Free/Open Source software is great for Public Administrations, but Free/Open data are even more important. Making public sector information really accessible, that is publishing online raw data in open formats and under open licenses, can both improve transparency in government and foster local economical and cultural activities.
Are you struggling with understanding user behavior when developing mobile apps? Are you wondering when and where people would be using your apps? Do you want to understand the usage context?
To help you deal with these questions, we started this doctoral research project, aiming to design a tool that would facilitate the comprehension of the mobile context of use.
A graphene research initiative has been selected by the European Commission as one of two winners of its Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) multi-billion euro research excellence award competition. Each project will receive €1 billion to fund 10 years of research “at the crossroads of science and technology” — the biggest research grant ever awarded by the Commission.
The KDE e.V. report for the first quarter of 2012 has been published. It gives an overview of the activities KDE e.V. supported during that time, including various sprints, conferences and projects. It also has a feature article by Stuart Jarvis about the ALERT Project, an initiative to improve bug resolution processes in Open Source development teams.
Read the full report today.
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IllumiRoom is a new proof-of-concept Microsoft Research project designed to push the boundary of living room entertainment by blending virtual and physical worlds with projected visualizations.
IllumiRoom uses a Kinect for Windows camera and a projector to blur the lines between on-screen content and the environment. The effects in the video are rendered in real time and are captured liv
I'm trying to pick up Linux, multithreading, and socket programming (network protocols) all in one fell swoop. I like to pick up new skills through projects; it helps me stay motivated. I can't think of a project which incorporates all of the skills I'm trying to learn.
Over the last few years KDE has seen increased involvement of students and university researchers. While many universities still feel uneasy about working with Free Software, the open and welcoming attitude in the KDE community has already brought several scientific research projects to life.
Tech Drive-in: "Morevna is an open source anime project made using open source tools like Synfig, Blender, GIMP and Krita. Unlike Project London Movie, Morevna is not only created using free and open source tools, but Morevna anime will also be released and distributed as free content."
I've learned a lot form this site and I wish someone can give me an advise on this one, I'm working on a project and I'm thinking of releasing it, the thing is I'm not a gifted programmer and I'm using very simple programming techniques, I've read this and it has very good points, the question is I think open source project can fail badly, with fail I mean no one will join the project to improve i
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