Developed in the suburbs of Buenos aires by INTA's rural engineering division, the yellow and white robot resembles a child's Tonka truck (the chassis) with a lighthouse (the sprayer) strapped to the top.
This action-oriented site helps apartment owners and renters implement energy efficiency in their shared property with templates
to gain insight into community-style apartments, and the needs and expectations of owners and managers.
With a dig once approach, the executive order also aims to help carriers conduct broadband deployments in conjunction with other road construction projects.
Sue Spradley, the executive director of U s. Ignite confirmed in a conference call yesterday that the organization is working closely with the new Gigabit Neighborhood Gateway Program to engage additional high-speed communities.
Too many cooks in the kitchen: Lots of different states, municipalities, and companies have control and regulation over the way the electrical grid works across the U s,
there was a line of over 100 people waiting to get through security at the White house's Eisenhower Building.
Gen Y housing preferences are the subject of at least two panels at this week s convention.
they like Facebook more than having a big back yard! --it's worth recognizing that the ability to maintain our always-on connectivity,
and wind farms to retailers turning to rooftop solar and biogas to power their big box stores and distribution centers,
when the first solar arrays went up on its store roofs in California, the installed costs of Wal-mart Stores Inc. s solar systems have dropped from $6
SWING BIG the same effort it takes to do something small is the same raw effort it take to do something revolutionary You ve done a wonderful building and helping a community
or seek out other established solar panel makers to establish factories there. Photo: Flickr user zigbphotography, CC 2. 0 Related:
An inventory of apartments and rooms that travelers can rent as an alternative to hotels s
#Why teaching toddlers Mandarin chinese is a smart investment Now that China is the world s second largest economy,
which is precisely after the natural window of opportunity to learn a language closes. Every human brain has the capacity to learn a language the same way we learn our native tongue.
they aren't just for big houses and cars anymore. Increasingly, Sarah Goodyear reports for The Atlantic cities, suburbs throughout the United states are investing in bicycle infrastructure.
and could be embedded in surfaces ranging from car dashboards to household floors to kitchen countertops.
the technology might even help reduce production costs for large appliances like kitchen refrigerators, Fransen says.
and streets was-1. 4 percent in February 2013 compared to one year earlier. Meanwhile, in 2012, U s. GDP increased 2. 2 percent
The new plastic is made from mushrooms Poking around in my mom s attic recently, I was reminded that I still have the shipping box from my Macintosh SE,
We re also doing building materials as well--replacing foam insulation. It would mostly be commercial. The question is what s the best way to do it.
#Google maps goes underground"in Japan's radioactive zone"This is not a place you'd want to hang around for too long Google is producing underground street maps of Japan's nuclear exclusion zone.
Google has catalogued also the interiors of over 70 flood-damaged buildings in the region. The panoramic images are an update to ones taken shortly after the disaster.
Algae technology cleans up fracking Flushing toilets could heat future buildings The lost pets of Fukushima Radiation loving algae comes to Japan s rescu
and It'll Heal Your Wounds in 15 Seconds Flat Bloomberg News reports on an incredible new invention that astounding people across the world and across the web.
the solar panels on the smart highway cover about 75 yards of roadway which is slightly more than you can fit on a roof.
Dexcom own Windows software was pulling data in this way, and fortunately, Dexcom supplied an API (application programming interface) library as part of its software installation.
scientists have developed early warning-systems systems that give people precious seconds to run out of buildings or take cover.
Zizmos asks for volunteers to donate a tiny bit of interior wall space and a power outlet to host a sensor package,
calls sound as if everybody in the same room; you can even hear soft background sounds,
when individual molecules would serve as the basic building blocks for electronics. That day has moved a bit closer thanks to research out of the Columbia University School of engineering and Applied science.
or to govern the processing of crude oil in a refinery. Haidar group is one of a number of academic and corporate teams vying to create a closed-loop system for an artificial pancreas. ach patient is represented by a set of differential equations,
and ensure that most of the heat is emitted out into the room rather than simply heating up the wall behind the heater. hile graphene does offer some attractive properties for reducing wasted energy,
as if it hitting a flat surface instead of something three-dimensional. The cloak is very thinnly about a tenth the size of the wavelength of the photons it scatteringnd lossless
if it were bouncing off a flat surface. Despite the effect of those height differences, the thicknesses involved are so tiny that the researchers consider this a two-dimensional metasurface,
though the team is working on building a physical version, Kante says. It was designed for the microwave range
For instance, it could shield antennas in cell towers from each other, lowering crosstalk. Or it could make better solar concentrators,
. or the nanowires we needed ten thousand times less precious Gap material than in cells with a flat surface.
Edward Knightly, Rice university Sending wireless data through this 400 megahertz to 700 MHZ slice of spectrum is referred often to as uper Wi-Fibecause of its ability to penetrate through buildings and travel long distances.
TV towers occupy a whole channel no matter how many viewers are watching at a given time,
On the other side of the fence, ALPS began as brick-and-mortar schools, but some are moving into a hybrid format.
just ask a few of the 20-somethings in your office about how much space they have in their apartments.
Shopify and ebay can use space to both warehouse their goods and then deliver them in urban areas.
the next busker you meet may be able to truly SHRED a little Stairway next to the Cold Stone using electronic effects and an old Fender e
Mobile phone sales overall were 456 million completely flat on Q3 2013. Within the smartphone space, China Xiaomi made its way into the top five for the first time with a sharp rise over a year ago,
while Windows, Blackberry and ther OS? s all continue their declines. In real terms, Windows sales were nearly flat over a year ago on 9 million units.
It very hard to think of how Microsoft will manage to turn this around, and you do have to wonder
but history shows that tech that doesn play well with others gets left behind as collaborative innovation happens outside its walls.
including Alpha House, Betas, Transparent, The After, Bosch, Mozart in the Jungle, Tumble Leaf, Annebots, Creative Galaxy, Hand of God (2015),
I moved to a new house this week and opted for streaming video only with Prime,
and sends the data back to your home office via Wi-fi. It is powered self and can be removed in minutes.
#Microsoft Begins Accepting Bitcoin For Windows Windows phone And Xbox Purchases If you want further proof that Microsoft is going through a transformative phase,
and other digital content on its Windows, Windows phone and Xbox platforms, as the folks at Coindesk noticed today.
And now Sidecar a perhaps lesser mentioned competitor in the taxis-that-aren-actuallyaxis arena that wee come to call idesharingfollows suit.
In short but not-so-simple terms, qualifying businesses are required to a) measure total energy consumption, accounting for 90 percent of usage across all buildings, transport and industrial activities;
allowing IT administrators to manage large groups of Windows-based computer systems, SCCM lacks the capability to provide the accuracy the ESOS audits will require.
and have reported substantial savings from implementing measures as simple as installing motion-sensor lights in hallways and stairwells.
which early in November announced plans to sink $1 billion in building online video content,
By leveraging low-power wireless bands and building a highly distributed network of ultra-affordable base stations (or Helium bridges), it could receive
who are limited often to a small window of financing. All loans are put on Insikt balance sheet for the first few months of their existence,
which means Didi Dache will have far greater resources in China to cement its already strong lead over the U s. firm.
Therefore you d be forgiven for thinking there s little room left for a new enterprise messaging entrant.
An alternative to simply shuttering the windows, though, is to experiment with new technologies to integrate the showroom, the storefront,
and bring the convenience and personalization of online shopping to the brick and mortar space.
and then walk away to enjoy a drink while a store associate curates their personalized fitting room.
she enters a fitting room, equipped with another interactive mirror that allows her to summon the associate for new sizes
A customer can also save her fitting room session. It another function translated from online shopping specifically the online shopping cart.
and it has become an important building block in extending the network into the operating system. Open source projects have performed also significant work on open protocols,
configuring and maintaining it themselves in-house. The goal of this new approach is to put the buying decision into the hands of business units,
Indeed, this is a big step ahead for Bittorrent and another significant step away from its older reputation as a den of unlicensed,
with Marco Weber (Igby goes Down, Unthinkable, The 13th Floor) and Jeff Stockwell (Bridge to Terabithea,
#Apple Will Spend $848 Million Building A Massive Solar Farm In Monterey Tim cook dropped a bit of news in a conversation at the Goldman sachs Technology and Internet conference today:
It easy to produce, easy to warehouse and inexpensive to ship. But if you want to produce large consumer goods
Henry ford led the second Industrial revolution in the 20th century with large assembly-line factories being built on a mass economy of scale.
and manufacture products faster than traditional factory processes. This means less space and materials are required to manufacture products, resulting in a significant reduction in capital costs.
Izak believes that there is plenty of room for educational technology startups to help improve education for children with learning
but the people in Crimea who have otherwise been trying to tap into the rush for engineering talent from Eastern europe by building their own fledgling tech ecosystem
and even then those images were stuck mostly on the walls within their homes. This new technology meant portraits displaying a person current emotion were immediate
to warn when perishables in warehouses might be going bad; that tell you when a piece of equipment is about to fail;
or cool our houses or office buildings; track school busses and use cases we probably haven even imagined.
or the other side of a wall) or being able to use existing lighting infrastructure think LED street lamps to double up as Lifi access points.
or potentially an entire building, while being connected u
#Xiaomi Buys 3%Of Chinese Games And Software Giant Kingsoft For $68m Xiaomi became the world third largest smartphone company based on sales last year
which have silos of data derive benefit from each other as well. m
#Signal Keeps Your iphone Calls And Texts Safe From Government Spies Don want someone else handing your text messages, pictures, video or phone conversations over to the government?
Construction companies are not always first movers when it comes to new technology, but when it comes to drones,
The promise of personal drones is one where youl jump into some kind of craft from your rooftop,
Among them, perhaps Flat 6 Labs is known the best. It gave birth to the startup Instabug a platform for in-app feedback for mobile apps,
and instead consist of individual window or wall-mounted units that use an IR-based remote control to vary air temperature and fan speed.
Sensibo is a startup that wants to make the approximately 1 billion climate control devices that aren smart to smart with a little more Nest-like.
and additional units are $80 apiece to let you expand your system to cover multiple rooms.
At the same time, sharing your car can take 10 cars off the streets, which counteracts the increasingly crowded roads, traffic and pollution.
or stated publicly, was that to get this balance there would be a joint committee set up between both houses to consider how to redo RIPA.
a bill already passed in the House that would reform National security agency (NSA), in a rare Sunday session.
It will likely take until the middle of the week for the Senate to pass the House bill,
Passage of the bill would mark the first time lawmakers have reined in the surveillance powers of the intelligence community in the two years since Snowden first revealed the controversial intelligence gathering programs.
but when it passed the House, it said significant changes should be made to strengthen privacy rights. he Senate should not make the same mistake
including Room for indoor monitoring, Weather for outdoor stats, Door & Window for checking open/closed status of those entry points,
and Energy for checking what drawing power and switching them on and off remotely. Using Homekit, ios device users with 8. 1 or above can check on all the stats gathered by the Eve from their devices,
Sensors are sold individually at $79. 99 for Eve Room, $49. 95 for Eve Weather, $49. 95 for Eve Energy and $39. 95 for Eve Door & Window,
which is designed for houses that have multiple rooms in need of climate control. Remote sensors help it monitor temperature in multiple rooms at the same time,
letting you save energy and maximize comfort in every area. With Homekit ecobee3 owners can group actions together for control via Siri,
The Caséta Smart Bridge is a wireless lighting hub that makes up a core part of the Caséta Wireless Lighting Starter Kit from the company.
or off in specific areas of the house you might not be able to see at any given moment.
you can control specific rooms or groups of lights separately, or turn everything off with voice commands.
Lutron Homekit-enabled Caséta Smart Bridge is part of the Lighting Starter Kit that also includes two dimmers
including LED bulbs, plug-in lamps, thermostats, wall outlets, cameras, door locks and more. And in addition to its full range of first-party products,
and to allow for two to work in a standard wall outlet at the same time, or to keep one outlet free.
During a recent visit to Thync beautiful offices (theye renovated an old opera hall), I got to strap the startup mood-altering wave generator to the olnoggin.
A kidnapper grabs a person on the street and begins to drive away. A diner at a restaurant starts choking on their food and enters cardiac arrest.
If their warehouse is overflowing with product or they need to meet a sales count quota,
or a meatspace brick-and-mortar glasses shop. Opternative is now the only approved online eye exam.
A $2 million bridge led by Pritzker Group, Jump Capital, and previous investors pushed it through clinical trials.
Opternative Results Ie been finding distant street signs and airport gate numbers a bit blurry, so I took Opternative test myself.
It also building out a touch screen kiosk that could fit inside physical eyewear stores. Seeing clearly can help people learn,
so they and their local governments can see pollution on their own streets. Independent scientific analysis confirmed that the mobile sensor system worked for collecting street-by-street data
and could improve upon the regional network of sensors operated by the Environmental protection agency. Herzl says e hope that one day this information is as accessible as the weather.
He says a faster way to install new capacity is to use his company wireless transmission towers to move data at two gigabits per second.
Many U s. providers are currently scrambling to install fiber to replace the copper cables that still link up around half of all cellular towers,
AOPTIX technology takes the form of a box roughly the size of a coffee table with an infrared laser peering out of a small window on the front,
The Mexican telecommunications company Car-sa recently switched on the first of several links it plans to use to link up cellular towers
and got another half billion from the U s. government in the form of a loan to build a large factory to prove its technology.
At Semprius pilot factory in Henderson, North carolina, that technology can be found inside two glass-enclosed devices, each not much bigger than an office copier.
conventional silicon solar panels still have room to become significantly cheaper and more efficient. New ways of manufacturing silicon wafers, the most expensive part of a solar cell, could cut wafer costs in half
The apex of the device houses a slot for dipping a credit card and there s a built-in receipt printer that will spit out paper from an opening below the customer touch screen.
but##What information do you have in the house that s useful to you that you d like access to when you re not home?
Using the app you can give a battery a name (like living room or kids bedroom) and connect it to your home Wi-fi
and then insert it in the battery compartment of the alarm. Right now Roost has a working prototype in a plastic box about the size of an external hard drive;
greatly expanding what machines can do in factories. Grabit, a spinoff of SRI International, has developed a simple and cheap robotic hand that makes use of electrostatic attraction.
but still stand up to the wear and tear of factory use, says company CTO Harsha Prahlad. The flexible surface of the grabber lets it support more weight
The display technology used in most devices can show only flat, 2-D images. Headsets like the Oculus Rift trick your brain into perceiving depth by showing different images to each eye,
Twenty minutes away in San jose, the largest city in the Valley, a camp of homeless people known as the Jungleeputed to be the largest in the countryas taken root along a creek within walking distance of Adobe
Yet an estimated 31 percent of jobs pay $16 per hour or less, below what is needed to support a family in an area with notoriously expensive housing.
Even some of the area biggest technology boosters are appalled. ou have people begging in the street on University avenue Palo alto main street,
Building on research conducted with his colleagues Emmanuel Saez, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley,
stomping around, banging off the walls. Still, as Piketty lengthy analysis suggests, the explanation for the rise in inequality is not a simple one.
This relatively small but prosperous group is driving up the cost of housing, transportation, and other living expenses.
A handful of new two-story concrete buildings surround a courtyard holding a smattering of enthusiastic administrators and a few teachers.
It a relatively modest facility but, by all descriptions, a huge improvement over the cramped building the 13-year-old charter school occupied before.
His first prostheses were temporary ones with plaster sockets and he was instructed not to walk without crutches or another support:
the plaster would shatter under his full weight. Later he got permanent prostheses made of wood rubber
The obvious career path he might have taken working in his father's house-building business was no longer an option for him
which made advances in building legged robots that could walk and run. The lab was led by then Gill Pratt 83 SM 87 Phd 90 (its founder Marc Raibert had already left to work full time at the company he founded Boston Dynamics.
which fills half of a large open room on the Media Lab's second floor may come to see the future of bionics
Extending Human Capabilityalong one wall of the Biomechatronics Group lab wheeled shelves known as the dessert cart hold an array of prototypes of current and past projects:
When you unplug it suddenly you feel like your feet are blocks of concrete says Mooney.
constructing buildings that can float or at least withstand inundation; and creating new escape routes in case the worst happens (see Saving Holland.
and this requires action said Efi Foufoula-Georgiou a professor in the Department of Civil engineering and former director of the National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics at the University of Minnesota in an interview after the conference.
#Norwegian Factory Aims to Solve Cement s Carbon Problem A Norwegian cement factory has shown that it s able to capture much of its own carbon dioxide.
since cement production is responsible for more than 5 percent of all man-made carbon dioxide emissions. The Norcem Brevik cement works tucked into a scenic harbor south of Oslo has used waste heat to drive a process called amine scrubbing that at test scales removed between 30 and 40 percent of the total emissions
from the plant s flue gases. We think we are the first project that is testing technology in real cement-plant conditions said Liv-Margrethe Bjerge project manager for the test at Norcem which owns the Brevik plant.
It s the only cement project doing post-combustion capture. Bjerge spoke in Austin Texas at the largest international conference on carbon capture and sequestration technologies.
The plant expects to begin full-scale operation with carbon capture next summer. It could serve as a model for many plants in Europe
While these carbon-capture processes have previously been tested in power plants cement plants differ because their emissions include much higher concentrations of carbon dioxide plus more dust and other contaminants.
Some more far-out ideas for capturing carbon from cement making include using concentrated sunlight to drive the production process (see New Cement-Making Method Could Slash Carbon emissions.
Green Concrete. In the United states a startup called Skyonic is running a pilot plant at a cement mill to reuse carbon dioxide in sodium bicarbonate or baking soda a
#An Industrial-Size Generator That Runs on Waste Heat, Using No Fuel Power plants waste huge amounts of energy as heat about 40 to 80 percent of the total in the fuel they burn.
Other options for making use of waste heat include heating (and even cooling) nearby buildings in cities s
and can be laminated to walls or ceilings. The sheets will contain organic LEDS, or OLEDSHE same kind of technology used in some ultrathin TVS and smartphones.
The factory will be able to produce a million 15-centimeter-wide panels per month. Even with such advances, it will take years to bring costs low enough to make OLED lighting widely used.
In this way, complex structures can be created by combining building blocks under natural circumstances. This kind of self-assembly mechanism dominates at the molecular scale,
One recent idea is to use colloids rather than molecules as the building blocks for even more advanced structures.
But as the building blocks become bigger, it takes longer for Brownian motion to jiggle the blocks into the appropriate locations.
when the walls of the chamber are relatively close together but stops when the walls are moved further away. e propose here that the physical origin of the phenomenon is linked to the presence of the top and bottom walls of the self-assembly channel,
they say. In other words the walls must be close to enough to interact with the droplets, slowing them down.
This creates local changes in pressure in the fluid around the droplets that causes them to coalesce and tumble.
but the team says there is considerable room for improvement. For example, they hope to significantly increase the flow speeds through the self-assembly chambers
One scientist this month tweeted a picture of the sequencer on his dining room table decoding DNA.
Stumbling on the stairs. Having accidents that are easy to dismiss everyone trips now and then. But it inevitably gets worse.
or take control of some features of Windows. Those demonstrations were reminiscent of Microsoft s Kinect sensor for its Xbox gaming console
Microsoft launched a version of Kinect aimed at Windows PCS in 2012 and significantly upgraded its depth-sensing technology in 2013
#A Super-Strong and Lightweight New Material A new type of material made up of nanoscale struts crisscrossed like the struts of a tiny Eiffel Tower is one of the strongest and lightest substances ever made.
Greer s lab showed that by changing the thickness of the tube walls it s possible to control how the material fails.
When the walls are thick the ceramic shatters under pressure as expected. But trusses with thinner walls just 10 nanometers thick buckle
when compressed and then recover their shape. You don t expect these materials to recover##you expect them to be brittle
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