In the new Tectonic, CoreOS will make it possible to automatically update Kubernetes, the popular cloud container management program. …read more Source:: Linux
Day: December 12, 2016
Kangaroo mother care helps premature babies thrive 20 years later, study shows
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Better behaved, larger brains, higher paychecks: a new groundbreaking study finds that Kangaroo Mother Care has enduring benefits 20 years later. …read more Source:: Science
Kubernetes 1.5 comes to Windows Server 2016
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By Serdar Yegulalp Over the last couple of years, Docker’s been one of the fastest-moving projects in IT. But Kubernetes, Google’s system for orchestrating containers running at scale, stands to share Docker’s “move …read more Source:: OpenSource
Why we walk on our heels instead of our toes: Longer virtual limbs
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While many animals walk on the balls of their feet, humans use a heel-first stride. Researchers suggest that this gives humans the advantage of longer ‘virtual limbs.’ …read more Source:: Science
New robot has a human touch
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Most robots achieve grasping and tactile sensing through motorized means, which can be excessively bulky and rigid. Scientists have now devised a way for a soft robot to feel its …read more Source:: Science
CoreOS brings auto-updates to Kubernetes
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By Serdar Yegulalp CoreOS, creator of the Docker alternative rkt and many other container-centric innovations, is delivering a “self-driving” update to Kubernetes for its container-based Linux distribution. This self-updating methodology comes with the …read more Source:: OpenSource
Reindeer are shrinking: Will Santa need more to pull his sleigh?
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Often portrayed as pulling Santa’s sleigh, reindeer are a Christmas staple. Now, ecologists have found that reindeer are shrinking due to the impact of climate change on their food supplies. …read more Source:: Science
The world’s wet regions are getting wetter, the dry regions are getting drier
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Wet regions of Earth are getting wetter and dry regions are getting drier, but it is happening at a slower rate than previously thought, report investigators who, in a new …read more Source:: Science
Painless microneedle patch could replace needles
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It’s only a matter of time before drugs are administered via patches with painless microneedles instead of unpleasant injections. But designers need to balance the need for flexible, comfortable-to-wear material …read more Source:: Science