Kodu

Kodu is a new visual programming language made specifically for creating games. It is designed to be accessible for children and enjoyable for anyone. The programming environment runs on the Xbox, allowing rapid design iteration using only a game controller for input.


http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/kodu/
http://fuse.microsoft.com/project/kodu.aspx

Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) / OpenCL / GPGPU / CUDA / DirectCompute

APU (Accelerated Processing Unit, A single architecture with the CPU and GPU integrated)

• AMD Fusion : AMD Zacate
• http://sites.amd.com/us/fusion/APU/Pages/fusion.aspx
• Intel Sandy Bridge : Intel Core i5

OpenCL (Open Computing Language, a framework for writing programs that execute across heterogeneous platforms consisting of CPUs, GPUs, and other processors)

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCL
• OpenCL includes a language (based on C99) for writing kernels (functions that execute on OpenCL devices), plus APIs that are used to define and then control the platforms. OpenCL provides parallel computing using task-based and data-based parallelism. Its architecture shares a range of computational interfaces with two competitors, NVidia's CUDA(Compute Unified Device Architecture) and Microsoft's DirectCompute.

GPGPU (General Purpose GPU)

Delay and Disruption Tolerant Networking

Delay-tolerant networking (DTN) is an approach to computer network architecture that seeks to address the technical issues in heterogeneous networks that may lack continuous network connectivity. Examples of such networks are those operating in mobile or extreme terrestrial environments, or planned networks in space.


Recently, the term disruption-tolerant networking has gained currency in the United States due to support from DARPA, which has funded many DTN projects. Disruption may occur because of the limits of wireless radio range, sparsity of mobile nodes, energy resources, attack, and noise.

(Excerpted From Wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay-tolerant_networking
http://www.amazon.com/Delay-Disruption-Tolerant-Networking-Stephen-Farrell/dp/1596930632