Another great video from TED Talks. This one by Cynthia Breazeal, wondered why we were using robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms. The key, she realized: training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds robots that teach, learn — and play. Watch for amazing demo footage of a new kids’ game.
[For a some true science fiction on the darker flip side of Robots watch this short called 'Blinky': http://vimeo.com/21216091 ]
We just came across this Channel 4 news piece that takes a look inside Microsoft’s research labs in Seattle. They ask some pretty interesting questions about how Microsoft are going to turn all these ideas into reality and increased share value.
We just came across this great interview by Social Media Website www.socialmediaexaminer.com with Alex Kinsella, product manager for Blackberry App World. Alex talks about Blackberry’s new development platform which now makes it easier than ever to build applications for Blackberry.
If you are looking for a Blackberry developer contract staff for your project get in touch with the Provide Project Team.
Social Recruitment is at the heart of what our Global Delivery Core do for you when sourcing the best people for positions within your company. We take our search and networking activity beyond the office and the phones and apply the skills of our team across online and offline social networks.
Social Recruitment isn’t a quick fix solution, the GDC have developed mature networks and gained credibility across the globe as IT industry experts and use this powerful status to connect with the most skilled, talented and reliable candidates for your business.
Our simple Social Recruitment mantra is: IDENTIFY, CONTRIBUTE, NETWORK, HARVEST.
We have visualised this process in the form of our Social Recruitment Compass; an infographic showing some of the social networks and media (including our own internal database) that we use and in what order we approach them.
Download a PDF of our Social Recruitment Compass Infographic
Chris Anderson, the curator of TED describes his view on the future of online video. His concept of Crowd Accelerated Innovation is quite inspirational and well worth the 19 mins of time.
One for all you space nerds. This video is taken from an on-board camera mounted on one of the solid rocket boosters from the STS-124 Shuttle launch.
Nothing much happens until the two minute mark when the boosters are released and the dizzy freefall begins. Knocks the socks off your average skydive.
Keep an ear out for all the strange sounds as the booster spins through the atmosphere until the parachutes are deployed and it floats gently down. Great stuff.
Google’s Street View has fast been becoming a vital tool when locating a new destination for a meeting or an interview. We advise all our candidates to check out a building on Street View before an interview so they can be sure they are walking into the right place.
Now Microsoft are entering the game with Street Slide and it looks even more useful. The system adds a new aspect to looking around and I guess if they can get the imagery then it will be a serious contender.
Check out the video to see how it works.
Jon Underkoffler talks at TED about the future of user interfaces and demonstrates real world system he developed for the film Minority Report. Is this how computers will be controlled in 5 years time?
Truly frightening flight from University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Lab that shows an autonomous quadrotor helicopter performing “precise aggressive maneuvers.” A work of scientific art.
