Tulancingo, Hidalgo .- Tulancingo Technological University (JTU), has an adaptation of free software.
It was developed in this institution, facilitates learning for people with visualdisabilities.
The tool was applied to this university by the Universidad Tecnológica de SantaCatarina, Nuevo León, for their support programs for people who can not see fully or partially.
The rector of the UTec, Concepción Gómez Juárez, said the software was developedby research professor Oscar Lira Uribe.
Will be donated as part of a mutual support between these two institutions, which alsohelp to reduce software licensing costs.
The program generated in the UTec can listen to the words that are written in bothSpanish and English.
And through collaborative networks that exist between the two colleges, the Technological University of Santa Catarina UTec support the material to supportcurriculum content for the blind, which are produced through special printers.
It should be noted that the two institutions have worked with other universities that have programs to support disabled.
The level UTec develops and Engineering Technical Colleges, for the design and production of materials needed in the teaching-learning process of students withvisual impairments.
And, work is already in the acquisition of image displays and printers that can beworked by touch.
lunes, 23 de mayo de 2011
Free software for musicians
Although usually the music is incidental, the process of creating the score is delicate.Mastering, edit, remove noise, using effects are, among others, the tasks to be performed. It is certainly an arduous and tedious. But you can find support in software tools, but unfortunately these applications are expensive and difficult to use.
In Nicaragua, much of the musicians are amateurs. They love the act of creating music, and new technologies have allowed them, even participate in virtual competitions, both nationally and internationally. Below are free software applications are an excellent choice for creating quality music.
* Audacity: This program is free and open source software for recording and editing sound. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU / Linux and other operating systems. It has a Wiki and Forum for more information and consult with other members of the community. Site: http://audacity.sourceforge.ne.* GtkGuitune: I love playing the guitar, but is an impossible dream tune? No problem!gtkGuitune tuner is a powerful, simple and very precise. You can tune any guitar or even other instruments (bass, guitar etc.) Is in the Ubuntu repositories and installed with a command: sudo apt-get install gtkguitune.* TuxGuitar: You need to read or submit the scores TuxGuitar is the software you need. Essential to learn the guitar, lets you listen to the song, read the tablature and sheet music with finger positions on the mast. It runs on GNU / Linux and Microsoft Windows. Site: http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar.* Hydrogen: Allows the drum accompaniment or bases, very useful if you play alone and do not know how to play drums. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU / Linux. Site: http://www.hydrogen-music.org.* Musix: If this is not enough, Musix is the answer. Distribution is 100% Free expert musicians, fans and general public. Site: http://musix.org.ar/
In Nicaragua, much of the musicians are amateurs. They love the act of creating music, and new technologies have allowed them, even participate in virtual competitions, both nationally and internationally. Below are free software applications are an excellent choice for creating quality music.
* Audacity: This program is free and open source software for recording and editing sound. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU / Linux and other operating systems. It has a Wiki and Forum for more information and consult with other members of the community. Site: http://audacity.sourceforge.ne.* GtkGuitune: I love playing the guitar, but is an impossible dream tune? No problem!gtkGuitune tuner is a powerful, simple and very precise. You can tune any guitar or even other instruments (bass, guitar etc.) Is in the Ubuntu repositories and installed with a command: sudo apt-get install gtkguitune.* TuxGuitar: You need to read or submit the scores TuxGuitar is the software you need. Essential to learn the guitar, lets you listen to the song, read the tablature and sheet music with finger positions on the mast. It runs on GNU / Linux and Microsoft Windows. Site: http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar.* Hydrogen: Allows the drum accompaniment or bases, very useful if you play alone and do not know how to play drums. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU / Linux. Site: http://www.hydrogen-music.org.* Musix: If this is not enough, Musix is the answer. Distribution is 100% Free expert musicians, fans and general public. Site: http://musix.org.ar/
IBM will dedicate $ 100 million to investigate the Big Data analysis
While the market and there are many proposals related to business intelligence andanalysis software, yet no tools to analyze large amounts of unstructured data, say fromIBM, which says that 80% of enterprise data is data unstructured, meaning it is not easy to categorize them in a database.
There are many companies that collect large amounts of data through sensors, basedon both hardware and software, but there is no way to analyze the results.
IBM has said it will use existing sites for research and will not open new centers.
As for the new services it plans to offer, will include analysis capabilities. A tool,called Cloud Workload Analysis, will enable organizations to streamline theirworkloads and identify which jobs can be moved to the cloud. With another tool usersmay provide their own storage, rather than having to rely on a storage administrator, helping to reduce the time administrators spend managing resources.
IBM also announced new software packages that can help analyze petabytes of datastreaming and produce results in less than a millisecond.
Sinaloa, a leader in the use of software
Culiacan, Sinaloa (Notimex) .- In the next two years, the company is Microsoft will invest in Sinaloa 17 million 677 thousand U.S. dollars, which will place this company at the forefront of technological development.
To do this, the developer of software will create the Microsoft Innovation Center in the state, as part of the agreement recently signed with the Government of Sinaloa.Mediante this agreement, the state government, through the Secretariat of Government Innovation ( SIG) and Microsoft will develop mechanisms for more efficient and transparent action gubernamental.El SIG Holder, Pecher Karim Espinoza de los Monteros, announced in an interview that the agreement will place Sinaloa at the forefront in the use of technologies, and lay the groundwork for the development of computer programs in accordance with entidad.De director for Latin America Microsoft U.S. Public Sector, Guillermo Almada, the purpose is to provide cutting edge software at least 40 000 students teachers and about 100 start-ups. "This will promote the use of new technologies in education and the productive development of Sinaloa, estableció.Para Gov. Mario López Valdez, the agreement will allow Sinaloa tip becomes launches in the development of robotics programs, game development, multimedia, mobile applications, animation and graphic design, particularmente.El agreement is to provide, free of charge, software to 40 000 students and teachers of careers information technologies , science, engineering, mathematics and design, for the purposes of teaching-aprendizaje.Asimismo, aims to benefit 225 schools teaching laboratories of higher education you are taught to engineering careers, with Microsoft technical software for your practice innovation and new productos.En the case of the 100 entrepreneurial companies specializing in mobile technologies, will be provided with free software for three years to develop their products and servicios.Además, the agreement will allow training with the latest technology for mobile application development, video and network sociales.Todo above fits into the program raised Mexico, a national initiative promoted by Microsoft, and seeks to consolidate the development and competitiveness of the country through the adoption and use of information technology and communications .
To do this, the developer of software will create the Microsoft Innovation Center in the state, as part of the agreement recently signed with the Government of Sinaloa.Mediante this agreement, the state government, through the Secretariat of Government Innovation ( SIG) and Microsoft will develop mechanisms for more efficient and transparent action gubernamental.El SIG Holder, Pecher Karim Espinoza de los Monteros, announced in an interview that the agreement will place Sinaloa at the forefront in the use of technologies, and lay the groundwork for the development of computer programs in accordance with entidad.De director for Latin America Microsoft U.S. Public Sector, Guillermo Almada, the purpose is to provide cutting edge software at least 40 000 students teachers and about 100 start-ups. "This will promote the use of new technologies in education and the productive development of Sinaloa, estableció.Para Gov. Mario López Valdez, the agreement will allow Sinaloa tip becomes launches in the development of robotics programs, game development, multimedia, mobile applications, animation and graphic design, particularmente.El agreement is to provide, free of charge, software to 40 000 students and teachers of careers information technologies , science, engineering, mathematics and design, for the purposes of teaching-aprendizaje.Asimismo, aims to benefit 225 schools teaching laboratories of higher education you are taught to engineering careers, with Microsoft technical software for your practice innovation and new productos.En the case of the 100 entrepreneurial companies specializing in mobile technologies, will be provided with free software for three years to develop their products and servicios.Además, the agreement will allow training with the latest technology for mobile application development, video and network sociales.Todo above fits into the program raised Mexico, a national initiative promoted by Microsoft, and seeks to consolidate the development and competitiveness of the country through the adoption and use of information technology and communications .
Develop a software that understands the barking of dogs
has the ability to "understand", classify and identify the barking of a dog. According to its creators, this development is unique in that it does its job even in different contexts,such as "play", "fight" or "walk. " The results of this study suggest that dogs emitdifferent acoustic sounds based on their emotional state. This system can alsorecognize the individual barking of a dog in particular, which is unable to humans. Thesoftware opens up new perspectives and paths in the study of animal behavior. By Raúl Morales.
A new computer program developed by Professor Csaba Molnar, from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, has become the most accurate tool for studying acousticcommunications amongst animals, reported Reuters.
A new computer program developed by Professor Csaba Molnar, from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, has become the most accurate tool for studyingacoustic communications amongst animals, reported Reuters.
One of the most exciting fields of computing and computing is communicationbetween man and machine, explore different possibilities for a computer will understand when we talk. Have already been taken important steps in this research.Surprisingly, however, that computer scientists have set their sights on another type of communication: between dog and machine.
The results of the investigation, which were presented in the journal Animal Cognition,suggests that dogs have different acoustic sounds in terms of their emotional state.
According to Molnár and his colleagues, his research has shown that the piece ofsoftware they have developed is able to classify dog barks according to different situations and even identify the barking of a dog in particular, something that a human being is almost unable to do.
Behind this project is the interest of Molnár experience the ability of a computer algorithm to identify and differentiate the acoustic sounds of dogs barking andclassify them according to different contexts and individual animals.
For this, the software analyzed more than 6,000 barks in six different situations:"stranger", "fight", "walk", "ball", "game" and "alone. " The barks were recordedbefore being transferred to a computer, where they were digitized. The individualbarks were coded, classified and evaluated.
Degree of success
In the first experiment, which sought a classification according to the situations, thesoftware was able to recognize the barks in 43% of cases. The best recognition rateswere in the situation of "struggle " and "bizarre. " By contrast, rates were lowest for the context of "play. "
These data suggest that different motivational states of dogs in contexts submissive, friendly or aggressive would be to acoustically different barks.
In the second experiment was to see to what extent the algorithm was able to know what dog is doing what bark. In this case, correctly classified the barks in 52% of cases.
This is a very high percentage if we think that man is totally unable to discriminatebetween the barking of dogs. Clearly, then, that there are nuances in the bark that ourear can not appreciate.
According to the authors, this work may be helpful for owners and dog trainers. "If we can find the characteristic sound of a dog that represents some emotion, we mayhave valuable information about animal welfare."
viernes, 20 de mayo de 2011
Free software is presented as a reliable alternative in the enterprise
At first it sounded like a very alternative, 'indie', almost as a response to the highlicensing industry. Now the war of free software developers struggle to be recognizedas the best option in the company.
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Websites in Spanish
in other languages
His proposal is deceptively simple. Create a program and release it. From there the company that may wish to start using it or adapt it to their needs as is, withmodifications to make them or their creators. Pablo Gomez, president of ASOLIF(Federated Associations of Free Software), believes that almost always creates the company that is best suited to the needs of business, "but no cost of abandonment,the client is not captive can leave anytime. We believe it is a more ethical business. "
In business, Ximdex have released a content management system that anyone canuse. However, Everis is one of its customers. What they receive support, training in the use of the tool.
Last week a group of members of ASOLIF, an association formed in 2008, met inMadrid to show their progress. He does it every six months, once in Madrid and theother outside. Some of the companies attending were Andago, which providesmanagement software for cities, Emergia, which provides Guadalinfo centers, wherethere is formació and access to the network in Andalusia, and OPENTIA specializingin management and billing programs.
Agustin Benito, manager, admits that the crisis also has affected them: "Until 2008the sector grew with the crisis slowed growth but we have not lost jobs. " Businessprofile to be fairly common. They are between 5 and 8 employees, mostly engineers.
The news on other sites
Websites in Spanish
in other languages
His proposal is deceptively simple. Create a program and release it. From there the company that may wish to start using it or adapt it to their needs as is, withmodifications to make them or their creators. Pablo Gomez, president of ASOLIF(Federated Associations of Free Software), believes that almost always creates the company that is best suited to the needs of business, "but no cost of abandonment,the client is not captive can leave anytime. We believe it is a more ethical business. "
In business, Ximdex have released a content management system that anyone canuse. However, Everis is one of its customers. What they receive support, training in the use of the tool.
Last week a group of members of ASOLIF, an association formed in 2008, met inMadrid to show their progress. He does it every six months, once in Madrid and theother outside. Some of the companies attending were Andago, which providesmanagement software for cities, Emergia, which provides Guadalinfo centers, wherethere is formació and access to the network in Andalusia, and OPENTIA specializingin management and billing programs.
Agustin Benito, manager, admits that the crisis also has affected them: "Until 2008the sector grew with the crisis slowed growth but we have not lost jobs. " Businessprofile to be fairly common. They are between 5 and 8 employees, mostly engineers.
Software
Software refers to software or software equipment of a digital computer, and includes all necessary software components to enable specific tasks, as opposed to the physical components of the system, called hardware.
These software components include, among others, applications like word processor, which allows the user to perform all tasks related to text editing, system software, such as an operating system, which basically allows other programs function properly, facilitating interaction with the physical components and other applications, also provides a user interface.
While this distinction is somewhat arbitrary, and sometimes confusing, for all practical purposes the software can be classified into three types:
System Software: The objective is to decouple the user properly and the programmer from the details of the particular computer used, isolating processing specially referred to the internal characteristics: memory, disks, communications ports and devices, printers, displays , keyboards, etc. The system software it tries to appropriate user and developer of high-level interfaces, tools and support utilities that allow maintenance. Includes among others: Operating systems, device drivers, diagnostic tools, and OptimizaciónServidores Correction Tools, Utilities
Programming Software: The set of tools that allow the programmer to develop computer programs using different alternatives and programming languages, in a practical way. Includes among others: Text editors, compilers, interpreters, linkers, debuggers
These software components include, among others, applications like word processor, which allows the user to perform all tasks related to text editing, system software, such as an operating system, which basically allows other programs function properly, facilitating interaction with the physical components and other applications, also provides a user interface.
While this distinction is somewhat arbitrary, and sometimes confusing, for all practical purposes the software can be classified into three types:
System Software: The objective is to decouple the user properly and the programmer from the details of the particular computer used, isolating processing specially referred to the internal characteristics: memory, disks, communications ports and devices, printers, displays , keyboards, etc. The system software it tries to appropriate user and developer of high-level interfaces, tools and support utilities that allow maintenance. Includes among others: Operating systems, device drivers, diagnostic tools, and OptimizaciónServidores Correction Tools, Utilities
Programming Software: The set of tools that allow the programmer to develop computer programs using different alternatives and programming languages, in a practical way. Includes among others: Text editors, compilers, interpreters, linkers, debuggers
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