"It's kind of like a parking lot where you want to move one of the cars, but they are jammed all in,
#A microtubule'roadway'in the retina helps provide energy for vision Fluorescently labeled microtubules extend from the tips of the dendrites (top) into the axon and down into the giant synaptic terminal (bottom) of a single isolated goldfish retinal
Researchers have discovered a thick band of microtubules in certain neurons in the retina that they believe acts as a transport road for mitochondria that help provide energy required for visual processing.
When the researchers administered drugs to inhibit the movement of certain"motor"proteins that transport mitochondria and other cargo within the cell by traveling along microtubules
The findings suggest that these previously unknown microtubule structures provide a"roadway"for the transport of mitochondria crucial to maintain energy supplies into the synaptic terminals of these highly active neurons associated with vision.
and the bug's entry route has been traced to specialized liver cells called Kupffer cells. But exactly how the parasite traverses these cells is not clear.
all cellular traffic passes through the cell membrane, and likely interacts with the proteins embedded there, such as neurotransmitter and hormone receptors.
and realize that nucleoporins are more than just transport proteins. Nucleoporinsf which there are about 30 versionsre typically part of nuclear pore complexes,
researchers have assumed the mutations led to disease by altering the transport of proteins in and out of a cell nucleus. ow,
and glucose-sensing enzymes that rapidly release their cargo when blood sugar levels get too high.
The research shows the parasite Leishmania which infects 12 million people worldwide often harbors a virus that helps the parasite survive treatments.
She taps the phone's screen in a certain pattern, records a spoken phrase and walks a short distance while the phone's motion sensors measure her gait."
#Disabled People Pilot A Robot Remotely With Their Thoughts, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Study Disabled People Pilot A Robot Remotely With Their Thoughts Using a telepresence system developed at EPFL,
while displaying the face of the remote pilot via Skype. The person at the controls,
the pilot can also take a break from giving indications. If it doesn receive more indications,
and the computer, allowing the pilot to rest while navigating. No difference between healthy and disabled subjects In the end
the tests revealed no difference in piloting ability between healthy and disabled subjects. In the second part of the tests, the disabled people with residual mobility were asked to pilot the robot with the movements they were still capable of doing,
when theye ready to harvest again is about $53 million. eople have been flying overhead to look over the damage with helicopters,
#Flight Flies on 100 Percent Biofuels This week saw the first-ever completely biofuel-powered flight take place.
The National Research Council of Canada conducted the first flight on 100 percent renewable, drop in biofuel on its Falcon 20 jet, according to oilprice. com, marking a huge milestone for the aviation and renewable energy industries.
Oilseed crops commercialized by Agrisoma were used as a feedstock and transformed by Applied Research Associates into a complete replacement fuel for conventional jet fuel.
Previously, flights on biofuels had been limited to a 50 percent blend with petroleum making this a major breakthrough.
Progress in biofuel-powered flights and the Navy continued pursuit of alternative energy are great steps to help the United states build a biobased economy
Mastercard is launching a small pilot programme involving 500 people that uses fingerprints -but also facial scans to verify online transactions,'CNN Money'reported.
which route to take. The company, which was founded by two 28-year-old former journalists Blankesteijn
and The New york times, have gone down the paywall route. Others, including The Guardian and Mail Online, are sticking to advertising-funded free content.
The plan is to spend $300 million to help train more female engineers and computer scientists,
A graph appears showing average traffic for every hour of the day. For example, the feature shows that the Shake Shack location in Madison Square Park which is one of the busiest locations in New york city has peak traffic on Wednesdays around 7 p m.
Saturdays around 3 p m, . and Sundays around 2 p m."Do you ever find yourself trying to avoid long lines
and the full parliament, would allow Internet providers to use"reasonable"measures to manage online traffic,
Commuting apps, smart cars and smarter parking New apps and other technologies are improving the urban traffic experience.
will have on the future of traffic over the next decade or two. Applications that may make the most difference come from networking data and people.
or where there are bicycles to share may be relatively simple, but she says they offer the biggest opportunity.
Irving advocates an integrated platform that brings together automobiles, public transit, cycling and walking, with incentives to drive behaviour,
which foresees a transport network connecting vehicles, transport infrastructure and individual mobile devices. That strategy takes advantage of new-generation cars as rolling collections of sensors
Todd Litman of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute think tank expects those and other technologies, like smart parking
and implementing systems with apps that drivers can use to find out about available parking spots nearby and, in some cases,
and sensors to speed up the parking once they get there. In congested downtowns, drivers looking for parking account for up to a third of the automobile traffic.
Commuters in hundreds of cities can use apps to get real-time arrival information for public transit stops,
and data shows a modest increase in riders because of those apps. A City College of New york study of the New york city system found a two per cent increase in bus ridership through 2013
with much of that increase on the most-travelled routes. While Litman says these technologies will produce incremental improvements,"Every city
I know of is doing something to improve their walking, cycling and public transit, "which he says is the long-term solution to traffic congestion.
When it comes to decisions about roads and expressways, those cities have to consider a difficult-to-discern future.
Nonetheless, the average American spends over 40 hours per year stuck in traffic, it found. A study published this month in the Journal of the American Planning Association found that between 1995 and 2009,
because if we're directing our growth to places people don't have access to by public transit,
we're simply adding more drivers to an already overloaded road system, "Keesmaat says. For her, public transit, not cars, is where technology could have a transformative role.
She notes that increasing vehicle occupancy helps, but, for example, with 69 per cent of the people coming into downtown Toronto taking public transit,"At the end of the day,
the significant changes in urban mobility really have to do with the growing sophistication of public transit."
"The Toronto Transit Commission will be rolling out automatic train control in 2017. Keesmaat says that could produce as much as a 20 per cent capacity increase by allowing trains to operate closely together,
while eventually saving money on salaries through the driverless trains. When he was recently in Istanbul to do a workshop for transit planners,
Litman learned that city is buying a fleet of 400 new buses, all with onboard Wi-fi, USB ports at every seat and bike racks.
He says the incremental costs are tiny for new bus fleets but these features could attract 20 to 40 per cent of people who would otherwise drive.
From San francisco Jeff Wood monitors developments in urban transport technology at The Direct Transfer website. While he says"transit agencies are pretty far behind the times
when it comes to tech, "he adds that interesting new things are happening all over the place, from driverless trolleys and subway trains in Copenhagen, Vancouver and elsewhere,
to various systems for powering buses, including rapidly charging the batteries of electric buses at their route stops.
Wood says increasing the frequency of buses and trains is key, but"the network is the biggest thing:"
"public transit integrated with car sharing, bikesharing, Uber, Lyft, and similar services, and eventually autonomous vehicles a
#Cord-cutting grows as more people flee traditional TV, report says In living rooms across the country, viewers are cutting ties with conventional television
and hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake. Growing number of Canadians cutting traditional television, CBC research shows A new report predicts that cord cutting is poised to gain momentum,
She taps the phone's screen in a certain pattern, records a spoken phrase and walks a short distance while the phone's motion sensors measure her gait."
but for me nothing is worse than seeing my car covered in slush and road salt.
thanks to Transport for London finally getting around to approving them after several years of work on the topic.
This means that there finally some competition for the diesel-fume-belching cabs there now.
acceleration isn likely to match that of the Tesla Model Swhich you can also hail for taxi in service in London,
but I going to guess is between 25 and 35 miles) is estimated to save taxi drives between £20 and £40 per day,
the environmental benefits via reduced emissions and air pollution are certainly worth noting taxis are, after all, responsible for a great deal of air pollution in many large cities l
#Bridj A Popup Bus That Learns Travelers Habits Boston transportation has a new private transit app that learns the habits
Transit options become streamlined by the app itself. ridj is your everyday transportation system that adapts in real-time to where you live work and play,
a popup bus service that shows up where people need it to. Katharine Q. Seelye wrote in the New york times about this new way of transport.
Seelye explains the unpredictability of the subway according to typical Boston commuter. This problem and the walking distance coupled with that makes it difficult as a reliable transportation for the busy worker with punctual needs.
For example atie Pasciucco, 34, an account manager at a software company, is a typical Boston commuter.
Her door-to-door trip to work is just 4. 5 miles but takes at least 50 maddening minutes.
The problems with the T are the reason people will pay more for Bridj instead of the city bus fare of $1. 50 and subway fare of $2.
switching from a Web-based booking system with predetermined routes to a model that driven by the app
Bridj is one of many means in this Boston market of transit services. Third in the country as far as cities not dependent on owning cars for transportation,
Boston is full of transit options. Perhaps Bridj might look at electric vehicles soon. In the world of electric buses, the big name is BYD, a Zayed Future Energy Prize winner,
but there also Proterra, Motiv Power, and others. A new partnership between Google and Motiv Power works as follows:
Public transit, car sharing, Bridj and growing options of transit are all nice. One of the key advantages of electric buses,
not just select cities and routes
#Lithium batteries With 200%Typical Energy density Solid Energy, a Boston-based startup, recently said it has developed battery materials that have 200%greater energy density.
More biorefineries such as the Calgren plant could help California solve multiple challenges a boost in production of clean transport fuels, the reduction in agricultural waste and for local residents,
ultra-low carbon transportation fuels, said Regenis Vice president Bryan Vanloo. Furthermore, Steve Dvorak, President of DVO, reminded the audience that one cow alone creates about 100 to 130 cubic feet of biogas a day,
In the US alone, it estimated that about 27%of people live in some sort of apartment situation with shared parking.
gas stations will become obsolete as people refill at home instead of at the Quik-E-Mart a
water comes throughn your basements, in a parking garage. Secondly, if this water gets to the steel reinforcementsn concrete we have all these steel rebarsf they corrode, the structure collapses.
It is now a standard material for everything from road surfaces to roadway infrastructure items, such as sidewalks, curbs, and gutters.
#Finally A Declared Road To North american Energy & Climate Action The US, Canada, and Mexico have mirrored just the European union in seeking a continent-wide approach to North american energy and related climate change.
offsetting 45 million metric tons of damaging carbon emissions the equivalent of removing 10 million cars off our roads
and highways. ailing the new ITC extension, Resch added, e applaud Congressman Thompson for his continued leadership on issues vital to our economy
Norsepower trials confirm fuel savings of 2. 6 percent using a single small Rotor Sail on a route in the North sea.
followed by the 18-meter-high rotor during an ordinary seven-hour harbor stay. Norsepower target installation for vessels is four large rotors installed on one vessel.
With these larger installations, Norsepower forecasts substantial savings of 20 percent for vessels traveling on favorable wind routes.
easy to finance, more convenient, popular and clean energy and transport that will get even cheaper over time.
They know that today we spend around twice as much on motor transport fuel as we do on electricity.
#Google street view Now Monitors Urban Air pollution Wee come to rely on Google street view for everything from roads to hiking paths to coral reefs,
when 40,000 vehicles hit the road but O3 levels were low because sunshine had started just its photochemical reactions.
imperceptible magneto-sensitive skin that enables proximity detection navigation and touchless control the paper's abstract reads.
The X-37b space plane, a secretive, experimental program run by the Air force, is capable of remaining in space for almost two years.
The mini military space plane is poised for liftoff Wednesday on another long orbital test flight. The three previous missions also began with rocket launches from Cape canaveral Air force station.
Although largely mum about this X-37b flight, the Air force has acknowledged a thruster experiment involving electric propulsion.
'We are investigating an experimental propulsion system on the X-37b on Mission 4,'Captain Chris Hoyler,
Spaceflightnow. com revealed more details of the flight, which is described as a'hall thruster electric propulsion test.'
'It's conceivable that a spy plane would introduce new versatility into overhead reconnaissance.''The X-37b space drone,
However, it lands using a runway like a normal aircraft. The X-37b is too small to carry people onboard,
but does have a cargo bay similar to that of a pickup truck, which is just large enough to carry a small satellite.
The plane has been in space for a total of 674 days, far more than its two previous flights
#Lightsail launches to test revolutionary solar technology in Earth orbit A small spacecraft designed to test solar sail technology in Earth orbit has taken flight in a successful launch.
On this particular flight, though, Lightsail will be in too low an orbit to escape the clutches of Earth.
But this flight will be a key test to not only prove that the physics of solar sailing works as theorised
#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:
20:46 GMT, 2 june 2015 Air force bosses have revealed they hope to have a hypersonic plane capable of crossing countries in minutes by 2023.
the Pentagon's research entity, plan to have a new and improved hypersonic air vehicle by 2023.
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.'
'The new air vehicle could be used to transport sensors, equipment or weaponry in the future, depending upon how the technology develops.
so the military could strike targets at a safe distance without putting pilots and aircraft at risk.'
Experimental unmanned aircraft developed for the U s. Air force have gone already hypersonic during tests off the Southern California coast,
The test marked the fourth and final flight of an X-51a by the Air force
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,
currently today to get from NY to LA is a five hour flight in a commercial aircraft.
'The previous three flights ended in failure or didn't reach the intended speed. Though the aircraft was designed to reach Mach 6,
or six times the speed of sound, program officials were satisfied with its performance in the latest test.'
accelerating the aircraft to Mach 5. 1 at 60,000 feet. The flight ended with a planned plunge into the ocean.
The Waverider traveled more than 230 miles in six minutes making it the longest hypersonic flight of its kind.
Engineers gathered data before it splashed down. Darryl Davis, president of Boeing Phantom Works, which built the Waverider,
it said it will continue hypersonic flight research c
#Drown out screaming children and loud commuters with volume knobs for your EARS: Buds alter pitch to tune out any sound Ever wanted to drown out certain sounds around you,
such as the roar of a passing subway or a crying baby? An innovative pair of wireless earbuds promises to do just that, by changing the pitch
the company explained. uppress the jet engine on an airplane. Reduce a baby crying. Boost the bass at a club.
In a video, the company revealed how at the touch of a button the sound of a passing subway could be silenced.
stadiums and flights) where you can control and curate what happening in real time.'
#World's first BIOLIMB created: Dead arm'brought back to life'in the lab could allow amputees to grow replacement limbs In a world first,
#Planes may soon have SELF-HEALING wings: 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.
But British chemists have a solution-a self-healing compound that could enable wings to heal themselves in a similar way to how human skin repairs itself.
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.
self-healing technology could also make safety checks by airlines become much cheaper to carry out.
and much like fighter jet pilots are ejected from their downed aeroplane, we have discovered certain molecules are pushed free from the dying cell,
or infection. lternatively we may have discovered the transportation mechanism for a virus to infect other parts of the body.
to target unmanned planes in the air. By directing high-frequency microwaves towards a target, it is theoretically possibly to destroy unprotected electronics.
The deal was announced at the Paris Airshow. Oneweb constellation will be ten times as large as any commercial network launched so far,
#Ford unveils its all-terrain electric bike: Folding Mode: Flex has sat-nav, collision sensors and adapts to roads and mountains By Victoria Woollaston for Mailonline Published:
10:54 GMT, 24 june 2015 Updated: 10:54 GMT, 24 june 2015 Google and Blocks may be leading the way
At a conference in California, the car maker unveiled its latest prototype folding electric bike called Mode:
It builds on the technology used in Ford's previous electric bikes but adds a twist-the battery,
Pro bikes unveiled at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona under Ford's Handle on Mobility scheme.
fold to fit on a train or in the boot of a car, and with pedal assist, help riders reach speeds of up to 15mph (25km/h). They are also part of the company's wider Smart mobility plan,
These handlebars also light up to make the bikes more visible to motorists. And each of the bikes works with an app called Mode:
Link, currently only compatible with the iphone 6. This app acts as a sat-nav
The app also finds bike-friendly roads, hazards and alerts, and could'communicate'with other vehicles.
Its multimodal navigation and smart routing lets riders filter journeys based on cost, time, and the amount of cycling required, compared to driving.
The bike's centre frame assembly includes the motor and battery, while the front and rear assemblies and wheels can be configured for road,
mountain or city riding''In many cities, driving your vehicle from home to work is explained not feasible
'The bike's centre frame assembly includes the motor and battery, while the front and rear assemblies and wheels can be configured for road, mountain or city riding.'
'It added the bike can also be charged while stowed in the back of a car.
As part of the announcement, Ford also said it is extending its Mode: Link app for use on the smartwatch to bring real-time data to the rider's wrist.
There are no immediate plans to release the bikes but Ford said they will help test alternative transportation ideas. t
#Medical cannabis DOESN'T ease pain, nausea, vomiting, sleep disorders or Tourette's By Lizzie Parry for Mailonline Published:
This results in better fuel economy and less wear on roads, it claims. Equipped with a 700-horsepower bi-fuel engine that can use either compressed natural gas or gasoline
#Could roads made from PLASTIC spell the end of potholes? Recycled bottles could finally end the scourge of every motorist By Jack Millner For Mailonline Published:
16:14 GMT, 14 july 2015 Updated: 17:43 GMT, 14 july 2015 Crumbling and neglected roads can lead to dangerous potholes
and agonising delays as a result of costly road works. But a new design could mean when a section of road gets damaged,
it can easily be removed and replaced, after a Dutch company announced their plans to build prefab plastic roads that could slot together like Lego bricks.
The project, dubbed Plasticroad, would see Rotterdam become the first city in the world to lay down plastic road tiles made in a factory in advance.
The company behind the idea, construction firm Volkerwessels, said that the surface would require less maintenance than the traditional road building material asphalt
and 80°C (176°F). Volkerwessels also said that the roads would be quicker to build, taking weeks instead of months.
making up two per cent of all transport emissions, according to the firm.''Plastic offers all kinds of advantages compared to current road construction,
both in laying the roads and maintenance,'Rolf Mars, the director of Volkerwessels'roads subdivision,
The firm claim that their plastic road would be lighter, reducing the load on the ground,
but the company say they will be ready to lay down the first plastic roads within three years.
Ideas suggested include heated roads or ultra-quiet surfaces.''It's still an idea on paper at the moment;
'We're looking for partners who want to collaborate on a pilot as well as manufacturers in the plastics industry,
when you sat in the passenger seat with a professional driver taking you around the track,
Scroll down for video Researchers say the new drive could carry passengers and their equipment to the moon in as little as four hours.
Solchip has plans to use them to monitor street traffic and the climate in vineyards. here are a lot of application areas,
but design options are constrained by existing capabilities in materials growth and assembly. e report routes to previously inaccessible classes of 3d constructs in advanced materials,
Texas has come up with a predictive navigation interface which is responsive to motion, analysing the speed
the app launches with no lift and tap or point and click required. According to the company, this updated look streamlines the interface, speeds up engagement with apps,
gestures or other ways of communicating with devices. ith Qilaunch Wear and all the coming versions of our interface, there are no top signsthat slow down navigation
so users have the fastest route to navigate and select apps, says Qi founder and CTO Jonathan Josephson J
The material exhibits different characteristics along the x-and y-axes in the same plane.
The material exhibits different characteristics along the x-and y-axes in the same plane.
Freight Farms transforms shipping containers into self-contained farms that grow fresh produce using LEDS and hydroponics,
a 42-story commercial building overlooking the Statue of liberty and New york Harbor; by year end, IPSOFT will take over three more floors to accommodate its growing staff. eople argued with me,
naming her after aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. In the wake of the media frenzy that greeted the announcement,
Funding will also work to shape a stream re-route of Mammoth Creek to connect properly to its natural stream source.
The first action to be taken under the agreement will be a study on the economic impact of electric transportation in the United states. The EEI
and that he viewed it as essential that the UK be able to intercept email and online traffic as well.
Common carriage laws were applied widely to railways and other transportation/distribution mediums. Common carriers were understood historically to provide many benefits,
#Quantum signatures of electronic transport in graphene discovered The key to making useful nanoelectronic devices from graphene is to first understand,
control of the millibot would theoretically transfer over to standard low power MRI navigation. Lest the reader think that this is all just pie in the sky,
The main picture at the top shows a commercial magnetic navigation system already used for advanced cardiac procedures.
This device, called the Niobe Remote Magnetic Navigation system, steers a catheter through the vasculature by bending it at various control points that react to the magnetic field.
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