December 2, 2011
MIT professor, Jonathan How and three colleagues, created an algorithm that will possibly predict if an oncoming car will continue to drive past a red light in an intersection within seconds of the possible collision. The simulation was tested on 15,000 vehicles and it was reliant on the rate of deceleration of the vehicle as it approached the red light. This new algorithm is said to correctly predict the outcome 85 percent of the time.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/02/mit-created-algorithm-predicts-likelihood-of-running-red-lights/
November 23, 2011
In the University of Central Florida, researchers have found a way to create neuromuscular connectors between muscle and spinal cord cells with stem cells. The researcher that lead this break through was bioengineer James Hickman, and with the help of his team and Professor Emertius Herman Vandenburgh from Brown University this feat was accomplished. This breakthrough is said to help the development of human chips that will help patients suffering from diseases. It is also speculated that it will help research on Lou Gehrig’s disease and spinal cord injuries. Many other forms of medical research and development can come from this new discovery.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/23/researchers-create-spinal-cord-connectors-from-human-stem-cells/
November 18, 2011
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has taken high resolution topographic map pictures of the moon. This new picture is said to give better understanding of the moon. It is said that the pictures will also how the crust of the moon was formed and allow future space landings.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/18/nasa-creates-high-res-moon-map-taunts-you-about-your-terrestria/
OPERA (Oscillation Project with Emulsion-Tracking Apparatus) collaboration in Italy said to recorded neutrinos travelling faster than the speed of light. Neutrinos are sent from CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland and travels to Gran Sasso Mountain in Italy. The arrival time for the neutrinos were 60 nanoseconds earlier than the calculated time at light speed. On November 6, 2011 there were multiple tests done with the same result.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/18/faster-than-light-neutrinos-are-back-in-the-game/
November 11, 2011
Sony CEO is trying to compete with Steve Jobs by launching their new laptops, PCs , phones , tablets, and TVs. Although Apple is offers the iPad, Itouch, iPhone, Apple TV , and Mac, Sony is considered the top of the line brand for electronics. It was also reported that Google is trying to launch Google TV that will be supported by Sony. If Google and Sony work together, both of there power house companies will surpass their competition.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/11/sonys-ceo-is-ready-to-launch-a-four-screen-platform-that-can-c/
November 7, 2011
A Japanese company called Cyberdyne has created a robot suit that has a 60g anti radiation jacket that will reduce radiation. The purpose of this was caused by the tsunami that hit Japan in Marth 11, 2011. The tsunami hit Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeast Japan causing some radiation leaks. This was a very serious threat for many Japanese citizens and islands close to Japan. This new suit was also given to 113 hospitals, welfare and other facilities to prevent the exposure of radiation. This new design will really help Japan recover from the serious natural disaster that occurred in March.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/07/cyberdyne-turns-its-hal-exoskeleton-into-an-anti-radiation-suit/
November 2. 2011
Pepsi sponsored a project titled “Sound of Football” that allows visually impaired players actually play a small sided soccer game against professional players with their ears. There were 16 cameras covering the field which allows the computer to register each player and the position of the ball. The information is converted on an iPhone that is attached to each player that converts the positions into sounds that provide a surround sound experience that allows the players to play soccer without their eyes. Both teams were blindfolded and the experiment was a success. The results were impressive and the researchers believe that this new technology can be implemented in other activities for the visually impaired.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/02/pepsis-sound-of-football-project-lets-visually-impaired-playe/
October 27, 2011
During the past months, Hewlett Packard was fired its CEO and hired Meg Whitman. Whitman was the former CEO of Ebay and currently restructuring HP’s departments. HP was leaning towards selling their PC division and focus strictly on software development. There is current speculation that HP will continue to manufacture PC’s but the new concept of cloud computing is around the corner. HP was the number 1 manufacturer of personal computer in 2010 with a total of $40.7 billion in revenue.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/27/hp-will-keep-pc-division-hope-alive/
