Proponents of net neutrality, who demand that web traffic be treated equally by networks, have criticised already the move.
#Highways and'i-ways':'How Modi wooed Silicon valley It's remarkable, given the strength of the Indian expat community in California,
said the country needs both highways and"i-ways, "by which he meant fibre internet,
People produce two different kinds of haemoglobin-the vital molecule that picks up oxygen in the lungs and transports it around the body."
Potential applications already exist for this emerging technology, such as medical imaging, the improvement of navigation systems or even for searches based on images rather than on text.
Similar research into how the related Plasmodium pathogen performs this trick had identified a so-called rotein export complexthat transports encoded proteins from the parasite into its host red blood cell,
and so we went back to look at this longstanding phenomenon of nutrient transport, Gold said. When they added dyes to the host cell,
suggesting that this small-molecule transport function had been restored. ll of this came together to strongly suggest that this protein that is involved in protein export in Plasmodium may also have an additional function in small-molecule transport,
or slow down the transport through the system. Maiken Nedergaard, Ph d.,at the University of Rochester, a co-author on the study,
when standardizing future diagnostic imaging procedures to assess CSF-ISF transport in humans and therefor the assessment of the clearance of damaging brain proteins that may contribute to
that covers conducting airways of lung-tissue. The mucus barrierhich serves as a protector from foreign materials
because they possessed a positive charge that caused them to be tickyand adhere to the negatively charged mucus covering the airways.
this is the first biodegradable gene delivery system that efficiently penetrates the human airway mucus barrier of lung tissue,
and deliver their cargo, they could break down into additional therapeutic agents. We can now design two things into one.
Cells connect and communicate within a realistic geometry, rather than merely across a flat plane as in a 2-D culture.
for example, be"milk-taxi"."Familiarity is of no use here when participants try to remember this word pair,
The protein acts a bit like a tap to increase or reduce the production of natural compounds depending on how much of the protein is present.
"Attacks by Iranian hackers have targeted the military, oil and gas, energy and utilities, transportation, airlines, airports, hospitals and aerospace industries, among others,
and, perhaps most worryingly, airplanes and trains. Boisvert told Infiltrate he was concerned initially that a deadly July 2013 train crash in Spain was caused by a hacker (it turned out to be human error.
Nevertheless, his point remains: As transport systems become more hi-tech, they will also become more vulnerable to attack.
When the UK announced early last month that a new hi-tech rail traffic system would soon control all of Britain's trains,
experts worried aloud whether the system could potentially be hacked to cause a serious crash.""We know that the risk of a cyberattack will increase as we continue to roll out digital technology across the network,
And some cybersecurity experts fear that hackers aboard an aircraft could bring down the plane using the onboard Wi-fi many commercial jets now offer to passengers."
"Modern aircraft are connected increasingly to the internet. This interconnectedness can potentially provide unauthorized remote access to aircraft avionics systems,
"the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a statement. Michael B. Kelley contributed to this report
You can drink water free out of the tap, and it's good water.""Journalists and amused fans took to Twitter to mock Jay z's ignorance of the fact that people pay taxes
and fees to have a company make water come out of your tap. An executive from a water company even wrote an open letter to Jay z,
The U s. coding site Github said on Sunday it was deflecting most of the traffic from the cyberattack that had caused intermittent outages.
"Eighty-seven hours in, our mitigation is deflecting most attack traffic, "the Github Status account said in a tweet."
according to the Wall street journal. They pushed massive amounts of traffic to Github by redirecting overseas users of the popular Chinese search engine Baidu Inc,
"Today, I'm excited to share that we've successfully completed our first test flight of these aircraft in the U k,
Calif. Test flights are set to continue in the summer. In early stages of development The drones are currently being developed by Ascenta,
And that's to say nothing of the red tape Facebook would have to manoeuvre to get a fleet of remotely controlled aircraft in the skies around the world.
"Aircraft like these will help connect the whole world, because they can affordably serve the 10 per cent of the world's population that live in remote communities without existing internet infrastructure,
and will tap into a Kansas wheat variety repository that dates back to the 1900s in hopes of finding a variety perhaps one that fell out of favour among commercial farmers that might already be low in reactivity for celiac sufferers.
Copsin promotes antibiotic effect"Horse dung is a very rich substrate that harbours a diversity of microorganisms,
2 or 3). They made 4. 3 billion IP ADDRESSES to handle all that traffic. It seemed like an astronomical amount at the time.
#Airbus patents plane that could fly from New york to London in 1 hour A rocket-plane that could fly from Vancouver to Tokyo in three hours instead of 10 has been patented by Airbus. The U s. patent for an"ultra-rapid air vehicle
Airbus said the plane would be targeted mainly at business travel and VIP passengers"who require transcontinental return journeys within one day,
"and at the military. The document states that the supersonic plane could carry 20 passengers
or two to three tonnes and reach up to 4. 5 times the speed of sound (Mach 4. 5) around 5 500 kilometres per hour.
That would allow it to fly about 9, 000 kilometres from Paris to San francisco (currently an 11-hour flight) or Tokyo to Los angeles (currently a 10-hour flight) in three hours,
the plane could cover the 5, 600-kilometre distance between New york and London, normally a seven to eight hour flight, in an hour.
However, that doesn't take into account that the plane wouldn't be at its top speed for the entire duration of the flight.
The plane would achieve its extreme speed with a combination of three sets of engines turbojets for taxiing, takeoff and landing;
The turbojets and rocket motor fold into the body of plane when not in use and the plane also has adjustable fins to make it more aerodynamic.
It would be fuelled by hydrogen and liquid oxygen. The speed of the plane would be double that of two previously built supersonic planes, neither
of which is still in service: The Concorde, built by Aerospatiale and British Aircraft Corp. The Tupolev tu-144 or"Charger"built by Voronezh Aircraft Production Association.
No sonic boom on ground But the patent says its main improvement over those two is that it reduces the noise of the sonic boom a loud bang caused by shockwaves created by an object moving faster than the speed of sound."
if not the only one, preventing the opening of lines other than transatlantic ones for the Concorde aircraft,
The plane does that by being"near-vertical, "like a rocket, while ramping up to supersonic speed
and its cruising altitude of 30,000 to 35,000 metres 20 kilometres higher than conventional commercial aircraft.
"The sound energy dissipates in a ring around the plane, parallel to the ground, so that no shockwave hits the ground.
The only noise would be directly under the plane, "is confined to the vicinity of the airport
and lasts for roughly less than one minute, "the patent says. That caused Gupta to describe it as a"supersonic roller-coaster"in a video featuring the new patent.
"Airbus has filed other unusual aircraft patents in the past. For example, last summer, it filed a patent to bicycle-style seats on planes that would make it possible to cram more passengers in the same amount of space.
And last fall, it patented an aircraft cabin shaped like a giant flying saucer n
#Mars simulation project: 6 people start 1 year of isolation in Hawaii dome Six people will spend the next year living in a dome in Hawaii in the name of science.
The crew is part of the University of Hawaii's fourth Hawaii space exploration analog and simulation (HI-SEAS) mission,
which simulates Mars missions. The six members entered the dome on Friday. They will spend the next 365 days pretending to be on Mars. They'll be living in a two-storey dome where cameras,
The crew is made up of: Gifford tweeted"a last view of Earth"before she and the rest of the crew entered the dome.
In the dome, the crew will share a kitchen, a dining space, an exercise area, an office and a lab on the first floor.
The only full bathroom, with a shower, is on the first floor. The second floor is a loft space with six bedrooms, each with a bed, desk and chair.
So far, the crew seems in good spirits. They enjoyed their"first dinner in simulated space.""On the menu?
#International trio blasts off for 2-day journey to Space station A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a three-man international crew,
The crew is commanded by veteran Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, joined by rookie Andreas Mogensen from the European space agency (ESA) and Aidyn Aimbetov,
another first time space flyer from Kazakhstan's space agency Kazcosmos. ESA dubbed Mogensen"Denmark's Gagarin,"a reference to the Soviet cosmonaut and first man in space, Yuri Gagarin.
it has an 800-volt electric powertrain with 600 horsepower that can accelerate to 100 km per hour in 3. 5 seconds."
But with such high-profile names, with established reputations as luxury automakers, entering the all-electric market, they could pose competition for Tesla down the road.
#U s. expected to announce drone registry The U s. federal government will require many drone aircraft to be registered,
since last year, including sightings near manned aircraft and major sporting events, and interference with wildfire-fighting operations, the government said."
the FAA and the Transportation department are setting up a 25-to 30-member task force including government and industry officials and hobbyists.
The FAA now receives about 100 reports a month from pilots who say they've seen drones flying near planes
and airports, compared with only a few sightings per month last year. So far there have been no accidents,
if it is sucked into an engine or smashes into an airliner's windshield. In cases where drones have crashed where they were supposed not to be crowded flying at sports stadiums
to test technology that could locate the operators of small drones that are flying illegally near airports.
#More Indian Airports Set to Go Solar Recently, the Kochi airport in the south Indian state of Kerala switched to solar power
and created headlines across the world. Now, another airport is set to adopt solar power to meet a majority of its power needs.
The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose airport in Kolkata will have a utility-scale solar power project of 15 to 20 MW capacity.
The project will be set up over a 55 acres area and would meet 60%of the airport power needs.
The airport authorities will soon launch tender for the implementation of the project with financial resources worth $20 million already having been allocated for the project.
The project will be able to meet the entire demand of the airport during the day,
but during the night the airport would be required to purchase power from the grid. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) recently announced that major airports in the western state of Rajasthan would also set up solar power projects to meet a part of their power demand.
The Jaipur airport already has a 100 kw rooftop solar power system and is planning to set up a 1. 8 MW ground-based power project.
Airports at Jodhpur Jaisalmer, and Bikaner are also planning to set up rooftop projects. Other Indian airports have also set up solar power projects to meet a part of the demand,
as well as earn additional revenue. Delhi Indira Gandhi International airport, operated by GMR Infrastructure, has a solar power project registered under the Renewable energy Certificates schemes.
Large commercial and industrial consumers in India are increasingly looking to set up renewable energy projects to meet their power demand,
instead of relying on traditional supply from utilities. Power tariffs levied by utilities have been increasing rapidly,
meeting rising demand for power, transport and other uses in a way that is economically sustainable and safeguards livelihoods. he report identifies four key modern technologies as having the ighest deployment potentialsfor Africa modern biomass for cooking
The proof of concept study represents a promising route to mitigate the build up of carbon dioxide,
increasing the risk of complications down the road. Despite the complexity to this part of the chest, Csiro Australia, in conjunction with Anatomics, stepped up to the challenge and developed exactly what the doctors ordered.
#Are self-driving cars a danger to cyclists? Google patents a way for autonomous vehicles to understand hand signals A Google patent has revealed that the firm self-driving cars will be able to detect
The documents reveals that the car array of sensors will notice a cyclist among other objects and vehicles on the road.
It does this by examining the height of objects it may think are compared cyclists with the average height of cyclists it has identified previously.
The car measures the distance between the top of the cyclist head and the pavement at various ranges,
whether a cyclist is present, and then identify parts of his or her body. Its computers compare the distance between the cyclist hand
and head to decide whether a cyclist is turning or stopping, the patent says. The algorithm will also look at the angle at which the cyclist elbow is bending,
and the size and shape of the cyclist hands, arms and head. he computing device may be configured to determine other subsets relating to other aspects of the cyclist, such as one or more subsets indicative of a type of vehicle of the cyclist,
the patent reads. HOW DOES GOOGLE'S AUTONOMOUS CAR WORK? Google's prototype two-seater'bubble'cars have buttons to begin and end the drive,
but no other controls. An onboard computer uses data from sensors, including radar, a laser and cameras,
passengers might set their destination by typing it into a map or using commands. The cars are expected also to be electric,
cars, road signs and markings and traffic lights. n some embodiments, the type of vehicle of the cyclist may include other means of transportation such as a scooter or moped.
The airbags would be made a new'memory foam'material that doesn't simply cause the pedestrian or cyclists to bounce off.
The head of self-driving cars for Google expects real people to be using them on public roads in two to five years.
Urmson wouldn't give a date for putting driverless cars on roads en masse saying that the system has to be safe enough to work properly.
Several other states have passed laws formally allowing autonomous cars on public roads without that restriction. The company in December announced that it had a fully functioning prototype that's been driving on its test track
or catching a bit of shut-eye while on long distance train rides or at festivals.''A couple of years ago I was bed in trying to get to sleep after a busy day and
however, hasn stopped Emdrive development rights being bought by aircraft giant Boeing and the UK Government funding the early development of Mr Shawyer ideas.
the jet airliner and the programmable electronic computer. When I tracked down Mr Shawyer to his base in Havant, Hants,
but ut an end to wings and wheelsby making traditional forms of transport redundant. His prototype looks like something sci-fi writer Jules Verne might have dreamt up to blast Victorians to the Moon.
Never mind the HS2 rail link he sees transport revolutionised as planes, trains and cars are replaced by craft that can whisk us from London to Sydney in a just a few hours by flying most of the way in the outer limits of our atmosphere. he most important thing is that Emdrive is green,
convenient and will change our world in the next few decades, he says. e cannae alter the laws of physics,
whenever Captain Kirk asked him to push it to the limit once more. Perhaps he was right. But an invention from Hampshire may yet pave the way for us to turn science fiction into reality
#When a bike and car MERGE: Futuristic C-1 can reach 100mph and will NEVER fall over thanks to its self-balancing technology By Jack Millner For Mailonline Published:
'Our vehicle is the future of transportation, 'said founder of Lit Motors, Danny Kim, in a statement.'
the C-1 has enough space for a passenger in the backseat. It also allows the driver to squeeze into parking spaces normally reserved for motorcycles.
Kim hopes the product will hit the market within two years and cost from $24, 000 (£15, 000) 0
and potholed roads are numbered after a microbiologist developed a self-healing concrete that mends cracks using bacteria.
The process also works on existing buildings and roads thanks to a special liquid containing the bacteria that can be sprayed onto cracks.
which helps people remember events such as where they parked their car in a multi-storey car park or where they left a set of keys.
Airbus files patent for a hypersonic jet more than double the speed of Concorde A trip from London to New york could take just one hour
The aerospace manufacturer is designing a hypersonic jet that it hopes will take people between the two major cities faster than most daily commutes.
The US Patent and Trademark Office recently approved an application from Airbus for the new jet,
The jet is described as'an air vehicle including a fuselage a gothic delta wing distributed on either side of the fuselage,
and a system of motors able to propel the air vehicle.''The patent describes how three different types of engine,
powered by different forms of hydrogen, would work together to propel the vehicle at speeds of 3, 425mph (5,
500km/h). Two turbo jets would allow the aircraft to climb vertically at takeoff, before retracting into the fuselage just before it reaches the speed of sound.
A rocket motor would take it to an altitude of 100, 000ft (30,000 metres. The wing-mounted ramjets would then take control to push the jet to its final speed.
Airbus says it has designed the craft's aerodynamics to limit sonic boom, which was a major problem for Concorde
Passengers on the aircraft will be limited to 20.''In the case of civil applications, the market envisaged is principally that of business travel and VIP passengers,
who require transcontinental return journeys within one day,'the patent states. Airbus thinks the jet would be able to complete trips such as Tokyo to Los angeles in just three hours.
The aircraft manufacturer says the hypersonic jet could also be for military applications, working to transport soldiers at rapid speeds.
But Airbus isn't the only one vying to create hypersonic aircraft technology. Last month, Air force bosses revealed they hope to have a hypersonic plane capable of crossing countries in minutes by 2023.
Several tests of hypersonic projectiles have already been carried out. Air force Chief Scientist Mica Endsley told Military. com that the Air Force and Darpa,
the Pentagon's research entity, plan to have a new and improved hypersonic air vehicle by 2023.
Experimental unmanned aircraft developed for the U s. Air force have gone already hypersonic during tests off the Southern California coast,
flying at more than five times the speed of sound. The Air force said a craft known as the X-51a Waverider flew for more than three minutes under power from its exotic scramjet engine and hit a speed of Mach 5. 1 last year.
The new air vehicle could be used to transport sensors equipment or weaponry in the future, depending upon how the technology develops.
Firms buy Nokia's map business in bid to beat tech firms with self driving cars and navigation German carmakers BMW,
which self-driving cars linked to wireless networks can perform functions such as recalculating a route to the nearest electric charging station or around a traffic jam or accident.
They are used also in everything from consumer smartphone navigation to local transport services. At a later stage, the carmakers will invite private equity firm General Atlantic to join the consortium as an investor and potential mediator
The simulation shows Google's car being rear ended at 17mph at a junction in Mountain view after stopping at a red traffic lightin a blog post
'Our self-driving cars are being hit surprisingly often by other drivers who are distracted and not paying attention to the road.'
but traffic was backed up on the far side, so three cars, including ours, braked and came to a stop so as not to get stuck in the middle of the intersection.'
and not watching the road ahead.''Thankfully, everyone in both vehicles was okay, except for a bit of minor whiplash,
Self-driving cars could also improve traffic congestion and transport the elderly and disabled. Google shocked the auto industry in 2010 with its announcement that it was working on a driverless car.
when a cyclist ran a red light. Another car, driven by a human, went ahead and nearly hit the cyclist.
The system isn't perfect. On a test drive one of Google's Lexus SUVS seemed momentarily confused
Later, during a demonstration drive in Google's parking lot, the prototype-without a wheel or pedal-braked
that can pilot the car on the highway with minimal input from the driver. Unlike Google, automakers think self-driving cars will arrive feature-by-feature instead of all at once,
'Our goal is to create something safer than human drivers, 'he said
#Neuroon mask helps you avoid jet lag by tricking brain into changing time zones A revolutionary smart mask promises to help you stave off the dreaded effects of jet lag by preparing your body for the time difference before you even board the flight.
It syncs with an app to tell you when to seek light in the days before a journey,
and artificially triggers sensors in your eyes during the flight to trick the brain into adjusting to the new time zone.
or train, behind them. You can see the train hanging there glowing in the sky for a few seconds-sometimes for several minutes-after the meteor has gone.'
'He also urged people to keep a special eye out for the International space station.''It will move from the west below the bright star Arcturus
'And it will be the brightest thing in the sky, apart from aircraft. It'll be in mid sky from southern England
President and chief executive of Thoth Caroline Roberts claims the space tower will also include self-landing rocket technologies to herald a new era of space transportation.
but landing at 12 miles (20 km) above sea level will make space flight more like taking a passenger jet.'
'From the top of the tower, space planes will launch in a single stage to orbit,
With RAF jets already being replaced by drones piloted by men sitting at computer screens many miles away,
which could target the enemy without putting the crew in harm way. And along the ship sides would be missile tubes for defensive hypersonic missiles directed energy weapons to stop small enemy craft loaded with explosives.
#Robotic Landing gear could help pilots land on rocky mountains and moving boats Helicopters may be able to move in any direction in the air,
but rigid landing gear means they are only able to land and takeoff on stable, flat surfaces.
To solve this problem, engineers have designed Robotic Landing gear. The system comprises four articulated legs that can bend to land on uneven terrain
and it is hoped the prototype system may one day enable rescue and military helicopters to land in remote and rocky locations.
Instead of traditional landing gear, the system has jointed four legs that are able to fold up next to the helicopter fuselage or body while in flight.
Each leg has built a sensor into it, enabling the craft to'feel'its way onto a surface.
and uses a sensor to determine in real-time the appropriate angle to assume to ensure that the helicopter stays level without risking the rotor touching the landing area,
unmanned helicopter-successfully demonstrated the ability to land and take off from terrain that would be impossible to operate from with standard landing gear.
Having the ability to land on and take off from angled, irregular and moving surfaces would greatly expand the effectiveness of helicopters across many military and rescue missions, where stable,
flat surfaces are often unavailable. WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF ROBOTIC LEGS? Reduced risk of damage during hard landings, by as much as a factor of five, compared to conventional landing gear Stable landing and takeoff on sloping terrain of up to 20 degrees, more than twice current limits and on craggy,
boulder-strewn or otherwise irregular terrain Ship landings in violent sea states For example, the landing gear is designed to let a helicopter touch down on sloping terrain up to 20 degrees,
which is not currently possible, as well as on irregular terrain. Mr Bagai explained the system also reduced the risk of damage during hard landings by as much as a factor of five
compared to conventional landing gear. As well as working on new landing systems, Darpa is developing swarms of reusable drone aircraft that can work together to perform a mission,
which it has called the Gremlins program. The idea is to replace the expensive and increasingly vulnerable multi-function combat aircraft
Instead, they propose deploying from the air smaller unmanned aircraft, each with different capabilities, to perform a mission before retrieving them mid-air
Darpa said the program has been named deliberately Gremlins after the imps that British pilots during World war Two adopted as their good luck charms.
'Our goal is to conduct a compelling proof-of-concept flight demonstration that could employ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and other modular, non-kinetic payloads in a robust, responsive and affordable manner.'
fitting somewhere between missiles and conventional aircraft. The agency is hoping to build on its automated mid-air refuelling technology alongside the sea based platforms for capturing drones as they come into land.
'We wouldn't be discarding the entire airframe, engine, avionics and payload with every mission,
and recovered mid-flight along with navigation and flight control systems s
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