Although confocal and two-photon microscopy can image a single plane within a living sample,
This methodological advance offers the potential to unlock the secrets of brain activity in ways barely imaginable a few years ago."
Otherwise across western parts of the storm we do have some dry air that's trying to make its way into the center of the storm that could help to weaken Isaac.
You've got 80 mile per hour winds sitting on top of this area of New orleans that rescue crews can't get to them.
And you know rescue crews have to you know watch out for their safety as well. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN:
They have been going up any way and Sandra Smith has the latest from the Newsroom this morning.
Well rising gas prices could go up even further that thanks to the storm that continues to make its way through the Gulf coast region
Maybe it was just a pause button on the crisis. Is that a fair way looking at it or no?
Not really much of a strong pull and strong direction in either way--Connell. MCSHANE:
Option traders have been pricing in big swings either way. So there's put and calls being bet right now for Pandora's quarterly reports.
So they're expecting over a 20 percent swing one way or another. So Pandora is expected to report a loss of three cents a share.
Economists are expecting that that reading is going to climb a little bit any way 1. 7 percent from the first
Controlled contact Until now, the most common way to measure interactions between two types of cells was to mix the cells together in a test tube
and when they turn on a type of protein signaling known as phosphorylation. his is a very elegant way of doing these experiments,
the MIT team found that they did not all respond the same way after encountering B cells carrying identical antigens on their surfaces.
At high levels, most of the cells respond the same way. However at lower antigen levels, the T cell responses vary greatly.
we can control the blood temperature the way coffeehouses would with an espresso machine to capture
Here are some examples of how some companies are saying thanks in creative new ways.
According to the 18th Annual Global CEO Survey from pwc, there are five global trends that are expected to create profound and sweeping changes in the way companies operate.
or grow market share are looking for ways to become more agile. Companies find that their IT teams are torn between strategic initiatives to increase agility and tight budgets.
shrink, detective, wizard, ship captain, cheerleader and flag-waver. But now, even those roles what you might call the oftskills,
Eventually, Airbnb may offer a digital interior designer that predicts ways to enhance listings and spruce up homes to increase bookings. aybe you should improve your images;
The U k. government has overhauled the way it teaches computing to the country's children by adding mandatory programming classes.
"These are certainly the biggest changes that have been made to the way the subject has been taught, says John Partridge, a computing teacher in Nottinghamshire, U k. specially for the younger children."
and a way to bring Israeli Arabs into the country new economy. The Haifa, Israel-based technology incubator,
#Samsung Sticks It to Apple With Swiss Railways Deal (Updates with comment from SBB in fifth paragraph.
Samsung Electronics sent out a press release last week saying its gadgets had been chosen for a technology buildout at Swiss Federal Railways.
Except that less than two years ago Swiss Railways which is also known as SBB publicly accused Apple of copying one of its designs.
Reto Scharli a spokesman for SBB said the railway operator's decision to team up with Samsung was unrelated to the issue with Apple in 2012.
Swiss Railways publicly asked for bidders for the project and Samsung made the best offer he said.
Swiss Railways will use a smattering of Samsung gadgets#the Galaxy Note 3 Galaxy S4 Galaxy S4 Mini
and Galaxy Tab 3#for employee communication as well as for ticket purchasing and other train services Samsung said.
We understand that everyone learns in different ways. That's why we constantly gather feedback to ensure that our products evolve with today's students
When the Pilot Can Elbit Systems is developing new applications for smart helmets for pilots that will be able to sense life-threatening developments during flight.
he best way to monitor oxygen level is to measure oxygen saturation in the blood,
For this application Elbit Systems adapted a commercial sensor developed by Lifebeam, an Israeli start-up company that developed such a sensor to monitor peak performance for extreme sportsathletes such as marathon runners, bicyclists and mountain climbers.
Helmets with integrated sensors were tested in a centrifuge under high G loads with pilots wearing G-suits.
On other tests pilots flew with them under loads of up to 6g. he test results we have collected so far have shown that the sensors performed predictably and reliably, monitoring the pilot condition
In non-pressurized cockpits, for example, when flying helicopters over high mountain ranges, hypoxia can develop slowly over the course of an hour.
When caused by oxygen supply failures or human condition, blood oxygen levels can drop, from 90 to 60-70 percent.
when pilots are subjected to excessive loads without the recommended preparation. Usually a pilot would recover from GLOC in 20 seconds
but, during the condition, the aircraft is uncontrolled and could hit the ground. A warning issued just prior to the onset of GLOC could alert the pilot to take precautions,
breath properly, apply pressure to reduce the load or ease the sharpness of the turn to reduce G. The sensor can profile each individual pilot
and assess his or her performance and tolerance on the specific flight. Once the system ecidesthat the pilot is in danger,
it triggers an audiovisual warning alerting the pilot to take action. In case the system ensesthat the pilot is unconscious
the autopilot can be activated to take control
#Machines Making Machines: Printing Missiles Researchers at Raytheon Missile Systems say they have created already nearly every component of a guided weapon using additive manufacturing, more commonly known as 3-D printing.
With commercially available high-end equipment and specially modified versions of low-cost 3-D printers, company researchers have created nearly every component of a guided weapon using 3-D printing,
including rocket engines, fins, parts for the guidance and control systems, and more. ou could potentially have these in the field,
said Jeremy Danforth, a Raytheon engineer who has printed working rocket motors. achines making machines. The user could print on demand.
Other printed elements include complex electronic circuits Engineers at the Raytheon University of Massachusetts Lowell Research Institute are developing ways to print such circuits,
and assemble missiles on the spot, in the same way that artillery crews custom-load their rounds or weapons handlers mount guidance kits on some types of bombs?
Mccarroll said that still a ways off. efore a warfighter can print a missile in the field,
Additional airbases in the nearby cities of Diyarbakir and Batman will be opened to allied planes for emergencies.
the Kurdish fighters group operating against ISIS inside northern Syria. he conclusion of an agreement between Turkey and the U s.-led anti-ISIS coalition to open Turkish airbases for coalition aircraft conducting
and methodologies into the Ukrainian military, paving the way to closer integration of NATO standards.
#Barbados Is Beating the U s. on Road to Renewables Oil prices are soaring againhis time due to uncertainty over the fate of major producers like Russia and Iraq.
and the grocery store in the months ahead since everything from transportation to manufacturing to our petroleum-intensive agricultural system is a puppet flailing upon the strings of this volatile commodity.
which includes recommendations on how to make the island agriculture fisheries transportation and energy systems more sustainable.
Musk made the unprecedented announcement Thursday on his company blog. esla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport,
and having the new systems on our ships will be another effective way for us to meet that objective.
This information will benefit a broad spectrum of audiences from public safety agencies to public transportation tourism
Today, just a few days into its funding period, the Solartab is already over 80%on its way to meet the funding goal.
they not only increased the solar panel size way beyond what youl find on the average portable solar charger on the market today,
and integrate twenty pods-each capable of accommodating two passengers-onto specially designed public pathways.
thereby facilitating an innovative and environmentally efficient mode of transportation. Following the trial of these twenty pods,
Jon Beasley, the programme director of Transport systems Catapult, one of the project collaborators on the project, declared to Sky News that these pods would offer pedestrians;
and manufacture the pods may eventually be extended to cars on major roads. Currently these pods are operational at Heathrow Airport;
enabling passengers to easily travel between terminals and car parks. Their ability to provide a safe and effortless mode of transportation for the general public has resulted in the government considering implementing the pods as part of an eventual national campaign to manufacture
and test low carbon technologies. 2 Subsequently, these driverless pods symbolise the next stage of environmentally beneficial modes of transportation,
because they are constructed and maintained using environmentally efficient measures. Moreover, the production and distribution of these vehicles also provides lucrative economical benefits for Britain,
keeping the nation at the forefront of automotive design whilst securing 30, 000 jobs in engine production.
Every day more drivers emerge on our roads, emitting harmful fossil fuel gases. If successful, these driverless pods could ultimately provide a clean, efficient solution to pollution issues,
elegant mode of transportation. Article provided in agreement with Bradley Taylor who is a guest contributor to Earthtechling
California, Texas, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Illinois, Nevada, Oregon, New york, Missouri WASHINGTON (March 12, 2014) More than 78,600 clean energy and clean transportation jobs were announced in 2013 at 260
Other strong sectors included building efficiency and public transportation. Job announcements were made in 46 states, with California roughly 15,400 jobs topping the list.
This is the second full year that E2 has tracked clean energy and clean transportation job announcements. Over the past two years combined, E2 has tracked more than 500 announcements that could create more than 186,500 jobs.
When we invest in clean energy and clean transportation, we put people to work in every corner of the country.
Here a closer look at some clean energy and clean transportation announcements in 2013:**In California, the California Ethanol and Power Project will produce 66 million gallons of ethanol annually from sugar cane and sweet sorghum.
Looking ahead, clean energy and clean transportation job growth could see an uptick in 2014 if Congress reinstates critical tax policies such as the wind industry production tax credit (PTC) and several energy efficiency tax incentives.
and five-year/100000-mile (whichever comes first) limited powertrain warranty. The Bi-fuel Impala is the only bifuel-capable sedan on the market to offer a factory warranty.
which carry hordes of passengers along concrete arteries toward the heart of the city. But enough romanticizing urban bus commutes.
buses are slow (the slowest bus lines in New york city average 3. 4 miles per hour), and tend to be inefficient.
Though fuel economy varies depending on the type of bus and the route, an average bus in D c gets a paltry 3. 76 miles per gallon (mpg),
cleaning up bus fleets is a critical way to reduce the burden of air pollution, fuel costs,
Moving beyond conventional diesel buses Over the past several decades, cities have invested in buses that run on alternative fuels such as compressed natural gas (CNG) and diesel-electric hybrid drive trains.
In 2011, more than 35 percent of U s. public transit buses used alternative fuels or hybrid technology, and that number is set to grow.
city bus fleets around the world are preparing to introduce electric buses that use advanced technology. There are three main types of electric buses;
Benefits of commuting on electricity Though electric buses are not newhe first was introduced in Berlin in 1882lder models frequently required wires to hang over each bus route, marking bus paths through city streets.
or fuel cell buses still have a ways to go to reach commercial scale, state and federal policies are helping the transition to cleaner bus fleets.
and the Federal Transit Administration has provided $13. 6 million for eight projects to advance the commercialization of American-made fuel cell buses.
California, a usual suspect in the race for investing in clean transportation is working to meet its air quality improvement
and the agency pointed to three ways apartment energy efficiency gains might be made: The EPA said it already been working with Fannie mae
#Feds Offer Money To Put More Green Buses On Roads The continued expansion of zero-emissions buses across the United states got a boost from the federal government earlier this month
when the U s. Department of transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced close to $25 million in funding towards the effort.
Greening mass transit has been a goal of the FTA for some time now. A previous example of this was the National Fuel cell Bus Program,
such as electric charging stations, for the transit industry. This program successfully committed $90 million over seven years for innovative research, demonstration,
and deployment projects to reduce the cost of fuel cells for transit use. In the push for no emissions buses, a few benefits are seen as being possible.
in the long run, helping transit agencies save money on fuel and maintenance costs. According to the National Renewable energy Laboratory, zero-emission buses can achieve more than double the fuel economy of buses running on diesel and other fuels l
Around the country, many governors and mayors are finding new ways to respond to the real-world challenges of a changing climate.
and elsewhere to finance the construction of bridges, roads, transit, and other public facilities. Current state of clean energy financing programs Connecticut The New york Green Bank will join the Connecticut Clean energy Finance and Investment Authority,
or CEFIA, in paving the way for the successful implementation of state green banks and public,
The California Alternative energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority, orcaeatfa, and the California Pollution control Financing Authority, or CPCFA.
By providing well-structured credit enhancements, a green bank can align public investments in a more targeted way to fill gaps in the capital market in order to leverage far greater volumes of private capital into needed projects.
Acting in this way, green banks will greatly support the development of clean energy projects across states and will positively impact the cost of clean energy development by offering real consumer protection for ratepayers,
and Hawaii are paving the way today with their green banks for new private-sector investment within robust, reliable,
while connecting with a driver, enhancing driving dynamics along the way. Besides the Cadillac ELR technology, other nominees for the award included the Acura Sport Hybrid SH-AWD powertrain;
Audi 3. 0-liter TDI clean diesel engine; BMW i3 carbon fiber reinforced plastic passenger cell; Ford 1. 0-liter Ecoboost engine;
Honda accord plug-in powertrain; Hyundai hydrogen fuel cell; Mazda i-ELOOP brake energy regeneration system; Porsche plug-in hybrid powertrain;
and Ram Truck 3. 0-liter Ecodiesel engine D
#New Sensor Easily Detects Greenhouse gases Scientists have created a highly sensitive portable sensor to test the air for the most damaging greenhouse gases.
The device uses a thumbnail-sized quantum cascade laser (QCL) as well as tuning forks that cost no more than a dime to detect very small amounts of nitrous oxide and methane.
The bridge is part of the London Blackfriars station that opened in 2012 in time for the Olympics making way for more
and longer trains and providing station entrances on either bank of the Thames. The PV panels over the rail bridge have been in place for a while now
#MIT Turns Up The Heat On Solar PV You might think that fewer steps in the process of turning sunlight into electricity would be the most efficient way to go.
Carcharging has strategic partnerships across multiple business sectors including multifamily residential and commercial properties, parking garages, shopping malls, retail parking,
S. ZEV Policy Lab, a partnership between UC Davis, the world leading university on sustainable transportation,
Primary UC Davis partners are the Institute of Transportation Studies and the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy.
Yunshi Wang, director of the China Center for Energy and Transportation at ITS-Davis, signed the agreement in Tianjin on behalf of ITS-Davis, the UC Davis Policy Institute,
and the PH&EV Research center ITS-Davis is the leading university center in the world on sustainable transportation.
and other matching entities to lead the National Center for Sustainable transportation. ITS-Davis established the China Center for Energy and Transportation in partnership with leading Chinese universities.
C-CET specializes in China and transportation sector energy issues and is the only Chinese research center on transportation and energy in North america.
C-CET is a two-way learning and research center facilitating study and research in China for U s. graduate students and faculty,
as well as inviting Chinese researchers and students to visit and study at UC Davis. The UC Davis Policy Institute leverages world-class university expertise
Zerobus TARC all-electric fleet is now providing fare-free rides for passengers along Main Market and Fourth streets.
The zero-emissions all-electric buses replace diesel-powered trolleys the highest polluting TARC vehicles. erobus changes the game for public transportation in downtown
and stop along the way for some of the best Louisville has to offer in restaurants museums
Louisville Metro contributed $500000. he Federal Transit Administration congratulates TARC on the launch of its new Zerobus fleetsaid Therese Mcmillan Acting Administrator of the FTA which contributed $8. 7 million in federal
and other opportunities while improving air quality and offering 21st century transportation options to the region growing population for years to come.?
This investment in new technologies is not just about improving public transportation in Louisville; it is also a down payment on ensuring healthier cleaner air and a more energy independent futuresaid Congressman John Yarmuth.
The Zerobus recharges in just a few minutes along the route while passengers load and unload at a charging stop.
Each time a Zerobus pulls up to a charging stop it automatically connects to an overhead high-capacity charger.
which are operating in eight other states mostly on the east and west coasts. roterra is honored to partner with Louisville Metro TARC
and the Federal Transit Administration on this innovative projectsaid Ryan Popple president and CEO of Proterra Inc. s an American technology company and the U s. market leader in electric buses for public transit wee especially proud
We are pleased that Proterra could share in your city vision to promote a sustainable cost effective transit solution protecting the environment for generations to come. he five oldest trolley buses combined now emit a total of about 1135 pounds of carbon monoxide in a year compared to zero emissions from the all-electric buses.
Buses run on both routes from 10 a m. 6 p m. on Saturdays. The Main-Market route features red Zerobus stop signs.
Green bus stop signs are on the Fourth Street route s
#Watch Bill gates Drink Water From Human waste We know that Bill gates made a lot of money from Microsoft
and drop into a large bin, said Gates. hey made their way through the machine, getting boiled and treated.
Also on the drawing board is oliagethat can be installed on rooftops and balconies and along roadsides to power variable-message signs.
and the reliability of climate information for the Mediterranean area and to communicate it in an effective way to local users.
Because of the way it is organised the EU can bring together institutions and create networks. Climate Forecasting for Renewable energy:
sensing technologies will allow the introduction of new services for citizens that will benefit quality of life, such as traffic and pollution monitoring,
and even smart parking guidance systems that help drivers to quickly find parking spaces,""he predicts.
#Safe to fly A fresh way of analysing security information is being developed with the help of Heathrow Airport.
"The TASS system is a new way of taking data and feeds from existing airport systems bringing them all into one place.
Any big airport could benefit from it. It could deliver information to a single user,
could have the opportunity to bring synergies across lots of systems, and also potentially reduce manpower by decreasing the amount of resources that are required to operate
and monitor these systems on an ongoing basis."The airport operator programmes the system to make connections between data sources and highlight potential threats in real time.
"The TASS test sensors at Heathrow monitor everything from cargo to car parks added Hazzani:""We have the location of the different vehicles,
even the location of passengers-anonymously-but we can see the flow of passengers inside the terminal.
We may also see the location of airplanes.""The system-conceived in an EU research project-is designed to complement existing airport security systems already in place e
Businesses stand to benefit hugely from being able to apply developed technology to such an important issue. he long term impact of this project will be the development of a new way of understanding the environment;
This will provide safety officers with the exact location of every passenger and crew member during an evacuation.
which can carry thousands of passengers and crew. The researchers in the project have developed also a radar device able to detect the exact location of passengers who have fallen overboard.
The GOALDS project which ended in 2012 created new designs for large cruise vessels to increase their safety in the case of a collision or grounding.
assembly-line machines do their own'thinking'A major consumer of time and money in the manufacturing of aircraft, motor vehicles,
Each machine in a factory needs to be equipped with specific instructions a sort of recipe to carry out a certain task in a certain way.
Different models of aircraft have different body shapes, different types of seats and cabins, and so on.
All of this affects the shape and size of the fuselage. This means that production lines have to switch from one variety of aeroplane to another using different machines and different setups for the machines.
This costs time and money. PRESS can help significantly reduce costs by having the machines themselves adapt to different aeroplane models
says Peschl. roducts used to be more standardised. Today, customers want more varieties and customised products.
enabling scribing speeds of metres per second way beyond the capability of mechanical scribing. It also makes it cheaper,
The results of the ALPINE team work, demonstrating the capability of PCF lasers to transform existing scribing technology and opening the way to rapid growth in the high-volume production of flexible,
and even firefighters. e hope this instrument will prompt a major change in the way the world addresses the dangers of asbestos, with the ultimate goal of saving lives,
and until now there has been no way of detecting the lethal presence of asbestos fibres in the air.
which found a way to detect asbestos fibres through a new light scattering technique. At the time, the project stalled as it was seen as too costly,
The United states Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) and the European Aviation safety Agency (EASA) have shown also interest in the technology
They could only move in simple ways, had no sensory abilities, needed heavy batteries, and were difficult to keep clean.
But there is still some way to go. The team needs to secure enough backing to complete preclinical studies
So it is about learning news ways of living with new rules Is there a way for traumatic brain injury victims like Jouni get a second chance at a normal life?
which is why an EU project is developing robots that are a cost-effective way to get the job done without exposing workers to potential harm.
explains project manager Mariola Rodríguez. ablebot will demonstrate the potential of cable robotic systems for the life-cycle maintenance and repair of aircraft,
including logistics, transport and warehousing. Project details Project acronym: Cablebot Participants: Spain (Coordinator), Germany, France FP7 Proj.
Traditional architecture in these areas has come up with a number of ways of coping with the heat,
By 2020, it is expected that up to 20%of worldwide automobile production will include electrical powertrains the machinery that powers
and propels electric vehicles. urope car-makers need a smart and reliable way of producing this product to meet both the quantity
MUPROD solutions could help to cut the 0. 5%of losses currently reported due to late detection of errors during electrical powertrain assembly. hat could lead to cost savings of EUR 2 million per year,
%The greater accuracy during manufacturing paves the way for the production of even smaller catheters to tackle blood-flow problems in harder-to-reach places of the body.
A key component of the research was machine learning developing software with the ability to learn without explicitly programming it to modify the way it behaves.
This way even severely disabled people can compose text messages to communicate with others in social networks on the Internet.
and even personal transportation vehicles such as electric wheelchairs. he system will be developed further to easier integrate with many more systems and programs,
and even suggests the best ways to move citizens into safer areas. Alexandra Topple a Senior Flood Management Engineer, at HR Wallingford, said:
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