Sentences with phrase «open software makes»

Alexa's open software makes it easy for developers to create their own uses for Amazon's entire family of Echo speakers, all of which answer to the wake word «Alexa.»

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IBM is opening up the «brain» of supercomputer Watson by making the software technology behind it available to anyone who has the interest.
Founded by the creators of Apache Fink, an open source (i.e. free to use and edit) software framework, Data Artisans is their way of turning its further development and application into a money - making enterprise.
«Any attempt to break open the casing of the device would trigger functions that would delete the data and software contained within the device and make the device inoperable.»
Both Cloudera and Hortonworks are examples of companies trying to make a viable business around open source technologies, an industry term for hardware and software free for companies to use and modify without charge.
Current Ventures: WordPress.org, a nonprofit that makes open - source blogging software; and Automattic, a for - profit company that manages and customizes the WordPress software for clients such as News Corporation and CNN
In May 2013, the company made the leap from software to hardware, announcing a partnership with Italy - based Arduino, a manufacturer of open - source microcontroller hardware boards popular with makers, hobbyists and designers.
Open - source software is computer software whose source code (the code that makes it work) is open to the public and the software itself is free to Open - source software is computer software whose source code (the code that makes it work) is open to the public and the software itself is free to open to the public and the software itself is free to use.
Zuckerberg said users can have an experience on Android phones unavailable on other platforms because Google makes the software available on an open - source basis.
Open - source software organizations such as those that developed the Linux PC operating system and the Apache Web server program have long wrestled with ways to keep lines of communication open and to distribute decision making among vast communities of mostly software - developer volunteOpen - source software organizations such as those that developed the Linux PC operating system and the Apache Web server program have long wrestled with ways to keep lines of communication open and to distribute decision making among vast communities of mostly software - developer volunteopen and to distribute decision making among vast communities of mostly software - developer volunteers.
Next, buy a generic auto - trading software, rebrand it, and then make a promotional video with some outrageous claims to draw gullible people in to use the robot and open a trading account with you affiliate broker.
A news report says both have made progress to replace Oracle software, which has been widely used in their own data centers, with cheaper open source alternatives.
«This is an open source software, you can't think of it as a company, and that's where people make their mistake -LSB-...] This is not a stock, this is not a company.»
Mr. McAfee, who made his fortune in antivirus software, bought the property to have a place to fly open - cockpit planes with his friends.
Swarm's co-founder and CEO Joel Dietz allegedly wrote in a blog post (now removed) that three factors brought Swarm's downfall: the co-founder and designer left the project, the Swarm team disagreed about making its software open source and a deal with a startup accelerator that drained $ 200,000 from Swarm's coffers.
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I've made several scientific open - source software and developed multiple educational games for Android.
This year, advocates for more public inclusion in the redistricting process put an idea to the test: That open - source software and voter outreach efforts could make people more aware and more involved.
Fraunhofer researchers have now developed a platform that makes it possible to flexibly install secure devices in a way that is based on open and vendor - neutral hardware and software standards.
The team intends to make the software open source.
Once he has the software to guide the self - replicating process, he plans to make it freely available online, allowing users to contribute improvements, just like the open - source Linux computer operating system, he says.
As evidence, he points to his role as a cofounder of rOpenSci, a group that creates software packages to support open science and which grew out of connections he made online, including via his online notebook.
The researchers plan to make available open - access software that would let other scientists and clinicians decide which combinations of antibiotics will be most effective.
Using a printer and open - source software, his team made a utilitarian replica for about five dollars.
«By understanding what makes these accidental slip - ups so funny, we open up avenues for our software to entertain us on a daily basis,» he says.
The stethoscope, called the Glia model, was made using free open source software to keep costs low and allow others to easily access the code.
Cohen's goal is to make the software open - source and readily available to any scientists who can use it for their research.
He's taken hobbyist quadrotors made by German manufacturer Ascending Technologies and fitted them with custom microcontrollers, open - source software and grippers that allow them to maintain a precise hovering position, and to pick up and manoeuvre small payloads.
As a result of the trial's findings, which confirm and expand on a recently published large clinical trial using the same software to inform treatment decision - making, thrombectomy procedures for late - arriving patients will probably double, said Albers, and this also opens up the prospect of using clot - busting medications well beyond the current 4.5 - hour window.
«I think that's going to allow us a lot more flexibility in the future because having to make all these open source software programs talk to each other has been the biggest pain.»
The software will be made available as open source so that other parties may also use it.
But won't making the covert hard disk software open source — as the group plans — encourage its use by criminals and terror groups?
The researchers intend to make their software open source.
Google wrote Android using open - source software, which means any programmer has access to the source code that makes Android tick and can write software that runs on any mobile phone using Android.
To handle the vast amount of data generated by the observatories, BL intends to innovate powerful open source software that will enable members of the general public to make a material contribution to the project by creating their own search tools, and donating unused CPU space to boost the projects computing prowess.
Though this has zero impact on the instructor and learner experience (both are great), it does mean that it's sometimes more difficult for engineers to make deep customizations to the open source software without previous training.
Before signing up to the Trust's menu checking service I used a software package to analyse the nutritional make up of our menus but this was open to personal interpretation.
Niksch has plans to make this software open - source and, thus, more accessible.
-- Matt Trask, a secondary senior physics teacher is having students make musical instruments to learn about wavelength — Kelly Skehill using design and software for students to apply calculus models to create new pop bottle designs — teachers are using technology to capture assessment information during the learning process — one particular good example at PJ Elementary — Kindergarten teacher (Sonia Southam) using iPads to engage parents and transform communication by capturing daily learning and sharing immediately via email with parents — the creation of Gleneagles Learning Lab Open House to showcase the process of learning — a teacher created Social Dynamics course for students with high functioning autism — the creation of an outdoor learning program for grades 6/7 students at Bowen Island Community School (Scott Slater created) that has students blending in - class and outdoor learning experiences
This policy will reflect the requirements of the Federal Source Code Policy, including a commitment to securing data rights for custom code to allow code sharing, as well as a requirement that 20 % of all custom code purchased by the Department will be made open source software.
The app was developed using open source software, giving public libraries around the country the ability to use the code to develop their own e-reader apps, and make borrowing free e-books easier for their patrons.
The open source philosophy of web design and development has fostered a culture of sharing best practices and lessons learned online, and this has allowed developers to write new software and iron out bugs for web browsers that have greatly enhanced the internet in the last 15 years — making web pages evolve from the dull designs of the 1990s to the new digital reality of the 21st century.
Whereas it can be argued that the «digital age» has democratised up to a certain extent a «culture of making» by encouraging people to create and share open - source code, the software and hardware of today can simultaneously alienate users from an awareness of the material conditions of production that still underpin creative labour.
With a user base of over 2 million unique downloads since its release in August 2009, Calibre file conversion software is making it possible for authors to convert their Open Office, Word, and other text files to formats that are compatible with numerous e-readers through Windows, OS, and Linux.
Sigil is a free, open - source software for making e-books that can make simple or more complicated formatting for your digital book.
The Android operating system from Google is one such open source software and Intel is making the best of its open source status to tailor it for use specifically for their x86 devices otherwise termed the Atom CPU.
Open source is the name given to that class of software that makes it free for anyone to modify and use it in a manner that suits them best.
The present upgrade of the software promises to make things even better for the readers who would now be able to open far more e-books in many more different formats than before.
The software is open and there are so many things you can do, apps to install, and customizations to make that it doesn't suit a person who prefers something simple and easy.
Companies like Fuhu, Kurio, and Leapfrog have made their names with highly restricted tablets that come preloaded with kid - friendly software and, by default, don't offer access to the open internet.
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