remastering ubuntu

Berikut adalah link untuk meremaster Ubuntu dengan UCK:

http://opensource.telkomspeedy.com/wiki/index.php/Cara_Cepat_Melakukan_Remastering_Ubuntu

dan berikut adalah link untuk mengunduh Ubuntu versi saya sendiri yang bertujuan untuk para music editor :)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x50q8y67nhpnng4/figlencicih.iso

When A Car Can Detect Your Mood

I would say excitedly that this is gonna be the last post until I have mood to write the next post or until somebody beg me to write it again ;) I have tried my best to complete this assignments to get points as the requirement for passing this subject. I would like to thank to Pak Adit for having time to check and read the entire post on my blog and also for everyone who have read and gave the comment. Oh well. Moving on.. Let's see what we have here. You're gonna be interested with this one. So let's check it out :)

Have you heard about AutoEmotive Technology? Yes. It is a new technology that is being developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology a.k.a MIT. This technology can detect your mood even what's on your mind. If the driver is stressed or tired while driving it becomes dangerous moreover if you drive alone. Imagine that a car could understand those feelings, it might prevent an accident, right? Sensors could nest in the steering circle and doorway handles to pick up electric signals from the skin. Meanwhile a camera mounted on the dashboard to analyze facial expressions. So if the driver looks stress, the car coordinated sensors to soften the music or enlarge the headlight beams to prevent for loss of vision or drowsiness and even the car's color to increase the driver's awareness.

The goal for many developers is to make a technology as empathetic as another human being. This empathetic car is one of the example as an initiative of MIT’s media lab, who are focused on exploring the potential of emotional connections with machines. Researchers believe the concept is destined for the mainstream, and have fielded interest from manufacturers. Javier Rivera, a MIT researcher and devise leader said that they've already tested many of the sensors. The hardware required could simply be built into cars. Most cars have cameras anyway so they just have more to capture the physiology.

When this technology is completely done, the impact using this technology is for safer roads but it is not the only goal for the people working on the project though. They also want to empower greater social awareness by capturing the emotional state of a large city, providing the means to live healthier lives and create more livable cities. Basically this will change the behavior of the car to create a more empathetic experience and probably can prevent an accident. Wish they can complete it all soon :)

Name : Figlenia Tirta

Lecturer : Adityo Pratomo

Campus : Surya University

References :

[1] http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/04/tech/innovation/this-new-tech-can-detect-your-mood/
[2] http://www.i-techmagazine.com/index_berita/laporan_utama/feb2014/autoemotive.html

No More CDs or DVDs but "Holographic Memory"

Okay guys, I'll wait you until you stop saying "WOOOOOOOW~" for the title ;)

So here's my 1..2...4.. ah! my 6th post actually about the latest technology and its impact for the society. Just read it out :)

Technology Holographic Memory is basically utilizing the light to store data and reload data or information. This technology uses 3D holographic images to store more information in a smaller space and offer faster data transfer. It uses the volume of the recording medium for storage, instead of only the surface area. So they called it store in 3D.

Actually devices that use the light to store and read data has been famous for nearly two decades, CD (Compact Disc) for example. CD allows you to store multi-megabytes of data. Then an improved version of the CD, called DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), which enabled the storage of full-length movies on a single disc. These conventional storage mediums meet today's storage needs. In order to increase storage capabilities, scientists are now working on a new optical storage method, called Holographic Memory.

This is how Holographic Memory works, this technology uses holograms which are created when a light from a LASER beam is split into two beams; the signal beam or objects beam (which carries the data) and the reference beam (which designed such easy and simple to be reproduced as used as a reference). In holographic storage, at the point where the reference beam and the data carrying signal beam intersect, the hologram is recorded in the light sensitive storage medium.

Adapted from Inphase Technology, when you create a variance in the reference beam angle then hundreds of unique holograms can be recorded in the same volume of material. To read the stored holographic data, the reference beam is deflected off the hologram reconstructing the stored information. This hologram then projected onto a detector that reads the entire data page of over one million bits at once.

Prof. Yohanes Surya said when this technology has been successfully completed, we could save hundreds of our favorite movies only in a medium with the same diameter of a regular CD or DVD. Soon the entire contents of the books in library can be stored in a small device, so that we can have a mini encyclopedia that the content may be more complete than the content in library. (WOOOOOOOOWWWW~) We can also store and listen to thousands of our favorite music only in a small device. Moreover, the data reading process is performed in high speed (fast transfer rates). So that the society can save their money to buy a new storage medium.

Name : Figlenia Tirta
Lecturer's Name : Adityo Pratomo
Campus : Surya University

References :

[1] http://www.i-techmagazine.com/wawasan_iptek/artikel_teknologi/ys_artikel_teknologi/holographic_memory.pdf

[2] http://computer.howstuffworks.com/holographic-memory.htm

Make your own food by 3D Food Printer

Once you read the title, I guess that you are just "Are you kidding me? It's kinda impossible!" Yeah, I have felt the same with you before, but let me make it straight :)

3D Food Printer is "absolutely" a smart printer that is able to print food in 3D, not only in paper or document as usual but in unique shape of course ;) It claimed can print sugar, chocolate or candy in pretty much any design imaginable. For those who love sweets (like me) would certainly pleased to hear this latest technology. According to a report from Ade Astuti from Voice of America, this technology has the similar works with the general printer. To create a sweet, the printer needs water and dry powder ingredients. So, basically this printer spread the very smooth powder (icing) and use a head of inkjet to spray water to the surface of sugar. When the water hits the powder, it recrystallizes, so that whatever the water touches, it harden and make a complex shape like twist, turn, and sparkle shape.

This 3D printer had the price around US$ 10k. Due to a very high cost, this printer is not really worth it for individual consumers or even home-based businesses (unless you have enough money to buy this printer :p). However, this 3D printer could be interesting for the large company to save their operational cost. When the operational cost can be reduced, the product can be less expensive and the sales can be increased. That is a simply  impact for the society I think :3

Liz Von Hasseln and her husband, Kyle, are both trained architects. They started a company named The Sugar Lab, to create and design custom confections for events. All started when they both graduated from school. According to their website, they wanted to make a unique birthday gift to their friend, so they hacked a 3D printer and tried to print a cake. The gift ultimately turned out well and the 3D printer acquired in The Sugar Lab in September.

The creative director of food products for 3D Systems, Von Hasseln said the print result can be used as sculptural toppers on wedding cakes, custom sugar cubes, printed and personalized sweets, and everything in between.

In addition, a 3D food printer is also an answer for those who are not expert in cooking. For using this printer, they were as if good at cooking but actually they are not ;P Everyone will be able to be creative to make their favorite sweets without having the trouble to learn in cookery or provision of cooking.

That's it. Interesting, right? Especially for those who wondering, they have tried a piece of 3D printed candy, sour apple flavor and they said it was delicious. Yum!!
Thank u for reading. Mind your comment please :))

Name : Figlenia Tirta
Lecturer's Name : Adityo Pratomo
Campus : Surya University

References :

[1] http://www.i-techmagazine.com/index_berita/laporan_utama/feb2014/printer3d.html

[2] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/10/chefjet-3d-printer-food_n_4573271.html

Eye Tracking Technology

What is Eye Tracking? and How about Eye Tracker? How are eye movements tracked? What is usability of Eye Tracking? To answer those question... here we go :D

Eye Tracking is a technique that offers an objective way to measure eye movements and record eye position. It is the process of measuring either the point where one is looking or the motion of an eye relative to the brain. While the Eye Tracker is a device for measuring eye positions and eye movement.

To understand how Eye Tracking works, it's important to know how the eye itself works. The human eyes are constantly moving until they stop and focus on a point. When the eyes stop to focus, it is called a fixation. When the brain interprets the visual information from the eyes, the length of fixation is usually an indication of information processing. For example, in reading studies it has been proven that the fixation lengths when we read the common words is shorter than when we read the less common words. The number of fixations can indicate how easy something to find, for example, a specific package on a shelf.

So let's take a brief for Eye Tracking usability. One of industry that already used Eye Tracker into their gadgets is SAMSUNG. Eye Tracker let the users especially SAMSUNG Galaxy S4 users read web content without having the touch screen. The phone's front camera will track the eyes and automatically scroll content when it sees that the users have read to the bottom of the screen. Thus, the phone is actually watching. This feature is further implementation of Smart Stay feature in SAMSUNG. Similar to Eyes Scroll, when Smart Stay enabled, the phone uses the front camera to track for the eyes movements and see if the users actively looking at the screen. If so, it makes sure the phone display doesn't dim or go into sleep mode. It simply can make society save the power of electricity and simplify their life of course ;) 

Eye Tracking is commonly used in a variety of advertising media. Commercials, print ads, online ads and sponsored programs need Eye Tracking technology. Why??? because Eye Tracking can be used to find out how to catch the subject’s eyes. Analyses focus on visibility of a target product or logo in the context of a magazine, newspaper, or website. In this way, an advertiser can know the success of a given campaign in terms of actual visual attention.

In other case, when you are going to search something on the search engine like Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc. When it gives you the answer, which part of the result that give you an attention? Yes. A study found that in a search engine results page received more attention than the paid ads or even the first line of the result.

Next, one of the most promising applications of Eye Tracking is in the field of automotive design. Research is currently integrate Eye Tracking cameras into automobiles. By equipping automobiles with the ability to monitor when the driver is sleepy, driving safety could be dramatically enhanced. and the last but not least, since 2005, Eye Tracking is used in communication systems for disabled persons. Eye Tracking allows them to speak, send e-mail, browse the Internet and do other such activities using only their eyes. 

Name : Figlenia Tirta
Lecturer's Name : Adityo Pratomo
Campus : Surya University

References :

[1]    http://www.tobii.com/

[2]    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_tracking

[3]    http://eyetracking.me/?page_id=9
[4] http://gigaom.com/2013/03/04/thanks-to-eye-tracking-samsungs-galaxy-s4-is-sure-to-watch-you-watching-it/

Cloud Computing and Its Positive Impact

Okay, so this is my 3rd post on my blog. Due to deadly deadline before mid-term test, so I made this post with the same topic with my presentation. Maaf pak lagi kehabisan ide T^T

So this is it..

Could you see the picture above? yeah. It's simply a joke about Cloud Computing. Though it just a joke but it tells us a lot =]

Cloud Computing is a phrase used to describe a variety of computing concepts that involve a large number of computers connected through a real-time communication network such as the internet [1]. Cloud computing provides online computation, online software, online data access, and online storage services [2]. Cloud Computing divided into several layers :

The uppermost layer consists of Client Computers which connected to the web browser (Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Opera, etc) and an unique applications that are required to access the data on the 'Cloud'. The next three layers are the Central Server of the Cloud Computing service provider that has function to manage the system, monitoring traffic and client's demands in order to keep it running smoothly.

The most useful excess of this application is ease of access. Cloud Computing allows us to access data anywhere and anytime as long as it's connected to the internet because this application can't be executed if there is no internet connection. For example, if we don't have any Power Point software on our computer, then we can make it in Cloud Computing service provider such as Google docs and we can directly save the documents in the 'Cloud'. In other case, if we forget to bring our laptop, we can still access our data eventhough from the different laptop or computer, because all of data stored in the Central Server.

In addition to ease of access, Cloud Computing has flexibility impact, which the data don't need to be stored on storage devices such as harddisk or a flashdisk. Even to add a storage spaces, we don't need any additional equipment. We can simply pay a Cloud Computing service providers to increase the storage spaces. 

Another positive impact is Cloud Computing enables the companies to reduce the high-cost procurement and maintenance of computer infrastructure especially in the large companies [3]. Indonesian government has proved it, they already used Cloud Computing services for use in government agencies (e-Government). Based on IPTEKnet Agency calculation, the use of cloud computing service can save the costs by nearly 50%, because they don't need too many IT staff and the IT staff are no longer deal with the updates, configurations, or other things related to computing. With the Cloud Computing, we are also not burdened to pay the license fee over the software that we've installed and used, because the software can be used through Cloud Computing.



Name : Figlenia Tirta

Lecturer's Name : Adityo Pratomo

Campus : Surya University

References :

[1] Mariana Carroll, Paula Kotzé, Alta van der Merwe (2012). "Securing Virtual and Cloud Environments". In I. Ivanov et al. Cloud Computing and Services Science, Service Science: Research and Innovations in the Service Economy. Springer Science+Business Media.

[2] http://www.chip.co.id/chipversity/general/6872

[3] http://www.sby.dnet.net.id/dnews/september-2011/

[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing

How Wireless Technology Simplify Our Life

Wireless communication is a term used refer to a transfer of information between two or more points that are NOT connected by any electrical conductor. [1] This technology comes up to answer the limitations of wireline uses. It might allows us to connect wherever possible and much more easily. Why? Let's us take a brief example from the wireless internet connection (Wi-Fi) context in public places such as mall, cafe, school, airport. In Japan and Korea for example, they even have Wi-Fi installed on the bus and traditional market. It means that we can communicate each other easily and usually for free. Not only for communication but also for browsing so we can connect to internet and get the news instantly.

In addition, wireless technology can be used for a multipurpose, simply as wireless computer mice, keyboards, headphones, satellite television, etc. So that, we are no longer need to be troubled by the wires which sometimes could be a little bit annoying. The most common wireless technologies use radio waves. So in radio system, information is sent from one place to another through the air – the transmitter – and picked up in another – the receiver – using an electromagnetic wave to carry it. [3]

If public, especially Indonesian people consciously aware of the benefits of using this technology, this technology will probably become a necessity and the government will be taking part in adding the Wi-Fi facilities, especially in some corners of the city. Of course this technology will continuously develop over the time, one of the technologies that are being developed by Fujitsu is wireless charger, which makes battery-charging process no longer need wires anymore, instead, using a method called magnetic resonance which resembles wireless technology. This technology is able to recharge the battery of device within several meters and 85% more efficient. [2]

Name : Figlenia Tirta
Lecturer's Name : Adityo Pratomo
Campus : Surya University

References:
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wireless
[2] http://teknologi-wireless.blogspot.com
[3] http://connected-earth.com/