVM features automatic adaptive compression for efficient network bandwidth use. It uses up to 100 percent less bandwidth than other KVM solutions providing lower network overhead and a better user experience. (PR Newswire)
Researchers outline cloud computing obstacles, opportunities Feb 17, 2009
The 11 researchers' cloud computing forecast is documented in The research group works in the Reliable Adaptive Distributed Systems Laboratory (RAD Lab), a 3-year-old outfit funded by companies such as Google, Microsoft, IBM and Sun. "We argue that the construction and operation of extremely large-scale, commodity-computer datacenters at low-cost locations was the key necessary enabler of Cloud Computing," they write. (ARNnet)
Benchmarker defends Oz broadband report Feb 17, 2009
Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. . (Computerworld Australia)
ST-Ericsson Collaborates With ARM to Demonstrate the World's First Symmetric Multi Processing Mobile Platform Technology on Symbian OS Feb 16, 2009
The platform's flexible power management also exploits Adaptive Voltage Scaling (AVS) which adapts the voltage to the different characteristics of each single chip, induced by silicon process variations. Another big advantage of SMP in mobile applications is more efficient power consumption, and this benefit will be very visible to the end user. (PR Newswire)
