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#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

and related method for aerial locomotion"was awarded to Airbus, also known as the European aeronautic defence and space company, in July. Airbus said the plane would be targeted mainly at business travel

At its factory in the southern Chinese industrial boomtown of Shenzhen, orange robot arms work alongside human operators assembling computer mice and keyboards."

Rapoo installed 80 robots made by Sweden's ABB Ltd. to assemble mice, keyboards and their sub-components.

TCL uses 978 machines to produce flat screen TV panels. At another TCL plant in Hefei, near Shanghai, steel refrigerator frames are bent into shape before being plucked by a blue Yasakawa robot arm that stacks them in neat rows for further assembly.

#Paralyzed man walks again using brain-computer link A brain-to-computer technology that can translate thoughts into leg movements has enabled a man paralyzed from the waist down by a spinal cord injury to become the first such patient to walk without the use of robotics,

along with a Youtube video. The feat was accomplished using a system allowing the brain to bypass the injured spinal cord

and instead send messages through a computer algorithm to electrodes placed around the patient's knees to trigger controlled leg muscle movements.

but incremental achievement in the development of brain-computer interfaces that may one day help stroke

Practised with virual reality In previous research by other scientists, a brain-computer interface has been used to allow paralyzed patients to grasp a cup of coffee with a robotic arm

and were transmitted to a computer for processing by a special algorithm that could isolate the messages related only to leg motion

The scientists and patient first practiced with a virtual-reality-like video game in which Fritz was trained to control a walking avatar.

and Foxx said it's especially important that new drone users be taught the responsibilities that come with flying.

but it should not become a prohibitive burden for recreational users who fly for fun and educational purposes

The FAA signed an agreement last month with CACI International Inc.,an information technology company in Arlington, Virginia,

The technology would let the government track radio signals used to operate drones within a 5-mile radius

The 24/7 device monitors a user's blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen levels and does ECG readings

The Ideabank mobile ATM is linked to an Android app, with the popular i3 already roaming the streets of Warsaw.

all controlled through an Android phone app. Of course there are elements other than entrepreneurs that might want a mobile ATM to come to them.

Utilities used to make deals with large energy users, such as factories, and call them on the phone to cut power use during peak power days.

For example in the middle of a hot summer day when the load from air conditioning is high, grid operators struggle to meet the demand.

businesses formed that collect the demand response commitments from multiple large energy users. Then they sell that capacity to reduce power

Smart thermostat maker Nest uses its internet-connected thermostat to respond to demand response requests on peak demand days.

#How Sunport Delivers Solar energy Without the Panels At of the end of 2014, the amount of electricity from solar power being generated in the US was only 0. 8%of the total energy mix in our electrical grid.

just like how your smartphone runs on the (very costly) mobile network you don own. Using Sunport does not mean you have to pay for your power twice.

Sunport simply adds a small additional cost that provides the solar upgrade which also pays to help support new solar farms feeding even more solar into the grid.

This upgrade cost is considerably less than standard grid power, since it just for the upgrade and not the electricity itself.

As an example, a month solar upgrade for your laptop from a Sunport will cost no more than $2 extra,

and even less than $1 for many people. But, for backers of the current Kickstarter campaign, the Sunport comes with the first year solar included in the cost of the hardware.

So no matter how much you use your Sunport the rest year there will be no extra cost for the solar upgrade. fter that,

we expect unlimited solar will cost no more than a few of dollars a month, but we also plan to offer ways for people to get it for free,

or gaming console, plugged into an enabled Sunport consumes solar energy without requiring any additional steps.

That way, each Sunjoule micro credit upgrades a little bit of power today, helps add a little more new solar production to the grid

multiplied by many users, over time causes a lot of good, adds Droege. So, in a nutshell, Sunport tracks the energy you use,

the Sunport app will be developed so users will be able to track the energy they use. ee reinventing how people perceive

Building and maintaining offshore wind technology is compared expensive with onshore wind projects because of challenges such as transporting equipment and workers to the sites

500 milliamp-hour battery (7500 mah) for the times there is no wind. hat less than one charge for a laptop,

when it comes to their smart phones. Trinity is very light weight, so you can carry it with you as a reserve battery wherever you are added

which Agust says would power a laptop all day. Einar added that the 2, 500 watt model fits into the trunk of a car. o

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

Google announced its self-driving cars would be capable of doing this last year, but the latest patent reveals new details about how it would work.

Google algorithms can then decide 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 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,

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,

to make turns and negotiate its way around pedestrians and other vehicles. Under the vision unveiled by Google,

passengers might set their destination by typing it into a map or using commands. The cars are expected also to be electric,

and the ability to self-drive will depend on specifically designed Google road maps tested on the company's current fleet of vehicles.

and will be able to use Google's extended maps service, using GPS technology to locate the vehicle's exact position on an electronic map.

'with sensors linked to computer software able to'see 'and identify people, 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.

leaving open different possibilities for exactly how Google self-driving cars could work. Google says it begun discussions with most of the world's top automakers in a bid to get self-driving cars on the road by 2020.

In March, a separate patent revealed that Google's self driving car could have airbags both inside and out.

It shows an external airbag system in action that inflates if the car hits a pedestrian or other object.

The head of self-driving cars for Google expects real people to be using them on public roads in two to five years.

and Google would collect data on how they interact with other vehicles and pedestrians. Google is working on sensors to detect road signs and other vehicles,

and software that analyzes all the data. The small, bulbous cars without steering wheels or pedals are being tested at a Google facility in California.

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.

He told reporters at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit that Google doesn't know yet how it will make money on the cars.

Urmson wants to reach the point where his test team no longer has to pilot the cars.'

Google may face state regulatory hurdles depending on where it chooses to test the cars in public.

Under legislation that Google persuaded California lawmakers to pass in 2012, self-driving cars must have a steering wheel and pedals.

#Hackers use Breaking Bad to scam users: Ransomware produces Los Pollos Hermanos-themed threats to extort money By Ellie Zolfagharifard For Dailymail. com Published:

The malware confronts users with a message featuring the Los Pollos Hermanos logo, which is fried a fictional chicken shop in the TV SHOW.

Security researchers at Symantec recently uncovered the computer virus which they say is sweeping Australia. The hackers style themselves as real-life Walter Whites,

As well as asking for money, the demand also features an email address containing one of the show's most famous lines,

'Computer users who see the message are directed then to a website that shows them how to buy Bitcoins to pay the hackers.

who is part of the government's efforts to fight malicious software including ransomware. A Youtube video is opened in the background featuring a song used in a fictional radio station in the game Grand Theft Auto V.'We believe that the crypto ransomware uses social engineering techniques as a means of infecting victims'

writes Symantec on its blog.''The malware arrives through a malicious zip archive, which uses the name of a major courier firm in its file name.'

'This zip archive contains a malicious file called'PENALTY. VBS'(VBS. Downloader. Trojan) which when executed, downloads the crypto ransomware onto the victim's computer.'

'The threat also downloads and opens a legitimate. pdf file to trick users into thinking that the initial zip archive was not a malicious file.'

'There is currently no estimate to how many people have been affected by this particular virus . But the FBI says ransomware such as this is a growing problem.

The malicious software can attack any user an individual, small business, Fortune 500 company or a government agency.

Ransomware infiltrates a computer after a user clicks on a link or attachment in an email.

when a user visits a website, including well-known ones with good security systems, according to technology consultant Greg Miller of CMIT Solutions of Goshen, New york. Once inside the computer,

it encrypts or locks up files, making them impossible to use. It can also lock up a network of computers

if it infects a server, a computer that links PCS. During 2013, the number of attacks each month rose from 100,000 in January to 600,000 in December, according to a report last year by Symantec, the maker of antivirus software.

Those are the most recent figures available, but cybersecurity experts say the attacks are growing.

The company estimates on average, three per cent of users with infected machines pay a ransom r

#The headphones that helps you sleep ANYWHERE: Cushioned Kokoon senses when you're snoozing to turn down music Headphones are built not to sleep in-anyone struggling with a snoring partner will be familiar with that dilemma.

The cushioned headset adjusts the volume of your music by tracking how deeply you are sleeping using EEG sensors.

Kokoon has partnered with audio company Onkyo to deliver high definition audio through the Bluetooth headphones,

And the results may be useful in creating better memory storage systems for computers or medical sensors.

and erase luminescent information also suggests the potential for use in computer memory that encodes information with light rather than magnetism g

The computer game has been designed by neuroscientists at Cambridge university to help patients recover their ability to carry out everyday tasks that rely on having a good memory.

The computer game is called Wizard and is aimed at people who suffer with poor episodic memory-one of the main side effects of schizophrenia drugs.

and the new game is available through Peak's ios app

#London to New york in just ONE HOUR: 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

#Audi, Mercedes and BMW hit back at Google and Appple: Firms buy Nokia's map business in bid to beat tech firms with self driving cars and navigation German carmakers BMW,

Audi and Mercedes, will pay around 2. 5 billion euros ($2. 8 billion) to buy Nokia's maps business,

beating out high-tech rivals for location services seen as key to the future of self-driving cars.

known as HERE, clubbing together to keep the assets away from Internet rivals such as Uber of Silicon valley and China's Baidu and Tencent.

which Nokia will compensate the carmakers, the Finnish company said on Monday. Scroll down for video The transaction is expected to close in early 2016.

their parts suppliers and software rivals like Uber, Google or Apple.''With the joint acquisition of HERE, we want to secure the independence of this central service for all vehicle manufacturers,

which many in the automotive, Internet and logistics industries see as key to their own strategies.'

'There is a risk that the other automakers will be pushed further into the arms of Google, 'said Richard Windsor an independent financial analyst who tracks major tech players.

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

HERE was created via the $8. 1 billion acquisition of Navteq in 2008 by Nokia which aimed to create consumer map services for mobile phone users

but later switched to focus on carmakers. Nokia is now shedding its maps business as it integrates its purchase of telecom network equipment maker Alcatel Lucent.

The Finnish company, which subsequently wrote down the value of HERE to around 2 billion euros,

Analysts said the 2. 5 billion euros in net proceeds for Nokia was at the low end of market expectations

Shares in Nokia dipped 0. 6 percent to close at 6. 39 euros, underperforming a flat European technology index.

Nokia was advised on the deal by investment bank Evercore and law firm Shearman & Sterling. Law firm Hogan Lovells advised the overall automaker consortium and Daimler specifically.

'It comes just weeks after Google has admitted it's self driving cars are being hit'surprisingly often'by other drivers

'said Google's Chris Urmson. The three Google employees on board complained of minor whiplash, were checked out at a hospital

and cleared to go back to work following the July 1 collision, Google said. The driver of the other car also complained of neck and back pain.

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

he says the problem has been common.''Our self-driving cars are being hit surprisingly often by other drivers who are distracted and not paying attention to the road.'

'New data released by Google reveals other drivers have hit the firm's cars 14 times since the start of our project in 2009,

It comes as the latest version of Google's self-driving car-a pod-like two-seater that needs no gas pedal

Google says. The technology giant's mission is to have driverless cars available to consumers in the next five years.'

'Google said.''They're ultimately designed to work without a steering wheel or pedals, but during this phase of our project we'll have safety drivers aboard with a removable steering wheel, accelerator pedal,

and they'll drive using the same software that our existing Lexus vehicles usehe same fleet that has driven self over 1 million miles

And the pod can only drive in areas that have been mapped thoroughly by Google. At first it will likely even have a steering wheel

But Google is lobbying for more flexible regulations. Google will initially build and test 25 pods,

mostly in neighborhoods surrounding its Mountain view headquarters. It will eventually build between 50 and 100,

and will broaden testing to sites that are hillier and rainier. The ultimate goal, says Google cofounder Sergey Brin,

is controlled computer cars that can eliminate human error, which is a factor in an estimated 90 percent of the 1. 2 million road deaths that occur worldwide each year.

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.

Brin insists Google doesn't aspire to be a car company, but wants its technology to be adopted by automakers.'

'We want to partner to bring self-driving to all the vehicles in the world, 'Brin told a group of journalists

Chris Urmson, who directs Google's self-driving car project, says the slow-moving, friendly looking prototype-his young son thinks it looks like a koala because of the nose-like black laser on the front-is a good bridge between the company's current test fleet of 20 specially outfitted Lexus SUVS

Earlier this week, in response to questions from The Associated press, Google acknowledged 11 minor accidents in the six years it has been testing autonomous cars.

and notes that Google's vehicles have completed more than 1. 7 million miles of testing. He says all but one of the accidents were caused by drivers in other cars;

in the only incident caused by a Google car, a staffer was driving in manual mode.

Urmson says Google needs to do a better job of educating people about self-driving technology and updating them on Google's progress.

and the site will feature a monthly report that will include details of any accidents involving Google cars.

The site will also have a section where people can send feedback when they interact with the cars.

The prototype cars-assembled in suburban Detroit by Roush Industries-have the same array of radars, lasers and cameras as Google's fleet of Lexus SUVS,

the head of software for the self-driving car project, says Google's software has gotten much better over the last year at classifying objects, like trees and mailboxes,

For example, Google's cars will slow down if they sense that a car in the next lane is speeding up to cut in front of them.

And in one recent test, a Google car paused when a cyclist ran a red light.

one of Google's Lexus SUVS seemed momentarily confused when a mail truck partially blocked its path.

Later, during a demonstration drive in Google's parking lot, the prototype-without a wheel or pedal-braked

like the time a Google SUV stopped and waited while a woman in a wheelchair chased a duck with a broom.

Google isn't alone in developing self-driving cars. Mercedes-benz Infiniti and other brands already have advanced driver assistance systems, like lane keeping and adaptive cruise control,

Unlike Google, automakers think self-driving cars will arrive feature-by-feature instead of all at once, giving people plenty of time to adapt to autonomous driving.

says Google's'moon shot'strategy is difficult and riskier than just adding features to existing cars.

Google could make self-driving urban pods for universities or urban centers, for example, or sell its technology to automakers.

24, from the Intel Clinic. It is fitted with sensors that monitor brainwaves, eye movement, oxygen levels and the wearer's body temperature before sending this information to an app on their connected phone.

After analysing the data, the mask will wake the wearer up when they are in the lightest stage of their sleep cycle

and therefore closest to being awake. This is done using Bright light Therapy which artificially triggers the light sensors in a person's eyes to make their brain believe the sun is coming up.

can be ordered pre on Neuroon's website for $299 (£195) and will be shipped internationally after the initial run is processed.

and with the help of the native app's algorithms, delivers personalised recommendations to the user that can combat these issues.'

'The Neuroon website also lets users calculate when they should seek and avoid light during their stay by using their origin location,

#Charge your smartphone in SIX minutes:''Yolk and shell'battery technology could end long waits while devices power up It is a problem almost everyone with a smartphone has faced at some point their device is almost out of battery

and there is not enough time to charge it before heading out for the evening. But a new type of battery made with tiny capsules filled with aluminium could soon mean smartphone users will be able to fully charge their device within six minutes of plugging it in.

The battery also has four times the capacity of current lithium ion batteries and degrades less over time.

The dazzling display will continue tonight and tomorrow, with the Perseids offering one of the greatest displays of the past seven years as the meteor shower coincides with a new moon for the first time since 2007.

Tonight's show will also be enhanced by the International space station which orbits earth every 90 minutes and will be visible for four minutes from 10. 28pm.

and without any further human intervention or computer simulation, the robot built'children'made of between one and five plastic cubes with a small motor inside.

Most work in this field is done using computer simulation. Although computer simulations allow researchers to test thousands or even millions of possible solutions

this often results in a'reality gap'-a mismatch between simulated and real-world behaviour. Iida's research looks at how robotics can be improved by taking inspiration from nature,

The'brainy'mice were better at recognising a mouse they had seen the previous day, the researchers said.

Researchers claim that giving mouse pups a type of immature human brain cell, known as glial cells, caused their brains to grow differently so they became more humanlike.

With RAF jets already being replaced by drones piloted by men sitting at computer screens many miles away,

The Dreadnought 2050 seen here is a concept ship that could be controlled by only five sailors sitting at screens

much like games consoles. And the entire ship company could be as little as 50, which compares to the 200 needed for current vessels of this size.

researchers have managed to teleport packets of light over 60 miles (100km) of optical fiber. The research could have implications for cryptography,

which involves transmitting information securely, including communications between Earth and spacecraft. Quantum teleportation depends on a phenomenon called quantum entanglement.

In 2014, physicists at the University of Geneva teleported the quantum state of a photon to a crystal over 15 miles (25km) of optical fibre.

But keeping calm yet alert behind the wheel could be about to get easier with the advent of a car seat that actively monitors a driver's physical and mental status. The'Active Wellness'seat has built-in biometric sensors to detect

'Mr Biedermann told Reuters. By combining these contactless sensors with unique algorithms and signal processing, the team produced a system

with a message appearing on a dedicated screen, offering treatment. If the user accepts the recommendation,

they will receive a massage with a warming or cooling sensation to either relax or energise them.

magnetic coils and the internet to send brain signals between two people. It begun with the first person,

Their opponent sent them a series of questions over the internet in an attempt to guess what they were thinking of.

'or'no'to each question by looking at one of two flashing lights attached to their computer screen.

Crucially, only the'yes'signal was strong enough to fool their brain into seeing a flash of light.

to a wireless headset linked to the internet, and another person to a similar device in Paris. When the first person merely thought of a greeting such as iao Italian for ello the recipient in France was aware of the thought occurring,

'This is just a step forward that will monitor other physiological parameters. do need they to push more water?

Computer scientists claim to have made a'game-changing leap'by building a logic gate a building block of a digital circuit using the strange properties of subatomic particles in silicon.

In traditional computers available today, data is expressed in one of two states known as binary bits which are either a 1 or a 0. A quantum bit,

meaning many computations can be performed in parallel. For example, two qubits can encode four different values while a three qubit system encodes eight different values.

This would allow new types of computers to be constructed that would far surpass the capabilities of modern super computers.

'Because we use essentially the same device technology as existing computer chips, we believe it will be much easier to manufacture a full-scale processor chip than for any of the leading designs,

which rely on more exotic technologies.''This makes the building of a quantum computer much more feasible,

since it is based on the same manufacturing technology as today's computer industry.''Until a few years ago quantum computers were little more than theoretical possibilities,

Both Google and Nasa have been developing a quantum computer as part of their artificial intelligence work. However their D-Wave quantum computer needs to be kept at temperatures of around-273°C(-459°F). The latest research by Professor Dzurak and his colleagues,

'The silicon chip in your smartphone or tablet already has around one billion transistors on it, with each transistor less than 100 billionths of a metre in size.'

'We then store the binary code of 0 or 1 on the'spin'of the electron,

A practical quantum chip could have a huge impact in areas where classical computers face an uphill struggle.

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