Thanks to the confluence of Moore's Law, faster algorithms, scale-out storage and faster networks, big data is becoming pervasive. But how do we train more people to use it? Take a group of scientists ...

That tablet can be swapped from tool to tool as necessary. Users start by utilizing the tablet's camera to scan each piece of wood they've set aside for the project, thus letting the Augmented ...

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software are critical tools used in woodworking today. While these software programs share similarities in their capabilities, they ...

Writing and executing computer code can feel like a black box, especially if you’re thrown into it as a life scientist without knowing any of the fundamentals of computer science. Luckily, Software ...

Carpentry is a handy thing to know: build a shelf...repair a table...do some computer programming? Greg Wilson says his volunteer organization Software Carpentry aims to make scientists more ...