“JavaScript Developer”

It is impossible to hire real JavaScript developers as 90% of applicants come in and only know jQuery. They have no clue what an event handler is, how to navigate the DOM or create a simple XHR call without the library. — Christian Heilmann And that’s exactly why I do teach my students the bare …

C&A Fashion Like

C&A Brazil: A new initiative called Fashion Like allows people to ‘like’ certain items of clothing on the company’s Facebook page, and these clicks are collated and displayed on the relevant clothes rack in real-time. Customers are thereby able to view the item’s online popularity in the real world to help them make their decision. …

SoundWave – Using the Doppler Effect to sense Gestures

Do Kinect-like things on your computer, but without the Kinect: the technique uses your speakers and microphone to sense what gesture you are making. Called SoundWave, the new technology uses the Doppler effect to detect any movements and gestures in the proximity of a computer. The Doppler effect, if you remember high school physics, is …