#Volocopter VC200 18-rotor electric helicopter takes flight Volocopter VC200 Greener transportation options have become a priority in the modern world.
and changing the thrust of its motors, similar to that of a quadcopter. This makes the Volocopter VC200 easy to pilot.
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#Computer analyzes images to teach itself common sense At Carnegie mellon University computers are running a program that analyze images to learn common sense.
A computer program analyzes images 24 hours a day to try to learn common sense.##The aim is to see
if computers can learn, in the same way a human would, what links images, to help them better understand the visual world.##
##The Never Ending Image Learner (NEIL) program is being run at Carnegie mellon University in the United states. The work is being funded by the US Department of defense s Office of Naval Research and Google.
Since July, the#NEIL program#has looked at three million images. As a result it has managed to identify 1, 500 objects in half a million images and 1, 200 scenes in hundreds of thousands of images as well as making 2, 500 associations.
Computer programs can already identify and label objects using computer vision, which models what humans can see using hardware and software,
but the researchers hope that NEIL can bring extra analysis to the data.####Images are the best way to learn visual properties,
##said Abhinav Gupta, assistant research professor in Carnegie mellon s Robotics Institute.####They also include a lot of common sense information about the world.
People learn this by themselves and, with NEIL, we hope that computers will do so as well.##
##Examples of the links that NEIL has made include the facts that cars are found on roads
what to teach computers, ##he said.####But humans are good at telling computers when they are wrong.##
##Another reason for NEIL to run is to create the world s largest visual knowledge database where objects, scenes, actions,
attributes and contextual relationships can be labelled and catalogued.####What we have learned in the last five to 10 years of computer vision research is that the more data you have,
the better computer vision becomes, ##Mr Gupta said. The program requires a vast amount of computer power to operate
and is being run on two clusters of computers that include 200 processing cores. The team plans to let NEIL run indefinitely.
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#Uber teams with GM and Toyota to help 100k drivers buy cars to get more Ubers on the road The expansion means hundreds of thousands more cars must come onto the Uber system.
To overcome its growing pains, Uber has come up with a brilliant new strategy. Uber is launching a pilot program to finance new cars.
##CEO Travis Kalanick said in a blog post#that Uber is experiencing increased demand in existing markets,
Users can now hail actual taxis, black cars, lower cost Uberx drivers in regular cars,
#Users began complaining#that the driver acceptance times were getting longer, surge pricing was more frequent,
#How cars of the future will make better use of data they collect every time you drive The interior of the Tesla Model S offers a glimpse of the data-rich driving environments of tomorrow.
generating some 11.1 petabytes of data on an annual basis. That s about 30 terabytes a day.
What will be in that data? Four key items, said Mark Boyadjis, senior analyst of infotainment and Human-Machine Interface at IHS Automotive:
diagnostics, location, user experience (UX)/ feature tracking, and adaptive driver assistance systems (autonomy). He said all four of these areas will drive sales, value-added services,
for example, through a cell phone built into the car, Bluetooth transmissions to other devices, or when the car goes in for service.
##but the eventual goal is to learn user habits to improve the interfaces of the car##for example,
but feels the data belongs to car owners, who have the choice of opting into any data research and gathering.##
##It s very important for auto makers to be transparent. Transparency will lead to openness of information.
I would say the end user owns all the data. But, the automaker also can claim rights to anonymized data.
If you got a system collecting bits of data where they wipe info that is traceable, there s a lot of discussion that the auto maker owns that information,
##he said. All of these details need to be defined and worked out. The first challenge, he said,
Right now there are just too few vehicles collecting data and most tend to be higher-end cars.##
Half of the mass is the motor, a commercially available component about the size of the vibrator in a phone.
Flying machines modeled on insects typically require a computer on board or fins of some kind to maintain their stability,
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#Scientists create electrode that lets you taste virtual food on your tongue The same research team is also working on a digital lollipop.
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#Project Ara: Motorola And 3d Systems will 3d-print modular cell phones 3d printed modular cell phone.
Motorola announced last month a plan for a modular smartphone.##Project Ara will be a simple way for users to individualize their phones,
swapping out parts like the battery and camera until users have#a phone that s#just for them.
They plan on doing that with 3-D printing.####The company has inked a deal#with 3d Systems, a global 3-D printing manufacturing company,
to help produce parts of the phone. Assuming the projectstill officially in developmenttakes off, 3d Systems would be#a##multi-year###production partner, making smartphone##enclosures and modules##for the Google-owned phone company.
There s#reason to be skeptical#of modular phone technology, but Project Ara does get a pedigree boost#from former DARPA director and now-Google exec Regina Dugan,
and having the weight of a big tech company behind it doesn t hurt. Motorola says they ll be releasing more details on the project in the coming months.
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#Heat from subways to warm homes in London London s subway will be supplying green energy to warm up more homes around the borough.
A new project announced by the#Islington council will redirect the heat from a Northern Line of London s subway to vent to homes across the city,
giving homeowners a new way to get through the cold season. The project will deliver cheap heating to 500 homes around the area.
It will not only be saving consumers money, but also the environment from 500 tons of CO2 EMISSIONS.##
##This is the first known project of its kind. Spearheading a green initiative#to harness secondary heat, Boris Johnson,
as if it was ink in ordinary, everyday desktop printers, and will adhere to surfaces as diverse and supple as rubber, paper, cotton T-shirts,
##Need an RFID T-shirt? A smart magazine? The possibilities appear to be endless, as the same material can also be adapted to make a##transparent conductive film,##in other words a see-through electronic circuit,
But charging moving vehicles with high-power wireless chargers below them is complex.####Researchers at North carolina State university have developed a method to deliver power to moving vehicles using simple electronic components, rather than the expensive power electronics or complex sensors previously employed.
Wireless charging through magnetic induction##the same type typically used for electric toothbrushes##is being pursued by a number of companies for consumer electronics and electric vehicles.
Stationary inductive chargers for electric vehicles typically use sensors to ensure that the receiver coils on the vehicle are aligned above wireless charging pads correctly.
Commercial interest in wireless charging systems for moving vehicles is growing. Qualcomm is working on a##dynamic##charging system that builds off its current stationary#wireless EV charger.
The University of Utah has tested a wireless charging infrastructure for city buses and has spun out a company called Wireless Advanced Vehicle Electrification#to build commercial products.
With the Utah system a bus could charge from coils placed under the road surface where passengers load or at traffic lights.
a company that makes wireless charging equipment. But the electronic tooling used for small electronics,
and tougher environmental requirements, particularly on air emissions.####In other words, TVA was bowing to reality. Federal emissions regulations make retrofitting aging coal plants prohibitively expensive
or printing detailed jewelry or metal ornaments. The Mini Metal Maker is built around the concept of using the minimum number of parts
so that it can be printed easily on low cost printers such as the Makerbot and Reprap.**Refine custom firmware for the printer to further optimize printing for clay.*
*Create the Mini Metal Forge software environment in order to foster a good user experience, particularly for the nontechnical craftsperson.*
*Work with industrial partners to tool up for production of the machine with injection molding.
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Following in#the footsteps of neighboring country Estonia, Alexander Stubb,#the Finnish Minister of European Affairs and Foreign Trade, says that teaching basic programming skills to young kids in the classroom
and familiarizing themselves with gadgets, and coding is a big part of that.####This doesn t necessarily mean first-graders will be developing apps.
The software teaches everything from basic logic to Java and C++ for older students. Finland is emerging as one of the hottest new startup hubs in the world,
as well as#newcomer Supercell###which has two of the most popular ios games:##Clash of Clans#and#Hay Day###Finland has attracted tech talent from all over Europe looking to set up shop in its capital city.
As#Nokia###once the hometown hero of the country, accounting for 4%of the Finnish GDP##began to shed workers over the years,
long before#Nokia sold its mobile division to Microsoft#in September, and is encouraging venture capitalists from around the world to invest in the local talent.##
##With the success of Nokia in the 90s, it grew our confidence that we could really make it in the tech space,
##But Nokia became too big for comfort, and as leaders moved out, the startup scene started to surface.
along with Nokia and Microsoft, and is set up to spur app development for Windows phones. Startups from various countries around the globe,
as well as founders of all ages, are now working with Appcampus to secure funding and become successful in the Windows phone app store.##
##Everyone knows that gaming is actually good for neurology and the brain, ##Stubb says.####Long gone are the days where parents tell you to stop.
Companies like Apple and Google have tried to give us digital wallets, but nothing has caught really on.
A small display and a fancy magnetic strip let you choose from a range of your cards and memberships before paying.
A Square-like card reader attachment that ships with Coin plugs into your iphone s headphone jack.
Coin communicates with your iphone using low energy Bluetooth and securely stores the data on the card.
and the small display shows you what you have selected with a nickname, the last four digits of the card,
One cool feature that was highlighted in the above video is that Coin checks in over Bluetooth with your iphone.
So when your phone and Coin card get separated a push notification is sent to your phone letting you know you let your Coin behind.
Coin looks like it could be for normal people what Square is for merchants. We ll see.
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#Top 10 fastest growing job titles are all in technology Four of the seven fastest-growing technology jobs did not even exist on Theladders five years ago.
and instead require deep educational qualifications and specific skills in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
seven of the top 10 are#technology positions that necessitate specific#technical skills#for developing software, at places like Davinci Coders,
and mining data. Based on their data, the fastest-growing job titles between 2008 and 2013 were:
Devops engineer ios developer Data scientist UX designer Staff accountant Paralegal UI developer Administrative assistant Android developer Business intelligence developer Indicating
a trend beyond employment, four of the seven fastest-growing technology jobs##Devops engineer, ios developer, data scientist and Android developer##did not even exist on Theladders five years ago.##
##In examining job growth over the past five years, there is an undeniable demand for developers
##said Shankar Mishra, vice president of data science and analytics for Theladders.####On the opposite end of the spectrum, once-coveted management jobs are rapidly declining,
The fallout from the U s. spying scandal is starting to take its toll as U s. technology companies including Cisco systems Inc
and IBM Corp are facing unprecedented difficulties selling their goods and services in#China.####Cisco said on Wednesday that its revenue would drop 10 percent this quarter,
and added urgency to#Beijing s efforts to use its market power to create indigenous software and hardware capabilities,
One of those peers, IBM, reported in October a 22 percent drop in#China#revenue, leading to a decline of 4 percent in third-quarter profit for the world s biggest technology services company.
IBM Chief Financial officer Mark Loughridge attributed the company s problems to the##process surrounding#China s development of a broad-based economic reform plan##
IBM declined to comment for this story. FOREIGN COMPANIES MISTRUSTED Beijing#has mistrusted long foreign technology companies,
##The government s signal is pretty clear they want to rely less on U s. products, such as IOE (IBM,
Oracle and#EMC#Corp,##said a former#China-based telecommunications executive. Beijing#is focused especially on security for government, energy, transport,
In August, the#National Development and Reform Commission,#China s top economic planning body, published a statement setting cybersecurity standards for financial institutions, cloud computing and big data, information system secrecy
Four domestic software and hardware makers, including#China National Software & Service Co.,announced this month they have received a##top-tier##rating from the#Ministry of Industry and Information technology.
China National Software s share price has gained nearly 250 percent since Snowden first revealed the existence of the NSA s clandestine#data mining#program in June.
LONGSTANDING RIVALRY##We hope and demand that relevant foreign companies respect#China s laws, ##Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Thursday,
##Cisco s problems in#China#have been particularly severe due to the#San jose,#California-based company s longstanding rivalry with Huawei technologies Co Ltd,
which has faced stiff political opposition to selling equipment and buying companies in the U s. telecom market.
In October 2012,#Mike Rogers#and Dutch#Ruppersberger, the chairman and ranking member of the#House Intelligence Committee, urged U s. companies to stop doing business with Huawei, the world s second
-biggest telecom equipment maker, and a second Chinese vendor,#ZTE#Corp, citing security concerns. Snowden s revelations have reverberated in other big emerging markets such as#Brazil#
For telecommunications equipment, for example, domestic carriers will look to buy products from Huawei and#ZTEOVER#Sweden s Ericsson or Cisco,
the former telecoms executive said. Huawei, too, is making rapid progress in its server business, with shipments jumping 258 percent in the second quarter.
IBM saw its market share shrink to 13 percent from 18 percent, during the same period, according to Jefferies LLC.
Huawei now is the second-biggest server vendor in#China s double-digit growing market, behind Dell Inc,
which retains a market share of 23 percent but is growing at a rate beneath the market s 15.4 percent pace.
For other hi-tech products, including chips and database solutions, #China#will need more time before its products will be competitive.##
however, was that companies like IBM don t have competitors for their high-end equipment, the expert added.##
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allowing users to decide the recline and support that best fits them. Because the back of the seat is fixed in place
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#3d printed biodegradable underwear can be made in 3 seconds 3d printed underwear. For those who hate to do laundry the days of washing your underwear may soon be over.
Thanks to the power and versatility of 3d textile#printing, the Tamicare company has created a biodegradable
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#Barkbox caters to the canine obsessed Barkbox Matt Meeker, president and CEO of#Bark & Co.,has created a dog-themed subscription service that caters to the canine obsessed population.#
He found it through Facebook and signed up because he thought it was great. That was the moment when
He cofounded Meetup. com, tried his hand at a hardware company, and spent time at online ad agency i-traffic in the late 90s.
The website, which has been described as a dog-themed Buzzfeed, started with one post a week.
The app allows users to chat one-on-one with veterinarians or pay $99 to summon them for house calls.##
##But there s this core market of people who are obsessed with their dogs, treat them like children,
#Government mass surveillance will create a surge of technology spending A simple graphic that shows how the NSA hacked Google.
that itself is going to be a lot of hardware, software and thousands of tech jobs. Country vs Citizens The NSA collectes metadata on all phone calls in the country who called whom,
when and from where. It is easy to see how this data could be very useful in tracking the networks involved in illegal activity.
Or political opponents. If information is power, this is the hammer of Thor (Thor 2 was so-so by the way).
can pass up the opportunity to gather this data? Outside of a few advanced democracies with active civil liberties protection groups, there is no countervailing force to stop a government from collecting
and using this data. The only hurdle is the technology and skills to mine a massive data set like this.
Companies vs Governments The US is a hub for internet companies and cloud companies that carry the private data of people and businesses around the world.
Much of this data travels through pipes in the US or sits in databases controlled by US companies.
European and other advanced nations are likely to enact laws that prevent companies like Google
##and keep the data of their, say, German customers in Germany with restrictions on who can this data be shared with.
On the other hand companies like Google will have to work hard to regain the trust of their customers.
Google is already#taking measures#to prevent the NSA from eavesdropping without them knowing. Apple is#making noises#that they might challenge the legality of not allowing them to disclose
when information has been shared with the government at their request. Companies vs Companies The other things that all companies will realize not just cloud companies with user data is that their IP is not safe.
In the past year, the Chinese hacking incidents being reported have raised already awareness of this issue. But what the NSA files make clear is that ethics
Protection of IP and confidential information will become a key concern for companies. Much more than it is today.
and confidential information is protected by online services. Now that they know that###Enemy of the State###is for real
Perhaps there is a need for##information security rating agencies##that rate online services on how they protect users confidential data from hackers and governments everywhere.
Perhaps people will increasingly want to#roll-their-own email#rather than use Gmail or Yahoo mail.
since the folks at Solid Concepts have fired already successfully their handgun 50 times without it failing. 3d printers capable of printing metal are#on the rise,
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#Sono could soundproof your home from city noise Sono Living in a city has plenty of perks.
Its included suction cup mount has an##energy antenna##embedded inside to gather electromagnetic activity (such as from#Wi-fi signals) to translate for use as power,
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#Top 7 reasons you need to learn reactive programming The U s. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 22 percent growth in programming jobs in by 2020.
Steve jobs said, in the now infamous##Lost Interview, ###Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer,
because it teaches you how to think.####We all know that learning to code is one of the most hyped skills right now and for good reason,
The U s. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 22 percent growth in programming jobs in by 2020.
Programming##Micro Colleges##have sprung up in over#40 cities with Davinci Coders in Boulder, Colorado rated##top value##with its beginner-based, 11-week, full-immersion program for $6, 000.
000 for anyone who could help them hire a software developer. And now the newest trend reactive programming is rocking the developer community
exciting tech giants like Netflix and inspiring a whole new crop of innovative startups. What is reactive programming?
Spreadsheet cell formulas are hands-down the best example of reactive programming. Cells#react#to changes in the data they reference automatically.
For example, A b c means that no matter what happens to B and C a will change accordingly. Don t you wish you could program anything the same way, without worrying about dependencies?
Whether you re a software developer, a manager, or an architect, you need to get savvy about how reactive programming concepts are going to radically transform the industry.
Consider these seven reasons: 1. Declarative vs. procedural It all comes down to the difference between an imperative system and a reactive one.#
#You already know how#traditional procedural programming#(imperative) works. A business user has need a and creates a spec for the programmer.
The programmer figures out how to best create a system to produce the desired result
and then constantly updates it as things change. Whereas a declarative system (reactive) asks the business user to simply describe what they want.
Then using that description the system delivers the desired end result, of course with the help of the programmer.
The focus is on what the system should do and not#how#to do it. 2. Get to market ten times faster When implemented correctly,
reactive programming lets computers take care of dependency management rather than leaving that work to the programmers.
As a result, the code size reduces drastically. That means 500 lines of old-school coding shrinks to five lines using reactive programming. 3. Keep up with changes In our hyper-competitive environment,
the old model of waiting months to accommodate changes just doesn t work. Reactive programming means changes can be made without worrying about logic ordering.
Ordering is the main cost-component of traditional programming, requiring significant analysis for each change.
Just like the simplest spreadsheet, reactive programming means logic is ordered automatically based on dependencies 4. Improve code quality Traditional code is error prone.
It must not only be correct; it must be called. Reactive logic is applied automatically to all changes it s the next level up in reuse beyond object-oriented programming. 5. The big kids are into it Microsoft#led the effort#by releasing Rx extensions to its.
NET framework. Since then, companies like Facebook, Netflix, and Twitter have followed suit, adopting the model to slash their development time.
And now Gartner has included reactive programming in its#newest report#on the hottest application developmenttrends of 2013.6.
It s not just for the front end While Microsoft laid the foundation with the release of reactive extensions to.
NET called Rxjs now many implementations including Flapjax, Bacon JS, and Elm are gaining popularity for front-end development.
Today, startups are even starting to apply these concepts to development of the backend, which means delivering the backend part of the app in a fraction of the usual time. 7. Links business
and IT Imagine IT teams and business users being able to look at the same document
and discuss how to build the systems. That s how simple it is. Think of it like an executable cocktail napkin,
where business users describe what they want and that specification is close enough to what IT uses to simply execute.
Reactive programming opens up a whole new era of communication and collaboration between IT and business users.
When implemented correctly, reactive programming is the ultimate nirvana. Those 500 lines of code are distilled away,
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