The ultimate on-the-fly network
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John Anderson, an ornithologist, and three Berkeley computer engineers are installing an early version of a wireless sensor network in Great Duck Island. This cheap, mobile, and highly scalable technology, which is made possible by the shrinking of the microchip and advances in radio science, is the best hope for dispersing information in a range of environments.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2003
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Immortal code: the CEO goes to trial. The programmers hit the street. And yet sometimes a piece of code is so elegant, so evolved, that it outlasts everyting else
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Software written by Janet and Jim Baker has survived the problems that overtook software executive Gaston Bastiaens and his company, Lerner & Hauspie.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2003
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The new X-men
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A new approach to writing software, called extreme programming (XP), is described and discussed. XP emphasizes constant feedback.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2003
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