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Luxury Mercedes-Benz EC145 Helicopter
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Its Time for the luxury and the futuristic flying with Mercedes-Benz, ya you heard right flying with Mercedes-Benz. Upto now you are familiar the Mercedes-Benz>>Luxury cars but now it time for the luxury flight.
The European Suborbital Shuttle
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Following the trail of SpaceShipTwo, Dassault has been working on a new suborbital civilian spacecraft. Not to be confused with the Future High-Altitude High-Speed Transport 20XX, the new aircraft could be a 11-ton vehicle derived from their VEHRA satellite launcher.
Microsoft announces Spindex social media aggregator
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Article appeared on telegraph.co.uk
Microsoft plans to help people deal with social media overload.
Microsoft has announced that it is building a tool to aggregate all of a user’s social media activity into a single place. Spindex, which works in a similar way to products such as Friendfeed, aims to show users all their social network activity and avoid the hassle of logging on to various websites. It says it will help you you “Make sense of your social overload.
The General Manager of Microsoft’s Fuse Labs, Lili Cheng, wrote on the company’s blog that “Spindex, which we’re making available in early technical preview form, aggregates your social streams (Facebook, Twitter, Bing, etc.), making it simple for you to find what’s new, see personalized trending topics, and generally make the most of the time you spend being social on the Web.”
Microsoft plans to help people deal with social media overload.
Microsoft has announced that it is building a tool to aggregate all of a user’s social media activity into a single place. Spindex, which works in a similar way to products such as Friendfeed, aims to show users all their social network activity and avoid the hassle of logging on to various websites. It says it will help you you “Make sense of your social overload.
The General Manager of Microsoft’s Fuse Labs, Lili Cheng, wrote on the company’s blog that “Spindex, which we’re making available in early technical preview form, aggregates your social streams (Facebook, Twitter, Bing, etc.), making it simple for you to find what’s new, see personalized trending topics, and generally make the most of the time you spend being social on the Web.”
Facebook dismisses rumours of charging plans
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Heya facebookers who are joining the groups like "facebook will charge untill we get 1,000,000 members" or "300,000 Members are needed to stop facebook from charging money". Those Types of group have there own use. It helps the creator to get more members so later he can use for its own purposes.Facebook is now a multi billion dollar company, it makes million/day just by displaying ads and from other sources. If its start charging money then people will forget was facebook was :)
Google tweaks logo and changes search results page
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Google didn’t invent search, but the company has made it our prism for the internet. We don’t go to specific pages because instead we look for information. That means that any tweaking with the magic Google formula is always going to be significant, and the company has now begun the roll-out of some of the most significant changes in several years.
There is, however, nothing much to frighten the horses: the company has tidied up its logo slightly, but the homepage that will confront millions of users will barely look any different. When it comes to results pages, however, there will be real changes. Rather than a crisp list of pages related to a user’s query ranged against the left-hand side of the screen, now a new bar has appeared. At first glance it appears to simply offer some simple options to limit which search results are visible – so if you search for “string theory”, it will offer “images”, “news”, “video” and more. But search, say, for shoes, and you’ll find that “shopping” appears as an option, as does the opportunity to limit results by colour.
Magnets can help ease depression
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Magnets may cure depression in people who have not responded earlier to drugs, a new study has said.
A research team from Medical University of South Carolina, US, has revealed that people who had magnets attached to their heads to activate certain parts of the brain were more likely to report relief from depression than those treated with a similar device without a magnet.
The study involved 190 people, of which just under half were randomly assigned to receive the transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy. These people had to wear a helmet like device that applied a magnetic current to the front section of their brain for around 37 minutes a day for three weeks.
Magnets may cure depression in people who have not responded earlier to drugs, a new study has said.
A research team from Medical University of South Carolina, US, has revealed that people who had magnets attached to their heads to activate certain parts of the brain were more likely to report relief from depression than those treated with a similar device without a magnet.
The study involved 190 people, of which just under half were randomly assigned to receive the transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy. These people had to wear a helmet like device that applied a magnetic current to the front section of their brain for around 37 minutes a day for three weeks.
A car with an inbuilt scooter
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Traffic snarls in cities need not cause much worry as a new car with an inbuilt electric scooter that flips and folds into the boot will allow commuters to zip through the congested streets.
Carmaker Volkswagen is working on a bike that neatly compacts into the boot of a car and can be recharged on the move, The Age reported.
The "Bik.e" may look like a traditional push bike, but there are no pedals - thus it's actually more like a folding electric scooter.
Honda in Japan has already sold a version of its City hatch in the 1980s with a bike in the boot. The concept will be a blessing for commuters who are increasingly frustrated with thick traffic and hefty parking charges.
Traffic snarls in cities need not cause much worry as a new car with an inbuilt electric scooter that flips and folds into the boot will allow commuters to zip through the congested streets.
Carmaker Volkswagen is working on a bike that neatly compacts into the boot of a car and can be recharged on the move, The Age reported.
The "Bik.e" may look like a traditional push bike, but there are no pedals - thus it's actually more like a folding electric scooter.
Honda in Japan has already sold a version of its City hatch in the 1980s with a bike in the boot. The concept will be a blessing for commuters who are increasingly frustrated with thick traffic and hefty parking charges.
Facebook takes down chat after security flaw is exposed
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Article appeared on telegraph.co.uk.
Facebook has taken its chat system offline while it repairs a security hole that allowed users to see other people’s private chats.
The security flaw, discovered by TechCrunch, relates to a feature on Facebook that allows users to preview their own privacy settings. Describing the problem, TechCrunch’s Steve O’Hear wrote: "There is a major security flaw in the social networking site that, with just a few mouse clicks, enables any user to view the live chats of their ‘friends’. Using what sounds like a simple trick, a user can also access their friends’ latest pending friend-requests and which friends they share in common. That’s a lot of potentially sensitive information."
He said that TechCrunch had informed Facebook of the problem. Facebook now displays a message that says “chat is down for maintenance at this time”.
Facebook has taken its chat system offline while it repairs a security hole that allowed users to see other people’s private chats.
The security flaw, discovered by TechCrunch, relates to a feature on Facebook that allows users to preview their own privacy settings. Describing the problem, TechCrunch’s Steve O’Hear wrote: "There is a major security flaw in the social networking site that, with just a few mouse clicks, enables any user to view the live chats of their ‘friends’. Using what sounds like a simple trick, a user can also access their friends’ latest pending friend-requests and which friends they share in common. That’s a lot of potentially sensitive information."
He said that TechCrunch had informed Facebook of the problem. Facebook now displays a message that says “chat is down for maintenance at this time”.
New method to save eyesight loss
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London, (ANI): A scientist duo has found a way to boost the nutritional value of corn-a feat that could reduce the number of children in developing countries who lose their eyesight, become ill or die each year because of vitamin A deficiencies.
Corn contains carotenoids, some of which the body can convert to vitamin A.
Beta-carotene is the best vitamin A precursor, but only a very small percentage of corn varieties have naturally high beta-carotene levels.
In Africa and other developing regions, corn is a major staple and hundreds of thousands of children become blind, develop weakened immune systems and die because of diets based largely on corn that lacks sufficient beta-carotene.
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists Marilyn Warburton and Edward Buckler identified genetic sequences linked to higher beta-carotene levels in corn and demonstrating an inexpensive and fast way to identify corn plants that will produce even higher levels.
The study is considered a breakthrough in nutritional plant breeding, reports Nature.
In the study, the researchers surveyed the genetic sequences of corn from around the world through association mapping, a method made possible by recent breakthroughs that accelerate the genetic profiling of crops.
Corn contains carotenoids, some of which the body can convert to vitamin A.
Beta-carotene is the best vitamin A precursor, but only a very small percentage of corn varieties have naturally high beta-carotene levels.
In Africa and other developing regions, corn is a major staple and hundreds of thousands of children become blind, develop weakened immune systems and die because of diets based largely on corn that lacks sufficient beta-carotene.
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists Marilyn Warburton and Edward Buckler identified genetic sequences linked to higher beta-carotene levels in corn and demonstrating an inexpensive and fast way to identify corn plants that will produce even higher levels.
The study is considered a breakthrough in nutritional plant breeding, reports Nature.
In the study, the researchers surveyed the genetic sequences of corn from around the world through association mapping, a method made possible by recent breakthroughs that accelerate the genetic profiling of crops.
Women 'better navigators' than men
London (ANI): Men might be good at reading maps, but when it comes to recalling routes, it's the ladies who walk away with crown, according to a new study.
According to the research, women can be better navigators than men if they have visited a place before.
And according to researchers, it all goes back to the Pleistocene epoch - which began more than 2.5m years ago - when humans' route finding skills were honed differently for the distinct tasks of hunters and gatherers.
To test their hypothesis, the scientists used the population of a Mexican village.
Boffins "fitted with GPS (global positioning system) navigation systems and heart-rate monitors followed villagers to see how many mushrooms they gathered and how long it took. The GPS system mapped all the routes taken, and the heart-rate monitors detailed the energy expended."
According to the research, women can be better navigators than men if they have visited a place before.
And according to researchers, it all goes back to the Pleistocene epoch - which began more than 2.5m years ago - when humans' route finding skills were honed differently for the distinct tasks of hunters and gatherers.
To test their hypothesis, the scientists used the population of a Mexican village.
Boffins "fitted with GPS (global positioning system) navigation systems and heart-rate monitors followed villagers to see how many mushrooms they gathered and how long it took. The GPS system mapped all the routes taken, and the heart-rate monitors detailed the energy expended."
Black man living in medieval Britain found
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London,(ANI): The discovery of a skeleton in a friary's ruins is the first physical evidence of a black person living in medieval Britain.
The man's skeleton, uncovered in the friary in Ipswich, Suffolk, which was destroyed by Henry VIII, is said to date back to the 13th century, reports The Times.
The discovery is the first physical indication that black people lived in Britain in the 1,000-year period between the departure of the Romans, who had African slaves, and the beginnings of the age of discovery in the 15th century.
The skull demonstrates African characteristics, and an isotopic analysis of the man's teeth and thigh bone proved he had African roots.
The man's skeleton, uncovered in the friary in Ipswich, Suffolk, which was destroyed by Henry VIII, is said to date back to the 13th century, reports The Times.
The discovery is the first physical indication that black people lived in Britain in the 1,000-year period between the departure of the Romans, who had African slaves, and the beginnings of the age of discovery in the 15th century.
The skull demonstrates African characteristics, and an isotopic analysis of the man's teeth and thigh bone proved he had African roots.
Human growth hormone 'makes worst athlete the best'
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Human growth hormone is powerful enough to make the worst athlete in an Olympic race finish first, a study has shown.
The trial, published today, is the first to show that HGH positively affects physical performance.
Scientists discovered that injections of the drug enhanced the sprint capacity of athletes considerably.
Tests found that HGH could lead to a 0.4 second improvement over 10 seconds in a 100 metre sprint.
The results would correlate for professional athletes, reserachers claimed.
Human growth hormone is powerful enough to make the worst athlete in an Olympic race finish first, a study has shown.
The trial, published today, is the first to show that HGH positively affects physical performance.
Scientists discovered that injections of the drug enhanced the sprint capacity of athletes considerably.
Tests found that HGH could lead to a 0.4 second improvement over 10 seconds in a 100 metre sprint.
The results would correlate for professional athletes, reserachers claimed.
Fisherman have to work 17 times harder to catch fish than they did in the 19th century
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Marine scientists have discovered that despite modern trawlers being 50 times more effective than their sailing equivalents in the 19th century, they only catch a third more fish.
Stocks of some varieties of fish such as halibut are so decimated that it takes 500 times as much effort to pull them from the sea as it did in 1889.
Britain's fleet of trawlers – mostly powered by sail – netted 300,000 tons a year in the 1880s compared with 150,000 tons now.
The fishing fleet in England and Wales was much larger then but each vessel still netted 80 tons of fish a year. This compares with 110 tons on average per boat now despite advances in technology and far more powerful boats.
The "dramatic" and "worrying" drop is due to extreme and aggressive overfishing and researchers from York University said the problem is "far more profound" then previously thought.
Marine scientists have discovered that despite modern trawlers being 50 times more effective than their sailing equivalents in the 19th century, they only catch a third more fish.
Stocks of some varieties of fish such as halibut are so decimated that it takes 500 times as much effort to pull them from the sea as it did in 1889.
Britain's fleet of trawlers – mostly powered by sail – netted 300,000 tons a year in the 1880s compared with 150,000 tons now.
The fishing fleet in England and Wales was much larger then but each vessel still netted 80 tons of fish a year. This compares with 110 tons on average per boat now despite advances in technology and far more powerful boats.
The "dramatic" and "worrying" drop is due to extreme and aggressive overfishing and researchers from York University said the problem is "far more profound" then previously thought.
Zettabytes overtake petabytes as largest unit of digital measurement
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Humanity’s total digital output currently stands at 8,000,000 petabytes - which each represent a million gigabytes - but is expected to pass 1.2 zettabytes this year.
One zettabyte is equal to one million petabytes, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 individual bytes.
The current size of the world’s digital content is equivalent to all the information that could be stored on 75bn Apple iPads, or the amount that would be generated by everyone in the world posting messages on the microblogging site Twitter constantly for a century.
The rapid growth of the “digital universe” has been caused by the explosion of social networking, online video, digital photography and mobile phones.
Around 70 per cent of the world’s digital content is generated by individuals, but it is stored by companies on content-sharing websites such as Flickr and YouTube.
Humanity’s total digital output currently stands at 8,000,000 petabytes - which each represent a million gigabytes - but is expected to pass 1.2 zettabytes this year.
One zettabyte is equal to one million petabytes, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 individual bytes.
The current size of the world’s digital content is equivalent to all the information that could be stored on 75bn Apple iPads, or the amount that would be generated by everyone in the world posting messages on the microblogging site Twitter constantly for a century.
The rapid growth of the “digital universe” has been caused by the explosion of social networking, online video, digital photography and mobile phones.
Around 70 per cent of the world’s digital content is generated by individuals, but it is stored by companies on content-sharing websites such as Flickr and YouTube.
Google launches virtual keyboard
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Search giant Google has announced a new on-screen keyboard that allows users to input characters in a range of languages regardless of what sort of physical keyboard they are using.
Writing on the Google blog, Manish Bhargava, the product manager for Google International, described how the keyboard can already appear from any text field on a webpage if developers adopt a piece of Google code. “We are taking this effort one step further by integrating virtual keyboards into Google search in 35 languages,” he wrote.
Users of any of the 35 supported languages will now see a small keyboard icon next to the search filed; clicking on it will bring up the new keyboard.
Picasso Sells at Auction for $106.5 Million, a Record for a Work of Art
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A painting that Picasso created in a single day in March 1932, “Nu au Plateau de Sculpteur (Nude, Green Leaves and Bust),” sold for $106.5 million, a world record auction price for a work of art, at Christie’s Tuesday night. The painting, more than 5 feet by 4 feet, shows Picasso’s mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter, both reclining and as a bust. Picasso’s profile can be discerned in the blue background.
The painting broke the record price for a work of art set in February when a Giacometti sculpture, “Walking Man I,” was sold for $104.3 million at Sotheby’s in London. Bidding for the Picasso lasted 8 minutes and 6 seconds; there were six bidders. Nicholas Hall, an expert at Christie’s, took the winning bid by telephone. He declined to say who he was bidding for.
Giacomettis were also selling well on Tuesday night. “Grande Tête Mince,” a distinctive narrow bust, was bought by Guy Bennett, a private New York dealer, for a final price of $53.3 million, well over its estimate of $25 million to $35 million. “Le Chat,” an elongated bronze cat, sold for $20.8 million. And “La Main,” an outstretched arm and hand with fingers spread wide, went for $25.8 million in about six and a half minutes of bidding. It had been expected to bring $10 million to $15 million.
Strawberries can be grown in space
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Article appeared on deccanchronicle.com
Astronauts may now be able to satisfy their sweet tooth as researchers have found a strawberry that can grow in space with little maintenance and energy.
Cary Mitchell, professor of horticulture, and Gioia Massa, a horticulture research scientist at Purdue University in the US, tested several cultivars of strawberries and found one variety named Seascape, which seems to meet the requirements for becoming a space crop.
"What we're trying to do is grow our plants and minimise all of our inputs," Massa said. "We can grow these strawberries under shorter photoperiods than we thought and still get pretty much the same amount of yield."
Astronauts may now be able to satisfy their sweet tooth as researchers have found a strawberry that can grow in space with little maintenance and energy.
Cary Mitchell, professor of horticulture, and Gioia Massa, a horticulture research scientist at Purdue University in the US, tested several cultivars of strawberries and found one variety named Seascape, which seems to meet the requirements for becoming a space crop.
"What we're trying to do is grow our plants and minimise all of our inputs," Massa said. "We can grow these strawberries under shorter photoperiods than we thought and still get pretty much the same amount of yield."
New fibre optics tech to speed up internet
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It may look like a piece of gel but it's a new nano-based telecom technology "enabler" that can make computers and the internet hundreds of times faster.
The technology, that may be in use only five or 10 years in the future, is being designed by Koby Scheuer of Tel Aviv University's (TAU) School of Electrical Engineering.
Scheuer has developed a new plastic-based technology for the nano-photonics market, which manufactures optical devices and components. His plastic-based "filter" is made from nanometre (a billionth of a metre) sized grooves embedded into the plastic.
It may look like a piece of gel but it's a new nano-based telecom technology "enabler" that can make computers and the internet hundreds of times faster.
The technology, that may be in use only five or 10 years in the future, is being designed by Koby Scheuer of Tel Aviv University's (TAU) School of Electrical Engineering.
Scheuer has developed a new plastic-based technology for the nano-photonics market, which manufactures optical devices and components. His plastic-based "filter" is made from nanometre (a billionth of a metre) sized grooves embedded into the plastic.
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