and encrypt data. n
#DIRHA Prototype Enables People with Disabilities to use Voice as a Remote control to Access Home Devices Based on advanced voice recognition and audio signal processing technology,
and through which in 2009 a TV-voice interaction system was developed. In the context of DIRHA, during the past three years, we have been able to achieve important progress, based on
always listening and waiting for any requests from the user, and there is no need to press any buttons to activate it.
and interact with the user only when needed, for example by asking request feedback questions. One can talk to DIRHA even at several meters from the microphones
and it does need not Internet connection, as opposed to most of the solutions available on the market,
Moreover, thanks to DIRHA, multiple users located in different rooms of the house can interact with the system simultaneously and independently.
For example, they could be used in screens that can filter any cell phone signals and pass through Wi-fi and other microwaves."
"This research will also open new venues for general light control and enable novel devices such as flat lenses
The latest version of the GF320 now embeds GPS data into the image allowing workers to pinpoint the location of the leak
or hot spot. For further information on offshore oil and gas leak detection please visit www. flir. co. uk/ogi/display/?
#New White paper Provides Overview of IIOT, M2m, and Smart Technologies The term Industrial Internet of things (IIOT), also known as Industrial Internet and Industry 4. 0, refers to the integration of physical industrial machinery with software, internet,
along with network sensors, actuators, and other industrial machines and equipment. Moreover, the new white paper from AIS provides an in depth overview of the latest trends and developments of the new emerging technologies.
Most notably, the convergence of Information technologies (IT) and Operational Technologies (OT) within industrial plants factories and facilities.
As the Visualization, Control and Monitoring Gateway, AIS's Industrial Panel PCS (IPCS) and Embedded Computers Help Enable IIOT
and Lead to a New Era of Economic growth and Competitivenessthe Industrial Internet is not some far off technology or vague futuristic concept.
Some technology trends which are expected to have a huge impact on IIOT evolution are IPV6, sensor proliferation, cloud computing, Big data,
and faster communication standards such as 4G LTE and beyond. Conservative estimates suggest worldwide Industrial Internet spending is set to increase from $20 billion in 2012 to $500 billion by 2020.
Massive Growth of Data Volumes Created by Computing Technologies Commonly Referred To as"Big data"is Driving the Growth of the Industrial Internetthe term"Big data"is essentially the collection of giant data sets so large and complex it is difficult to capture
curate, manage and process with traditional data processing applications. What constitutes"Big data Size"is obviously a continually growing number every day--from figures starting with a few dozen terabytes to double-digit, petabytes of data in a digital enterprise today.
Key factors driving"Big data"is the access of previously inaccessible data, now available wirelessly and cloud technologies.
Furthermore new technologies in analytics offer improved Asset management Performance (AMP. Operational Efficiency, Flexible Production Techniques and Predictive Analytics are Key Objectives of Industrial Companies Utilizing Industrial Iotearly adopters of the Industrial Internet
and Smart technologies have focused on improving operational efficiency as a key goal for leveraging IIOT.
analytics and real-time data helps industrial automation companies anticipate failures and respond more quickly to critical situations
which are connected, intelligent physical products capable of producing data for use in digital services. The information companies harvest can become new products that they sell
if it generates data and becomes a digital service within its supply chain. Source: http://www. aispro. com m
The ability to remotely monitor patients'conditions as they go about their daily lives could revolutionise healthcare,
In the article, Kathryn talks about research she's currently involved in at NPL and Coventry University, printing conductive circuits directly onto the fibres of garments.
e do not have a very reliable inventoryof the country peatland fire data. Kuwata burns Indonesian peat in his Singapore laboratory to study its chemical properties,
since 2007, suggests Department for Business, Innovation and Skills data. And graduates still earn almost £10,
A telephone helpline has been offered for teachers, governors and other staff to raise concerns directly with the Department for Education.
French and US researchers have developed a learning algorithm that enables robots to adapt very quickly
Using software that filters out the ineffective strategies, the new system vastly speeds up the process.
Our algorithm should in principle work on any kind of robot no matter how complex it is told, "he BBC News
our algorithm could help it to deal with unforeseen situations and damage.""The new system uses a computer simulation to filter out all the possible solutions that will not work well.
It then collects the ones that are both effective and different from each other, so that the robot does not waste time testing out similar strategies.
"Alongside recent advances in artificial intelligence, such as the self learning system developed by Google's Deepmind Technologies,
this development could see the emergence of new uses for robots.""The things (Deepmind) is working on are amazing,
The data showed that the number of virus infections detected in people increased during life.
because Airbus has made its name on some of the world's highest specification and most expensive telecommunications platforms.
The plan envisages 20 planes of low-orbiting satellites connecting to small user terminals on the ground.
linking phones and computers. Satellite constellations, it has to be said, have chequered a rather history. Even some of today big players, like satphone service providers Iridium and Globalstar, got themselves into enormous financial trouble when building their first-generation networks.
Oneweb will have to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to maintain a venture that will not be fully operational for some years o
These intermediate states have been named Pc (4450)+ and Pc (4380+."+"We have examined all possibilities for these signals,
But the collider enabled researchers to look at the data from additional perspectives, namely the four angles defined by the different directions of travel taken by particles within LHCB."
"The LHC powered up again in April following a two-year shutdown to complete a programme of repairs and upgrades d
Using an approach from computer science, they were able to calculate the best way to fold almost any given shape out of a long, continuous strand.
like the ones that you get in computer 3d models, "said senior author Dr Bjorn Hogberg, of the Karolinska Institute, in Sweden."
"With a few clicks of your mouse, you get a complete list of the DNA strands that you need to mix in a test tube,
#Step forward for computing by light Engineers and physicists have discovered a property of silicon which could aid the development of faster computers.
Currently, copper wires transfer information in a computer; the process is slowed down as the wires heat up."
"Photonic"and"spintronic"computing is the principle of transferring information by light or electron spin.
"The whole computer running with light is a distant dream, but some copper interconnectors can be replaced with light and photodetector devices,"Professor Ritesh Agarwal,
Its statement explaining the advantage of printing skin, offered little detail:""Our partnership will not only bring about new advanced in vitro methods for evaluating product safety and performance,
Printing skin could be a different proposition, he thinks.""Skin is quite easy to print
a mobile phone has become a key weapon. In the hands of campaigners and victims of abuse, it can provide valuable video evidence of crimes.
when a scratchy video appears on Youtube. The trouble is that often these clips are not
which is going live on the Google Play store today could make all the difference. It is called Eyewitness to Atrocities
if your phone is examined by a security official they will not see any of the material you have recorded.
the time and location and other data which will show exactly where it was recorded and whether it has been edited.
Then, when the user is in a safe location, they can upload their material to a secure database owned by the Eyewitness project.
Legal experts can then examine it and decide whether it is suitable for use in courts.
but will cooperate with requests for information from its database as long as it is clear it has the permission of those who uploaded the material.
The app will only be available for Android phones because that is what just about everyone has in countries where it is designed to be used.
Don't expect Eyewitness to Atrocities to top the download charts but while many developers make inflated claims about their"life-changing"apps,
#Baidu to launch self-drive car Chinese web giant Baidu will launch its first driverless car in the second half of 2015,
The news, reported by Chinese language website Techweb, will put it head to head with rival Google.
The firm will work with an unnamed car manufacturer, according to Baidu's senior vice president Jin Wang. He made the announcement at the China Cloud computing conference.
The firm has teamed previously up with BMW to develop semi-autonomous car technology. The head of Baidu's deep learning lab Yu Kai has told previously the press that the firm does not agree with Google's view of a completely autonomous car,
looking instead to develop a vehicle that will retain the traditional pedals but give the driver greater freedom.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a key battleground for tech firms, with self-driving cars seen as one of the first practical applications for the technology.
Baidu's rise in the field of artificial intelligence suffered a setback last week when Stanford university
whether computers can recognise and sort images-banned Baidu from competing for the next year. The web giant was stripped of its 2015 title after it emerged that it broke the rules over how many tests it could run.
Google announced last month that its prototype self-driving cars would take to the public roads this summer around its headquarters in Mountain view, California a
#Paris Air Show: Can you print a plane? The new Airbus a350 XWB that is flying daily displays at the Paris Air Show can claim several engineering firsts.
One of these is that it has more 3d printed components than any other aircraft, about 1,
000 on a plane that has gone only just into service. Meanwhile, Raytheon has 3d parts on its missiles,
The 3d components on the A350 XWB are mostly widgets and brackets, formed by fusing layer upon layer of resins in machines that replicate computer-generated 3d models.
Metals and even glass can also be used. So, we're talking about small routine parts here, rather than large structures-at the moment.
In our digitally connected world, a machine could be programmed to start printing even before the aircraft lands.
especially the issue of transmitting secure data across the world, he said. While the holy grail of on-demand supply may be a little way off, John Schmidt,
#Hackers steal data using pitta bread Secret encryption keys can be stolen using a cheap gadget so small it could be concealed inside some pitta bread.
Israeli security researchers have demonstrated how to capture radio emissions given off by laptops that inadvertently leak data about the keys.
Before now, grabbing the radio signals was thought to require expensive, bulky equipment. But the four-strong team managed it with cheap components small enough to conceal inside a piece of pocket bread.'
monitors the radio signals given off by laptops when their central processing unit is crunching data. The team discovered that many different operations in a computer,
such as playing a game or decrypting a file, had a characteristic pattern of radio activity.
The differing power demands a CPU made as it worked gave rise to these telltale signals,
when the computer was decrypting a specific email message sent to it by an attacker,
it became possible to work out the key being used to secure data, they said. After demonstrating that the attack worked in the lab,
and algorithms to protect data. Such attacks were established well, Steve Armstrong managing director of Logically Secure, told tech news site The Register."
The team plan to present their work at a technical conference on cryptographic hardware in September r
He can now make out the direction of white lines on a computer screen using the retinal implant. Mr Flynn said he was delighted"with the implant
"Mr Flynn said he had to sit very close to the television to see anything. He had given up going to see Manchester united play football as he cannot make out what is happening.
vertical and diagonal lines on a computer screen using the implant. He kept his eyes closed during the test
"It was wonderful to be able to see the bars on the screen with my eyes closed."
000 times faster than the Nand flash storage used in memory cards and computers'solid state drives (SSDS).
and is the invention of Intel and Micron. The two US companies predict a wide range of benefits, from speeding up scientific research to making more elaborate video games.
One expert described it as a"huge step forward"."""There are other companies who have talked about new types of memory technology,
Intel is marketing it as the first new class of"mainstream memory "since 1989. 3d XPOINT retains data
when the power is switched off-one of its key advantages over RAM (random access memory), which remains faster.
Rather than pitch it as a replacement for either flash storage or RAM, the company suggests it will be used alongside them to hold certain data"closer"to a processor
so that it can be accessed more quickly than before. Why do need we faster storage? The flash storage in my smartphone and PC seems more than fast enough to view
and record the photos and videos I want. Because there are other situations where using today's storage slows things down
or introduces constraints. So-called"big data"tasks are a particular issue. For example, efforts to sequence and analyse our genes/DNA hold the potential for new and personalised medical treatments.
And it would also prove a boon to video game-makers. At present, level designs are limited by how much data can be stored in the RAM-or, strictly, a type of RAM chip called dynamic RAM (DRAM.
That's why players sometimes have to halt their play while they wait for the machine to load a new section.
But if the data can be loaded more quickly from 3d XPOINT, the developers should, in theory, be able to deliver them bigger, open worlds and a more seamless experience.
"which can store a single bit of data. This represents either a one or a zero in binary code a"selector,
"which allows a specific memory cell to be read or rewritten. Access is controlled by varying the amount of voltage it receives via the wires So,
Nand works by moving electrons back and forth to an isolated part of the transistors known as their"floating gates"to represent the ones and zeros of binary code.
An issue with this technique is that it cannot rewrite single bits of data at a time. Instead, larger blocks of information have to be wiped
"Intel executive Rob Crooke says.""So, you have to shuffle them all around to get one new one in there."
Intel suggests not. Solid state drives-and even slower hard disks-will remain significantly cheaper than 3d XPOINT for some time to come,
so it makes sense to continue using them to store most files. The suggestion is the new technology will normally be used instead as an intermediary step.
Rather than copy data directly from the slower types of storage into RAM, programs will anticipate
what data is likely to be needed and then transfer it in advance to the 3d XPOINT.
why not just use it to replace RAM altogether? RAM's speed advantage over traditional storage has made long it the chip of choice to funnel data directly into processors.
However, because it is relatively expensive to produce, computer makers tend to restrict how much they include.
Each megabyte of 3d Xpoint will certainly be significantly cheaper than the equivalent amount of RAM.
And the new technology has added the advantage of being nonvolatile, meaning it does not"forget"information
But, unfortunately it is still not quite as fast as RAM, and some-but not all-applications need the extra speed the older tech provides.
is there ever an advantage to using 3d Xpoint instead of, rather than in addition to, RAM or flash?
Online gaming companies might want to substitute 3d Xpoint for RAM. At present, the amount of players that can be hosted on a single server is limited by the amount of RAM it contains.
Switching to 3d Xpoint would cause only a small-and possibly unnoticeable-difference to the performance of many of the simpler titles.
One instance when you might want to use the new chips instead of flash would be to store operating system files that are required every time you boot up your machine.
Many users have experienced already faster switch on times on new computers thanks to such files being kept on SSDS rather than disk drives.
"says Intel's marketing director Greg Matson. Whether that proves tempting will depend on exactly what 3d Xpoint costs and just how precious your time is s
a postdoctoral fellow in Kipnis'lab. The vessels were detected after Louveau developed a method to mount a mouse's meninges-the membranes covering the brain-on a single slide
which makes use of highly selective metal catalysts. Most living organisms have a biological clock with an approximately 24-hour circadian rhythm,
Critical sites on the molecules for bioactivity have been uncovered and both period-lengthening/-shortening molecules have been utilized to investigate the regulation of the clock protein in the body's timekeeping mechanism.
Our original palladium catalysts enable selective installation of functional groups at the desired positions on the heteroaromatic ring."
we found the critical sites on the molecule for rhythm-changing activities, and succeeded in discovering active molecules that lengthens
"We are pleased extremely that C-H activation chemistry has played an important role in finding bioactive sites in KL001 derivatives
#Complex, large-scale genome analysis made easier The mset algorithm by Oliver Stegle at EMBL-EBI makes large-scale,
The new algorithm, published in Nature Methods, makes it possible to perform genetic analysis of up to 500,000 individuals-and many traits-at the same time.
and making the best use of data from large cohorts that include hundreds of thousands of individuals."
until now so much computation that it would take a year to run a single complex query."
The researchers tested their algorithm on data from two studies from public repositories, and compared the results with existing state-of-the-art tools.
"Our algorithm can be used to study up to half a million individuals-that hasn't been possible until now.""
The new algorithm provides much-needed methods for genomics, making large-scale, complex analysis a manageable and practical endeavour."
and other UC Berkeley researchers publicly debuted a system of beating human heart cells on a chip that could be used to screen for drug toxicity.
and whether a tumour is likely to spread to other sites. The findings also open the possibility of new therapies aimed at measuring
"The researchers also looked at the process in a mouse model and found that Grb2 depletion results in the development of multiple tumours in the vicinity of a primary tumour,
Measuring the levels of the proteins in patient tissues followed by database analysis of clinical information from The Cancer Genome Atlas
1. Statistical data reveal that just under 40%of patients with a favourable balance were still alive seven years after samples were taken.
1 and FGFR2 binding sites survived the same length of time. Professor Ladbury said:""From the patient's point of view, the key findings are that these proteins are biomarkers.
The data presented suggest that parents abstaining from this practice may cause liver maturation and drug metabolism in their children to develop quiet differently."
applied a patented technique called OCT4-based programming to neonatal cord blood and adult blood stem cells.
By studying mouse and frog embryos as well as human stem cells they confirmed that the PRDM12 gene is switched normally on during the development of pain-sensing nerve cells.
'This molecular data helps us better classify glioma patients, so we can begin to understand who needs to be treated more aggressively
The professor told in-Pharmatechnologist. com the method can be used to help small and large molecule medicines hone in on their targets. ith all therapies that are used currently particularly cancer the major problem is very little of the drug makes it to the target site.
so they accumulate at the target site. The bubbles last less than ten minutes in the bloodstream before breaking down,
So far the team has had success with the delivery system in mouse models. A clinical study at the University of Oxford is currently investigating using an existing drug in combination with ultrasound but without the bubble technology,
s an academic lab, our core business is research and not product development. We are testing the substrate with potential commercial partners now. ommercial applicationsthe polymer has application in both the production of cells for drug safety testing
s an academic lab, our core business is research and not product development. We are testing the substrate with potential commercial partners now. ommercial applicationsthe polymer has application in both the production of cells for drug safety testing
#New Technology Turns Smartphone into a DNA-Scanning Microscope Researchers at University of California, Los angeles (UCLA) have developed a new technology that turns a smartphone into a DNA-scanning fluorescent microscope.
that utilize consumer devices (especially mobile phones) as a platform for making these measurements in filed settings and resource-limited settings. ere how it works.
and Windows smart application running on the same smartphone. Information is sent then to a remote server in the researchersucla laboratory that measures the length of the DNA molecules.
The data processing can take less than 10 seconds depending on the data connection. Read More: How a Smartphone Camera Can Find Eye Cancertraditional microscopes can do the same thing
but they are bulky, expensive and often unavailable in remote locations. Not only does this technology reduce cost,
and enable telemedicine and mobile health, but there also another angle that makes them attractive,
the microscopes described here are connected all to servers through WIFI or network signals, which make them uite powerfulin terms of labeling results as a function of space
Variety of Usesin general, the smartphone technology being developed at Ozcan lab can be used to perform a number of lab functions,
The team has been able to convert the mobile phone into a sensitive E-coli or giardia detector,
The research, ield-Portable Smartphone Microscopy Platform for Wide-field Imaging and Sizing of Single DNA Molecules, was presented at the Optical Society Conference on Laser and Electro optics (CLEO) 2015 h
Department of Electrical & Computer engineering, drew on their collective expertise in electrical and biomedical engineering to design a chip that concentrates bacteria in a miniscule spaceust two nanolitres in volumen order to increase the effective concentration of the starting sample.
#Thermal Imaging Software for Research and Science Applications FLIR Systems'new version 4. 2 of its Researchir thermal imaging software provides researchers and scientists with a powerful tool for viewing,
and sharing the thermal data captured with FLIR Scientific and R&d cameras. Researchir Max version 4. 2 gives users direct access to their Matlab scripts within Researchir for the first time.
This will allow users to access their customized Matlab scripts directly in Researchir for specially-tailored image analysis and processing tasks.
Many useful Matlab functions can now be accessed directly from within the platform. In addition the software also provides FLIR Scientific and R&d thermal camera users with Ultramax file support.
Ultramax is a proprietary image enhancement technology available on FLIR Tsc-Series thermal imaging cameras.
and combines the data into one new image using Researchir 4. 2 software. The result is an impressive quadrupling of thermal imaging pixels,
including full radiometric measurement data. With this facility images that are captured with a 640 x 480 resolution thermal imaging camera can now be transformed to an ultra-sharp 1,
280 x 960 resolution image using FLIR Researchir. With the new version the thermal imaging software can now be activated either with a USB KEY or directly online.
In addition to these new features, FLIR Researchir already includes a number of features for detailed thermal analysis including multiple analysis tools with user defined settings for detailed data examination;
flexible measurement modes; chart, graph and plot reporting and statistical tables allowing users to view detailed image quantitative data for the image analysis tools.
Researchir Max is a version of the software for advanced users who need more analytical functionality in their research.
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#Portable Finger-probe Technology Could Help Success of Organ Donations A portable, finger-probe device successfully measured liver function in brain dead adult organ donors,
according to the American Liver Foundation. hese data warrant further exploration in a larger trial in a variety of settings to evaluate acceptable values for donated livers, the study states. t a time
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