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Amateur Astronomers Find 42 New Planets
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 January 2013 03:50
- Written by Raja
A team of amateur astronomers from around the world has discovered evidence for 42 alien planets, including a Jupiter-size world that could potentially be habitable, it was revealed yesterday. The team, organised online via the planethunters website, analysed data from Nasa's Kepler Space telescope.
Outrageous Mechanical Marvels: 9 Mammoth Gadgets
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- Published on Monday, 31 December 2012 08:40
- Written by Phil Doyle
In this modern world When it comes to phones, notebooks and portable game consoles, smaller is nearly always better. But sometimes a gadget just needs to be really, really huge. True to their size, gigantic contraptions accomplish tasks enormously useful to our everyday lives
NAO Humanoid Climbs Spiral Staircase
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- Published on Wednesday, 25 July 2012 05:05
- Written by Ajay
Researchers from University of Freiburg’s Humanoids Robots Laboratory Have demonstrated a NAO humanoid capable of climbing spiral staircases, which are more challenging to scale than their non-curving counterparts. A laser range scanner on the top of the robot’s head provides a global estimation of the bot’s position, the humanoid uses a 3D model of staircase to match up with the images it captures on each step. This system lets it get a grip on its geography to successfully detect stair edges and make it to the top with nary a trip. The humanoid robot can accurately locate itself towards the stairs and climb them reliably. Don’t forget to look at the video.
Apple Discontinues iWork.com, Asks Users To Move To iCloud Before July 31
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- Published on Saturday, 10 March 2012 09:31
- Written by Haridas Gowra
Apple sent an email notice out this week to users registered for its iWork.com beta, stating that they are discontinuing the service as of July 31 and Apple will no longer let users publish or share documents through the service. The discontinuation comes as Apple places its focus on iCloud, which offers users ways to keep documents in sync among their various iOS devices.
Envia's GM-Backed Battery Delivers Huge Energy Density, Lower Costs
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- Published on Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:56
- Written by Edward Ramamoorthy
For those who worried about the battery life of your expensive EV, Envia has revealed a new cell that boasts a record breaking energy density of 400Wh/kg (most currently offer between 100 and 150). It's estimated that when commercialized, this could bring the cost of a 300-mile range EV down to as little as $20,000. The performance gains come from a special manganese-rich cathode and silicon-carbon nano-composite anode combination. The battery maker is also partly owned by GM, which unsurprisingly means we're likely to see these very cells in its EVs in the future. For more info read the press release.
New Potentially Life Bearing Super Earth GJ 667Cc Discovered
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- Published on Saturday, 04 February 2012 03:16
- Written by Edward Ramamoorthy
An international team of scientists led by Carnegie's Guillem Anglada-Escudé and Paul Butler has discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a relatively nearby star. Described as the "best candidate" for supporting liquid water, and therefore life. The planet (GJ 667Cc) is believed to be about 4.5 times the size of Earth.
Megaupload Users’ Data Safe For Two More Weeks
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- Published on Wednesday, 01 February 2012 03:12
- Written by Ajay
The Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF is looking to help the Megaupload users’ data files. Since the US FBI shut down the web site earlier the month visitors to it pages have been disappointed and unable to access legitimate data. The innocent users were ignored when the website was shutdown.
BOXX Electric Bike
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- Published on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 03:06
- Written by Ajay
The YikieBike differs here and joins it is BOXX Corporation’s diminutive BOXX. Coming in at just under meter (36-inches) long, the 120 pound aluminium bike has a top speed of 35 miles per hour and can even haul up to 300 pounds of heft. The compact footprint, the company hasn’t skimped on tech; it boasts traction control, anti-lock brakes, and even LED lights. Available in one of ten colors, $3,995 nets you a base 40-mile range model, can optionally double to 80 by ticking the $599 CORE2box. For those who willing to spruce further, there is a $149 heated seat and $349 one-hour charger offer.
Rollin’ Justin Learns To Throw
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- Published on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 03:08
- Written by Ajay
Rollin’ Justin learned to catch balls by tracking moving objects, calculates their flight paths and then snapping shut his cold metal claws at the moment of impact. Now he is besting himself, got good improvement by the way of his fleshy masters at the German Aerospace Agency. Among the upgrades are improvements to the old Justin’s dynamic performance – he is now 1.5 times faster in his arms, got good ratios, help to make his game of robo catch two-sided, with the ability to actual throw. He’s also adapted the more flattering moniker Agile Justin. Don’t forget to see him in action at the video.
Live ESPN 3D Boxing At CES
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- Published on Friday, 13 January 2012 03:53
- Written by Ajay
ESPN made a presence at CES like no other sports network and the last of four letter network’s big events was Top Rank Boxing Live from show floor. The event drew a quite a crowd and the 3D quantity is not disappointing. The crew used a Sony HDC-P1 camera system with 3D rigs by Pace Cameron Group all sent through a Sony MVX-8000x production switcher.
ASTRO File Manager Launches Cloud Storage Public Beta
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- Published on Thursday, 12 January 2012 03:11
- Written by Ajay
ASTRO launched a public beta for their newest service, cloud storage. It allows you to backup, access, and downloads your files from any device you might own. In the beginning the amount of storage is limited. They told that this is for initial launch to test the waters. ASTRO has been one of the apps that we have used since the beginning. Hit on the source link to sign up on public beta version of ASTRO.
Microsoft Tops Yahoo In US Search, According To ComScore
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- Published on Thursday, 12 January 2012 01:38
- Written by Ajay
According to the research of ComScore, Microsoft’s Bing Search Engine and other websites fielded a total of 2.75 billion search requests in December of 2011 compared to 2.65 billion search requests handled by Yahoo – translating to a market share of 15.1 percent and 14.5 percent respectively. As you expected the Microsoft is far behind Google, which processed a whopping 12 billion search requests during the month, represents a still dominant market share of 65.9 percent.
Google Streamlines Map Maker, Adds Tutorials And Video For First Time Users (Video)
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- Published on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 10:05
- Written by Edward Ramamoorthy
Google Map Maker (http://www.google.com/mapmaker), launched in April this year, has received a major update that attempts to make the interface easier on the eyes, increase the usability for first-timers, with a brief tutorial page explaining all the tools on offer. This new design follows the redesigns of other top Google properties including Gmail, Docs, YouTube and Reader. This new update allows users to draw in new roads, bike trails and other local features using an online tool, submitting details about roads, points of interest, features near a point and even geographic boundaries in over 180 countries and once the changes are approved by the Google's Moderation team, they'll be integrated into Google Maps, Google Earth and Google Maps for Mobile.
FAA Approves iPad For American Airlines Cockpit Use. Replaces Traditional Paper Manual
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- Published on Friday, 16 December 2011 17:30
- Written by Haridas Gowra
American Airlines has been approved by the FAA to use Apple iPad in cockpits to navigate maps. This initiative is believed to help the airline save about $1 million per year. The very first officially iPad flight will take off this Friday aboard a B-777 aircraft being fully FAA approved to use iPads on all flight phases, as digital flight manual readers and as electronic chart.
Researchers At Berkeley Lab Have Created A Cheap Electronic Skin
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- Published on Friday, 16 December 2011 15:10
- Written by Haridas Gowra
On April 2005 we have written about microchip powering Bionic eye that, if come to fruition, will help blind to see things. Now researchers working at the Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab have created a relatively inexpensive "electronic skin" comprising of carbon nanotubes enriched with semiconductors that are also flexible and stretchable.
