Monitoring Vital Signs of Human Hear Based on IOT
In this paper, the design of a device to monitoring the heart rate and the level of oxygen in the blood (Spo2) in real-time from anywhere as vital signs to represent heart disease by using internet of things (IoT). The size of the designed device is small and can be wearable on the human body, anyone using this device can move during monitoring vital signs of heart. In this study, the sensor type used is the MAX30100 connected to the microprocessor (ESP32). The device measures heart rate and Spo2 values to the patient and sends the measured values to the server by using the MQTT protocol via Wi-Fi technology. The doctor or the person who monitors the patient’s status can access the measured data through a program that has been designed. This program is installed on the phone or computer to display the measured data in real-time.


Best Text Messaging Apps for iPhone [Non-Jailbroken Devices]
Few years back it was a misconception that text messaging is a forte of teenagers only, but now you can see every age group using text messaging services to communicate with others. According to a survey, it has been proved that there is a rapid increase in mobile phone users that’s why mobile users are now primary target of internet marketers and giant companies. Not only internet giants but also marketing companies are now targeting mobile numbers more than email addresses, because mobile phones normally don’t have spam folder and most mobile users use to read all messages including those with advertisements.
Furthermore, now people have alternatives in case of low balance, they use Online websites to Send Free SMS from internet or they also send free messages via chat messengers like WhatsApp and Viber. Because of this much increase in the number of mobile phone users, app developers have speed-up the process of making Android and iOS apps. If you talk about native iOS messaging app, iMessage doesn’t fulfill the needs of users because it doesn’t have handy features just like Android’s messaging app; but you can get those Android like features in your iPhone by using some famous text messaging apps for iOS 7 and 8.
These third-party apps will make your life easy by providing you some of the essential features that aren’t embedded in iOS by default and it’s the primary reason why iOS users jailbreak their iDevices.
Best Text Messaging Apps for iPhone
Without wasting time, let’s start discussing about some best text messaging apps for iPhone:
Of course everybody feel weird when some other person read their text messages without their permission. You can lock your text messages available in any folder of iMessage by using SMS Seal app and it’s free. Moreover, it encrypts all of your messages travelling among your and other peoples’ devices, if somebody gets access to your messages, he/she wouldn’t be able to read them because of encryption.
It’s the most essential app for today’s generation, because it’s their habit to forget everything. This SMS scheduler app will work on your behalf because it will send text messages on the pre-set time. The app is most beneficial on events, you can schedule wishes for upcoming new year day now and on the new year day your wishes will be sent automatically. The only thing you should bear in mind is that you should have enough credit to send scheduled messages on time.
Usually other mobile devices’ PC suites allow their owners to send text messages directly from their PC or Mac, but iTunes doesn’t have this option in it. SMS Client is an app that allows you to send text messages directly from your Mac by synchronizing you iPhone and Macbook.
SMS Butler is an awesome app with incredible collection of thousands of text messages in it. You’ll find any type of SMS in this app and also it features text messages for events too. So, no need to open internet websites and find any Online sms collection, just install this app and you’ll have your personal text messages collection. You can also copy those messages directly to your iMessage and other third party messaging apps in just one tap.
I hope you’ll love the above given text messages apps for iPhone, if you have your own apps then let us know via commenting on this article.


Canon knows that audio is crucial to professional productions, and the XL1S provides the highest standards in audio capture available on a digital video system with a 16-bit, 2-channel recording option. The XL1S also has two additional 12-bit recording channels allowing simultaneous recording on four channels. Audio levels can be controlled manually to further extend sound quality as it is recorded.
Three Digital Audio Modes
The XL1S can record sound in three digital audio modes that can be selected via the camera menu.
Audio Bit Rate
# of Channel(s)
For capturing and recording the highest sound quality. Used during simultaneous A/V recording, documentary and news footage.
12-bit ST-1 (32kHz)
2 from 4 channels
For recording on two channels (stereo 1), leaving two channels (stereo 2) free for the later addition of audio tracks. Used to capture ambient audio that will be augmented with additional audio tracks.
12 bit ST-1,2 (32kHz)
For simultaneous recording on four channels (Stereo 1 and stereo 2). Used to simultaneously capture a line-in device and/or sets of microphones with ambient audio capture available.
Audio Level Control
Controlling audio levels is essential for real-time event capture and the XL1S permits both automatic and manual audio recording. Manual control allows for setting balance and level.


When usng ipOFTP you do not need to learn a lot about network technology. What you should know about OFTP is that it is a network protocol used to exchange data in VDA and EDIFACT formats between industrial users.
Because ipOFTP reduces the task of OFTP data transfer to copying files in outbound and inbound folders, integration with your ERP/PPS/inhouse system is simple and daily operation is straightforward.
If you need or want support during setup or operation, we will provide you with all necessary services at a fixed price.
Connection with your customers
We contact your communication partner, clarify the technical details, set up and test the connection with your inhouse system
Integration with your inhouse system
We discuss the technical details of the inhouse data connection with the developers of your inhouse system and configure and test the inhouse data connection.
We convert incoming files into the format required by your inhouse system. For example, we can translate incoming delivery schedules in VDA4905 and DELFOR formats into an identical inhouse format.
We convert outgoing files into the formats your customers require. For example, we translate the inhouse format of a delivery bill into VDA4913 or customer-specific DESADV formats, depending on the customer's requirements.
We offer service-level agreements starting from periodic health checks and security updates of the ipOFTP system going up to guaranteed response times should a problem occur. Talk to our team about the available plans and conditions.
The low-cost solution for receiving and sending VDA and EDIFACT messages via Internet and OFTP.
is adapted to the needs of suppliers and service providers who exchange VDA or EDIFACT messages with their customers.


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Personal Information Manager
The personal information manager - in short PIM - is a program that is usually a combination of an appointment organizer, a task scheduler, an address book, e-mail and fax functions. The tasks of the PIM include managing all the messages of the user and the management of addresses, appointments, phone numbers and notes. Diverse communication channels (e-mail, fax, telephone) can be integrated. The personal information manager summarizes in an overview all of the incoming messages for the user. To ensure that all information on PCs, notebooks and mobile devices are available, data synchronization is performed between devices.


The government has announced the first stages of its plans to get ultra-fast broadband to the remotest of homes in the UK.
Originally it had promised to roll out gigabit-speed broadband to every home in Britain by 2025 but that was reduced to 85% coverage in November.
The budget remains at £5bn – but only £1.2bn of that will be made available up to 2024.
The infrastructure build should start in 2022, the government said.
The first to benefit will be homes and businesses in Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Cumbria, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Tees Valley.
The next areas are expected to be Norfolk, Shropshire, Suffolk, Worcestershire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
A former voucher scheme is also being relaunched to provide more immediate help to those struggling with poor broadband coverage, with up to £210m being made available.
It is expected that commercial deployments of gigabit-capable fibre networks will reach more than 70% of premises by the end of 2025, without government intervention.
The government has said that reaching the final 1% of homes in very remote areas could be prohibitively expensive.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson described Project Gigabit as “the rocket boost that we need to get lightning-fast broadband to all areas of the country”.
The trade organisation techUK has also welcomed the news.
And speaking on the BBC’s Today programme, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Oliver Dowden said: “We’ve already made tremendous progress with Project Gigabit – our national mission to get everyone in the country the fastest broadband on the planet.
“We’ve gone from around 9% coverage in 2019 to 40% now – I’m confident we’ll get to 60% by the end of the year.
“The challenge is the last 20%, which can’t be delivered commercially – and that’s what our plans being outlined today are all about.”
He reiterated the watered-down plans to reach “at least 85% of the country by 2025”.
“I think we will be able to go faster than that still – and the prime minister and I are meeting with telecoms companies again.
“Basically, we have the money to provide that subsidy, it’s about the capacity in the telecoms market to deliver it, because remember these are very remote areas.


Northern Micro Partners with Bomgar to Offer Secure Remote Support in Canada
Ottawa, Ontario – September 23, 2016 – Northern Micro announced an exclusive Canadian partnership today with Bomgar that will see the two companies work together to deliver enterprise-grade remote support and access management solutions. Bomgar’s solution enables support technicians to securely access nearly any computer or mobile device, regardless of location, language or operating system.
With Bomgar, Northern Micro’s customers now have access to a secure remote support solution that is integrated with many leading service desk platforms, eliminating the need for on-site tech support visits, significantly improving first call resolution, agent productivity and customer satisfaction.
“Bomgar is the market leader in secure remote support software and was the natural choice when we decided to diversify our solution portfolio in this arena,” said Herman Yeh, President of Northern Micro. “We are excited to offer this unique solution into the Canadian marketplace and help customers address their tech support issues that result from increased mobility.”
“We are pleased to add Northern Micro as a referral and services partner.” Said Russ Duffey, vice president of strategic alliances at Bomgar Corp. “Northern Micro’s technology expertise and customer base make it an ideal partner for us to expand the benefits of Bomgar’s proven remote support software in Canada.”
IT service and support has become increasingly complex with the constant introduction of new mobile devices, paired with the persistent threat of security breaches. To keep pace with the demand for efficient and effective technical support, IT organizations need remote support technology that can reach across multiple operating systems and computing devices, including laptops, smartphones and tablets. Bomgar allows IT technicians to remotely support nearly device, anywhere—whether behind or outside the firewall—speeding time-to-resolution and improving service levels. Bomgar also provides the most comprehensive set of security features on the market to protect the integrity and security of your systems and data.
Bomgar connects people and technology securely, providing leading remote support and privileged access management solutions that strengthen security while increasing productivity. Bomgar solutions help support and security professionals improve business performance by enabling secure, controlled access to nearly any device or system, anywhere in the world. More than 9,000 organizations across 65 countries use Bomgar to deliver superior support services and manage access to valuable data and systems. Bomgar is privately held with offices in Atlanta, Jackson, Washington D.C., Frankfurt, London, Paris, and Singapore.
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It's 2012, and ISPs are still slow to adopt IPv6. It seems like very few of us can say that we have globally-accessible IPv6 addresses. Myotherpcisacloud.com doesn't even have an IPv6 address yet... and that makes me a very sad panda. But there is something I can do about it right now, without the help of my ISP.
If you have a Cisco router, I can show you how to create an IPv6 tunnel that will you have dual-stacked and on the IPv6 Internet in no time! This article assumes that you cannot use native IPv6 out to the Internet, and that you already have the router properly set up and in use in an IPv4 network.
The router I will use in this example is a 2621XM; I bought it for $150 on eBay. It has two FastEthernet ports. It was manufactured in 1999. So any model at least as recent as that should be able to handle this just fine. I do IPv4 NAT between the two FE ports so that the rest of my home network served by my AT&T U-Verse Residential Gateway stays separate from my lab network, but the lab still has to go through the U-Verse gateway to reach the Internet. (U-Verse claims that they'll push an IPv6 firmware upgrade out automatically to all their customers sometime in 2012, but I'll believe it when I see it.)
*There's still some juice left in this crusty old thing*
For this to work for me, I needed to configure my U-Verse Gateway to put my Cisco router in "DMZ+" mode, and allow the outside interface of my Cisco router to receive a DHCP address. This allows my U-Verse gateway to assign my router the same public IPv4 address as itself, and forward all unspecified traffic to it.
We’re going to utilize the free service at Hurricane Electric for this. Follow that link and sign up. It’s their "Tunnel Broker" service that you’re after. After a short quiz, they will give you your very own IPv6 tunnel and your very own IPv6 address space! For free!
All you need to do now is configure your router. If you've never used Cisco IOS, these commands might look weird to you. They're shorthand for things like "enable" - enter "enable" mode which allows us privileged access so that we can make configuration changes to the router. "conf t" is shorthand for "configure terminal" - meaning "I wish to make configuration changes to this router from the terminal."
Router#copy run start
At this point you have enabled ipv6 routing globally on your router. "Copy run start" is shorthand for "copy the running configuration to the startup configuration, effectively making these changes permanent."
Next, create a tunnel on your router like this:
description Hurricane Electric IPv6 Tunnel Broker
no ip address
ipv6 address 2001:470:1f0e:5a4::2/64 (Use your side of the endpoint that Hurricane electric gave you!)
tunnel source 184.108.40.206 (Your public IPv4 address)
tunnel destination 220.127.116.11 (Hurricane Electric’s IPv4 endpoint for this tunnel)
tunnel mode ipv6ip
ipv6 route ::/0 Tunnel0
And you’re pretty much done! Configure your clients with an IPv6 address in that space, and you now have IPv6 connectivity all the way to the Internet. Google has a public DNS server at 2001:4860:4860::8888. Test out your tunnel by trying to ping that address. Remember that IPv6 and IPv4 are quite different. There is no NAT in IPv6. (Let's not talk about NAT64 yet.) Internet communication is the way it was truly meant to be – end to end. That also means the need to protect yourself with firewalls will become more important than ever, since you can’t hide behind a NAT anymore!
Now you can surf the web with a “dual-stack,” meaning that you’re runnnig both IPv4 and IPv6 — and your IPv4 packets will take their normal route, while your IPv6 packets will be diverted through your new tunnel. Seamlessly. Pretty neat huh? Try to ping ipv6.google.com and see what happens!
I guess that’ll have to do until ISPs catch up with IPv6 technology.


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Mobile wide area network IP translation configuration
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Wireless network interconnection
A method of connecting a first computing device and a wireless access point over a first wireless network using a second computing device, where the first and...
Adjusting radio dormancies in electronic devices based on receipt of
unsolicited incoming packets
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that processes incoming network packets to an electronic device. The system includes an analysis apparatus that...
Systems and methods for determining the presence of a person
A method, device, or system is arranged to determine the presence of a person. The system includes a data store that stores a plurality of locations and stores...
Verification of wireless transmitter articles in proximity to registered
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a user identifier from a wireless tracking device that reads a user identifier article in proximity to the...
Devices and methods for audible indicators emanating from selected
Methods, systems, and devices are described for providing audio to one or more individuals in an operating room. An ultrasonic signal generator may be provided...
Wind noise detection for in-car communication systems with multiple
An in-car communication (ICC) system has multiple acoustic zones having varying acoustic environments. At least one input microphone within at least one...
A loudspeaker comprising includes an enclosure, a driver element located within the enclosure and including a cone diaphragm, a first cavity defined by a first...
Error recovery for video delivery via a segmentation process
A client device may receive encoded video via a transport stream based on a video coding protocol. When errors result in receiving the encoded video, the client...
Parallel motion estimation in video coding
Methods for improved parallel motion estimation are provided that decouple the merging candidate list derivation and motion estimation for merge mode and skip...
Method and apparatus for obtaining image
A method comprising reading out first lines of pixels of a sensor, when the first lines are read out in a sequence of the first lines in a first direction along...
Method and apparatus for providing ambient social telephony
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for providing a communications service in a communications network are disclosed. For example,...
Methods and systems for logging time with a mobile computing device
Methods and systems for logging time are described. In one embodiment, the method is performed by a server computing device communicatively coupled to a mobile...
Proxy server with byte-based include interpreter
According to this disclosure, a proxy server is enhanced to be able to interpret instructions that specify how to modify an input object to create an output...
Method and apparatus for media session identification, tracking, and
In a networked system connecting a subscriber to a content source via one or more networks, a computer-implemented method includes instantiating a session model...
User interface widget unit sharing for application user interface
Embodiments of the invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to application sharing and provide a method, system and computer program product for...
Hybrid engine for generating a recommended security tier
A computer-implemented method, including receiving, by one or more computer systems, customer characteristic information for a user; applying, by the one or...
Intelligent remediation of security-related events
An information processing system implements an intelligent remediation system for security-related events. The intelligent remediation system comprises a...
Image sharing system
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Transparent network service header path proxies
A controller that is in communication with the plurality of network nodes establishes a service path for a service chain defined by an ordered sequence of...
Performing discovery of a virtual environment
In one aspect, a method includes performing a fast discovery on a virtual network to obtain objects and attributes necessary to display the objects on a user...
System and method for supporting smart buffer management in a distributed
A system and method can support smart buffer management in a distributed data grid. A buffer manager in the distributed data grid can provide a plurality of...
Methods and systems for exploitation of well-connected nodes in
peer-to-peer wireless networks
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods for increasing a capacity in a peer-to-peer (P2P) wireless network. The methods include...
Technique for setting WWNN scope for multi-port fibre channel SCSI target
A system and method for setting the World Wide Node Names (WWNNs) of a plurality of ports in a data storage system. In one embodiment, a method includes the...
Gathering participants for meetings
Participants for an in-progress meeting are gathered, preferably by broadcast of instant messaging notifications thereto. Information for people who are invited...
Multi-antenna transmission for spatial division multiple access
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Power factor correction for constant current input with power line
The present disclosure provides techniques for power factor correction on a constant current system and also provides power line communications on the same...
Frequency conversion system with improved spurious response and frequency
A frequency conversion system with improved performance. In one embodiment an image reject mixer is used to perform frequency conversion providing an initial...
Dynamic switch controller
Radio-frequency (RF) modules are disclosed comprising an RF input port, an RF output port and an RF core configured operate in each of a plurality of...
Circuit for improved FET switching speed
In order to increase the switching speed of an RF FET in an RF shunt circuit, a second, smaller, FET, with respect to the size of the RF FET, is connected...
Apparatus and methods for reducing glitches in digital step attenuators
Apparatus and methods for reducing glitches in digital step attenuators are disclosed. By configuring a multi-bit DSA such that an attenuation control block...
Output stage for near rail operation
Apparatus and method for an output stage of an amplifier are disclosed. A current source circuit provides current to a transistor connected to the amplifier...
Apparatus and methods for capacitive load reduction of an envelope tracker
Apparatus and methods for capacitive load reduction are disclosed. In one embodiment, a power amplifier system includes a plurality of power amplifiers and an...
Electric field activation of shape memory ceramics
Articles and methods in which an electric field is used to actuate a material are generally described. Provided in one embodiment is a method including applying...
Method and apparatus for performing power supply self-diagnostics in
redundant power architectures
A system for detecting latent defects within a redundant power architecture includes a plurality of redundant power supplies, each having one or more output...
An efficient system to heat the insole of a heated insole of a shoe in which the Intelligent Circuit (IC) for a flat lithium battery is located outside the shoe...
Methods of assembling a neutral rail to a plug-on neutral load center
A method of assembling a load center featuring a dielectric barrier that securely retains a plug-on neutral rail without requiring any fasteners. The dielectric...
Systems, circuits and methods related to low-loss bypass of a
radio-frequency filter or diplexer
Disclosed are systems, circuits and methods related to low-loss bypass of a radio-frequency (RF) filter or diplexer. In some embodiments, a switching network...
Vertical Hall Effect element with improved sensitivity
A vertical Hall Effect element includes a low voltage P-well region disposed at a position between pickups of a vertical Hall Effect element to result in an...
Josephson junction readout for graphene-based single photon detector
A detector for detecting single photons of infrared radiation. In one embodiment a waveguide configured to transmit infrared radiation is arranged to be...
Provided in one embodiment is a device, comprising: a substrate; and a layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the layer comprises a monolayer of crystals...
Radio frequency isolation for SOI transistors
According to one example embodiment, a structure includes at least one SOI (semiconductor-on-insulator) transistor situated over a buried oxide layer, where the...
Ambient and infrared (IR) light sensing in organic light emitting diode
A method and apparatus for an OLED display system is presented. A substrate is provided and a display is provided on the substrate. At least one sensor is also...
Reworkable epoxy resin and curative blend for low thermal expansion
A curable composition including: an epoxy resin; and an amine curing component including: an aromatic amine curing agent; and a solubilizer including an...
Nanoscale interconnects fabricated by electrical field directed assembly
The invention provides a fast, scalable, room temperature process for fabricating metallic nanorods from nanoparticles or fabricating metallic or semiconducting...
Methods of forming strained-semiconductor-on-insulator device structures
The benefits of strained semiconductors are combined with silicon-on-insulator approaches to substrate and device fabrication.
Robot and adaptive placement system and method
An apparatus including a drive; a movable arm assembly; a plurality of sets of end effectors; and a controller. The end effectors are connected to the drive by...
Methods for magnetizing and demagnetizing magnetic poles in an electrical
Apparatus and methods to magnetize and demagnetize the magnetic poles of a rotor assembly for an electrical machine, such as a generator. The apparatus and...
Audible command filtering
Devices, methods, and systems for detecting wake words and audio commands that should be disregarded are disclosed. In some instances, a local device may...
Ebook interaction using speech recognition
A user device receives audio data of a user reading aloud a displayed portion of an ebook, and converts a portion of the audio data to spoken-text data. The...


Hearing is such a vital sense. It’s loss can creep up so gradually, most people dismiss small but mounting frustrations as just “getting a bit older”.
Anecdotal evidence indicates people often don’t realise hearing loss is limiting their enjoyment and participation in life.
Old fashioned hearing aids were a Band- Aid solution. Just amplifying sound. This meant that sometimes the loud noises just got louder and there was no way to tune the signal to get a more natural way of hearing.
More recent technological changes led to hearing aids with directional microphones so that you can better hear the people speaking in front of you. This still created a handicap in small group conversations like dinner table gatherings.
Not anymore. Oticon, a leading Danish hearing aid manufacturer has developed a hearing aid that helps your brain process the sounds around you. Not just the voice in front of you. The hearing aid has been developed with a more personalised approach. It is designed to help you hear the meaningful sounds. Giving you back a more natural way of hearing and processing your environment. The hearing aid is called the Oticon More.
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Ever waded through the FAQ’s on a website to avoid wasting time on the phone or waiting days for a response? If every site had a conversational AI solution that answered instantly and offered automated customer self-service options, life would be so much easier and more convenient. In a world where ‘instant gratification’ is expected, virtual agents are the most dynamic and efficient way to provide the information your customers need quickly.
Multi-Channel Customer Support?
Our self-service customer support solution can be used on any of your customers favourite communication channels including WhatsApp, Messenger, Voice, SMS etc.
How to reduce costs with customer self-service support
By adding conversational AI to your customer service offering, you will significantly reduce customer service costs, while increasing customer satisfaction with a conversational AI solution that can service your customers through a dynamic knowledge base. NLP (Natural Language Processing) and NLU (Natural Language Understanding) technology is used to understand user-intent, with no human intervention required – the solution is available 24/7 with multi-language capability.
NLP enables computers to understand natural language as humans do. Whether the language is spoken or written, natural language processing uses artificial intelligence to take real-world input, process it, and make sense of it in a way a computer can understand. NLU uses the power of machine learning to convert speech to text and analyze its intent during any interaction.
At FCB.ai, we work closely with global partners such as Raza to implement this technology in order to deliver a seamless user experience with consistent monitoring and support from our team of experts.
Conversational AI solutions can add a new dimension to your up-sell, cross-sell, and lead generation efforts. Customers can interact with a true virtual agent, capable of having real conversations and completing full end-to-end transactions.
An example of this would be how we assisted a top cellular provider to grow their revenue via the FAQ section of the solution we created for them. The solution would pick up the users interest in a specific product or service and redirect them down a different path, in this case to register for an account, cash in, or purchase a data or airtime bundle.
Customer experience – keeping the human touch
Allow our customer self-service software solution to handle high-volume queries while freeing up your agents’ to handle more complex queries, allowing a seamless transfer to a call center if necessary. A chatbot or conversational AI solution will not answer 100% of customer queries, so it is important that the ability to redirect to a call center or human agent is always a possibility for more complex queries.
Benefits of adding a dynamic FAQ solution to your customer self-service offering
For your customers:
- Personalised service
- Faster response time
- 24/7 support
- Increases user satisfaction and experience
- Autonomous problem-solving
For your business:
- Increases the productivity of your customer service agents
- Offers a more efficient and interactive service
- Improves the AI and natural language processing of your solution
- Reduces contact center costs
In conclusion, research indicates that the chatbot market will grow 23.7% by 2030.
Let FCB.ai assist your business grow and improve your customer satisfaction. If you have any questions about our solutions, or conversational AI in general let’s chat – we’re happy to help you increase customer satisfaction while reducing costs using the latest AI technology.


Network configuration data is stored in one or more files in the directory
in the attribute data base format defined by
Most applications that use it start with
That can refer (using a
entry) to other files that form part of the same logical database.
They are stored in distinct files to allow different configurations
to avoid duplicating data by sharing some common content.
associates service names with port numbers for Internet protocols,
provides the Inferno-specific port mapping.
A database is automatically reread if any component file has
changed since it was last read (based on its modification time).
A network database gives particular meaning to the following attributes:
- name or address of authentication server
- name of the file to send to a device on request when booting
- name or address of DNS resolver (see also the
- domain in which the local host lives (used to qualify unqualified names)
- Internet domain name (host or DNS zone)
- Ethernet address in the form accepted by
- name or address of file server
- IL service name
- empty-valued attribute that labels default site parameters
- Internet address
- name or address of Internet gateway
- Internet network mask
- network or subnetwork name
- IPv4 protocol number (see also
- mail exchanger
- name of a DNS name server for an associated
- port number for a service
- protocol name
- start of area (value is empty if locally authoritative, or
if another server is authoritative)
- system name (short local name for a host)
- TCP service name
- UDP service name
Internet addresses and masks can be written in any form
Network applications might use other attributes of their own,
which they document on their own pages.
interprets a host name of the form
as referring to the set of names and addresses that are values
of the attribute
in the network data base.
Attributes in general use include some of those above, and the following:
- older name for file server
- mail reading service using the POP3 protocol
- firewall proxy for
- Inferno authentication server running
- mail delivery gateway using the SMTP protocol
Other such symbolic server names are mentioned in the manual pages for associated applications.
values in any
values more generally.
When resolving a domain name,
looks first in this data base to see if there is a
entry for the name, and if so, whether there is either an associated
attribute giving a name server to ask, or an
attribute giving the name's IP address.
Failing that, it works up the name hierarchy looking for name servers to ask.
Failing that, it looks for a
attributes listing other resolvers to ask.
Bootstrap data is commonly stored in
by default it defines the root name servers:
dom= # root


I have been invited to the technical committee (i.e. Wireless Networks & Cybersecurity) at the 9th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC) that is held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the period from January 7th till January 9th, 2019.
Previously, I served as a technical committee member at the 7th IEEE CCWC that was also held in Las Vegas, NV during the period from January 9th till January 11th, 2017.
“Automated Staging of Diabetic Retinopathy Using a 2D Convolutional Neural Network” has been accepted to be presented at the 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology that is held in Louisville, KY during the period from December 6th till December 8th, 2018.
On Friday, Oct. 12th, 2018, I have attended the ABET workshop on “Fundamentals of Program Assessment” that was held in Baltimore, MD.
“Accurate Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy Using Convolutional Neural Networks” has been accepted to be presented at the 2018 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual meeting that is held in Atlanta, GA during the period from October 17th till October 20th, 2018.
“A Study of Distributed Compressive Sensing for the Internet of Things” has been accepted and presented at the IEEE 4th World Forum on Internet of Things that was held in Singapore during the period from February 5th till February 8th, 2018
I recently served as the track and demo chair for the 61st IEEE International Midwest symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2018) which is held in Windsor, Ontario, Canada during the period from August 5th till August 8th, 2018.


Internal Penetration Testing
Assessment of WiFi networks is closely related to the internal vulnerability assessment described earlier, as WiFi networks are directly connected to the local area network (LAN). However, they have a much greater signal coverage than the physical area of the office itself. If a hacker ever successfully gained access to the WiFi network, he would have the same set of rights as a registered internal company user does. He would then have the chance to implement transparent data mining, elevate his level of privilege, or carry on with taking over any of the devices found on the corporate network without anyone ever noticing.
An internal vulnerability assessment takes place locally at the customer’s office with a direct physical link to the LAN, or through a secure VPN connection. Software functions and services are then picked up and examined to see if they can be exposed, and if so, which roles are affected (e.g. a guest account or an average employee).


ST. Lawrence County ARES
( Amateur Radio Emergency Service )
( Automatic Position Reporting System )
What is APRS?
After years of amateurs using radio equipment to relay digital information from weather to mail from station to station an Amateur Radio user named Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, integrated the equipment needed to run a streaming signal from a GPS to the Radio Waves, this gave listeners with the proper equipment the ability to know the position of the transmitting station. This is how APRS was born.
The APRS system uses packet radio as the means of transmitting the data.
Unlike traditional packet operations in which communications occur on a one to
one basis, however, APRS uses unconnected packets to transmit data on a
An APRS packet may contain station location (latitude and longitude) and station type (home, portable, mobile, digipeater, weather station, etc.) information. An APRS base station receiving these packets, processes the information contained within them, and displays an appropriate symbol on a map showing the location of the station. If a station such as a mobile or portable station is in motion, APRS changes the position of that station on the map when it receives a new position packet that indicates a change of location.
The station in motion could be only a radio, TNC and a laptop computer running APRS. As the station travels along its route the station operator updates the position of the station on the APRS map and the APRS relays the new position to other APRS stations to update the position if the stations on their APRS maps. This requires much manual data entry and is fairly operator intensive, if however the station is fed information from a GPS all the data entry is automatically entered, freeing the operator to enter other information of importance or to just sit back and enjoy the ride.
Place an APRS station in an emergency vehicle being used in a disaster area or in the lead car of a parade, and the possibility of using APRS as a public service tool for tactical communications becomes obvious.
In addition to tracking stations in motion, APRS also tracks any object in motion when the position of that object is entered into the system. For example you can enter the latitude and longitude of a hurricane and the position of the hurricane appears on the map of everyone using APRS on that channel, you can also interface weather monitoring equipment an APRS station to disseminate real-time weather information to other APRS stations.
As with traditional packet radio stations, APRS stations use digipeaters to
propagate their transmissions, but unlike traditional packet, APRS stations do
not have to specify a digipeater path. Rather, APRS stations can use
generic digipeater paths so that no prior knowledge of the network is needed.
To further propagate APRS, the Internet is an integral part of the system and is
used for collecting and transmitting current APRS data on an international and
APRS Components for the Mobile Station
The three main components of a mobile station are the GPS the TNC and the
Some Radio Manufactures are now producing hand held radios with the GPS and TNC integrated into the unit, allowing for instant transmission to the APRS network.
The GPS requirements for APRS are simple. The GPS receiver must output
data in the format specified by the National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA)
standard NMEA-0183. Most navigational equipment that has data output will
match this criteria.
For mobile and portable APRS applications, the size, weight and power requirements of the GPS receiver should be considered.
The smaller the better, especially if the completed unit will be carried by hand.
Although most APRS setups just use a regular GPS with a serial port, some units are built with just a receiver. These are much smaller without the case, power supply and display. They are also easier to build into a package with the TNC and Radio.
The TNC or Terminal Node Controller is the coupling between the GPS and the Radio. It takes the digital signal from the GPS and reformats it to a form that is transmitted via the Radio. Most major TNC manufactures now support GPS signal input and many of the older models have firmware upgrades to allow for APRS operation. Some newer manufactures are producing pure GPS ready TNC's which are limited and can not do many of the functions of a regular TNC but have all the functionality needed to interface a GPS directly to the radio, these units are very small and are perfect for hand held stations.
The Radio requirements for mobile APRS are perhaps the easiest. There
are no special radios for this task. Because the type of radio will depend
on the frequency the user intends to use. For remote travelling
applications an HF radio will be best suited but for the typical rural and
suburban use VHF radio's will be best suited. The only requirement is that
the radio can be keyed to transmit via the TNC. Of course as in the GPS
and TNC size will matter if this is a hand held unit, so in that case keep it as
small and light as possible.
APRS Components in the Field
APRS Digipeaters - TNC's and Radios are both components of the standard digipeater station. Although any Base station can be a digipeater and in fact is encouraged to be a digipeater to remove holes in APRS network coverage, sometimes it is to a users or radio club's advantage to setup a digipeater in an area where the user may not wish to have a station but where the radio coverage is extensive. This system will have a fixed location but will store and forward all received location packets to other stations, it will be however a simple design and as power efficient as possible, perhaps running on solar or battery power.
Most TNC's can be setup to act as a digipeater and once connected to a radio can go about relaying information as long as the power supply lasts and the radio coverage is good. These stations can also relay other information on themselves such as station weather information and power supply/status information if the proper interfaces have been attached to the unit. Since they are stationary these stations do not require a GPS, and the location is just programmed into the firmware.
Radio's for a remote station have the same requirement as for mobile/portable
stations, the only requirement being that they can be keyed on by the TNC and
are efficient enough to be run long hours on batteries. Remote station
radio's should also be rugged and hardened to extremes of temperature since most
remote locations are not climate controlled.
APRS Components for the Base Station / Gateway
Base Stations and/or Gateways are backbones of the APRS network. As
with the fixed station digipeaters these stations do not require GPS interfaces
as they are at fixed locations and can have their latitude and longitude entered
manually. The Base Stations do however usually have a Personal Computer
attached to them, and they can retransmit the received packets to other stations
just as a digipeater if configured to do so. These stations if connected
to the internet can also act as a Gateway to send position data for all stations
polled by its local TNC to APRS Servers allowing international use of the APRS
network from any computer user, even non-amateurs may query the server from an
internet connected computer.
Other gateways may exist that use two or more radios of different frequencies to bridge coverage areas. For these systems each radio is equipped with its own TNC which are either linked to the others TNC's or to a Computer to allow crossing of data between the frequencies. This allows users to get more station location information than would normally be available with only one local network. This may be used for getting more information from the local VHF APRS network through a HF gateway to another VHF network which is isolated hundreds of miles away.
The ST. Lawrence County and NNY APRS system.
Last fall a few members of the Oswegatchie Valley Amateur Radio Club decided to set up an APRS network in the North Country. Our plan was to install a couple digipeaters in the area and try to get others interested in this mode of communications. KA2MHZ and WA2NAN were the first two stations on locally and installed two digi's, one at the FINE repeater site, and one in Gouverneur at the Radio Shack store. We settled on using the UIDIGI firmware as it can be run as a stand-alone without the need for a computer. KA2JXI burned the neccesary EPROMS for the project. We now have a digi at K2SLC the EOC in Canton, and one at the qth of member KC2HGK in Casterland and Ogdensburg. We are in the process of putting one in Copenhagen. Other local stations on board at this time are W2NVW, KA2JXI, KC2HGK and N2MX. Several others are coming aboard soon. The ARES - RACES group is in the process of incorporating APRS into the county Emergency Plan. If you might be interested in trying APRS contact any of the stations listed for more information.
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2017 | Quarter 4
Penang Port Wins Best of
Communications Applications Award
Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB), a Member of MMC Group was presented with the ‘Best of Communication Applications’ award at the MSC Malaysia Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards 2017 ceremony held at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
The award was presented by Dato’ Yasmin Mahmood, Chief Executive Officer of MDec and Mr. Chin Chee Seong, Chairman of PIKOM to Mr. Zaini Mohd Hussain, Senior General Manager of Technical Services of PPSB.
PPSB’s solution employs innovative use of technology to enable robust and efficient exchange of information between the company’s TOS (Terminal Operating System) and the VMTs (Vehicle Mounted Terminals) deployed in the port operating environment. The solution enables optimization of container handling equipment, simplified and enhanced user experience for the operators whilst significantly reducing the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership).
The solution is expected to provide significant benefits to companies across many industries faced with wireless connectivity challenges such as weak signals (due to interference, blockage and roaming). It will enable a more robust, reliable and expanded wireless coverage, wider options and feature-


There are a lot of lightweight headphones available in the market today that can be paired with your portable MP3 player. Home-based headphone listening is usually a different experience altogether as the source of audio is usually a home theater system or a TV placed in one corner of the room. But the good news is that nowadays you do not need to invest in a long cable that will stretch across your room. Fortunately wireless headphones are becoming popular day by day. They are very convenient to use as there are no dangling cables. And contrary to popular belief, wireless does not mean poor sound quality. In fact, advanced technology has ensured better listening pleasure with these state-of-the-art headphones. Let us have a look at the top 5 wireless headphones.
1) Sennheiser RS 220
The Sennheiser RS 220 is the best wireless headphone that one will ever come across although it has an unbelievable price tag of $599.95! However, you will get virtually everything at this price – superior audio performance, a high quality wireless signal, excellent fit and various options for connection. The headphones are extremely lightweight and very soothing on the ears.
Compared to Sennheiser RS 220 this is a highly affordable headset which comes at only $49.99. However, there is no compromise on the sound quality although the price is low. The BackBeat Go is very light in weight, comfortable on the ears and arguably the best hands-free headset available in the market today. The BackBeat Go do not boast of enough bass but it is that sort of headphone which you can carry anywhere you like.
3) Astro Gaming A50 Wireless Headset
Available at $299.99 this is the best gaming headset that you can lay your hands upon. There are many games in which you need to communicate with your teammates and the Astro headset is a killer one as it delivers superb sound quality and a boom mic for superior voice transmissions.
4) Logitech UE 9000
Logitech is a renowned name in the domain PC speakers but it has the ‘arsenal’ to take on the high-end wireless headsets available in the market today. Priced at $399.99 the set delivers high quality audio without any sort of distortions and has a Bluetooth feature that delivers good performance. The best part is that the headphone can also be used as a wired pair as it comes with a cable that is fully detachable. The other in-built features include a 3 button remote and a mic.
This is a full-featured wireless headphone pair that is priced around $348 at various online stores. It delivers crystal clear Bluetooth audio, noise cancellation features, controls that are fully touch-sensitive and a fully integrated NFC. Perhaps not very popular as the other headsets mentioned here but delivers a power house performance each time.
The above-mentioned 5 wireless headphones are considered to be the best in the market on the basis of performance and durability. Companies like TDK & Samsung have also launched wireless sets with much fanfare but one need to wait further to know how they fare in this competition.


The new PSC PowerStar Mini Triple Play power distribution system provides a convenient way of distributing clean, quiet, reliable 12Vdc power to all of your ENG Bag and Small Cart based audio equipment from one or more rechargeable batteries. The PSC PowerStar Mini Triple Play features nine main outputs. Each of these outputs is designed to deliver up to 2 amps of continuous current. The PowerStar Mini Triple Play has a global (total) current limit of 10 amps. A top panel mounted power switch controls the entire operation. This power switch is a three-way design. When switched to the left, only the USB power outputs connectors will be powered on. This allows continued charging of your USB devices such as an iPhone tm while the rest of your system is powered off. When switched to the center position, everything is turned off including the USB ports. When switched to the right side, everything including the USB connectors is powered on. There is also one connector that is always on and is not controlled by the power switch. This connector is easily identified by the blue ring surrounding the connector.
The PowerStar Mini Triple Play features PSC’s exclusive Silent Power Technology™ designed to filter out unwanted switch mode noise and RF interference from your power lines. These exclusive PSC filters will ensure you of clean, quiet recordings in the field by minimizing unwanted inter-modulation noise, RF interference and other noise sources. Our RF filtering will provide better than 34dB of RF isolation between the outputs from 100Mhz to 900Mhz. We are the only company in our industry to go to the trouble and expense of offering this added benefit. Though these filters will not eliminate all noise, they do eliminate most intermodulation noise found in many common power systems. In addition, each of the PSC PowerStar Mini Triple Play’s power outputs are individually Polyfuse protected. Because of this, if one output is shorted, the remaining outputs will function normally. Power input is via three 4 pin mini XLR connectors. Optional NP-1 battery cups, and AC Power Supply and an assortment of PSC power cables are available. The PowerStar Mini Triple Play features reverse polarity protection, genuine Switchcraft tm connectors, a sturdy aircraft aluminum case, tough powder coat finish and a removable stainless steel belt clip with three mounting positions for flexibility in the field.
|Size:||5.265" x 1.600" x 1.250"
(133.7 mm x 40.6 mm x 31.7 mm)
|Weight||6 oz (170 gm)|
|Main Output Current||10 Amp Global Maximum, 2 Amp Maximum per output|
|USB Output Current||6 Amp Global, 2 Amp maximum per output|
|Power Switch||Recessed Toggle|
|RF Filtering||Better than 34dB Isolation from 100Mhz to 900Mhz|
|Belt Clip||Stainless Steel, removable|
|Input Connectors||TB4M, wired Pins 1&2 Negative (-), Pins 3&4 Positive (+)|
|Output Connectors||Switchcraft coaxial power connectors, Center Positive (+)|
|Warranty||1 Year, Limited|
Features & Specifications subject to change.
|FPSCPSM-NP1||NP-1 Battery Cup with TA4F Connector|
|FPSM3PAC||AC Power Supply|
|FPSCPSM-CAB1||PSM Output Cable with R.A. Power Plug for use with Lectrosonics, M3, FP-32A, FP33, etc.|
|FPSCPSM-CAB1Y||Dual PSC Output Cable with Two R.A. Power Plug for use with Lectrosonics, M3, FP-32A, FP33, etc.|
|FPSCPSM-CAB2||PSM Output Cable with 4 Pin Hirose for use with M4mkII, Alphamix, Newer 442, 302, etc.|


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On Saturday, October 24 at 11:31 a.m. EDT, 11:31 UTC, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 Starlink satellites to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Falcon 9’s first stage previously supported the GPS III Space Vehicle 03 mission in June 2020 and a Starlink mission in September 2020. Following stage separation, SpaceX landed Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. The Starlink satellites deployed approximately 1 hour and 3 minutes after liftoff.


Backbone Networks creates professional online broadcast stations and radio networks through our cloud-based infrastructure, production and automation software, syndication tools and streaming distribution. We take care of the technical part of broadcasting — making it easy for you to operate 24/7 using integrated radio automation, produce live remotes, stream to a worldwide audience, and automatically create listener logs and reports. You can simply focus on delivering your message and your content, using equipment as basic as “a Mac and a mic”.
In addition to building turnkey, commercial talk radio and sports stations, Backbone operates the largest network of college, university and high school student-run online radio stations (IBS Student Radio Network). Broadcasters get everything they need, including Backbone’s unique cloud-based broadcast and automation infrastructure, allowing easy content sharing among stations and “invisible delivery” of digital content from third-party syndicators.
Your Station Anywhere The broadcast-from-anywhere, live remote capability of Backbone’s infrastructure is what enables professional broadcasters to simplify their event-based Internet radio production.
What differentiates Backbone is our integration of all the tools necessary to run a powerful station while eliminating so much of the complexity and cost normally associated with broadcasting.
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Richard Cerny, CEO, President, Founder
As a long-time serial entrepreneur, Richard Cerny has helped change the way remote broadcasting is done. First, by developing fiber and optical cable technologies at Corning and Valtec; second, with vertically targeted electro-optical, laser-based fiber television and digital cinema production systems as CEO and co-founder of Artel and Telecast Fiber Systems; and most recently through Internet cloud-based technology at Backbone Networks.
His career includes many “firsts”, including the development and introduction of the first commercial single mode fiber, the first fiber optic cable, the first operational fiber optic communications installation, the first commercial digital fiber optic telecommunications trunks (both DS1 and DS3), the first commercial RS232C data links up to the first 100Mbps local area networks, and several others. His industry-changing remote television production systems are still in use for news, sports and entertainment by all major U.S. television networks, ESPN, Olympics Broadcasting, the U.S. White House and both houses of Congress, as well as network broadcasters around the globe. His company’s developments were central to the development of High Definition and 3D television and digital cinema teleproduction, including televised sports and feature films, such as James Cameron’s Avatar.
George Capalbo, CTO, Vice President
With a powerful background in both software and broadcast systems development, George Capalbo uniquely understands how broadcasting works and where it needs to go. He grew up with a father, George Capalbo, Sr., who was Chief Engineer and Vice President of RKO Radio nationwide and a recent inductee to the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame. George, Jr.’s software experience spans network software development for Prime Computer, Inc. and Index Technology, as well as coordinating live broadcast events, such as Woodstock ’94, for Telecast Fiber Systems, where he served as director until the company’s sale in 2009.
George applied his combined software and broadcast technology for other companies, as well, including Digital Equipment Corp. and Formula One Racing, where he developed remote broadcasting technology, specializing in virtual signage. George is designer, architect and prime developer of the integrated production, automation and streaming software and technology of Backbone Networks.
Paul Kamp, Vice President Business Development and Corporate Counsel
Backbone is fortunate to have an expert in Business Development and Attorney in one person, Paul Kamp. Paul also began his career at Prime Computer, Inc., as a “Prime-mate” of George, where Paul managed software development. He went on to become Director of Server Systems and Corporate Counsel at Pacer Software. He later managed corporate business and technology development at Sun Microsystems.
After Sun Microsystems, he served as Program and Business Analyst for Constant Contact, before becoming Director of Marketing for Telecast Fiber Systems, a Belden Brand, now a part of Miranda Technologies. Paul now happily enjoys managing corporate partnerships, contracts and business development for Backbone.


Information and Communications Technology (ICT), is an extended synonym, an umbrella term which contains both Information Technology (IT) as well as Communications Technology under its fold.
Information Communication Technology is the integration of telecommunications in computing for effective access, storage, transmission, and manipulation of information.
This course is intended to equip the trainees with knowledge, skills and attitudes which are responsive to the challenging needs in the computing industry. The course will allow the graduates to work in a salaried employment or self-employment.
To achieve this, units such as entrepreneurship, communication skills and life skills have been included in the course work.


Lakeland is launching a campaign to collect information on the demand for broadband Internet accessibility in the city.
In cooperation with Connected Tennessee, city officials are working to encourage broadband Internet providers to expand high-speed Internet services to unserved parts of the city.
“Lakeland’s continued growth and success as a place to live and do business is explicitly tied to the ongoing development and deployment of new technologies and most notably, the availability of broadband,” said Ken Lipkowitz, president of the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce. “The successful deployment of broadband Internet citywide will enhance quality of life for all city residents, fulfilling the city’s motto, Where quality of life is a Way of life.”
The results of a recent business survey conducted by Connected Tennessee shows that an estimated $30 billion in online sales are earned annually by Tennessee businesses. This number alone illustrates how the adoption of broadband can change the framework of business, leading to a boost in the quality of life in communities around the state.
“Local leaders are realizing the importance of technology for quality of life, local entrepreneurship, and economic and business development,” said Deanna Ward, Connected Tennessee, East Tennessee State operations manager. “We at Connected Tennessee are excited to be working with Lakeland and are asking for the support of the community’s residents and business owners to visit our website and fill out our broadband inquiry so that we are able to identify where service is lacking.”
To take part in the survey, visit connectedtn.org/broadband-inquiry. You are not obligated to sign up for any service, nor is there any guarantee that broadband service will be expanded in all parts of Lakeland in the near future.
Broadband inquiries are able to identify: 1) residents or businesses who do not currently have access to broadband but want it; 2) residents or businesses who have access to broadband but desire different or additional service options; 3) those who do not currently have access to broadband service at their location and would like to report that information to help improve the broadband inventory maps for the city.
If you would like to assist in this effort or have questions, please contact Ward at 731-699-0234, or email@example.com; or Thad Jablonski, Executive Coordinator, at Lakeland City Hall at 901-867-5402 or firstname.lastname@example.org.


PEEX, a startup which provides an enhanced audio experience at live music shows, has announced it will launch with Elton John’s upcoming tour, and released pricing details.
The technology is designed to improve the connection between fans and artists with superior audio quality at shows. Attendees to live shows can create their own five-channel mix of the concert sound using the wearable technology and companion app.
The technology will be in use for select dates of Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road global tour, at an introductory price of £10 to rent. The tour will travel across Europe, stopping off in the UK.
Fans attending a show will be able to try the PEEX experience by renting out its rX wearable device at the venue or pre-booking it via PEEX’s website. PEEX is also offering a 20% preorder discount for fans booking online in advance with the preorder code ‘ELTON’.
Pieter Hamelink, Chief Executive Officer of PEEX, comments: “We are thrilled to be able to showcase our technology to even more fans across Europe. Feedback from the US leg of Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour was overwhelmingly positive, and we are now pleased to take the next step in offering PEEX to European fans. Our special introductory price is designed to attract attending fans to experience a much more immersive and enhanced show.”
Elton John added: “Throughout my 50-year career, playing live has always been so important to me. I am passionate about giving my fans my best possible performance and making sure they get the best possible experience. Over the last 4 years I’ve been working with the talented team at PEEX, who have developed an incredible new technology that will revolutionise the way fans listen to live music. Make sure you check it out.”


Thursday 12 December 2019
Zain KSA wins Best 5G Infrastructure Deployment award
Zain KSA has been awarded the Best 5G Infrastructure Deployment title during Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit that took place in Dubai on Tuesday, December 10, 2019. Over 600 attendee’s ICT companies from more than 23 countries worldwide participated in the 13th edition of the event which focused on the main trends in the ICT sector, namely: 5G network, cyber security, data traffic and digitalization.
Commenting on the new accolade, Chief Technology Officer Eng. AbdulRahman bin Hamad Al-Mufadda at Zain KSA, “the Best Infrastructure Deployment award reaffirms Zain’s role in being a digital lifestyle provider. He emphasized Zain KSA’s role in assisting the development and transformation the Kingdom is witnessing, mainly in terms of enabling and unlocking opportunities for people by creating a sophisticated infrastructure in line with the Kingdom’s digital transformation."
Al-Mufadda added that Zain KSA is continuously enhancing its services and enabling its customers with a new lifestyle to benefit from ultramodern technology by rapidly upgrading its offerings and adapting to the latest advancements in the sector.
Zain KSA has recently announced the completion of its first phase of its 5G network with a wide coverage encompassing 27 cities across the Kingdom through 2,600 towers. At the time of roll-out, the company’s 5G network was the 3rd largest globally and the first in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.
The 5G network boasts a speed 10 times faster than its predecessor, supporting impressive uploading and downloading rates that will make for an exceptional user experience. The higher capacity of the 5G network, as compared to that of the 4G, will enable more devices to connect to one telecom tower simultaneously without interfering with the user experience. And the low latency where subscribers can enjoy fast response during their internet usage.
As the largest ICT industry event, the Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit offers ICT players and experts from all over the globe the opportunity to connect and share the latest innovations in the industry. Additionally, the conference features in-depth panel discussions and a demo area where participating companies can showcase their cutting-edge solutions. The Telecom Review Awards recognize industry leaders for their efficiency and their efforts in promoting the telecom and ICT sector globally.


Network Security is one of the most crucial elements of modern network maintenance and design. With the ever-present threat of data theft and malware or virus infection, firewalls have become essential in networks of all sizes. When you begin information technology training, you will likely have a number of questions about network and information security, and you may even be wondering about the differences between hardware and software firewalls.
What Does a Firewall Do?
During your information technology classes, you will learn that firewalls are elements within a computer network that are designed to limit the flow of incoming and outgoing traffic. Firewalls can limit this traffic based on the origin of the traffic, the port it is routing through, or even based on other criteria such as the amount of traffic that is being transferred, or the time of day when the communication is taking place.
Why do Software and Hardware Firewalls Exist
The most basic firewall will simply block or allow traffic, but as mentioned, there can be specific instructions that govern the flow of traffic for particular scenarios. For this reason, businesses and even home networks use a combination of hardware and software firewalls.
A hardware firewall will be one of the first elements between external traffic and an internal network. This is what could be considered the first line of defense. These firewalls are found in routers and they monitor traffic across the entire network. Suspicious data packets or packets that meet certain criteria will be blocked by the firewall. A hardware firewall is designed to protect against incoming packets, but will not typically scan outbound traffic.
In comparison, a software firewall looks at all of the traffic that is coming in or going out from an individual machine. While a hardware firewall won’t be configurable by the average user, a software firewall can be customized to their needs. Software firewalls can be used to limit malicious traffic, but also to stop unwanted or unnecessary traffic that could be broadcasting on a network. A software firewall can also prevent suspicious traffic from leaving a computer and infecting other machines on the network. Users can also configure firewalls if they don’t want certain applications to have access to a network or the internet, and system administrators may sometimes configure software firewalls to limit access on large corporate networks.
In short, both hardware and software firewalls are necessary, and they both work in conjunction to make networks more secure.
Information Technology Training Degrees Allow You to Understand Firewalls and Network Security
A basic software firewall can be relatively simple to understand, but knowing how to design and configure a hardware firewall on a network will require a deeper skillset. If the challenge of network design and security is something that interests you, then you will gain a lot of value from studying information technology. Not only will this allow you to understand firewalls, but you will also learn about computer networking and maintenance, programming, software operation, systems and software deployment, and even about hardware maintenance. A career in IT will be hugely rewarding, and information security specialists are currently in high demand.
According to data from the United States Department of Labor, the job outlook growth for information security analysts is currently sitting at 18%. Median pay is more than $90,000 per year, and as you increase your experience and skills, you would become a highly employable professional. An information technology degree could be your first step towards a career in information security, where you will have opportunities to work in companies of all sizes, including the world’s largest technology companies, and even in government departments like the NSA and DHS.
If you’re ready to begin your education and your journey towards your dream career, call us today for enrolment details, course costs, and further information about our IT degrees and other courses.
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|Whether you are into music, sports, entertainment talk, or simply would like to catch up on the current news, satellite radio can take you there. Simbol Auto Glass offers both XM and Sirius satellite radio programs. |
We carry a variety of units and can help activate your service in minutes. Customers can also set up an appointment to have a custom installation of a satellite unit in their vehicle. Times are changing and people want more. AM and FM radio are a thing of the past so don’t be left behind. Call or stop in to any of our service locations for more information about satellite radio.


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Cubesat is developed as a set of nanosat standard specifications by Stanford University and California Polytechnic University. Universities, institutes and space industries progressively pay attention to develop the various applications of cubesat,contributing to its significantly lower cost and standardization contrast to conventional satellites. In this paper，the features and standards of cube sat are described. Furthermore, the technical status and development tendency insight into subsystems are summarized, such as structure design, thermal control, on-board computer, attitude control, electrical power subsystem, and communication. Based on the analysis of technical characteristics of cubesat, the summary of cubesat space applications is also proposed. Finally, taking Cubesat ″NJUST-1″ as example, it is showed that cubesat is of important value for aerospace engineering education.


Sierra County Emergency Management has contracted with Emergency Communications Network to license its CodeRED high-speed notification solution. The CodeRED system provides city/county officials the ability to quickly deliver messages to targeted areas of the entire county.
To be notified when there's a local emergency, sign up for CodeRED from the Emergency Management page.
A Draft of Sierra County's Comprehensive Plan is now available.
A Budget Workshop for all Sierra County Departments is scheduled for Tuesday, May 9.
The Commissioners will attend the New Mexico Association of County Board Legislative District Meeting on April 26.


In an age of smartphone apps, cloud services and chat bots, the fax seems to be an anachronism. Despite how far IT has advanced with digital and cloud environments, the trusty fax persists. The modern commercial fax machine dates back to the mid-1960s—more than 50 years! Organizations continue to rely on it today as a primary method of sending and receiving essential documents like invoices and purchase orders.
We get it: some kinds of change are hard, and some are unnecessary. When you’re communicating with a diverse network of suppliers, partners and customers, why alter well-established standardized processes?
It comes back to the old nugget, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” The concept and utility of the fax is not broken. It’s just that many of the systems and processes both upstream and downstream of fax transmissions have evolved. And so the fax adapts—or more to the point, IT adapts to integrate with the fax.
VSI-FAX and Hosted P21
A lot of organizations rely on VSI-FAX to integrate with P21. Technically, this fax server software still works well if P21 is in a virtualized or hosted environment. However, faxes need an analog line and a modem. From a practical perspective, running a separate analog line into a hosted data center like the one Echopath uses just isn’t going to happen.
So how do we make sure customers that host their P21 systems with us can keep using VSI-FAX and their dependable fax processes?
The Virtual-to-Analog Conversion
We have had a lot of success with Digi, a Minnesota-based global leader in machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity products. One of those products is the Digi One SP compact serial server.
This device connects any type of serial device, including fax modems, to a company Ethernet by assigning it an IP address, which we input as the fax server as part of configuring P21. When our customer hits “fax” from P21, or any other software integrated with VSI-FAX, the virtual fax server processes the request and maps to that IP address on the digital port and sends it via the modem on the analog line.
Even though P21 and VSI-FAX are hosted in our data center, this simple solution allows customers to virtualize the entire process, routing faxes to and from that modem on the same analog line that they control at their company offices.
Just the Fax, Ma’am
At some point, we assume the fax will finally become displaced by other technology. Until that time, we will keep adapting IT systems to accommodate what for many organizations continues to be a reliable means of communication.


You probably would have heard of beacons. These are small wireless Bluetooth enabled devices which are used to communicate with other devices, primarily, smartphones and tablets. Operating on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology, beacons continuously transmit a unique ID or web address without having to establish a connection with the intended devices. We can consider them to be small computers packaged in small plastic boxes, and powered by one or more coin batteries. Though primarily meant to identify the location of a smartphone or such similar devices, some beacons come fitted with sensors and provide extra information like temperature, humidity, light level, etc.
How exactly do beacons work?
Each beacon comes fitted with a Bluetooth Low Energy transmitter. It repeatedly transmits tiny radio signals intended to be picked up in their vicinity by smartphones and other such devices.
Modern smartphones have inbuilt features and apps which continuously scan for the signals being emanated by the beacons. It is important to remember though the signals being transmitted by the beacons can only be picked up by the smartphones if they are within a short distance from the beacons. This distance can vary from few feet to few meters depending upon the built and model of the beacon. Beacons with a range of close to 300 meters are also available in the market.
If the smartphone has relevant app installed, and it picks up the signal, the app establishes communication with the server and asks whether it has anything important to share. For example, it can fetch content about a person’s location enabling retailers to engage with their present and potential customers more efficiently. Marketers can send personalized or contextually relevant messages to their customers which are displayed as a notification or directly in the app.
Communication protocol of beacon
We may have heard about different protocols like HTML, FTP, 4G, etc. These protocols are a set of rules and procedures which enables a device to establish communication with the outside world. Likewise, Apple’s iBeacon and Google’s Eddystone are two main application protocols for Bluetooth beacon communication. Based on Bluetooth 4.0, both these protocols fully support beacon deployment and functionality with minor changes here and there. More importantly, they are both backed by tech giants who are committed to bridging the gap between the physical and the digital world.
It is a novel tool which helps you map out the signal strength of your wireless network. This tool can be used in conjunction with beacons by retailers to offer a pleasant shopping experience to their customers.


Ship details: An unknown sailing boat
Offshore radio station: The landbased pirate radio station Northlight Radio International (NRI) was founded in 1989. The first broadcast took place at the beginning of April 1990 from the North Sea island Norderney where also the first transmitter was designed: A 25 watts AM transmitter in the so called "Heising modulation" system for short wave - the name of this transmitter: "dune transmitter one". Its frequency is controlled by a variety of crystals - for each frequency an own crystal. The power output (PEP) was raised later on up to 50 watts by increase of the anodes voltage of the power amplifyer valves. As an antenna we used a long wire of 22.8 meters. The resonance on our transmission on the part of the listeners was first small despite advance notice. However - the more frequently we went on air, the more letters we received. In 1991 a further transmitter was added - its name: "Bake". It has a power output (PEP) of 25 watts, transmits in AM and is likewise for shortwave conceived. "Bake" served later on for oversea transmissions in the 22 meter-band.
In the summer of 1992 Northlight-Radio International made a broadcast from international waters off the German coast. At that time three transmitters were in operation: A test transmitter with 200 Watts on medium wave, the "dune transmitter one" on short wave in the 48 metre-band and "Bake" on 11.422 kHz for the oversea service. [Source: Northlight Radio's website]
The transmission had originally been planned as another landbased one. Unexpectedly someone invited the station's operator to take part in a sailing jouney to Helgoland - and he agreed as the equipment had in any case been prepared for mobile use. But because of the unsufficient preparation of the not totally extended inverted V-antenna on the vessel and a badly tuned long wire the transmission had not the hoped for success: There were only five reception reports from North Germany and one from the Netherlands. The offshore broadcast included medium wave, short wave and FM transmissions (the latter with an antenna that should be used for FM-DXing). [Source: Felix de Vries]
Location: Sailing in international waters from the German North Sea coast to the island of Helgoland


Prof. Min H. Kim received a Naver Young Faculty Fellowship
Our imaging application paper has been accepted to IEEE TIM.
Our stereo fusion paper received a Best Application Paper Award at ACCV 2014.
Our HDR tone-mapping code (XLRCAM, SIGGRAPH 2009)
has been released.
Our hyperspectral 3D imaging paper has been accepted to IEEE CG&A.
Our 3D modeling paper has been accepted to UIST 2014.
Our hyperspectral 3D software paper received a Best Paper Award at VAST 2012.
Prof. Min H. Kim received a Microsoft New Faculty Award in Korea
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