Dear Professor,
Greetings from Infosys Campus Connect Team!!!
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The registrations are now open to all B.E./B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech students in India who are graduating in the year 2020.
Last date to register for #HackWithInfy 2019 is Thursday, June 20, 2019.
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Please find below links for the information related to latest technology and trends. This could help your faculty members and/or your college students.
Tech News for the Day
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Today’s highest-paid college major will someday hold little value for some employers, according to billionaire investor Mark Cuban.
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One of the latest cyber threats involves hackers encrypting user files and then charging "ransom" to get them back.
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Physicists have confirmed predictions of Stephen Hawking’s namesake theory of black holes using a black hole they constructed in their lab, according to a new paper.
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Programmer News for the Day
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Python sorting functionality offers robust features to do basic sorting or customize ordering at a granular level.
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Python programmers have come up with several conventions to define this starting point.
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A podcast by Kelly Paredes and Sean Tibor about their adventures teaching middle school computer science, problem solving, handling failure, frustration, and victory through the lens of the Python programming language.
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Word for the Day
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complacent adjective
com·pla·cent | \ kəm-ˈplā-sᵊnt \
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: marked by self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
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You should not become complacent with getting good marks in midterm.
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Puzzle for the Day
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Anagram for the Day
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Word Puzzle
What word completes this square:
ferret rabbit
otter ==?==
Choose from: giraffe, mink, cow, bison.
Solution (Previous Puzzle):
Charles committed the terrible crime.
Looking at Brian's statements, one of the statements was a lie and the other was the truth. Therefore it must have been either Charles or Edward.
Looking at Derek's statements, for the same reason, it was either Charles or Brian.
Therefore it must have been Charles who committed the crime. Double checking this against the other statements confirms this.
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An anagram is a word made by using letters of another word in a different order.
Example: shot à host
Find the anagram for the following:
Unrobe
Untied
Uppers
Solution (Previous):
TOUGHS : SOUGHT
TRAINS : STRAIN
TRIALS : TRAILS
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Innovation of the Day
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In 1872, a process for making vaseline was patented by Robert Chesebrough of New York City (U.S. No. 127,568).
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In 1895, American inventor Joseph Lee was issued a patent for a "Bread Crumbing Machine" (U.S. No. 540,553).
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In 1901, Guglielmo Marconi received a reissued patent (Re. 11,913) for "Wireless Telegraphy."
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Video for the Day
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Podcast for the Day
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Sunning themselves on rocks or waddling awkwardly across the beach, it’s easy to think of sea lions more as sea house cats. But don’t be fooled by their beachside behavior. Under the waves, sea lions are incredible endurance hunters, reaching speeds of 18 miles an hour and hunting for up to 30 hours at a time. Claire Simeone dives into what makes these majestic mammals such resourceful foragers.
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Did you ever own a Walkman or a record player? Is there still a market for DVD rental stores? Alice and Neil discuss old tech and why the US Pentagon still uses floppy disks.
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Idiom for the Day
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A Babe in the Woods
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common idiomatic expression used to describe a person who is young, naive, inexperienced, and innocent.
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Adam is a babe in the woods. You can’t expect him to do well in such a cut-throat business.
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Quote for the Day
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“Continuous effort not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.”
Black Elk [Hehaka Sapa]
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Thanks & Regards,
Team Campus Connect,
Infosys Limited
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