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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

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

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.

and call them on the phone to cut power use during peak power days. For example

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

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.

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

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

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.

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,

Under the vision unveiled by Google, passengers might set their destination by typing it into a map

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.'

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.

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,

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

#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 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.

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.'

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.

oxygen levels and the wearer's body temperature before sending this information to an app on their connected phone.

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

'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.

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.

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,

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.'

They have applied their new technique to two super-eruption sites and a pair of very large eruptions and found that it took them no more than 500 years to move from formation to eruption.

wrote in a blog for International Business times:''Experts agree that an all out cyber attack, beginning with an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack on our electronic infrastructure,

Customers would use a smartphone app to key in the amount they want to draw out ahead of time.

can identify everything from shop doorways to the contents of a fridge giving a verbal commentary through a phone app and earpiece.

and £75 a month and could be included in mobile phone packages from next year c

#Helmet with built-in suspension: Motorcycle headgear absorbs energy from a crash to protect your brain as well as your skull Experts have created a helmet with built-in suspension to protect your brain as well as your skull.

The device integrates bluetooth low energy technology to instinctively communicate with all connected devices, like smartphones, tablets,

in a similar way that landlines in rural parts of the world are now obsolete as mobile phones have become more prevalent. t the most promising design wee seen that will encourage people to use renewables

Beyond this it is hoping the technology will be used not just to add gesture recognition into tablets and phones,

We found the toothbrush for as low as $35 on ebay and for only $14 on Amazon.

Areas where ubeam could reshape business include powering tablets at retail, wireless headsets at warehouses,

a transmitter that will automatically recharge smartphones, scheduled for release in 2016. But Perry is looking beyond handhelds to the world of connected appliances, cars and other everyday tools. or us

and may debut in early 2016 in devices developed by SK Telesys (a Korean rival of Samsung)

#This iphone Screen Protector Can Reverse Scratches in a Second The folks who came up with the self-healing iphone case is now back with something a lot more impressive.

Innerexile's first products to use its new coating is the"Self-repair screen protectors"for the iphone 6s and iphone 6s Plus.

Innerexile's iphone 6s screen protector is available on Amazon for $23. 99 per piece,

and the iphone 6s Plus version costs an extra $2. Both are backward compatible with their iphone 6 counterparts.

If you'd prefer using a case with the same self-healing property, stay tuned for another announcement in Mid-november,

as Innerexile decided to make a new tooling to ensure a perfect fit for the teeny-bit-larger iphone 6s series.

Other brands may claim their iphone 6 cases fit the 6s just fine but a forced squeeze--the caliper never lies--may eventually ruin the phone's anodized coating,

so watch out t

#New Building material Twice as Strong as Concrete, Low Carbon footprint Watershed Materials, a California-based building materials technology startup, has developed technology to produce high-strength masonry with a low carbon footprint

Researchers at Switzerland Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne are also testing a low-carbon cement that could reduce the carbon footprint of construction sites by 40 percent, Forbes reported last year s

and designed to meet stringent groundwater standards at contaminated sites. Regenesis says the substrate reduces harmful chemicals and toxins,

This includes reducing chlorinated solvents at industrial dry cleaning sites as well as petroleum cleanup projects. Plumestop is composed of very fine particles of activated carbon (1-2 m) suspended in water through the use of unique organic polymer dispersion chemistry.

and not yet as mature as their telecom counterparts (1. 55-micron). Moreover sources currently used in labs are typically bulky and expensive.

using a hand-held sequencer no bigger than a cell phone. If DNA is the blueprint of life,

to identify the sites in the alpha-B-crystallin that attach to the beta-amyloid. It is the first direct structure analysis of a complete heat shock protein during interaction with a bonding partner,

But there's a step needed before optical connections can be integrated into telecommunications systems and computers:

which binds to an amino acid sequence of the prion protein, known as'fifth copper binding site,

opening the way for the development of new drugs targeting this copper binding site, and thus for new potential treatments".

which cells are transplanted into the injury site, "says research supervisor Dr James St john, from Griffith's Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery.

and better integrate into the injury site. In turn, this will help the spinal cord to regenerate more effectively."

In the early 2000s, Maria's group had pioneered the single-atom approach for metals anchored on oxide supports as the exclusive active sites for the water-gas shift reaction to upgrade hydrogen streams for fuel cell use.

New iphones, ipads, and Apple TVS September 9th September is upon us, and that means a major Apple event is right around the corner.

In recent years, the September and October timeframe has come to signify new iphones, ipads, and new operating systems.

By and large, the next versions of the iphone are being referred to as the sand s Plus. Given Apple previous use of the ick-tockmodel, that certainly makes sense.

so it a no brainer on the iphone. Unsurprisingly, the cameras will likely be upgraded as well. 9to5mac is reporting that the rear-facing cameras on the next iphones are being upgraded to 12 megapixels,

and they will be capable of recording 4k UHD video. But considering that the low-end model might still only ship with 16gb of flash storage

While an Apple patent for wireless earbuds with bone conduction popped up recently on the USPTO website

I wouldn expect those to ship with the new iphone. If Apple does ever sell wireless earbuds like this,

and Privacybadger making their way to the iphone someday. As always, wel be covering this Apple event as it happens,

Bermuda-based telecommunications company ABS. Because ABS-3a is a communications satellite, it needs to remain in a geosynchronous orbit.

meaning that those hours of phone time don need to be wasted. Right now, the UCLA team has made only a four-element-by-four-element prototype.

across or even between continents in the networked way of regular digital internet traffic. These quantum dots basically achieve perfect single-photon emission by super-cooling the quantum dots so the emitting atoms do not fluctuate.

they only attach at certain putative sites. On the other hand, ubiquitins have a subtle trick up their sleeves they can tag other tags.

which operate up to 100x faster than current generation routers. Current wireless communications operate at microwave frequencies,

This technique permits the transfer of the masses of data around the internet, TV, etc. whereby a vast number of data channels are carried over a single optical fiber, wirelessly or copper cable.

not just FX,"said the head of Travelex's new digital team, former Google and e-Harmony executive Sean Cornwell."

Ola due to high encryption codes, say ISPS Dot had issued a letter to Internet service providers (ISPS) asking them to block websites of taxi operators Uber,

However, websites are still accessible to all. ISPS now say they are unable to block taxi aggregator websites Ola and Uber due to high encryption codes.

ISPS can only block http sites and not https as the latter have higher encryption. This means they can block Taxiforsure,

but not Ola and Uber. hese sites can not be blocked because of technical issues. We have given already representation to government earlier.

This was a general representation. We are giving compliance except in https sites, Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) President Rajesh Chharia said.

He added that Dot had accepted itself that there was a need to set up a committee to discuss modalities around blocking of https sites around 3-4 months back.

The Delhi government had written to the Department of Electronic & Information technology (Deity) in March that despite the ban, Uber,

Ola Cabs and Taxiforsure continue to book passengers through their apps. All app-based cab services were banned in the national capital last year after a driver of Uber,

Among the other feasible applications for the transistors is better power electronics for data centres run by Google

Amazon, Facebook, and other companies, to power the cloud. Currently, these data centres eat up about 2 per cent of electricity in the US.

lets your smartphone hear in noisy parties People trying to talk to Apple electronic personal assistant Siri in a crowded place may soon no longer have to look like they are about to eat their iphones,

said the paper lead author Abel Xie. his could improve the performance of voice-activated devices like smartphones and game consoles, Xie added.

#Blackberry introduces Porsche Design P983 Graphite at Rs 99,990 in India Blackberry has launched the Blackberry Porsche Design P983 Graphite smartphone in India at a price of Rs 99,990.

The company has listed also out a few exclusive Porsche Design accessories that will be included in the box such as a premium stereo headset,

In terms of specifications, the smartphone features a 3. 1-inch touch screen with a 720 x 720 pixel resolution and offers a pixel density of 330ppi.

we bring a unique stylish smartphone combined with the superior productivity and ultimate security experience of Blackberry 10 technology for our Indian consumers.

This new smartphone is custom-built for power professionals aiming to make a style statement while not willing to compromise on effective communication and collaboration. ags:

#Google Project Ara modular smartphone delayed to 2016 Google had announced earlier this year, that it will unveil the modular smartphone in Puerto rico as part of a pilot program that will allow people to choose their own hardware based on their needs and interests.

Looks like, amidst the all new structuring happening at Google, the modular device will have to wait until next year.

Now, the company has tweeted about the delay in the Project Ara with testing pushed to 2016.

The company disclosed that there are no plans to test the modular phone project in Puerto rico later this year.

on day 2 of the Google I/O developers conference, at the ATAP keynote, Google engineer Rafa Camargo assembled a Project Ara phone as part of a live demo,

and the phone came alive soon after. Google, known by its employees for frequent eorgs announced a major shake up with the holding company Alphabet.

Google, Google X and other products now become subsidiary of the parent company. Toshiba has teamed up with Gujarat-based Einfochips to provide chips for Google Project Ara.

The camera modules will be made available in both 5mp and 13mp versions, and a 2mp front-facing module is also in the works.

Last year the company had released a video showing the first prototype of the device. The techie for whom the project is named,

Project Ara comes with a structural frame that holds smartphone modules of the owner choice,

This also means that the handset can potentially last much longer than normal smartphones do.

Nestlé unveiled its first'zero water'manufacturing site in the"water-stressed"Mexican state of Jalisco in October 2014.

Nestlé immediately started to look for other sites where we would apply the technology, "the Nestlé spokesperson said."

a new smartphone app created by the Royal London Society for Blind People (RLSB) Youth Forum

each time a beacon signal is picked up by the smartphone. At the same time, the headphones do not prevent wearers from hearing the sounds around them,

because of the development of user friendly interfaces (a topic covered in this earlier blog) for these accelerating technologies,

For starters, there are more than 700 different crowdfunding sites online, providing platform-level support for whatever kind of campaign you might have in mind.

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