He told us that Aspiro's customers loved the way Wimp and Tidal curated music using actual people, rather than algorithms:
explaining that accepting Jay z's offer was the only way the company could continue: In my opinion, the recommendation to not accept the offer involves high risk,
Music presented and heard the way the artists intended. We want our mission with TIDAL to spark conversation
You can drink water free out of the tap, and it's good water.""Journalists and amused fans took to Twitter to mock Jay z's ignorance of the fact that people pay taxes
and fees to have a company make water come out of your tap. An executive from a water company even wrote an open letter to Jay z,
Spotify has also been moving forward and developing new ways to bring in customers. It has launched playlists designed to surface up-and-coming music,
although The Daily mirror (one of the newspapers that partnered with Prince) compared it to his greatest hits. There's no denying that Tidal has come a long way from Aspiro's innovative WAP services in 1998.
Massdrop prioritizes relationships with its vendors and manufacturers in a few ways: it uses a third-party shipping service to get products to customers,
The U s. coding site Github said on Sunday it was deflecting most of the traffic from the cyberattack that had caused intermittent outages.
"Eighty-seven hours in, our mitigation is deflecting most attack traffic, "the Github Status account said in a tweet."
according to the Wall street journal. They pushed massive amounts of traffic to Github by redirecting overseas users of the popular Chinese search engine Baidu Inc,
"Today, I'm excited to share that we've successfully completed our first test flight of these aircraft in the U k,
Calif. Test flights are set to continue in the summer. In early stages of development The drones are currently being developed by Ascenta,
And that's to say nothing of the red tape Facebook would have to manoeuvre to get a fleet of remotely controlled aircraft in the skies around the world.
"Aircraft like these will help connect the whole world, because they can affordably serve the 10 per cent of the world's population that live in remote communities without existing internet infrastructure,
and will tap into a Kansas wheat variety repository that dates back to the 1900s in hopes of finding a variety perhaps one that fell out of favour among commercial farmers that might already be low in reactivity for celiac sufferers.
and copper mine gave way, spilling 24 million cubic metres of mine waste and water into nearby lakes and rivers.
Copsin promotes antibiotic effect"Horse dung is a very rich substrate that harbours a diversity of microorganisms,
2 or 3). They made 4. 3 billion IP ADDRESSES to handle all that traffic. It seemed like an astronomical amount at the time.
But really IPV4 as a resource in any meaningful way is exhausted. And you can see that in that there is a secondary market that has sprung up,
what the government has described as a way to protect social decency. N. N. Kaul, a spokesman for India's department of telecom, said Monday that the government was trying to control easy access to pornography following a directive from the country's top court.
#Airbus patents plane that could fly from New york to London in 1 hour A rocket-plane that could fly from Vancouver to Tokyo in three hours instead of 10 has been patented by Airbus. The U s. patent for an"ultra-rapid air vehicle
Airbus said the plane would be targeted mainly at business travel and VIP passengers"who require transcontinental return journeys within one day,
"and at the military. The document states that the supersonic plane could carry 20 passengers
or two to three tonnes and reach up to 4. 5 times the speed of sound (Mach 4. 5) around 5 500 kilometres per hour.
That would allow it to fly about 9, 000 kilometres from Paris to San francisco (currently an 11-hour flight) or Tokyo to Los angeles (currently a 10-hour flight) in three hours,
the plane could cover the 5, 600-kilometre distance between New york and London, normally a seven to eight hour flight, in an hour.
However, that doesn't take into account that the plane wouldn't be at its top speed for the entire duration of the flight.
The plane would achieve its extreme speed with a combination of three sets of engines turbojets for taxiing, takeoff and landing;
The turbojets and rocket motor fold into the body of plane when not in use and the plane also has adjustable fins to make it more aerodynamic.
It would be fuelled by hydrogen and liquid oxygen. The speed of the plane would be double that of two previously built supersonic planes, neither
of which is still in service: The Concorde, built by Aerospatiale and British Aircraft Corp. The Tupolev tu-144 or"Charger"built by Voronezh Aircraft Production Association.
No sonic boom on ground But the patent says its main improvement over those two is that it reduces the noise of the sonic boom a loud bang caused by shockwaves created by an object moving faster than the speed of sound."
if not the only one, preventing the opening of lines other than transatlantic ones for the Concorde aircraft,
The plane does that by being"near-vertical, "like a rocket, while ramping up to supersonic speed
and its cruising altitude of 30,000 to 35,000 metres 20 kilometres higher than conventional commercial aircraft.
"The sound energy dissipates in a ring around the plane, parallel to the ground, so that no shockwave hits the ground.
The only noise would be directly under the plane, "is confined to the vicinity of the airport
and lasts for roughly less than one minute, "the patent says. That caused Gupta to describe it as a"supersonic roller-coaster"in a video featuring the new patent.
"Airbus has filed other unusual aircraft patents in the past. For example, last summer, it filed a patent to bicycle-style seats on planes that would make it possible to cram more passengers in the same amount of space.
And last fall, it patented an aircraft cabin shaped like a giant flying saucer n
#Mars simulation project: 6 people start 1 year of isolation in Hawaii dome Six people will spend the next year living in a dome in Hawaii in the name of science.
The crew is part of the University of Hawaii's fourth Hawaii space exploration analog and simulation (HI-SEAS) mission,
which simulates Mars missions. The six members entered the dome on Friday. They will spend the next 365 days pretending to be on Mars. They'll be living in a two-storey dome where cameras,
The crew is made up of: Gifford tweeted"a last view of Earth"before she and the rest of the crew entered the dome.
In the dome, the crew will share a kitchen, a dining space, an exercise area, an office and a lab on the first floor.
The only full bathroom, with a shower, is on the first floor. The second floor is a loft space with six bedrooms, each with a bed, desk and chair.
So far, the crew seems in good spirits. They enjoyed their"first dinner in simulated space.""On the menu?
Almost half a billion years ago, way before the dinosaurs roamed, Earth's dominant large predator was a sea scorpion that grew to 170 centimetres (5 feet 7 inches), with a dozen claw arms sprouting from its head and a spike tail, according to a new study.
#International trio blasts off for 2-day journey to Space station A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a three-man international crew,
The crew is commanded by veteran Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, joined by rookie Andreas Mogensen from the European space agency (ESA) and Aidyn Aimbetov,
another first time space flyer from Kazakhstan's space agency Kazcosmos. ESA dubbed Mogensen"Denmark's Gagarin,"a reference to the Soviet cosmonaut and first man in space, Yuri Gagarin.
it has an 800-volt electric powertrain with 600 horsepower that can accelerate to 100 km per hour in 3. 5 seconds."
But with such high-profile names, with established reputations as luxury automakers, entering the all-electric market, they could pose competition for Tesla down the road.
researchers from the University of Montreal describe a novel way to detect large molecules like antibodies in blood using a quick,
"Electrical current Vallée-Belisle and his team, working with a chemist from the University of Rome, came up with a way to detect antibodies by having them bind to loose, single strands of DNA.
#U s. expected to announce drone registry The U s. federal government will require many drone aircraft to be registered,
since last year, including sightings near manned aircraft and major sporting events, and interference with wildfire-fighting operations, the government said."
the FAA and the Transportation department are setting up a 25-to 30-member task force including government and industry officials and hobbyists.
The FAA now receives about 100 reports a month from pilots who say they've seen drones flying near planes
and airports, compared with only a few sightings per month last year. So far there have been no accidents,
if it is sucked into an engine or smashes into an airliner's windshield. In cases where drones have crashed where they were supposed not to be crowded flying at sports stadiums
to test technology that could locate the operators of small drones that are flying illegally near airports.
Scientists Enlist E coli To Make Planet-Saving Plastic Out Of Practically Nothing The Intertubes have buzzing with news of a new way to make plastic without using petroleum or petrochemicals.
#New Battery technology Will Fundamentally Change The Way The Grid Operates Originally published on Energy Post.
By Michael Mcelfreshthe spread of cost-effective batteries, such as Tesla new Powerwall, will fundamentally change the way the electric grid operates,
Along the way, these batteries will improve the efficiency and reliability of the grid overall.
for example, has experimented with ways to connect parked EVS to the electric grid. When grid operators need a short burst of power
For the consumer, energy storage enables a whole new way to look at home electricity use. It can provide energy security,
but we also plan to offer ways for people to get it for free, says Droege. Sunport screenshot bigco How Solar RECS Work with Sunport Any device, be it your phone
In the late 1990s, the government created renewable energy credits (RECS) as a way to separate renewable from nonrenewable energy.
which are the only way to legally and legitimately claim use of any grid-connected renewable energy.
That way, each Sunjoule micro credit upgrades a little bit of power today, helps add a little more new solar production to the grid
#More Indian Airports Set to Go Solar Recently, the Kochi airport in the south Indian state of Kerala switched to solar power
and created headlines across the world. Now, another airport is set to adopt solar power to meet a majority of its power needs.
The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose airport in Kolkata will have a utility-scale solar power project of 15 to 20 MW capacity.
The project will be set up over a 55 acres area and would meet 60%of the airport power needs.
The airport authorities will soon launch tender for the implementation of the project with financial resources worth $20 million already having been allocated for the project.
The project will be able to meet the entire demand of the airport during the day,
but during the night the airport would be required to purchase power from the grid. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) recently announced that major airports in the western state of Rajasthan would also set up solar power projects to meet a part of their power demand.
The Jaipur airport already has a 100 kw rooftop solar power system and is planning to set up a 1. 8 MW ground-based power project.
Airports at Jodhpur Jaisalmer, and Bikaner are also planning to set up rooftop projects. Other Indian airports have also set up solar power projects to meet a part of the demand,
as well as earn additional revenue. Delhi Indira Gandhi International airport, operated by GMR Infrastructure, has a solar power project registered under the Renewable energy Certificates schemes.
Large commercial and industrial consumers in India are increasingly looking to set up renewable energy projects to meet their power demand,
instead of relying on traditional supply from utilities. Power tariffs levied by utilities have been increasing rapidly,
so many ways a product like this could branch out, said Agust Agustsson, Vice president of Janulus. enewable energy is close to our heart
and we saw a way to do something that we thought was pretty cool, said Einar.
(which can be read in full by way of the various resources provided by WWVIEWS on Climate and Energy):
meeting rising demand for power, transport and other uses in a way that is economically sustainable and safeguards livelihoods. he report identifies four key modern technologies as having the ighest deployment potentialsfor Africa modern biomass for cooking
causing indoor air quality issues. apping into renewable energy resources is the only way African nations can fuel economic growth,
paving the way for Africa unfettered, sustainable development. i
#Micro motors could soak up CO2 pollution in the oceans, study finds Machines that are smaller than the width of a human hair could one day help clean up carbon dioxide pollution in the oceans,
The proof of concept study represents a promising route to mitigate the build up of carbon dioxide,
increasing the risk of complications down the road. Despite the complexity to this part of the chest, Csiro Australia, in conjunction with Anatomics, stepped up to the challenge and developed exactly what the doctors ordered.
Researchers believe the results could lead to new ways of using the hormone to treat psychological problems such as stress and speech disorders.
They found the sugary molecule which is used as a way of storing energy in the body was present in high levels in the womb lining.
'The findings could also help scientists develop ways of improving fertility treatments like IVF by ensuing an embryo gets the nutrients it needs during the early weeks of development.
#Are self-driving cars a danger to cyclists? Google patents a way for autonomous vehicles to understand hand signals A Google patent has revealed that the firm self-driving cars will be able to detect
and respond to a cyclistshand signals. The documents reveals that the car array of sensors will notice a cyclist among other objects and vehicles on the road.
It can then watch their arms and hands for gestures indicating that they are about to turn
It does this by examining the height of objects it may think are compared cyclists with the average height of cyclists it has identified previously.
The car measures the distance between the top of the cyclist head and the pavement at various ranges,
whether a cyclist is present, and then identify parts of his or her body. Its computers compare the distance between the cyclist hand
and head to decide whether a cyclist is turning or stopping, the patent says. The algorithm will also look at the angle at which the cyclist elbow is bending,
and the size and shape of the cyclist hands, arms and head. he computing device may be configured to determine other subsets relating to other aspects of the cyclist, such as one or more subsets indicative of a type of vehicle of the cyclist,
the patent reads. HOW DOES GOOGLE'S AUTONOMOUS CAR WORK? Google's prototype two-seater'bubble'cars have buttons to begin and end the drive,
but no other controls. An onboard computer uses data from sensors, including radar, a laser and cameras,
and negotiate its way around pedestrians and other vehicles. Under the vision unveiled by Google,
passengers might set their destination by typing it into a map or using commands. The cars are expected also to be electric,
cars, road signs and markings and traffic lights. n some embodiments, the type of vehicle of the cyclist may include other means of transportation such as a scooter or moped.
The airbags would be made a new'memory foam'material that doesn't simply cause the pedestrian or cyclists to bounce off.
The head of self-driving cars for Google expects real people to be using them on public roads in two to five years.
Urmson wouldn't give a date for putting driverless cars on roads en masse saying that the system has to be safe enough to work properly.
Several other states have passed laws formally allowing autonomous cars on public roads without that restriction. The company in December announced that it had a fully functioning prototype that's been driving on its test track
Bitcoins, an online currency that is hard to trace, are becoming the preferred way hackers collect ransoms, according to FBI Special agent Thomas Grasso,
'Audio is one of the best ways to help us relax and switch off naturally,'said Antos.'
or catching a bit of shut-eye while on long distance train rides or at festivals.''A couple of years ago I was bed in trying to get to sleep after a busy day and
'I wanted a natural way to help myself to sleep better that fit in with my lifestyle
however, hasn stopped Emdrive development rights being bought by aircraft giant Boeing and the UK Government funding the early development of Mr Shawyer ideas.
the jet airliner and the programmable electronic computer. When I tracked down Mr Shawyer to his base in Havant, Hants,
but ut an end to wings and wheelsby making traditional forms of transport redundant. His prototype looks like something sci-fi writer Jules Verne might have dreamt up to blast Victorians to the Moon.
Never mind the HS2 rail link he sees transport revolutionised as planes, trains and cars are replaced by craft that can whisk us from London to Sydney in a just a few hours by flying most of the way in the outer limits of our atmosphere. he most important thing is that Emdrive is green,
convenient and will change our world in the next few decades, he says. e cannae alter the laws of physics,
whenever Captain Kirk asked him to push it to the limit once more. Perhaps he was right. But an invention from Hampshire may yet pave the way for us to turn science fiction into reality
and boldly go where no man has gone before t
#The metal that could lead to'indestructable'warships and ultralight cars Researchers have demonstrated a new type of metal
#When a bike and car MERGE: Futuristic C-1 can reach 100mph and will NEVER fall over thanks to its self-balancing technology By Jack Millner For Mailonline Published:
'Our vehicle is the future of transportation, 'said founder of Lit Motors, Danny Kim, in a statement.'
the C-1 has enough space for a passenger in the backseat. It also allows the driver to squeeze into parking spaces normally reserved for motorcycles.
Kim hopes the product will hit the market within two years and cost from $24, 000 (£15, 000) 0
and potholed roads are numbered after a microbiologist developed a self-healing concrete that mends cracks using bacteria.
The process also works on existing buildings and roads thanks to a special liquid containing the bacteria that can be sprayed onto cracks.
which are difficult to maintain, like underground buildings, motorways or oil rigs,'added Dr Jonkers.''It is extremely durable.
which helps people remember events such as where they parked their car in a multi-storey car park or where they left a set of keys.
'We need a way of treating the cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia, such as problems with episodic memory,
Airbus files patent for a hypersonic jet more than double the speed of Concorde A trip from London to New york could take just one hour
if Airbus has its way. The aerospace manufacturer is designing a hypersonic jet that it hopes will take people between the two major cities faster than most daily commutes.
The US Patent and Trademark Office recently approved an application from Airbus for the new jet,
which it says will travel at 4. 5 times the speed of sound. Business Insider points out that this is a major improvement on the 3. 5 hours it took for the now Mach 2 Concorde to make the same trip.
The jet is described as'an air vehicle including a fuselage a gothic delta wing distributed on either side of the fuselage,
and a system of motors able to propel the air vehicle.''The patent describes how three different types of engine,
powered by different forms of hydrogen, would work together to propel the vehicle at speeds of 3, 425mph (5,
500km/h). Two turbo jets would allow the aircraft to climb vertically at takeoff, before retracting into the fuselage just before it reaches the speed of sound.
A rocket motor would take it to an altitude of 100, 000ft (30,000 metres. The wing-mounted ramjets would then take control to push the jet to its final speed.
Airbus says it has designed the craft's aerodynamics to limit sonic boom, which was a major problem for Concorde
Passengers on the aircraft will be limited to 20.''In the case of civil applications, the market envisaged is principally that of business travel and VIP passengers,
who require transcontinental return journeys within one day,'the patent states. Airbus thinks the jet would be able to complete trips such as Tokyo to Los angeles in just three hours.
The aircraft manufacturer says the hypersonic jet could also be for military applications, working to transport soldiers at rapid speeds.
But Airbus isn't the only one vying to create hypersonic aircraft technology. Last month, Air force bosses revealed they hope to have a hypersonic plane capable of crossing countries in minutes by 2023.
Several tests of hypersonic projectiles have already been carried out. Air force Chief Scientist Mica Endsley told Military. com that the Air Force and Darpa,
the Pentagon's research entity, plan to have a new and improved hypersonic air vehicle by 2023.
Experimental unmanned aircraft developed for the U s. Air force have gone already hypersonic during tests off the Southern California coast,
flying at more than five times the speed of sound. The Air force said a craft known as the X-51a Waverider flew for more than three minutes under power from its exotic scramjet engine and hit a speed of Mach 5. 1 last year.
The new air vehicle could be used to transport sensors equipment or weaponry in the future, depending upon how the technology develops.
Firms buy Nokia's map business in bid to beat tech firms with self driving cars and navigation German carmakers BMW,
which self-driving cars linked to wireless networks can perform functions such as recalculating a route to the nearest electric charging station or around a traffic jam or accident.
They are used also in everything from consumer smartphone navigation to local transport services. At a later stage, the carmakers will invite private equity firm General Atlantic to join the consortium as an investor and potential mediator
The simulation shows Google's car being rear ended at 17mph at a junction in Mountain view after stopping at a red traffic lightin a blog post
'Our self-driving cars are being hit surprisingly often by other drivers who are distracted and not paying attention to the road.'
but traffic was backed up on the far side, so three cars, including ours, braked and came to a stop so as not to get stuck in the middle of the intersection.'
and not watching the road ahead.''Thankfully, everyone in both vehicles was okay, except for a bit of minor whiplash,
Self-driving cars could also improve traffic congestion and transport the elderly and disabled. Google shocked the auto industry in 2010 with its announcement that it was working on a driverless car.
'This vehicle could go on a freeway, but when we think about introducing the technology, we want to do that very thoughtfully and very safely,
when a cyclist ran a red light. Another car, driven by a human, went ahead and nearly hit the cyclist.
The system isn't perfect. On a test drive one of Google's Lexus SUVS seemed momentarily confused
Later, during a demonstration drive in Google's parking lot, the prototype-without a wheel or pedal-braked
so they're programmed to act in the most conservative way when they confront something unusual,
that can pilot the car on the highway with minimal input from the driver. Unlike Google, automakers think self-driving cars will arrive feature-by-feature instead of all at once,
'Our goal is to create something safer than human drivers, 'he said
#Neuroon mask helps you avoid jet lag by tricking brain into changing time zones A revolutionary smart mask promises to help you stave off the dreaded effects of jet lag by preparing your body for the time difference before you even board the flight.
It syncs with an app to tell you when to seek light in the days before a journey,
and artificially triggers sensors in your eyes during the flight to trick the brain into adjusting to the new time zone.
as a result of the way they were counted.''While the early part of the sunspot record before 1800 is still characterised by large uncertainties due to poorly observed periods,
The best way to catch a glimpse of the light show is away from bright lights and big cities to minimise light pollution,
'The moon is out of the way which makes a lot of difference because the sky will be much darker all night.
or train, behind them. You can see the train hanging there glowing in the sky for a few seconds-sometimes for several minutes-after the meteor has gone.'
'He also urged people to keep a special eye out for the International space station.''It will move from the west below the bright star Arcturus
'And it will be the brightest thing in the sky, apart from aircraft. It'll be in mid sky from southern England
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