Devoxx 2013 - Conference day 2: Random stuff

Go see all the ships in the world

Francesc Campoy Flores

Check out the original talk from Google I/O:

• www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT7cd4M9vzs
• https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/327696300

Nice overview of Google Cloud offering and usage

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Thalmic Labs - Myo API from init to flush

Gord Tanner, Scott Greenberg

Myo: Gesture Control Armband

• https://www.thalmic.com/en/myo/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV0PbKZyqg8
• track muscular activities in arms -> control computer, phone ...
• Talmic Labs, Waterloo, CA
• scheduled for 2014

details

• Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy
• 9 axis tracking
• tactile feedback
• muscle activity sensor
• Myo API will target multiple languages
• demo: node.js

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Security test automation in software development using open source tools

David Tillemans

ZAProxy -- web application security scanner developed by OWASP

ref: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/ZAP

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AsciiDoctor

Andres Almiray

http://asciidoctor.org/

• ruby
• ascii formatting syntax
• cfr. txt2html http://txt2html.sourceforge.net/

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NFC + Chrome = Awesomeness

Francois Beaufort

chrome apps:

• html5 + css3 + js
• immersive
• secure
• offline by default
• chrome APIs

NFC enabled through USB Chrome API (chrome.usb)

• USB NFC devices: ACR122U, SCL3711
• chrome.nfc api
  • findDevices()
  • write()
• next:
  • bugfix
  • open-source the lib
  • improve performance

Unfortunately not a mainstream browser option for now.

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Browser-side security: Mitigate the risk of XSS

Mike West

"lock down applications and securely communicate crossorigin"

• Web Cryptography API
• MessagePorts
• on Parleys: http://www.parleys.com/play/5148922b0364bc17fc56c937/chapter0/about