Daily Byte from Campus Connect : 2018/240

Dear Professor, Greetings from Infosys Campus Connect Team!!! 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 123456 Is the Most Used Password for the 5th Year in a Row For the 5th year in a row, "123456" is most used password, with "password" coming in at second place. Ambient computing is in the air A massive convergence of technologies will enable us to use computers and the internet without really using them. A new engine could bring back supersonic air-travel Supersonic passenger travel came to an end in 2003. The crash three years earlier of a French Concorde had not helped, but the main reasons were wider. Programmer News for the Day Python at Microsoft: flying under the radar Python is an important piece of Microsoft’s future in the cloud, being one of the essential languages for the rapidly growing field of data science and analytics both inside and outside of the company. Introduction to Fraud Detection Systems Tutorial using Python library LightGBM with code samples HackHarvard Global Hackathon During the Hackathon, teams have to work on any one of the below mentioned tracks to solve interesting real world problems. Word for the Day anneal verb an·​neal | \ə-ˈnēl  \ : to toughen Some yoga exercises are intended to anneal your core. More Puzzle for the Day Island Puzzle Last week my wife and I found ourselves stranded on an island, oops! Unfortunately, we were also stranded with our two sons, with no clear means of rescue. Luckily, I came across an old rickety boat which I knew could carry either one adult or two children. How did I rescue my family? Solution (Previous Puzzle): Surprisingly, they are actually the same. The amount of liquid in each cup is still the same as they both started with. Therefore any tea missing from the cup of tea is now in the cup of coffee... ...and the same amount of coffee must be now missing from the cup of coffee, and must now be in the cup of tea. Innovation of the Day In 1854, the first U.S. patent was issued for a sewing machine with a four-motion feed, which enabled sewing curving seams. (No. 12,116), invented by Allen B. Wilson, of Watertown, Conn. In 1871, Albert L. Jones of New York City received the first U.S. patent for corrugated paper as an "improvement in paper for packing" (No. 122,023). In 1871, Samuel Clemens received a patent for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Garment Straps" (No.121,992). He is better known as the author Mark Twain (1835-1910). Video for the Day How life came to land - Tierney Thys Spiders and crustaceans, also known as arthropods, led the charge from water to land--now outnumbering all terrestrial animals. But what about arthropods makes them so adaptable to life on land? Marine biologist Tierney Thys, and Noé Sardet and Sharif Mirshak of the Plankton Chronicles Project, shows us a world of fascinating animals and their habitats. Wiki for the Day Lexicographic breadth-first search: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicographic_breadth-first_search Quote for the Day “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented from the successful is a lot of hard work.” Stephen King