I am wondering whether anyone has used Kafka as a database? To maintain a database like behavior with insert/read/update/delete operations. I know compacted topics could be used to behave like an update operation. With KTable and GlobalKTable seems to give more control on accessing the data. How has anyone used it if its been used partly like a database with some performance metrics on how fast...
I am wondering how Avegant would have its Light Field Tech developed with their retinal display technology (using low powered DLP projectors to project to out to your eye directly). Its really an interesting idea of using two DLP projectors to project images directly to the eye with the Glyph. I am wondering whether with the Light field tech, they have these projectors projecting maybe we can...
We hear big time that we need to colonize Mars in the near future as there is potential destruction of earth and humans should be ready to deal with it. My question is1. We have the earth where we all live and thrive. But we are destroying it, by various means and are not bothered to safe guard what we have. But we are so much into travelling to Mars or some other planet where you don't know...
I had tried to support some few projects on Kickstarter in the last couple of years. It seems the success rate is extremely low on these crowd funding platforms. I supported around 5 projects on Kickstarter and in that one was successful for what I supported though even that scammed a bunch of other supporters on some accessory enhancement. Another project I supported, somehow finally got...
Shanti Bhavan empowers children from India’s lowest socioeconomic class to break the cycle of generational poverty through education, leadership, and compassion.http://shantibhavanchildren.orgWe should build and maintain schools like this for better of India and for the world. Please help the cause if and when you can.
There was a company named MagicLeap going around creating great hype about their technology (mixed reality) sometimes back. What happened to the company delivering anything? Was it just a big hype?
Yes true(wonder why we don't shuttle down to the moon since we landed half a century ago and still never went back???), it is going to be absurd till we have an AI which is as capable(or even half as capable) as much as a human and we can debug that AI or maybe that AI debug's itself reflexively. Till then, I would say its absurd anytime to think that an AI could take control of a human and guide the human in its actions. Till then, I will keep my brain intact and keep away from any AI implants or any kind of implant altogether).
This sounds more like to basically have a socio-cultural breakthrough, you want a technological entity (some AI or whatever it turns out to be in the future) to control and direct human socio-cultural thoughts and execution. Transhumanism seems to be more oriented towards equipping humans to be interfaced(through some HCI - human computer interface) with computers around an AI, and other human built accessories (atleast for now) to enhance their mental abilities to project them as more powerful humans. One question is, how much do we actually know the power of our brain and abilities, if its properly used rather than enhancing with computers etc., Yes, there are great use-cases for HCI. But giving control to an AI to make your decisions or control humans in the name of technological break through is absurd.
I am just putting down some of my thoughts, questions and interpretations about AI(Artificial Intelligence) and AGI(Artificial General Intelligence) in general.I had been following some of the AI practical use cases for sometimes. In recent years its become a big thing that every company does some AI in one form or other or that is what they tell or project and investing a lot. Lots of...
Check out the article below which gives an in-depth interpretation based on their patents and whatever information/demos magic leap has shared in the past.
http://uploadvr.com/magic-leap-how-it-works/
Magic Leap's CEO also shows the light field photonic chip which looks like a normal piece of glass, but has the property of projecting images from a fiber optic source at various wavelengths.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/19/11457880/magic-leap-photon...
I am wondering whether the technology developed can be rendered in such a form factor where its very easy to wear like grasses and use in a day to day basis. The guys at Magic leap seem to be very confident that they have got most of the complex pieces figured out and its already materialized. Even a developer kit from magic leap next year or so should blow every ones mind of, if they have got the projection of images directly to the eye working even with a tethered system to start with.
Also read that they are planning to showcase their product sometimes the end of the year and in CES 2017 (http://vrworld.com/2016/04/25/magic-leap-unveil-technology-c...).
Hololens from Microsoft seems to be doing something closely similar where they are projecting images through a glass like medium. Read somewhere that hololens was rushed to be first before Magic leap delivers its technology though. Some recent videos form wired on Magic Leap shows some impressive demos taken through their technology and should have a large FOV as hololens has a very limited FOV it seems. Magic leap's CEO Abovitz seems to be very confident that their tech is way superior to whatever exists and are not worried about some products like hololens hitting the market earlier than their products release.
Some refs on teardown of hololens stuff
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-hololens-componen...
I had been following Magic Leap and seems they have an incredible technology in the making and prototypes made already. Seems if the technology matures once its out, it could replace almost most of the stuff which we have a screen with (eg., Mobile phones, tablets, laptops, display screens, TV etc). as it would just allow for all those things to exist and more in mixed reality and each...
I was wondering what the state of Postgres High Availability and how people are implementing them. I understand there are multiple ways of doing this. But I would like to have an experience report where Postgres HA has been configured for HA and automatic failover. I have tried this with streaming replication with repmgr and configured repmgr for failover as well based on response timeout with...
I am wondering, whether its worth it to buy OSVR HDK 1.4. I had been tempted to almost buy one in the razer store. But am wondering whether its worth it or not. I know Oculus and Vive are getting shipped. But OSVR's price point and extendibility seems more worth than the others. But am wondering how people who have bought already is using it and having content or hacking their own content etc.,...
VR hardware has been a big break this 2015. A whole bunch of companies big and small with their headsets. I have tried some of the mobile headsets from cheap gogle cardboard types in plastic and a good version of Zeiss VR one headset as well. The experience is there at varying degrees. But one thing everyone talks about is motion sickness and I had problems with strains in my eye with VR one...
Thanks for your pointer though.
I am trying to figure out to know why would Lisp make the difference in a web application development when compared to ROR, Php frameworks, Python etc. I had been trying to figure out a way along with making my mind to start using lisp completely on one of my projects. I am wondering if people could share their experiences in developing web apps using lisp.I know there are refs on alegro and...