#Air force bosses reveal plans for hypersonic planes that could fly from New york to London in an HOUR by 2023 By Mark Prigg For Dailymail. com Published:
20:00 GMT, 2 june 2015 Updated: 20:46 GMT, 2 june 2015 Air force bosses have 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.
Scroll down for video'X-51 was really a proof of concept test, 'he said.'
'It showed that you could get a scram jet engine, launch it off an aircraft and it could go hypersonic.'
'It was able to go more than Mach 5 until it ran out of fuel.''It was a very successful test of an airborne hypersonic weapons system.'
'The new air vehicle could be used to transport sensors, equipment or weaponry in the future, depending upon how the technology develops.
Previously bosses had said only they hoped that missile systems would be available for testing in 2020.'
'Our goal is to make sure the Air force has the knowledge in 2020 or over the next five years to be able to make acquisition decisions using this technology,'Kenneth Davidson,
manager of the hypersonic materials development at the Air force Research Laboratory had told Military. com Carrying a small, conventional warhead,
a hypersonic weapon could be used as a stand-off missile, so the military could strike targets at a safe distance without putting pilots and aircraft at risk.'
'You could then attack defensive targets, those heavily defended or the time-critical targets in a very timely manner--if it's a moving target,
before it can move, 'Davidson said. 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 Friday 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 test marked the fourth and final flight of an X-51a by the Air force
which has spent $300 million studying scramjet technology that it hopes can be used to deliver strikes around the globe within minutes.
The Advanced Hypersonic Weapon is part of a program to create a missile that will destroy targets anywhere On earth within hours-travelling at speeds in excess of 3,
500 miles-an-hour or Mach 5. It is being created alongside other demonstration projects being developed by DARPA,
including the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept and the Tactical Boost Glide, both of which have scheduled test flights for 2018 or 2019.
The same technology could also revolutionise air travel -although military bosses have their own goal.''We are the Air force.
What do we want to do with this technology? We want to weaponize it,'Ryan Helbach, an official with the Air force Research Laboratory, said last week during an exhibition at the Pentagon to showcase various military research projects.'
'The follow-on program to this is the High speed strike weapon effort. It's taking a lot of the lessons learned and the technology and moving to a weapons acquisition.'
'The technology is also the subject of an arms race between the US, Russia and China.'
'Certainly, the U s. is not the only country involved in developing hypersonic weapons,'Mica Endsley,
the Air force's chief scientist, said in a recent interview with Military. com'They (China) are showing a lot of capability in this area.
The advantage of hypersonics is not just that something goes very fast but that it can go great distances at those speeds.'
With a hypersonic weapon, you could do that same thing in about 30 minutes. You can go great distances at great speeds.'
'program manager Charlie Brink of the Air force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air force base said in a statement.
The sleek, missile-shaped Waverider was released from A b-52 bomber 50,000 feet above the Pacific
It reached Mach 4. 8 in less than half a minute powered by a solid rocket booster.
After separating from the booster, the scramjet engine was ignited, accelerating the aircraft to Mach 5. 1 at 60,000 feet.
Engineers gathered data before it splashed down. Darryl Davis, president of Boeing Phantom Works, which built the Waverider,
called the test'a historic achievement that has been years in the making.''''This test proves the technology has matured to the point that it opens the door to practical applications,
While the Air force did not have immediate plans for a successor to the X-51a,
and sounds you hear from the environment. And they can even be used as a live qualiserso, for example,
the earbuds were created by New york company Doppler Labs. The company is currently seeking £160, 000 ($250, 000) of funding on Kickstarter.
The silicone-tipped earbuds are inserted into then ear and their audio features can be controlled using a smartphone app.
Using innovative technologies they block out certain sounds, and only let your ears hear what people choose for them to hear.
however, they cannot play music through a device like regular earphones, and are intended instead only to engage'with real world sound.'
the company explained. uppress the jet engine on an airplane. Reduce a baby crying. Boost the bass at a club.
and personalise every listening experience. he earbuds boast a six-hour battery life, and connect to a smartphone via Bluetooth.
They can also be recharged twice fully in a charging case. Using a olume knobon the app,
users can adjust the volume of their surroundings as heard through the earbuds. With the live music equaliser
users can also alter the bass and treble of a musician or band singing at a gig.
The user can also create new algorithms by recording a new sound, presumably by recording certain sounds so the earbuds can recognise them.'
'Here is meant not to replace your headphones, headsets, or earbuds,'the company said.''The Here Active Listening System is designed for live listening environments,
and is targeted optimised for, episodic use in live scenarios (such as concerts, stadiums and flights) where you can control and curate
The research from Massachusetts General Hospital in the US could lead to amputees growing their own replacement limbs.
Dr Daniel Weiss, an organ regeneration expert at the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington, said:'
'Researcher Dr Harald Ott of the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Surgery said:''We are focusing on the forearm and hand.'
'The 60,000 Britons who have lost a limb due to illness, accident or warfare have a choice of prosthetic replacements,
or in some cases, transplants. But, while prosthetic technology is advancing, the limbs still have limited a range of movement and look unnatural.
Hands, arms and even legs, can be transplanted, but the operations are complex and patients have to take powerful immunosuppressant drugs
-which weaken the immune system to prevent the rejection of a transplant-for life. In contrast, a lab-grown arm or leg should look
Bernhard Jank/Ott Laboratory/Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Regenerative Medicinedr Ott has created now dozens of such limbs
Experts in the field have described the work as a'notable step forward 'but warn that there are still many hurdles to overcome.
Dr Oskar Aszmann, of the Medical University of Vienna, said:''Although this is a worthy endeavour,
it must at this stage remain in the academic arena.''A similar technique has already been used to regrow the windpipe, a much simpler organ.
#The light bulb that lasts 37 YEARS: James Dyson's son invents £399 lamps that stay bright for decades By Sarah Griffiths for Mailonline Published:
16:54 GMT, 8 june 2015 It is asked often how many men it takes to change a light bulb and in this case, it just one.
uses'Heat Pipe'technology to direct heat away from LEDS to stop them becoming dimmer and less efficient over time.
despite LEDS being invented originally to last a lifetime. His gripe with conventional lights is that they fail to protect LEDS from heat,
exposing them to temperatures up to 130°C (266°F) and damaging the phosphorous coating, meaning LEDS produce worse quality light over time.
To solve this problem, he has designed CSYS task lights that have unique technology in order to direct heat away from their LEDS. perating at 55°C (131°F),
they don lose quality or efficiency for 37 years, according to his website. Speaking in a video, Dyson said his greatest innovation to date is the ability to cool LEDS
which he said are ompletely critical to the LED market. e said the LEDS are hidden in conical cones,
which produce an even spread of light, so they are highly efficient without using diffusers.
The technology lets them produce arm, white lightfor years, instead of rival products which he says can become 30 per cent less bright within six months.
vertically and rotationally with the touch of a fingertip, the website says. While conventional lights usually rely on springs
The arm moves vertically using a counterweight pulley system inspired by the construction crane lifts and drawing boards,
The LEDS use a fifth of the energy of a conventional halogen bulb and because there are few bulbs to replace in a lifetime,
Dyson claims the light could save users up to £1, 200 ($1, 835) over 37 years.
Palaeontologists now hope the discovery of the red blood cells could allow them to finally answer questions about the metabolic rate of the extinct animals
Dr Susannah Maidment, a junior research fellow at Imperial College London who was one of the authors of the research,
used scanning electron microscopes to examine eight dinosaur fossils. These included a claw from a predatory theropod and bones from several unidentified hadrosaurs.
'Dr Sergio Bertazzo, another author who worked on the study at Imperial College London, said:'
Breakthrough material clots like blood to help surfaces repair themselves Tiny cracks on the wings of aircraft can lead to jets being grounded at a cost of millions of pounds.
The compound could also be used to make mobile phone screens that fix themselves and hardy nail polish where chips are repaired automatically.
The research, carried out at the University of Bristol, is said to have tarted on the back of an envelopeas the team looked at ways to prevent tiny cracks from forming in places such as aircraft wings.
Their solution involves adding tiny hollow microspheres to carbon fibre composite materials. These break on impact, releasing a liquid healing agent that seeps into the cracks left by the damage.
It then comes into contact with a catalyst which triggers a rapid chemical reaction that causes the agent to harden.
Tests revealed the material was just as strong after it had healed as it was before the damage.
a professor of catalysis, explained: e took inspiration from the human body. e've not evolved to withstand any damage
Professor wass added: e're definitely getting to the stage where in the next five or 10 years we're going to see things like mobile phone screens that can heal themselves
if they crack. The research was presented for the first time at the Royal Society atalysis Improving Societyconference. Self-healing technology first emerged in 2001,
when researchers at the University of Illinois in the US created a plastic that could repair itself
The University of Illinois team created a polymer in 2014 that they showed can fix holes of up to three centimetres.
Elsewhere, using a type of bacteria typically found near active volcanoes, researchers from Delft University mixed the bio material into the concrete along with calcium lactate.
When cracks in the concrete appear, and water enters them, the water'awakens'the bacteria.
Once active, the bacteria'eat'the calcium lactate and secrete limestone which closes the cracks. A stock image of a pot hole is shown m
#Samsung's smart MIRROR shows weather, traffic information and even Facebook notifications as you brush your teeth You could soon see traffic delays as you take your morning shower,
or catch up with what's been happening on Twitter as you get dressed thanks to Samsung's latest display technology.
The Korean firm has unveiled'the industry's first'Mirror and Transparent OLED display panels initially designed to create a'virtual necklace'for a jewellery firm.
But at the event in Hong kong, the tech giant explained the technology can also be used to provide personalised style advice
'Samsung has a long legacy of leadership in technology innovation for digital signage, as well as for other applications,
and Transparent OLED display solutions,'said Samsung. The technology consists of a 55-inch mirror fitted with a transparent OLED on the front.
It is fitted with Intel's Real Sense technology, which uses 3d cameras to track the viewer and display clothes and other items virtually,
as if they were wearing them. Together, Samsung said the technology creates a'virtual fitting room'that will be used to help people see themselves wearing clothes
shoes or jewellery. It has partnered already with jewellers Chow Sang Sang and hopes to launch the technology in'leading stores around the world'soon.
A spokeman added that the Samsung Mirror Display may also replace home mirrors in the future, showing digital information to homeowners in the same space where they now just have a traditional mirror.
It is not the first company to use technology in this way, but Samsung said its Mirror OLED display panel has more than 75 per cent reflectance level
and delivers at least 50 per cent higher reflectance than rival models. The response time is said also to be less than one millisecond
compared to eight milliseconds on LCD transparent panels. Samsung's Mirror Display technology also does need not the ambient backlight for displaying on-screen images that LCD technology does.
Elsewhere, Samsung's Transparent Display uses Real Sense 3d-rotatable viewing systems, with full HD video playback.
These displays could be used to show adverts, public and transport information or be used in hotels and shops.
Intel Real Sense features a front-facing camera that captures subtle facial movements, precisely tracks widely varying finger
and hand movements, and clearly distinguishes between backgrounds and foregrounds. In addition, the Intel technology includes a rear-facing camera that can accurately scan
and measure rooms and objects, and a snapshot camera that can alter a photo's background after a photo has been taken.'
'We are excited very to help bring a new interactive dimension to the world of multi-channel shopping through the integration of our newest OLED displays with Intel Realsense technology,
'said Oseung Yang, vice president, Samsung Display Company y
#Holus, Star wars-style'holobox',creates virtual 3d worlds and makes holo calls By Sarah Griffiths for Mailonline Published:
16:38 GMT, 10 june 2015 Updated: 17:24 GMT, 10 june 2015 If you have wanted always to step inside a Star wars film,
a new gadget may help bring that dream a step closer to reality. A tabletop device called the Holus converts any digital content into 3d holograms,
which feature in the sci-fi film series in the form of chess sets, maps and warning messages.
for learning or even for 3d phone calls so you could talk to a digital 3d version of a loved one on your coffee table-just like the holographic message from Princess Leia created by R2-D2.
The team at makers H+claim Holus can convert any digital content from a computer, tablet or phone into a 3d image,
and a Wi-fi and Bluetooth connection to connect to different devices. The gadget is viewable from four different angles with 360-degree,
rotatable projections. o put it simply, whether it is a board game, DNA structure or the solar system,
'Four distinct are stitched together by algorithms provided in our applications and software development kit (SDK),
which can track users.''Based on this dynamic perspective, algorithms are computed then in order to achieve holographic effect on any digital content through Holus.'
'He said that software will let designers and artists connect devices to Holus with little programming.
Holus comes in two versions-a Home edition with two smartphone charging docks, and a Pro version with an HDMI port and SDK tool so developers to use other devices with the Holus and come up with new uses for it.
It is suggested currently that the device can be used by a group of people to play games face-to-face sitting round a table.
A video also shows it conjuring a 3d solar-system, meaning it can be used as an educational tool,
while the gadget can also be used for holographic teleconferencing -much as it is in the Star wars film.
The company added Holus is central place to sync any device and display its content from all sides. he Holus Pro can also olofydigital models before 3d printing
and develop 3d characters for games and scan objects to turn them 3d. Elsewhere, it is possible to connect the device to an Emotiv Brain Sensor to control holographic objects with your mind,
while Leap Motion controllers can also be used to manipulate holograms. Vincent Yang, CEO, explained: ur vision with Holus was to create an open platform that was accessible to absolutely everybody. olus has unlimited potential that allows people to tailor everything to their personal needs.
#World's smallest light bulb is 1 atom thick and could help in super-thin TV development By Colin Fernandez for the Daily mail Published:
18:16 GMT, 15 june 2015 Updated: 20:26 GMT, 15 june 2015 Scientists have created the world's thinnest light bulb using the wonder material graphene, in a layer just one atom thick.
Graphene a form of carbon has been heralded as having a vast range of uses. The ability for the super-thin material to produce light is seen as a key step to create super-thin computer and TV screens.
Scroll down for video The'bulb'was created by attaching a small strip of'atomically thin'graphene,
acting as a filament, to metal electrodes. When they passed a current through it the graphene lit up.
James Hone, professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University said:''We've created what is essentially the world's thinnest light bulb.'
'He added that the light'will pave the way towards the realisation of atomically thin, flexible and transparent displays'.
'The filament, despite being tiny, is visible to the naked eye when it is on.
500°C but does not melt the electrodes because the'hot spot'is restricted to the centre of the filament.
Yun Daniel Park, of Seoul National University said that carbon was one of the earliest filaments used
when light bulbs were invented.''Edison originally used carbon as a filament for his light bulb and here we are going back to the same element,
but using it in its pure form graphene and at its ultimate size limit one atom thick.'
Its incredible properties include being 200 times stronger than steel by weight, conducting electricity and being nearly transparent.
The discovery of graphene in 2004 by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, two Russian-born scientists at the University of Manchester, earned the pair the Nobel prize for Physics and knighthoods.
In 2014, a National Graphene Institute was set up in Manchester, with more than £60 million ($94 million) of funding to find uses for the substance f
#Death of a white blood cell: Exploding cells captured on film for first time-shedding light on how our immune system works A key component of the body defence against disease has been captured on film for the first time.
Researchers at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, used time lapse photography to film a white blood cell as it died.
It had been thought these cells broke down in a random way when they died in the cell.
Dr Ivan Poon, a molecular biologist at La Trobe University who led the work, said they may have uncovered a key part of the immune systems defence mechanism.
If a disease or infection causes white blood cells to die, they can then warn others nearby to mount an immune response.
and much like fighter jet pilots are ejected from their downed aeroplane, we have discovered certain molecules are pushed free from the dying cell,
'It could be that we've identified the mechanics of how dying white blood cells go about alerting neighbouring cells to the presence of disease
or infection. lternatively we may have discovered the transportation mechanism for a virus to infect other parts of the body.
could now help scientists develop new ways of harnessing the power of the immune system to fight off disease.
#Russia is developing a'MICROWAVE GUN':'Weapon can shoot a drone out of the sky from six miles away, claims military official By Jonathan O'Callaghan for Mailonline Published:
13:55 GMT, 16 june 2015 Updated: 18:14 GMT, 16 june 2015 A Russian military official has claimed that they have developed a icrowave gunthe high-frequency weapon can supposedly disable an unmanned drone and even a missile from up to six miles (10km) away.
The weapon apparently deactivates the radios of UAVS and warheads, causing them to lose control. Designed for the surface-to-air BUK missile system, the gun was developed by Russia United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC.
Informally named the icrowave gun it will be unveiled as part of the Russian Defense Ministry Army-2015 international event in Moscow in the coming days.
Aside from the six-mile (10km) range, the gun can also apparently operate in a efense perimeterof 360 degrees.
It would be used on missile systems on the ground, to target unmanned planes in the air. By directing high-frequency microwaves towards a target, it is theoretically possibly to destroy unprotected electronics.
The gun would use a'reflector antenna'to focus the microwaves created by a generator.
An unknown'transmission system'would fire the beams towards their target. No other technical specifications have been given
so it unclear exactly how the weapon would work. he new system is equipped with a high-power relativistic generator and reflector antenna, management and control system,
and a transmission system which is fixed on the chassis of BUK surface-to-air missile systems, a UIMC spokesperson told Sputnik News. hen mounted on a special platform,
the icrowave gunis capable of ensuring perimeter defense at 360 degrees. his type of weapon is directed known as a-energy weapon (DEW),
and several have been developed before. The weapons focus on emitting highly focused energy to a target in order to damage it.
Aside from microwaves this can also include radio waves, lasers and even sound waves. The microwave gun is evidence of plans by Russia to modernise its armed forces,
though, according to Business Insider. Hundreds of drones are planned by the Kremlin to enter service by 2025,
while they are also developing a new advanced tank called Armata T-14 that has ceramic armour. 1
#Airbus takes on Spacex: Firm set to build world's largest satellite constellation to beam the internet around the world By Sarah Griffiths for Mailonline Published:
17:32 GMT, 16 june 2015 Updated: 17:32 GMT, 16 june 2015 Aerospace behemoth Airbus is set to build the largest satellite constellation seen so far.
Its British partner, Oneweb wants to provide high speed internet access to unconnected places in the world,
using a fleet of 600 satellites. The company will be going head-to-head with other projects,
including one planned by Elon musk, who intends to beam the internet to Earth from space.
Airbus will make 900 spacecraft-building up to four a day-with 300 to be kept as spares for after the proposed launches,
which could begin as early as 2018. The system will bring more than 10 Terabits per second of new capacity to rural areas around the globe
Oneweb said. The deal was announced at the Paris Airshow. Oneweb constellation will be ten times as large as any commercial network launched so far,
but it will have to compete with Spacex grand plans to launch more than 4, 000 small satellites into Earth orbit over 15 years,
with the aim of getting unconnected parts of the world online. Each of Oneweb satellites will have a mass less then 330 lbs (150kg)
and are expected to cost less than half a million dollars each, the BBC reported. The first 10 satellites will be built at Airbusfactory in Toulouse
e have worked with Airbus Space and Defence, to streamline the manufacturing process to the point that several satellites can be produced each day. his will redefine the cost structure for satellites,
enabling rapid iteration and development of space related technologies. neweb plan involves 20 groups of low-orbiting satellites being connected to small terminals on the ground that would act as hubs to link to phones and computers.
director of Airbus's Defence and Space programme, said: his partnership is a fantastic new chapter in our space story.?
whether the antenna technology used on the satellites will be able to deliver high-speed Internet to the ground without hiccups. r Musk has said previously that he expects his service to handle 10 per cent of all Internet traffic
However, it not clear how the Internet will be eamedto smartphones and other devices On earth. Each satellite will be placed at a height of 750 miles (1
200km) in a variety of orbits, to ensure that the whole Earth constantly has access to their Internet.
Google and Facebook also have plans to get remote parts of the world online, by using satellites, balloons and even drones. a
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