3D Printed Airway Tube Saves Baby’s Life in Groundbreaking ProcedureA baby was diagnosed with a rare condition that prevented his breathing on his own. University of Michigan researchers were able to use a 3D printer to fashion a splint to open the child's airway, and now he breathes fine. 3D printing could well be the future for life-saving medical procedures.
Roundup of the Latest in Coding NewsIn the coding roundup, read about how a former cyber tsar to President Obama wants developers to plan for security early in development, coders are spending 20 percent of their time waiting, and GitHub is taking advantage of its own platform in order to create a new type of data format.
Should You Make a Disposable App?Disposable mobile apps are popular at conferences and events, but should companies be investing in these throw-away apps or should they shift their resources to more flexible mobile web solutions?
IBM Supercomputer Watson Now a Customer Service AgentWatson, IBM’s supercomputer that was introduced to the world on Jeopardy!, is trying out a new gig as a customer service agent. The artificial intelligence system will use its capacity to respond to natural language by answering call center customer service requests from everyday people.
What Is Happening to Apple?Joe Townsend explores what is happening to Apple and why IT professionals should care. We can all learn a lesson from Apple’s success—and its failures. If we are complacent in our jobs as testers and configuration managers, our “personal stock” will drop dramatically.
Earth's Startling Changes Shown via Timelapse by GoogleGoogle worked with the US Geological Survey, NASA, and TIME magazine to compile and release more than thirty years’ worth of images of Earth taken from space—using Google Earth Engine technology—into an interactive time-lapse experience.
Zapier Provides Outage Status Board for Nearly 200 APIsThere are service dashboards that track larger APIs, such as those for Google, Amazon, and Dropbox. But Zapier, a startup that integrates APIs and online services, is sharing its status board for nearly 200 online services, with millions of API requests performed a month—a big help for developers.
Ask Questions and Observe Language to Find State TransitionsBugs that peek out during a window of vulnerability can make us think we’ve been outsmarted. But in their sleuthing bag testers have a powerful tool that can surface such issues: state modeling. Bonnie Bailey describes how to ask the right questions and observe language to find state transitions.
