International Scholarship Ministry of Education 2015

The Ministry of Education (Malaysia) Communication Corporate Unit is pleased to inform that the online application for Malaysian International Scholarships(MIS) and Commonwealth Scholarship & Fellowship Plan(CSFP) for the year 2015 is open for application. The closing date is on 31 March 2015.

Information regarding the online application can be found at  https://biasiswa.moe.gov.my/INTER/. Any questions can be directed to the officer below:

1. Asnira bt Mohtar (+603-8870 6692, asnira.mohtar@moe.gov.my)
2. Nurfarahin Zainuddin  (+603-8870 6337, nurfarahin.zainuddin@moe.gov.my)
3. Muhammad Nasseri (+603-8870 6368, nasseri.yusof@moe.gov.my)
4. Nazreen Amira (+603-8870 4950, nazreen.rahmat@moe.gov.my)

World Cup 2014 Goal-line Technology

Karim Benzema scored two as France comfortably beat Honduras 3-0. The game also saw the first successful usage of goal-line technology in the tournament.

 

The are several goal-line technology that can determine when the ball has completely crossed the goal line. GoalRef and CAIROS use magnetic fields around the goal and a chip in the ball, while Hawk-Eye and GoalControl are camera-based. The world cup 2014 opt for GoalControl-4D which uses 14 high-speed cameras located around the pitch and directed at both goals. The advantage of GoalControl technology is that no modification is necessary where standard goals, balls and nets can be used. GoalControl cost €200,000 (£170,000) per stadium to install, and €3,000 (£2,550) per match to run.

Why Google Acquire Skybox Imaging?

It's amazing to see how an aircraft and vehicles can be tracked using satellite images in the above video. The full motion HD video from space of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest building in the world is taken by Skybox Imaging. Surely many things Google can benefit from acquiring the company.

Google Buys Skybox Imaging -- Not Just For Its Satellites

When Google said Tuesday it had entered into an agreement to acquire Mountain View-based satellite imaging company Skybox Imaging, it tipped its hand a little as to why it was a strategic move.
“Skybox’s satellites will help keep Google Maps accurate with up-to-date imagery,” the company said in a blog post. “Over time, we also hope that Skybox’s team and technology will be able to help improve Internet access and disaster relief — areas Google has long been interested in.”

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You're Being Monitored - Medtronic and Their Implant Sensors

How do you feel if you are being monitored all the time? Medtronic has successfully miniaturize their  cardiac technologies which can be implanted in the heart. The sensors would help with disease management, as they could be programmed to monitor particular organs or systems. 

Medtronic Wants to Implant Sensors in Everyone

By Eliza Strickland

Posted 10 Jun 2014 | 13:00 GMT

Today, when doctors suspect that a patient has a cardiac arrhythmia that could lead to a heart attack, they can implant a tiny cardiac monitor smaller than a AAA battery in the patient's chest, directly over the heart. The company that makes that monitor, Medtronic, thinks the day will come when perfectly healthy people will be clamoring to have that gear inside them as well. 

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Detect Pulse & Breathing using Surveillance Images?

Now you can reveal previously hidden motions, such as a baby's breathing, a construction crane swaying and blood pulsing through arteries in a human wrist. The Eulerian Video Magnification by MIT able to amplifies changes in successive frames of video that are too subtle for the naked eye.

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FPGA Doing My Google Search?

Figure 1. The data center is a huge, unfamiliar world for hardware accelerators. Photo by Connie Zhou (from Google)

Do Hardware Accelerators Have a Role in Data Centers?

Heterogeneous computing is coming to a cloud near you, and that could be a good thing.

Spiraling computing needs are drawing hardware accelerators, including FPGAs, into heterogeneous computing configurations in data centers. But when the new hardware comes in, it finds a very unfamiliar environment. The result could be change that benefits everyone.

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Big Data Week @ Kuala Lumpur (May 5- 11, 2014)

Big Data week @ Kuala Lumpur. From 5th May to 11th May 2014. For more info & to register  please visit http://bigdataweek.com/kualalumpur