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showed promising results in a mouse model of type 1 diabetes. Researchers hope to see similar success in subsequent clinical trials in humans. he whole system can be personalized to account for a diabetic weight

A camera underneath the hologram captures user interaction, allowing the dots to respond to being ouched.

The revolutionary device looks like an ordinary tablet, but it is packed with cutting-edge technology. The experimental pill works in the same way as gastric pacemakers to suppress appetite.

Once swallowed, the high-tech tablet is controlled externally using a special mobile phone app. When it reaches the stomach a few minutes later

A powerful magnetic patch is applied then to the skin to draw the pill into position over the site where the vagus nerve runs through the abdomen-near the top of the stomach just under the breastbone.

which is played through earphones connected to a signal generator the size of a mobile phone. Clinical trial results suggest it can reduce tinnitus loudness by an average of about 40 per cent.

and historical sites. yber archaeologistsare busy making digital 3d models of items thought to have been destroyed,

They use photogrammetry a technique that uses software to transform 2d photos into 3d images as well as photos from the public, the BBC reported.

The website invites people to submit photographs they have taken, which are sorted then and rebuilt in 3d by volunteers and experts alike.

including a metal gate, lion sculpture and intricate painted tablet. The lion sculpture, which once stood in the museum,

and widespread looting of sites such as the Palace of Ashurnasipal II at Nimrud occurred, with fears that ISIS may destroy the ancient city of Palmyra.

#Game over for joysticks? Fove virtual reality headset lets players aim and interact with characters using just their EYES Gamers could soon be dropping their joysticks

and pushing their mouse to one side as eye-control becomes the latest way to play games.

Using the movement of the head and eyes, gamers using the Fove virtual reality device will be able to control games with the blink of an eye.

The unique tracking technology will let a player use their eyes to control guns and tools, stare to pull up dashboard or information panels,

and emotionally interact with characters to attract their attention. By making eye contact with virtual characters possible

The device combines a 2560x1440 VR display with both eye-tracking and motion tracking, allowing users to fully explore 360-degree virtual worlds using both their head and eyes.

The device projects the wearer's gaze into 3d space enabling them to quickly and accurately communicate with

and more natural input than with traditional mouse, keyboard, or controller as these were invented originally for 2d games and applications.

and translate these into user-intention and emotion. By adding this extra recognition we are bringing real human connection into virtual reality.'

'The founders now plan to work with content developers to provide more games and films for Fove users.

chief executive of The Planetary Society Bill Nye said in a webcast after the launch. On this particular flight,

The technique involves a patient wearing the headphones with an ear plug linked to a computer.

The chart displays letters that get progressively smaller in size. The benchmark, and vision that is considered healthy and'normal,

Elsewhere, ioptik announced at last year's CES it had developed contact lenses that allow the wearer to see high-definition virtual screens.

The tiny'screens, 'which are the invention of Washington-based group Innovega, sit directly on a users'eyeballs

and work with a pair of lightweight glasses. Google is also working on'smart lenses'that contain a control circuit, an image capture component and an image sensor.

The system can be linked wirelessly to a mobile phone for data access and to issue commands via audio,

although it is unclear if the lens would be powered wirelessly or have wired a link to a battery. l

#The gadgets that give you SUPERPOWERS: Spiderman-style gloves, lenses with super sight and Iron man suits become a reality By Sarah Griffiths and Victoria Woollaston for Mailonline Published:

000 A Japanese electronics firm is selling a 13ft (four metre) mechanical suit on Amazon that can be controlled by an iphone,

A company called Emotiv adapted a $499 (£324) gaming headset that lets wearers control on-screen and physical objects with their brain as part of a racing game.

A riveris wired up to the electroencephalography (EEG) headset and the device is trained to read their unique brain patterns.

They first clear their mind to train the headset to their neutral state and then think of a repetitive task that will be associated with driving the car.

Once the headset has been calibrated, the game begins and the driver can control the shoebox-sized vehicle by thinking about their repetitive task.

The Emotive headsets are embedded with sensors that record electrical activity along the wearer scalp, forehead and above the right ear.

and these patterns are converted to commands using a brain-computer interface. The technology is currently a proof-of-concept

and there are no immediate plans to release the game and headset. However, the EPOC Emotiv headset is available from $499 (£324)

and it will work with existing brain-computer interface games and software that work with EEG readings.

The Emotiv headset used for the demonstration is called Insight and is available to buy now. WOLVERINE-SUPER-HEALING POWERSIN the X men films, Wolverine has mutant powers

which mean he can heal himself-even when he shot, or is thrown from a building. And researchers in the US are working on an implant that would make this useful superhuman ability to heal a reality.

In the body peripheral nervous system, neuromodulation monitors the status of organs and manages how they respond to disease.

For example, implementing biometric identification in smart phones and other everyday objects such as computers or cars could make people see the technology as useful and easy to operate.

This may increase their willingness to adopt such systems.''I could imagine this becoming normalised to a point where you don't really worry about it,

'The implementation of biometric systems is not just dependent on user acceptance or resistance. Before iris-scanning technology could be introduced in the EU,

major data protection and privacy considerations would have to be made. The EU has a robust legal framework on privacy and data protection.

These are recognised as fundamental rights and so related laws are among the highest ranking. Biometric data, such as iris scans, are treated often as special due to the sensitivity of the information they can contain.

Another issue is how the data is kept secure, particularly in the case of iris-scanning by objects such as smart phones.

Data stored on the cloud tends to move around between different servers and countries, which makes preventing unauthorised access more difficult.

And processing data accurately is another principle of EU data protection law. Even if we do find ourselves subject to unwanted iris-scanning from 40ft (12 metres),

#Nasa joins US government project to create'Google for the deep web'that could uncover cyber criminals,

paedophiles and drug dealers in the online underworld The deep web is a hive of illegal activity,

But because it is buried'so deep it is considered out of the reach of mainstream search engines and many law enforcement agencies-until now.

'When you do a simple Web search on a topic, the results that pop up aren't the whole story,

The Internet contains a vast trove of information-sometimes called the'Deep Web'-that isn't indexed by search engines:

'We're augmenting Web crawlers to behave like browsers-in other words, executing scripts and reading ads in ways that you would

'This information is catalogued normally not by search engines, 'Mattmann said. Additionally, a standard Web search doesn't get much information from images and videos,

but Memex can recognize what's in this content and pair it with searches on the same subjects.

Scientists analyzing imaging data from Earth-based missions that monitor phenomena such as snowfall and soil moisture could similarly benefit.

Memex would make PDF documents more easily searchable and allow users to more easily arrive at the information they seek.

Awareness of existing publications also helps program managers to assess the impact of spacecraft data.

'We are developing open source, free, mature products and then enhancing them using DARPA investment and easily transitioning them via our roles to the scientific community,

'Today's web searches use a centralised, one-size-fits-all approach that searches the internet with the same set of tools for all queries.'

'But common search practices miss information in the deep web-the parts of the web not indexed by standard commercial search engines

-and ignore shared content across pages.''Memex was designed to overcome these challenges by extending'the reach of current search capabilities

The software scours all aspects of the web-including those hidden in the dark net-to create data maps that might reveal clues about illegal activity.

or porn sites featuring the same email addresses or phone numbers. These patterns could reveal links that human investigators could miss,

search results and interface tools to individual users and specific subject areas, and not the other way around,'said Chris White, Darpa program manager.'

Ease of use for non-programmers is essential.''The Memex program gets its name from a hypothetical device described in'As We May Think'-a 1945 article for The Atlantic Monthly.

It would store and automatically cross-reference all of the user's books, records and other information.

'would let users quickly search large amounts of information, and gain insights from it. Targeting the deep web is also an initiative being developed in the UK.

In December the UK government said a specialist unit was being set up to hunt down paedophiles using the dark net to share child pornography.

and communications to trace the'digital footprints'left by the users who share them. Prime minister David cameron said the new unit is aimed at'shining a light on the web's darkest corners'as he announced a package of measures to tackle online child abuse.

The National Crime Agency estimates that around 20,000 people from the UK use secret or encrypted networks each day.

The dark net consists of a network of encoded websites that sit behind the publicly available websites

and cannot be found with normal search engines. It came to prominence in 2012 when the FBI made a series of raids on Silk road-an online marketplace described as the'ebay for illegal drugs'.

'Figures compiled by the National Crime Agency suggest that use of the dark net rose by two thirds in 2012.

Hidden capabilities that let users email and host file storage through encrypted and anonymous networks are provided by services the The Onion Router (Tor).

Tor users currently represent 0. 18 per cent of the total number of internet uses in the UK.

However, in a recent investigation, GCHQ and the NCA were able to track down a British man who had been maintaining chat rooms

and websites in the Far east and Eastern europe that were used to share child pornography around the world.

and was using software to keep himself anonymous. Analysis by experts at GCHQ allowed them to trace the man

'The US Department of agriculture panel, which has been given the task of overhauling the guidelines every five years,

#NSA testing smartphones that can tell who you are by the way you write: Handwriting recongition system The NSA is set to begin using smartphone software that can recognise a person by the way they write.

The software, called Mandrake and developed by Lockheed martin, verifies a user's identity based on the swiftness and shape of the individual's finger strokes on a touch screen.

Experts say it could be far more reliable than traditional passwords, and it virtually impossible to fake.'

'Nobody else has the same strokes,'John Mears, senior fellow for Lockheed IT and Security Solutions, told Nextgov. com.'People can forge your handwriting in two dimensions,

'We've done work with the NSA for secure gesture authentication as a technique for using smartphones,

The firm says it is a'defense-grade secure workspace solution for ios and Android devices that keeps all corporate email, browsing,

documents and applications encrypted, contained, and UNDER IT control no matter who owns the device.''It will enable smartphone

and tablet users to authenticate into Fixmo Safezone with a simple, user-defined gesture, which has been proven to be more secure and far easier to use than a 14-character complex,

randomly generated password.''The system potentially could be used for emergency responders who often don't have the time

The Carnegie mellon University Highly Intelligent Mobile Platform, or CHIMP, is designed to primarily move like a tank using tracks to cover tough terrain.

which each team will develop its own hardware and software. CHIMP is designed with static stability;

even if it experiences a computer glitch or power failure.''When we walk or stand, our brains are actively controlling our balance all of the time,

#Google confirms Buy button is'imminent':'Search giant to take on Amazon and ebay with shopping from search results Google is set to allow people to buy directly from search results.

The search giant's chief business officer Omid Kordestani confirmed the move at the Code Conference today.'

'90%of commerce is still offline, mobile devices are perfect for guiding people, 'Kordestani described the product launch as a way to remove friction for users

so they buy more things onlinereports in the Wall street journal suggested earlier this month the search giant was planning to rollout a'Buy'button on its Shopping tab.

Purchases would still be made from the original retailer, and Google won't reportedly receive any commission,

but it has been designed to streamline the process. According to the report, the buttons would appear alongside paid search results on mobile in the'Shop on Google'section.

When a potential shopper clicks the button they will be taken to a specially designed product page

within the Google search engine. The buttons will be rolled out on a'small number of searches, 'although details about which retailers-and what the partnerships will entail-have not been released.

whether payment details will be stored in Google Wallet, for example, or need to be entered each time. If it is the former,

when the user is signed into their Google account on the browser being used. The service may also take advantage of the site's same-day delivery service

Google Shopping Express. It is only currently available in Boston, Chicago, Manhattan, San francisco, WASHINGTON DC, West Los angeles. An overnight option is additionally available in Northern California.

Google is not commenting on the news, but it follows Facebook's plans to rival ebay with its latest secondhand selling tools.

Earlier this year Facebook made it easier to get rid of unwanted secondhand goods by adding official Sell buttons to its site.

And now the social network is helping buyers find these goods by expanding its search tool

and adding category filters. Similar to how categories appear on ebay Facebook now lets users sort

and find'For sale'posts across multiple groups based on the item being sold. These categories include Appliances, Event Tickets, Household Items, Mobile phones, Real estate and Rentals and more. e

#Chinese researchers at Tzekwan Technology unveil face-recognition ATM MACHINE By Edward Chow For Mailonline Published: 13:02 GMT, 1 june 2015 Updated:

13:48 GMT, 1 june 2015 Chinese engineers have developed a cash machine that uses facial features-instead of the traditional PIN number-to identify card owners.

The device, which is developed jointly by Tsinghua University and Hangzhou-based Tzekwan Technology, is able to scan the users'faces to ensure they are the genuine holders of the bank account.

The cutting-edge technology was unveiled during a press conference on Saturday, reported the People's Daily Online.

When a user inserts a bank card into the device, the built-in camera will immediately start scanning his or her facial features.

A small window will pop up on the upper left corner of the screen to show the process.'

'If the face of the user does not match the ID photo that is used to open the account,

then the user will not be able to withdraw funds from the account, 'says a bank spokesman to Shanghai-based Dragon TV.

However, this also means only the owner of the card-not even their friends or family-will be able to get money from these cash machines.

Gu Zikun, Chairman of Tzekwan Technology, claims the device is the world's first cash machine to be equipped with the facial recognition function.

'Our facial recognition technology has passed the certification by authoritative industry experts and is authorised to be used in the financial services industry.'

and their audio features can be controlled using a smartphone app. Using innovative technologies they block out certain sounds,

and connect to a smartphone via Bluetooth. They can also be recharged twice fully in a charging case.

users can adjust the volume of their surroundings as heard through the earbuds. With the live music equaliser

users can also alter the bass and treble of a musician or band singing at a gig.

The user can also create new algorithms by recording a new sound, presumably by recording certain sounds so the earbuds can recognise them.'

'Here is meant not to replace your headphones, headsets, or earbuds,'the company said.''The Here Active Listening System is designed for live listening environments,

they don lose quality or efficiency for 37 years, according to his website. Speaking in a video, Dyson said his greatest innovation to date is the ability to cool LEDS

vertically and rotationally with the touch of a fingertip, the website says. While conventional lights usually rely on springs

Dyson claims the light could save users up to £1, 200 ($1, 835) over 37 years.

The compound could also be used to make mobile phone screens that fix themselves and hardy nail polish where chips are repaired automatically.

or 10 years we're going to see things like mobile phone screens that can heal themselves

#Samsung's smart MIRROR shows weather, traffic information and even Facebook notifications as you brush your teeth You could soon see traffic delays as you take your morning shower,

or catch up with what's been happening on Twitter as you get dressed thanks to Samsung's latest display technology.

and Transparent OLED display solutions,'said Samsung. The technology consists of a 55-inch mirror fitted with a transparent OLED on the front.

It is fitted with Intel's Real Sense technology, which uses 3d cameras to track the viewer and display clothes and other items virtually,

as if they were wearing them. Together, Samsung said the technology creates a'virtual fitting room'that will be used to help people see themselves wearing clothes

A spokeman added that the Samsung Mirror Display may also replace home mirrors in the future, showing digital information to homeowners in the same space where they now just have a traditional mirror.

compared to eight milliseconds on LCD transparent panels. Samsung's Mirror Display technology also does need not the ambient backlight for displaying on-screen images that LCD technology does.

Elsewhere, Samsung's Transparent Display uses Real Sense 3d-rotatable viewing systems, with full HD video playback.

These displays could be used to show adverts, public and transport information or be used in hotels and shops.

Intel Real Sense features a front-facing camera that captures subtle facial movements, precisely tracks widely varying finger

and hand movements, and clearly distinguishes between backgrounds and foregrounds. In addition, the Intel technology includes a rear-facing camera that can accurately scan

and measure rooms and objects, and a snapshot camera that can alter a photo's background after a photo has been taken.'

'We are excited very to help bring a new interactive dimension to the world of multi-channel shopping through the integration of our newest OLED displays with Intel Realsense technology,

'said Oseung Yang, vice president, Samsung Display Company y

#Holus, Star wars-style'holobox',creates virtual 3d worlds and makes holo calls By Sarah Griffiths for Mailonline Published:

a new gadget may help bring that dream a step closer to reality. A tabletop device called the Holus converts any digital content into 3d holograms,

The team at makers H+claim Holus can convert any digital content from a computer, tablet or phone into a 3d image,

and a Wi-fi and Bluetooth connection to connect to different devices. The gadget is viewable from four different angles with 360-degree,

rotatable projections. o put it simply, whether it is a board game, DNA structure or the solar system,

'Four distinct are stitched together by algorithms provided in our applications and software development kit (SDK),

which can track users.''Based on this dynamic perspective, algorithms are computed then in order to achieve holographic effect on any digital content through Holus.'

'He said that software will let designers and artists connect devices to Holus with little programming.

Holus comes in two versions-a Home edition with two smartphone charging docks, and a Pro version with an HDMI port and SDK tool so developers to use other devices with the Holus and come up with new uses for it.

It is suggested currently that the device can be used by a group of people to play games face-to-face sitting round a table.

A video also shows it conjuring a 3d solar-system, meaning it can be used as an educational tool,

while the gadget can also be used for holographic teleconferencing -much as it is in the Star wars film.

and display its content from all sides. he Holus Pro can also olofydigital models before 3d printing

and could help in super-thin TV development By Colin Fernandez for the Daily mail Published:

The ability for the super-thin material to produce light is seen as a key step to create super-thin computer and TV screens.

'He added that the light'will pave the way towards the realisation of atomically thin, flexible and transparent displays'.

this can also include radio waves, lasers and even sound waves. The microwave gun is evidence of plans by Russia to modernise its armed forces,

Firm set to build world's largest satellite constellation to beam the internet around the world By Sarah Griffiths for Mailonline Published:

who intends to beam the internet to Earth from space. Airbus will make 900 spacecraft-building up to four a day-with 300 to be kept as spares for after the proposed launches,

enabling rapid iteration and development of space related technologies. neweb plan involves 20 groups of low-orbiting satellites being connected to small terminals on the ground that would act as hubs to link to phones and computers.

whether the antenna technology used on the satellites will be able to deliver high-speed Internet to the ground without hiccups. r Musk has said previously that he expects his service to handle 10 per cent of all Internet traffic

However, it not clear how the Internet will be eamedto smartphones and other devices On earth. Each satellite will be placed at a height of 750 miles (1

200km) in a variety of orbits, to ensure that the whole Earth constantly has access to their Internet.

Google and Facebook also have plans to get remote parts of the world online, by using satellites, balloons and even drones. a

#Google maps goes LIVE: Satellite firm reveals first breathtaking colour footage of Earth from high resolution cameras on the ISS The world's biggest reality show is about to go live.

gyro-stabilised platform controlled by a computer on the ISS. The computers cancels out in real-time,

any vibrations caused by movements of the ISS, while keeping the camera pointed at different areas for about a minute at a time.

For example, a real-time view of Earth will give scientists a powerful tool to monitor climate change.

Premium accounts for enable users paying a fee to track an area without sharing it with others

and to monitor larger areas of interest as well as applying image processing techniques to reveal data. Urthecast said it plans to install two more cameras on the station

Professor Banfield and her colleagues sequenced the genomes of organisms found in ground water at a site beside the Colorado river in Rifle Colorado.

These new phyla were found from just one site using samples of groundwater in Colorado

10:54 GMT, 24 june 2015 Google and Blocks may be leading the way when it comes to modular phones and watches,

but Ford is hoping to bring the concept to your morning commute. At a conference in California, the car maker unveiled its latest prototype folding electric bike called Mode:

Link, currently only compatible with the iphone 6. This app acts as a sat-nav

#The full colour'skin screen'you can wear as clothing: Radical technology could let you alter your outfit instantly By Mark Prigg For Dailymail. com Published:

Researchers have unveiled the first fully flexible colour screen, and say it if so flexible it can be worn.

'All manmade displays-LCD, LED, CRT-are rigid, brittle and bulky. But you look at an octopus,

flexible thin-film reflective display. Chanda's research was inspired by nature, he said. Traditional displays like those on a mobile phone require a light source, filters and a glass plates.

But animals like chameleons, octopuses and squids are born with thin flexible, colour-changing displays that don't need a light source-their skin.'

'That was the motivation: Can we take some inspiration from biology and create a skin-like display?'

'The team is able to change the colour on an ultrathin nanostructured surface by applying voltage.

full-colour tunable display. The display is only about few microns thick, compared to a 100-micron-thick human hair.

Such an ultrathin display can be applied to flexible materials like plastics and synthetic fabrics. The research has major implications for existing electronics like televisions,

computers and mobile devices that have considered displays thin by today's standards but monstrously bulky in comparison.

But the potentially bigger impact could be whole new categories of displays that have never been thought of.'

'Your camouflage, your clothing, your fashion items-all of that could change, 'Chanda said.''Why would I need 50 shirts in my closet

if I could change the color and pattern?''Researchers used a simple and inexpensive nano-imprinting technique that can produce the reflective nanostructured surface over a large area.'

'This is a cheap way of making displays on a flexible substrate with full-color generation,

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