Google offers instant translation in 36 languages
Google updated the Translate app on Android and iOS to transform your mobile device into an even more powerful translation tool.Instant translation with Word LensThe Translate app already lets you use...
View ArticleDiamandis wants you to think exponential, think like a billionaire and create...
Peter Diamandis started or co-founded the Xprize foundation and Singularity, Planetary Resources (asteroid mining), Longevity Inc (Radical life extension). He has a new book and videos to get more...
View ArticlePentagons $1.5 trillion mistake is one of many because of corrupt procurement
The F-35 fighter jet was supposed to do a bit of everything, as James Fallows explains in "The Tragedy of the American Military". Instead, the aircraft can barely do anything: it has trouble flying at...
View ArticleChina's electricity consumption increased 3.8% in 2014
January 16, 2014 the National Energy Board released China's total electricity consumption and other data.2014, total electricity consumption 5.5233 trillion kwh, an increase of 3.8%. Sub-industries,...
View ArticleChina signs more high speed rail deals for Africa and is in talks for Asian...
China has signed a deal to build a 480km railway link between Kenya's largest seaport of Mombasa and the capital Nairobi — the first stage of a line that will eventually link Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda,...
View ArticlePictures of the Spacex crash on the barge
@ID_AA_Carmack Rocket hits hard at ~45 deg angle, smashing legs and engine section pic.twitter.com/PnzHHluJfG— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 16, 2015@ID_AA_Carmack Before impact, fins lose power and go...
View ArticleElon Musk will be Hyperloop test track and could have annual Hyperloop pod...
Elon Musk announced the development of a test facility for the innovative air-rail system with a five-mile track.Will be building a Hyperloop test track for companies and student teams to test out...
View ArticleAmazon Japan selling Giant 12.5 feet tall, 5 ton Mechbot
Amazon Japan has a $1 million mech robot* Weight about 5 tons, height 3.8 meters* humanoid four-legged giant toy robot * Unlike normal riding toy, safety and comfort is not guaranteed* It will be the...
View ArticleGoogle confident regulatory barriers can be overcome and self driving cars...
Google says its self driving cars should be on public roads within five years without having to drive through a thicket of regulatory red tape.Speaking at a conference in Detroit, the chief of the...
View ArticleRussia's unmanned next generation fighter is being based off the MIG Skat...
Russian designers are proceeding with development of an unmanned "sixth-generation" fighter jet, according to former Air Force chief Pyotr Deinekin."The sixth generation of aircraft will most likely be...
View ArticleJapan's ATD-X Stealth fighter software glitch and comparison of 5th Gen Fighters
Japan's Advanced Technology Demonstrator-X (ATD-X) fighter test platform will not fly until at least late 2015 due to issues with the software that controls automatic engine restarts, according to...
View ArticleGene in fruitflies eliminates bad cells and extends lifespan
Viable yet damaged cells can accumulate during development and aging. Although eliminating those cells may benefit organ function, identification of this less fit cell population remains challenging....
View ArticleBiochar could boost agricultural yields and control pollution
Across the United States, sales of biochar, a long-lasting soil additive, have surged over the past few years. Biochar sales have tripled annually since 2008, according to some estimates. The Biochar...
View ArticleFGFA fighter is an upgraded T50 and should be deployed in 2022 by Russia and...
The Sukhoi/HAL Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) or Perspective Multi-role Fighter (PMF) is a fifth-generation fighter being developed by India and Russia. It is a derivative project from the...
View ArticleElon Musk will make global internet satellite network and use it to fund...
Elon Musk plans to launch a network of hundreds of communication satellites to orbit earth. The network would do two things: speed up the general flow of data on the Internet and deliver high-speed,...
View ArticleBaidu image recognition has fewer errors than Google and is close to human level
Baidu has a computer vision system that is better than Google and close to human accuracyBaidu has a state -of-the-art image recognition system, Deep Image, developed using end-to-end deep learning....
View ArticleEnergy Harvesting output voltage increased from 7 millivolts to 1 volt will...
Piezoelectric materials such as ZnO, as well as several others, have the ability to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy, and vice versa. “ZnO nanostructures are particularly suitable as...
View ArticleSensors linked to shotgun like systems defend against rocket propelled grenades
Trophy (aka ASPRO-A or Windbreaker) is a military active protection system (APS) for vehicles. It intercepts and destroys incoming missiles and rockets with a shotgun-like blast. Trophy is the product...
View ArticleGermanium ferroelectric gate could extend Moore's law past 2028
Universal memory replacing DRAM, SRAM, flash and nearly every transistor in a computer may result from their successful fabrication of a ferroelectric gate over germanium channel material, according to...
View ArticleCarnival of Space 389
1. Universe Today - Some of the Best Pictures of the Planets in our Solar SystemSaturn and its rings, as seen from above the planet by the Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science...
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