Google a mis en place hier la nouvelle version de son algorithme de référencement, celui-ci devrait être plus précis.Trouvez votre job dans le Web ou recrutez un expert avec les offres d'emploi Presse-citron...

Google a commencé à distribuer quelques exemplaires de ses fameuses lunettes intelligentes Glass à une sélection de happy few fortunés et triés sur le volet. Nous avons pu les prendre en main et les tester sous toutes les coutures.

Qui veut y jeter un coup d’oeil ? Enfin, quand on dit un coup d’oeil, c’est parler bien vite. Car google ne fait pas que jouer avec Android ou les Google Glasses, point du tout. Il faut croire que les … Continuer la lecture →

Congratulation !, you’ve got your new rasperry pi camera ! Isn’t-it cute ?
But after first try, you discover that it’s not an usb-webcam. Thus, OpenCV doesn’t work natively. (forget cvCaptureFromCAM for example and all your wonderful apps you’ve thought up !)

However, some nice apps (such as raspivid or raspistill) controls  the pi camera using MMAL functions.

The idea is to modify source code of such apps, use buffer memory of the camera to feed OpenCV image objects. Pretty easy (said like that).

This could be done in 7 steps, because of 7 :

• step 1 : install csi webcam
• step 2 : installation and compilation of userland-master (including mmal and raspicam tools)
• step 3 : create your own project
• step 4 : link with OpenCV libraries
• step 5 :  basic use of OpenCV and Pi camera : display an image from camera
• step 5.5 : use many snapshots to emulate a video (slow)
• step 6 : capture video within OpenCV window !
• Step 7 : Face recognition (magic mirror release 2

Enjoy !

Numergy lance 4 offres cloud orientées IaaS :
• La formule Start convient à la mise en œuvre d’environnements de test et développement avec un accord de niveau de service (SLA) de 99,7%, permettant d’accéder à des ressources performantes à bas coût. Cette formule est disponible exclusivement via le canal indirect.
• La formule Entreprise bénéficie d’une architecture serveur redondée sur un site, garantissant 99,9% de SLA. Cette formule est disponible exclusivement via le canal indirect.
• La formule Critique bénéficie d’une architecture sur 2 sites garantissant un SLA de 99,99% et une formule également disponible exclusivement via le canal indirect.

et enfin : la formule Self-service permet aux utilisateurs de souscrire à l’offre de Cloud public directement sur le site Numergy. Elle a vocation à faciliter l’adoption et la prise en main des services Numergy. Limitée à des « environnements légers» (moins de 5 serveurs virtuels), elle permet de lancer une activité sur le web en toute simplicité. Son niveau de SLA garanti est de 99,9%. Pour chaque formule, Numergy peut s’engager contractuellement par le biais de pénalités si le niveau de SLA déterminé n’est pas atteint.

la compréhension de la grille tarifaire n'est toujours simple. et le tarif d'instance n'est pas forcément très compétitif. et il est dommage de passer par un revendeur pour avoir + 5 instances. cette limitation est anormale. de plus toutes les instances ne sont pas accessibles directement. et le coût des options n'est pas non plus le plus intéressant. et nous avons du mal à comprendre pourquoi la licence windows entreprise coûte aussi chère. 36 € HT / mois. pourquoi numergy n'a pas une offre plus souple et réellement à la demande comme le propose les concurrents. A noter que sur Windows nous sommes limités à Windows Server 2008 (d'ailleurs Server n'est même pas indiqué) et non 2012.

on regrette aussi l'absence d'une documentation technique accessible immédiatement, avec tous les documents SLA et contractuels. il est regrettable que Numergy oblige à passer par un revendeur trop souvent.

For many Web-based client-server applications, the old HTTP request-response model has its limitations. Information has to be transmitted from the server to the client in between requests, rather than upon request only. A number of "hacks" have been used in the past to circumvent this problem, for example, long polling and Comet. However, the need for a standards-based, bidirectional and...

A l’époque des ampoules à filament, qui coutaient quelques centimes d’euros, on ne se posait pas trop la question: quand on avait besoin d’une ampoule, parce qu’on changeait de lampe, par exemple, et bien on rachetait une ampoule adaptée. Il existe en effet plusieurs culots (E27, E14, B22, G10, etc…) correspondant à différents types d’ampoules, qu’il est impossible d’intervertir. C’était vrai avant.

Aujourd’hui, les ampoules fluo compact sont plus chères, quant aux ampoules à Led, ce sont les plus chères actuellement. Si je prend l’exemple de mon séjour, qui possède deux plafonniers de trois ampoules E14 chacun: actuellement j’utilise des ampoules à Led, coutant 15€ chacune. Soit un total de 90€ d’ampoules pour le séjour ! Certes, elles me permettent de faire des économies d’électricité non négligeables aujourd’hui, mais si demain je décide de changer de plafonnier car j’ai envie de refaire la déco (c’est justement d’actualité :p), et que les nouveaux plafonniers n’utilisent pas le même type de culot, je n’ai plus qu’à mettre mes ampoules au placard et en acheter de nouvelles. C’est un budget non négligeable :/

Mais notre partenaire Led-et-Fluo a ajouté de petits accessoires bien pratiques dans sa boutique: des adaptateurs de culots. A 2,11€ actuellement, il en existe pour brancher quasiment n’importe quel type d’ampoule sur n’importe quel culot:

 

 

Des adaptateurs pour brancher une ampoule E14 ou E27 sur une bayonnette (B22):

 

 

Des adaptateurs pour brancher des ampoules E27 ou G10 sur une douille E14:

 

 

Des adaptateurs pour brancher des ampoules E14 ou G10 sur des douilles E27:

 

 

Ou encore un adaptateur pour brancher une ampoule E27 sur une douille G10:

 

 

Bref, il y en a pour tous les gouts.

Si par exemple j’ai un plafonnier utilisant des ampoules E14, je peux très bien utiliser l’adaptateur adéquat pour utiliser une E27 à la place:

 

 

Une fois monté:

 

 

Bien sûr, cela augmente un peu la longueur de l’ampoule.

Petite comparaison sur mon plafonnier, avant avec une E14 classique:

 

 

Ici avec une E27 Led:

 

 

L’intérêt est double: d’une part éviter de devoir racheter des ampoules couteuses, d’autre part utiliser des ampoules qui n’existent pas dans le format qu’on souhaite.

Exemple ici: mon plafonnier utilise un variateur, mais les ampoules E14 variables ne sont pas encore disponibles. Grâce à cet adaptateur je peux donc tout à fait utiliser des ampoules E27 variables sur mon plafonnier utilisant normalement des E14.

Ici, une petite ampoule E27, que je souhaiterais brancher sur une lampe de chevet utilisant normalement des E14:

 

Et le tour est joué:

 

 

Autre exemple avec une grosse ampoule globe qui n’existe pas en B22:

 

 

Utilisation d’une E14 sur une B22:

 

 

Ou encore une E27 que je souhaite brancher sur une douille G10:

 

 

 Bon, ce ne sont là que quelques exemples. Parfois l’adaptateur ne sera pas utilisé à cause du côté esthétique (ampoule plus longue, qui dépasse alors de la lampe), mais dans bien des cas ce petit adaptateur pourra rendre de grands services. Et il est nettement plus intéressant de dépenser 2€ dans un adaptateur que de devoir racheter une ampoule à 15€. Surtout quand on en a 6 à changer ;-)

L’astuce est donc à connaitre. Merci à Led-et-Fluo pour ces adaptateurs bien pratiques !

 

Original article: Branchez vos ampoules n’importe où !

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Sony has developed an A4 sized equivalent 13.3″ digital paper notepad.

The display is the first in the world to use E Ink Mobius, a new flexible electronic paper display technology developed by E Ink in collaboration with Sony. Technology developed by Sony for forming high precision thin film transistors on plastic instead of glass has been used, making the display flexible and light. It is scheduled for mass production this year.

“We’ve succeeded in mass-producing these large flexible panels, by combining E-Ink’s flexible paper technology and Sony’s mass-production technology.”

“Usually, devices are made by sandwiching TFTs between glass sheets. But these panels use plastic instead of glass, so they’re much lighter. Another feature is that, unlike glass, these panels are very durable.”

This prototype digital notepad weighs 358 g and is 6.8mm thick, with the 1200×1600 pixel display itself weighing around 60g, 50% less than if glass was used. The prototype also features a battery life of approximately three weeks.

“This is a PDF document. You can page through it with your finger. Of course, you can also write comments and draw lines in the PDF document. Also, if you choose the marker, and move your finger over text, you can highlight text like this.”

“This is still at the prototype stage. But we’re designing it to work smoothly. Also, with paper, you can rest your hand on it while you write, but with a tablet, you can’t always do that. This digital paper makes it possible to write while resting your hand on the panel.”

“We’d especially like this to be used in universities. From the second half of this year, we’re planning to do trials with Waseda, Hosei, and Ritsumeikan Universities. We also plan to release a commercial version during this year.”

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Marissa Mayer just made her biggest bet to date as Yahoo’s CEO — and if it goes badly, she may not get the chance to make another. A series of recent acquisitions culminated Monday with the announcement that Yahoo is spending roughly one sixth of its cash hoard to buy Tumblr, the popular but under-monetized blogging platform. The deal brings Yahoo the vibrant, youthful social network it has long lacked, but it also sticks the company with an expensive and unproven young business. Meanwhile, the authors of 100 million Tumblr blogs want to know: can this Yahoo acquisition succeed where so many others have failed?

Mayer has been looking to make a significant acquisition since August, when Yahoo reached a deal to sell its stake in...

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Nous étions bien en peine à WeLoveSaas lors que nous avons appris la disparition programmée cette été de Google Reader : comment continuer à bien faire notre métier de veille sur les contenus sans ce passage obligé ? Que faire de nos dizaines (centaines ?) de flux rss pluggés dedans depuis les premières heures du service ?

Nous avons donc testé, testé, et retesté deux bonnes dizaines de « readers » de flux RSS, voyant arriver l’été à grand pas… Nous vous avions d’ailleurs fait une petite sélection (par défaut, on doit bien l’avouer) des alternatives possibles à Google Reader. Et puis nous sommes repassés (sur une idée originale de Julien <– merci !! ) par un logiciel testé il y a quelques temps et dont l’interface a bien changée : THE OLD READER. C’est Russe, et c’est une presque copie parfaite (mais en vert) de notre estimable futur retraité…

A vous de tester et de voir si cela vous convient (attention, il s’agit bien ici de lire beaucoup de flux, dans une page web, pas de petites animations sympa et une mise en page magazine pour vos tablettes

 

 

 

Cet article est une reprise d’un post par Christophe Méresse sur notre communauté Google+. Christophe nous partage son expérience lors d’un atelier d’impression 3D auquel il a participé.

Il y a queqlues jours, le Fab-Lab de Neuchâtel organisait un workshop pour monter sa propre imprimante 3D, une Ultimaker.

Nous étions donc une dizaine avec des profils assez divers, globalement assez orientés technique, informaticiens, micro-mécaniciens, mathématiciens, mais aussi quelques artistes voire un bon mélange des deux avec des projets divers et variés: un passionné de vélo spéciaux désirant imprimer des coques de phares, un mathématicien des pièces d’une sorte de puzzle en 3D, un thérapeute des prototypes de pièces de prothèses externes, des artistes des vases et autre éléments décoratifs…

Le lundi matin chacun recevait son kit (la partie mécanique commandée chez Ultimaker et le chassis en bois découpé au laser par le fab-lab).

Contrairement à ce que j’avais entendu le montage nous à pris à tous tout de même deux jours (une bonne quinzaine d’heures), montage
- du chassis, des parties mobiles (roulements, moteurs, axes et courroies)
- du plateau d’impression
- de l’extrudeur (tête d’impression)
- de la partie mécanique qui pousse le fil de plastique dans l’extrudeur
- de la partie éléctronique (un arduino)

Enfin le troisième jour, les réglages et les premières impressions. Pour ma part je n’avais pas envie d’imprimer le petit robot d’exemple fourni avec le logiciel de pilotage « Cura » alors j’ai vite modélisé un tout petit vase sous Blender. J’ai trouvé les résultats plutôt bons, la qualité du rendu est bonne en mode haute qualité (sur l’extérieur des partie bien verticales on voit à peine les couches successive de plastique).

Pour l’instant je n’ai eu qu’un problème lors d’une impression, le fil de plastique à cassé coincé sur lui-même sur la bobine, je n’ai pas pu finir la pièce. On ne peut pas imprimer n’importe quel modèle, en particulier pas de surplomb trop importants (>45°). Les grandes pièces plates on tendance à se courber un peu et nécessitent la mise en place d’un plateau chauffant pour pallier au problème. Il y a la possibilité d’ajouter une deuxième tête d’extrusion pour faire des pièces en deux couleurs ou pour imprimer des parties solvable dans l’eau et ainsi réaliser des pièces plus complexes.

Il existe plusieurs couleurs et types pour les plastiques (PLA et ABS (le plastique utilisé par Légo d’après ce que j’ai compris)), il en y a même un qui reste souple après l’impression et un luminescent, je les testerai surement un jour.

Le workshop était vraiment intéressant, il nous a permis de monter le kit de manière plus sereine en ayant à portée de main une machine déjà montée pour pouvoir s’assurer de ne pas faire d’erreur, de recevoir les conseil des responsables du fab-lab et de rencontrer d’autres personnes intéressées par cette technologie.

 

Au sommaire de ce numéro en petit comité (certains font le pont…) et pour cet épisode moins "complet" on vous parle de règle numérique, de psychopathe, de comics gratos, du chien toto et de Chris Jesus ce punk…

NEWS

HIGH TECH :

Cédric : Adobe Napoleon & Mighty

SERIES TV :

Sophie : Hannibal

COMICS :

Timo / Audrey : Free Comicbooks Day
Timo / Audrey : OZ
Timo : Punk Rock Jesus

From Youtuber Pilerud:

I scratch built this Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine Blood Angel Tactical Sergeant, 7th company, 9th squad, costume as a fan. About 400 hours in making, spread over 10 months. The current weight is 25 kg. Height: About 215 cm/7′ (I am about 183 cm/6′ without armor). (To be able to move around easier and be able to use my own hands, the size is a compromize between proper SM size and a normal human.) Method: Pepakura (foam+hot glue) and some modifications to make it look more like the miniatures. And some aluminum rods, and screws and electronics. Cost of materials: At the present about 2500€.

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Just before Google I/O, Microsoft is making a big pitch for developers with a high-profile announcement about a new team that will focus on building outside interest in app development on the Azure platform.

The group,  which will have a base in San Francisco, is part of the Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) group led by Technical Fellow John Shewchuk.  As Mary Jo Foley wrote, the new developer team is part of Microsoft’s effort to be a platform provider more so than a software purveyor.

Here’s what Shewchuk wrote recently about the effort:

We’re building out the team by adding top-notch developers and evangelists from across the industry. Two recent examples: James Whittaker – a known industry disruptor and incredible speaker joins us from Bing where he has been leading the development team making Bing knowledge available programmatically – many people may know him from his viral blog post on why he left Google for Microsoft. And Patrick Chanezon just joined us from VMware where he was driving their cloud and tools developer relations – he has a ton of expertise in the open source space which will be increasingly important given our new Azure IaaS support for Linux.

Of particular note is the hiring of Chanezon, who recently left VMware to join Microsoft as its director of enterprise evangelism. In a blog post, Chanezon puts an emphasis on Microsoft’s Azure platform and its readiness. Interestingly, he says that Azure “is more open than people think.” I take that as he and the development team have some work in growing awareness about the Azure infrastructure.

Chanezon leaves a job at VMware where he managed developer relations for Spring and Cloud Foundry. Spring and Cloud Foundry were recently spun out into a separate company called Pivotal that is positioning as a platform for data analytics and app development. Chanezon worked at Google on the Cloud Platform Advocacy Team manager before leaving for VMware.

It’s apparent that Microsoft has built a world-class development platform but getting people to use it has posed its challenges. This is in part due to Microsoft’s past focus on its insistence that developers uses Microsoft technology at every level of the stack. That attitude has shifted as symbolized in the news today and a series of announcements over the past several months related to Azure. It has launched new mobile features for iOS and Android development. In March they offered support For PhoneGap, Dropbox and Hadoop. Arguably the most strategic move came last month with the news of general availability of Active Directory on the Azure platform.

Still, Microsoft has lagged in attracting developer talent to the Azure platform.  What it needs is not just good evangelists but a deeper ecosystem that will only come if it can build credibility  in the market.

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Ce week-end, j'ai ENFIN pu voir Iron Man 3 au cinéma (soit quelques jours avant qu'il sorte en version R6 sur les réseaux torrents) et je dois dire que j'ai beaucoup aimé le film. D'habitude, les n°3 ce n’est jamais ça et là, ça va, je le trouve bien réussi. (mais ça n'engage que moi ^^)

Comme dans tous les Marvel, les effets spéciaux sont de mise et je trouve ça toujours intéressant de voir ce qui se cache justement derrière certains effets "magiques". Method Studio et Digital Domain qui ont réalisé ces effets, ont mis en ligne 3 vidéos making of très impressionnants, que je pense, vous allez apprécier. (gaffe aux spoilers)

Et vous, qu'avez-vous pensé de cet opus ? Moi c'est surtout la fin qui m'a perturbée... Y'aura-t-il un 4e épisode ? J'ai lu hier qu’Iron Man 4 serait sans Robert Downey Jr... Mais j'ai du mal à le concevoir. Ce ne serait plus vraiment pareil...

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Comme on pouvait raisonnablement s'y attendre, la reconnaissance faciale fait son arrivée sur les Google Glass. Pour l'instant pour un « bon » usage...

By Michael Manoochehri, Developer Programs Engineer, Google Cloud Platform

Cross-posted with the Google Cloud Platform Blog

After last year's Google I/O conference, the Google Cloud Platform Developer Relations team started to think about how attendees experienced the event. We wanted to help attendees gain more insight about the conference space and the environment itself. Which developer Sandboxes were the busiest? Which were the loudest locations, and which were the best places to take a quick nap? We think about data problems all the time, and this looked like an interesting big data challenge that we could try to solve. So this year, we decided to try to answer our questions with a project that's a bit different, kind of futuristic, and maybe a little crazy.

Since we love open source hardware hacking as much as we love to share open source code, we decided to team up with the O'Reilly Data Sensing Lab to deploy hundreds of Arduino-based environmental sensors at Google I/O 2013. Using software built with the Google Cloud Platform, we'll be collecting and visualizing ambient data about the conference, such as temperature, humidity, air quality, in real time! Altogether, the sensors network will provide over 4,000 continuous data streams over a ZigBee mesh network managed by Device Cloud by Etherios.

In addition, our motes will be able to detect fluctuations in noise level, and some will be attached to footstep counters, to understand collective movement around the conference floor. Of course, since a key goal of Google I/O is to promote innovation in the open, the project's Cloud Platform code, the Arduino hardware designs, and even the data collected, will be open source and available online after the conference.

Google Cloud Platform, which provides the software backend for this project, has a variety of features for building applications that collect and process data from a large number of client devices - without having to spend time managing hardware or infrastructure. Google App Engine Datastore, along with Cloud Endpoints, provides a scalable front end API for collecting data from devices. Google Compute Engine is used to process and analyse data with software tools you may already be familiar with, such as R and Hadoop. Google BigQuery provides fast aggregate analysis of terabyte datasets. Finally, App Engine's web application framework is able to surface interactive visualizations to users.

Networked sensor technology is in the early stages of revolutionizing business logistics, city planning, and consumer products. We are looking forward to sharing the Data Sensing Lab with Google I/O attendees, because we want to show how using open hardware together with the Google Cloud Platform can make this technology accessible to anyone.

With the help of the Google Maps DevRel team, we'll be displaying visualizations of interesting trends on several screens around the conference. Members of the Data Sensing Lab will be on hand in the Google I/O Cloud Sandbox to show off prototypes and talk to attendees about open hardware development. Lead software developer Amy Unruh and Kim Cameron from the Cloud Platform Developer Relations team will talk about how we built the software involved in this project in a talk called "Behind the Data Sensing Lab". In case you aren't able to attend Google I/O 2013, this session will be available online after the conference. Learn more about the Google Cloud Platform on our site, and to dive in to building applications, check out our developer documentation.


Michael Manoochehri is a Developer Programs Engineer supporting the Google Cloud Platform. He is passionate about making cloud computing and data analysis universally accessible and useful.

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Wikipedia, l'encyclopédie en ligne, donne aux utilisateurs la possibilité de modifier les entrées, mais également d'assurer un suivi des pages vues pour (...)

We’re just a few days away from the start of Google I/O, the search giant’s annual developer conference, and while we actually know very little about what Google plans to announce during its massive, 3-hour keynote on Wednesday, there is something brewing in Mountain View that has Microsoft’s Office division on edge. Over the course of the last week, Microsoft started a very negative anti-Google Docs campaign that fits the mold of its more general Scroogled anti-Google ads. But why the sudden focus on Google’s productivity tools? That reason, I believe, is Quickoffice in the browser.

Quickoffice, which Google acquired last June, allows users to read and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on the iPad, iPhone and Android. Unlike Google Docs, which remains a relatively limited productivity suite when compared to Microsoft Office, Quickoffice does a very nice job at allowing you to open and edit Office files without losing the document’s layout and other advanced features that Docs can’t currently handle. Just last month, Google brought Quickoffice to Android and the iPhone and introduced the new Chrome Office Viewer for displaying Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. Google doesn’t say so explicitly, but it’s a fair assumption that this tool uses some of Quickoffice’s magic as well (it was previously only available for Chrome OS).

When it comes to editing Office documents in the browser, Microsoft’s own Office Web Apps are an underrated gem in the company’s lineup and right now, Google doesn’t have anything in its repertoire of web apps that comes even close.

Quickoffice, however, is coming to the web. When Google introduced the Pixel Chromebook in February, it also dropped a hint that it was porting Quickoffice to Chrome, using its own Native Client technology. At the time, Google’s Sundar Pichai said that many people love Google’s productivity apps, but in the business world, Microsoft Office is still the de facto default. Having Quickoffice available for Chrome and on Chromebooks, he said, “completes the story for a lot of users.” During the February event, Google said that it would take about three months to launch the browser-based version of Quickoffice with full editing capabilities – and that puts the launch date almost exactly in line with next week’s I/O.

Microsoft knows that the competition in the online productivity space is about to heat up and may just put it on defense. For many potential Office 365 and Office Web Apps users, a full-blown Office-compatible productivity suite in the browser from a company like Google presents a very viable alternative to using Microsoft’s tools. It’s no surprise then, that the folks over in Redmond are launching their anti-docs marketing campaign now.

La tablette est en train de remplacer le PC portable dans beaucoup d'usages, tout comme les portables ultra puissants remplacement désormais les stations fixes. 

Mais voici que d'autres concepts apparaissent, qui pourraient ringardiser les tablettes sous peu...

OMG. These have to be the coolest looking flash drives ever, and even though they may be a little pricey, I think the wow factor more than makes up for the price. Get them all over @ Amazon.com.

[Marvel Iron Man 3 USB Flash Drives]

Apple's Find My Friends, a mostly-unrelated concept.

Perhaps you've heard of Bang With Friends. It's a rather controversial thing. Simply put, it's a Facebook and mobile app that lets you pick which of your friends you'd like to "bang." Oh, but it's more clever than that: the app won't reveal your intentions until that friend picks you back. Then, theoretically, you can clandestinely meet for a night of sex without any fear of rejection, or the need for awkward dates, and none of your other friends will be the wiser. Needless to say, some people aren't so happy about the idea. They're worried that it objectifies people, that it could promote infidelity, and other things of the sort.

It's a shame everyone is so fixated on the...

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En voilà une bonne nouvelle : il a été confirmé que la série « Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. » allait prochainement être diffusée sur la chaîne de télévision américaine ABC. L’an passé, la chaîne ABC avait donné son feu vert à Joss … Continuer la lecture →

Les chercheurs russes de Doubna, ville située non loin de Moscou, ont mis au point un nanocomposé unique repoussant les impuretés et l’eau. Les effets traités avec peuvent être lavés une fois par an.

Le procédé assure même la protection contre la graisse. Au niveau moléculaire le nanorevêtement arrête les substances liquides. Les molécules sont situées si près les unes des autres que la transsudation s’avère impossible, tandis que l’air passe librement et l’étoffe « respire ». Mais, de l’avis de Roman Novitchkov, directeur de recherche au nanocentre « Doubna », l’essentiel est que les installations spéciales et les equipements sophistiqués ne sont pas nécessaires pour le traitement des tissus :

« C’est simple comme bonjour. Un coup de vaporisateur, quelques minutes pour laisser sécher le tissus, et le voilà imperméable ».

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Adobe has just announced that Creative Suite will cease to exist after CS6 (in name at least), and be replaced exclusively by Creative Cloud. On its most basic level, that means there won’t be perpetual licenses for future Adobe products (though, for now, you’ll still be able to buy CS6 in that format) and instead all of their Creative Cloud software will be available by subscription only.

For creatives, this is a huge shift. Adobe has been the leader in graphics and web software for years (especially after their purchase of Macromedia), and designers and agencies are used to the perpetual license model. I’ve already been hearing complaints from some colleagues unhappy with the switch, though many of their complaints don’t really have much merit if you really break them down.

$50 a month?!?!

The price is probably the most common complaint I’ve been hearing. But if we break it down into long-term costs for the subscription compared to the cost of the perpetual licenses, the subscription actually comes out on top.

A new (not upgraded) license for Creative Suite 6 Master Collection is US$2,600. An upgrade license will cost you anywhere from $550 (if you already had the CS5.5 Master Collection) to over $1,000 (if you had any of the other CS5 or 5.5 products). Adobe has historically offered major upgrades every 18 months or so, which means the monthly breakdown is between $30 and $58 per month. And if you have to buy the entire Creative Suite new, then you’re looking at a cost of over $144/month for 18 months.

Adobe is offering CC subscriptions for new users for $50/month, and for “upgrade” users for just $30/month for the first year (and CS6 users will get an even steeper discount for the first year). The other big advantage is that you won’t have to fork over a large payment up front. This makes it much more affordable for new designers or small agencies, and will obviously reduce start-up costs for new freelancers or agencies. This could encourage a lot of great designers to strike out on their own.

 

I don’t want my work in the cloud!

The good news is that you don’t have to host any of your work in the cloud, and the software itself runs right on your computer, not online.

Granted, the cloud offers a lot of great features you might want to take advantage of, but there’s nothing that says you have to. You can keep using your CC products just like you’ve been using CS products for years.

And if your internet connection is down (either on purpose or because of connectivity problems), you don’t need to worry about your software not working. It only needs to connect to validate your license every 30 days, and with the annual plan it will still work for over 3 months (99 days) without validating. Of course, without internet access you won’t be able to access online CC features, but the software on your computer will still work fine.

 

But how do I pirate something in the cloud?

Okay, I haven’t heard this one expressed directly, but I’ve heard grumblings where the subtext is basically the same thing.

My answer for this is that you really shouldn’t be pirating the software in the first place.

Without getting into the entire moral and ethical debate surrounding software piracy and when it is or isn’t acceptable, let’s look at one small aspect of it: the biggest reason given for piracy is often that the product isn’t affordable. I can see where that was the case with CS, as it’s a very expensive professional program. Obviously your hobbyist or entry-level designer might not want or be able to spend thousands of dollars on software.

But Creative Cloud removes that expensive start-up cost. Most professional designers using Creative Suite products are making well over $50/month with the software. And there are free and low cost alternatives that will meet the needs of most hobbyists if they don’t want to spend that kind of money on a monthly basis.

I understand the frustration that many people who design as a hobby or just like to “play around” in Photoshop or another Adobe program, but at the same time, it’s certainly not Adobe’s job to make it possible to use their products without properly licensing them.

Adobe maintains that the added difficulty in pirating their products had nothing to do with their decision to transition to an entirely subscription-based product line, but I’m sure they’re finding it to be a nice little added bonus.

 

I only use Photoshop/Illustrator/etc! I don’t want to pay for everything!

There’s good news here: you don’t have to. There are plenty of people out there who only use Photoshop, or Illustrator, or any of the other Creative Cloud/Creative Suite products. And for those people, you can subscribe to just one program at a discounted rate of US$19.99/month.

This is a great option for those people who only use one product (like photographers who only use Photoshop or visual effects designers who only use After Effects).

 

More about the new subscription model

Students and teachers will still be able to get Creative Cloud at a deeply discounted rate of US$19.99/month ($29.99/month after June 25). The big bonus here is that they’ll get access to all of Adobe’s programs, rather than just the one or two they might need for their classes.

This opens up a lot of creative possibilities, as students and teachers will be able to more easily branch out into other media. We’re likely to see more designers familiar with motion graphics, more video editors proficient in audio editing, more photographers proficient in design, etc. And of course we’re more likely to see interesting projects coming out that combine disciplines.

In addition to the basic Creative Suite programs we’ve all become accustomed to, Creative Cloud offers some additional tools you might not have used before.

There’s the Digital Publishing Suite, which lets you create content and publish apps. There’s ProSite for managing and building your own professional portfolio site. Business Catalyst offers tools for website hosting and management. And Story CC Plus is available for collaborative screenwriting and production tasks (like scheduling and reporting). These are apps that a lot of designers and other creatives may not have tried before, but without any added cost, there’s no excuse not to now.

One of Adobe’s main reasons for switching to the cloud model is the ability to constantly update products and add features without a major product upgrade. These constant updates are good news for the creative community.

 

The verdict?

While transitioning to the cloud is going to be an unwelcome change for some designers and other creatives, overall, I think it’s good news for the industry and for creative pros. You’ll have access to more programs and more features for less money. And you’ll get updates on a more consistent basis, without added cost.

While I’m sure we’ll continue to hear complaints from some sectors of the design community, overall I think most creatives will embrace CC once they give it a chance.

 

Are you already a Creative Cloud subscriber? Are you happy about the change or do you have reservations? Let us know in the comments!

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