Progress has come about thanks in part to steady progress in the technologies needed to help machines understand human speech, including machine learning and statistical data-mining techniques. Sophisticated voice technology is already commonplace in call centers, where it lets users navigate through menus and helps identify irate customers who should be handed off to a real customer service rep.
Story continues below--Chances are it will be able to fix the problem before too long. The company is sitting on unused spectrum acquired in 2006 that it eventually plans to use for LTE. It recently paid $1.9 billion to mobile chipmaker Qualcomm for wireless spectrum to serve important markets including San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles. Verizon is simultaneously trying to sell off one chunk of spectrum it has owned for years and to buy another—one it thinks is better suited to LTE—from a consortium of cable companies. AT&T and T-Mobile both have plans to recycle some of their spectrum currently used for slower, 2G data connections, upgrading it to serve LTE connections so it can carry more data.
Carriers are increasingly looking for creative tactics that will relieve pressure on their networks. "Spectrum is certainly a limiting factor, but carriers are also constrained by a number of other things, too, particularly backhaul," says Bill Moore of RootMetrics, which gathers data on cell-phone network bandwidth and other performance measures that are freely available online. Backhaul refers to the physical connections that link cell-phone towers to the Internet and phone networks. All carriers are working hard to upgrade their backhaul, replacing copper cable with high-capacity optical fiber.
Getting the necessary permissions to replace or install underground fiber is a slow process, says Bryan Darr, CEO of Mosaik Solutions, which collects data on wireless network coverage. That explains Verizon's alliance with a consortium of major cable companies to connect their networks, announced late last year. "The cable operators have an awful lot of cable in the ground that's capable of handling a lot of traffic," says Darr. "They also know themselves that they need to be connected to the wireless industry because that's where the future of content like TV is."
A way to sidestep bottlenecks caused by constraints on spectrum and backhaul is to have smart phones and tablets make use of Wi-Fi as much as possible, says Darr. AT&T is investing heavily in that strategy by installing Wi-Fi hotspots in stadiums and busy city areas in Manhattan and San Francisco. Newer AT&T phones automatically switch to using Wi-Fi when in range, reducing the load on cell towers. "Once that can work more seamlessly for data and calls, it is going to be a huge help," says Darr. This February AT&T reported that it had worked with other carriers, including China Mobile, on a successful trial of special Wi-Fi hotspots that can recognize an authorized device and take over its connection without dropping calls or interrupting downloads in progress.
Experts say that the major carriers are so far keeping pace with the demands of their customers. "Out of the four major national carriers, three are getting faster," says Moore of RootMetrics; the fourth, Sprint, is due to introduce its first LTE networks this year, which should allow it to speed up too. He believes there is enough spectrum to go around but notes that carriers are caught in something of an arms race with their own customers. "All I see for now is that speeds go up," says Moore, "and that will encourage consumer demands to go up as well." Partly as a result, almost all wireless carriers phased out unlimited data plans last year. That means they can cap bandwidth use or charge more for it if they find demand for data outstripping their ability to supply it.
VideoInteractiveSlide ShowNorthwestern University chemist Mercouri Kanatzidis, materials scientist Robert Chang, and two graduate students replaced the dye cells' liquid electrolyte with a solid iodine-based semiconductor. While prior solid-state designs have reduced the power output of dye cells, the Northwestern design actually boosts performance, the researchers say, because the cesium-tin-iodine semiconductor that replaces the liquid electrolyte also absorbs light. "Our material actually absorbs more light than the dye itself," says Kanatzidis.
In a report in Nature last week, the Northwestern team claims its cell converts 10.2 percent of incoming light to electricity—far higher than the 7 percent efficiency of the best existing solid-state dye cells. Sean Shaheen, an expert in organic photovoltaics at Denver University, says that the Northwestern cell's efficiency would be closer to 8 percent under standard measurement conditions. But Shaheen says it is still an important development for dye cells.
Kanatzidis says it could be possible to commercialize the design if the efficiency of the cells can be pushed above 11 percent. That is lower than the 12 to 16 percent efficiency of commercial thin-film solar panels and far below the efficiency of silicon panels. But the cost of manufacturing dye-based cells should also be lower.
Australian solar developer Dyesol is seeking to exploit low-cost processing to commercialize conventional dye-solar technology—liquid electrolyte included. Its strategy is to integrate dye-based solar into building materials such as glass high-rise panels and steel roofing sheets. This March, Dyesol's South Korean joint venture partner, Timo Technology, installed glass panels on a building in Seoul. And Dyesol is partnering with India's Tata Steel to develop dye-solar-coated steel roofing.
Damion Milliken, Dyesol's research and development manager, insists that liquid electrolytes can be contained. "Dyesol and others have produced devices with excellent long-term stability which have been subjected to accelerated testing equivalent to 25 years' life and beyond," Milliken says. "The technology is commercially viable."
VideoInteractiveSlide ShowEarlier this year, Acorda Therapeutics reported that the compound dalfampridine improved motor function in both the forelimbs and hind limbs of rats that had suffered a stroke. This month, the company began recruiting patients for a clinical trial to test the effects of the compound in human stroke patients. Acorda plans to enroll about 70 people who have had a stroke at least six months prior. "That's the time that deficits seem to stabilize, so we can eliminate naturally occurring improvements in patients," says Jeff MacDonald, an Acorda spokesman.
Acorda is focusing on neurological disorders at a time when many pharmaceutical companies seem to be turning away from such maladies. The company was founded in 1995 to treat spinal-cord injuries and has since taken on other neurological conditions, including multiple sclerosis and stroke. The company originally licensed dalfampridine from drugmaker Elan in the hope of using it to treat spinal-cord injuries, but instead it found more success in treating multiple sclerosis patients. "We followed it to where it was leading," says Andrew Blight, chief scientific officer for Acorda.
Spinal-cord injuries still garner a lot of focus from the company, which hopes to begin testing a compound licensed from Medtronic that protects neurons from the wave of cell death that follows the initial injury. Medtronic had already shown the compound to be safe in healthy patients, and later this year, Acorda plans to test its efficacy in patients in the first hours after a spinal-cord injury.
Patients with injured spinal cords are not nearly as numerous as stroke patients, "but if you are talking about costs to society, spinal-cord injuries are extremely expensive," says Naomi Kleitman, a spinal-cord injury expert with NINDS. "They tend to happen in fairly young people who need a lot of medical and assistive help if they have severe injuries."
The company is also looking to treat longer-standing spinal-cord injuries with a drug that would help break down the scar tissue that forms around a spinal-cord injury. The scar tissue is thought to prevent nerves from establishing the new connections that may help patients recover some functionality. The product is still in early development, and one challenge will be devising a method to deliver the large scar-busting molecule to its target site.
Despite the pressing need, the small market for spinal-cord injury drugs may be one reason the condition doesn't get a lot of attention from pharmaceutical giants. "No one else wants to develop compounds to treat spinal-cord injury as seriously as Acorda," says Edward Hall, a neurologist and spinal-cord and brain-injury specialist at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. "These aren't going to be billion-dollar-a-year products."
Numbers will not be an issue for long-term stroke patients. Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability, and the number of people living with its effects is growing. "We are getting better at preventing stroke death, but the incidence is going up because the population is aging, and age is the greatest risk factor," says S. Thomas Carmichael, a neurologist and neurorepair researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Relatively few groups are working on treating the effects of a stroke more than six months after it occurred, says Carmichael, in part because the disorder is tricky to model in lab animals.
"It's great for the field that
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Subscribe to the Mims's Bits RSS FeedThere's nothing like an Ice Cream Sandwich in the summertime, and a taste of Android 4.0 (a.k.a "Ice Cream Sandwich") is coming soon for smartphones made by two of the world's largest mobile manufacturers.
The latest version of the Android operating system has been available for months -- it was unveiled, remember, by Google at a Hong Kong event way back in October. So far, however, adoption rates have been low, sitting at just below 5 percent, as many manufacturers have struggled to adapt ICS for their respective devices in a timely fashion.
It appears, however, that Motorola and LG are finally getting with the times: Both provided new info about Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades, with Motorola even showing off its long-awaited flavor of Ice Cream Sandwich for its popular Droid Razr phone in a YouTube video.
In a post on Motorola Japan, the now-Google-owned mobile maker outlined its big plans for Ice Cream Sandwich on the Droid Razr and Droid Razr Maxx. Razr owners (ownrs?) can expect a new lock screen and home screen, several updated applications including an improved browser and easier homescreen customization. But why take my word for it when you can SEE what's changing?
Watch (and, if you speak Japanese, listen) below:
The update schedule remains unchanged -- Motorola still expects Ice Cream Sandwich to hit both the Droid Razr and the Droid Razr Maxx by the end of June. Now, however, you can check out some of the features coming in that update at an official Motorola landing page (in Japanese, translated to rough English via Google Translate).
Meanwhile, in the same week that it is celebrating the sale of its three millionth LTE device, LG has also announced that a few of those devices will indeed be getting ICS, ending months of conjecture. The Optimus LTE, the Optimus LTE Tag, and the 5-inch Optimus Vu will all receive an Ice Cream Sandwich update, beginning as soon as June 4, per a (translated) news release.
A few other bullet-point notes on Ice Cream Sandwich updates and non-updates:
- Sony has announced in a blog post that its Xperia Play "Playstation Phone" will not be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich.
- Sony's Xperia arc, Xperia neo, Xperia mini, Xperia mini pro, Xperia pro and Xperia active will be getting Ice Cream Sandwich, however, starting as soon as Friday, June 1st.
- For Verizon customers, the Google/Samsung collabo Galaxy Nexus should be updated to Android 4.0.4 in the coming weeks.
That's all the Ice Cream Sandwich news we have for now. With the next version of Android -- Android 4.1, or "Jelly Bean" -- looming, these Android makers and mobile carriers better hustle, or they may find themselves implementing an operating system "update" that isn't even current, or "up-to-date," anymore.
Also on HuffPost:Check out the gallery to view some of the biggest new features made possible by Android 4.0.Sleeker LookIce Cream Sandwich's totally revamped interface places even more emphasis on Google's search bar and aims at making Android more user-friendly. Among the new features are a new typeface called "Roboto" with more rounded letters, as well as scrollable and re-sizable widgets. The snazzy UI also places more of an emphasis on finger gestures.
More Camera FeaturesWhat's different about camera functions in Android 4.0? A whole lot, starting with Instagram-esque photo-editing tools and deeper integration with social networks.
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When engineering student Shaahin Amini magnified the chemical elements nickel, aluminum and carbon under his high-powered microscope, he was surprised when he saw what appeared to be a tiny giraffe.
After a color touch-up in Photoshop, the University of California Riverside student entered the 0.005 millimeter figure into the "Science As Art" competition in San Francisco.
Amini's giraffe was selected as one of the first place winners at the competition, which included some 150 entries from around the world.
"Exploration under the microscope will give you the chance to detach yourself from this world and momentarily live in a microscopic wonderland where beauty can be found in unexpected spots," Amini said in a UCR press release.
Check out more nature inspired art, including Ondrej Pakan's dew soaked microscopic bugs and the Olympus Bioscapes competition's winning entries.
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Married men, you may want to step away from the Xbox.
In a recent online survey of 721 Japanese women, playing video games was the fourth most cited reason for splitting up with a spouse.
So what's worse than gaming? The women, who ranged in age from teens to 60 plus, said that adultery, alcoholism and overspending were greater grounds for divorcing their husbands. Gaming edged out less offensive options like sleeping in until noon on the weekends and differing "approaches to cleanliness."
This is hardly the first time that we've heard of video game addictions wreaking havoc on marriages. Last year, Divorce Online found that 15 percent of women who cited unreasonable behavior for ending their marriage said they felt that their partner put gaming before their relationship.
Divorcing your spouse over gaming may seem odd, but it's not the weirdest grounds for divorce that's ever been reported. Click through these seven strange-but-true divorce causes and vote on which one that you think is the strangest.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Facebook Inc. launched its first office in the Arab world Wednesday, aiming to drum up new advertising business from Dubai as investors fret over its struggling share price.
The online meet-up site and other social networking tools were instrumental in connecting activists during the wave of protests and revolutions that reverberated across the region last year.
But Joanna Shields, Facebook's vice president and managing director for Europe, the Mideast and Africa, said the decision to lay down roots in the region was purely commercial.
"People on Facebook ... use it to organize rallies for all kinds of elections around the world," she said. "We're humbled by that and we are happy that we can facilitate. But we always downplay the (site's) role because it's really the people there who came together and did what they did."
The office is starting with three employees in Dubai's Internet City, a business park popular with tech firms including Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc.
Facebook's website lists some 30 offices globally.
The aim is to attract more ad sales by targeting the 45 million users that Facebook says it has across the Middle East and North Africa.
Executives declined to say how much revenue the region currently generates or what their goals are for the future.
In 2010, Facebook teamed with Cairo-based advertising company Connect Ads to better reach advertisers in the region.
Jonathan Labin, who will lead the Dubai office, said existing advertisers in the region include Dubai-based Emirates, the region's biggest airline.
The Dubai launch follows Facebook's May 18 initial public offering at $38 a share, one of the most anticipated stock debuts in history.
The stock had lost 24 percent of its value ahead of the Dubai launch, which was held in the plush Armani Hotel at the base of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper.
While the share's gyrations are a hot topic on Wall Street, Shields said Facebook employees are not fixated on reports about the stock's slide.
"I don't even listen to it, to be honest ... because I've got a job to do," she said. "I think we're just getting on with it."
Also on HuffPost: Contribute to this Story: Send us a tip Send us a photo or video Suggest a correction FOLLOW TECH Like 52k Get Alerts From our partners Get HuffPost Technology On ! --British photographer Mark Mawson has taken our breath away with another photo series made from the simple ingredients of paint and water.
Dubbed "Aqueous Electreau," this is the photographer's third series featuring kaleidoscopes of colors suspended in water.
The inspiration for Mawson's creation came from the simple act of watching milk being poured into the numerous cups of coffee.
"After the success of Aqueous Fluoreau, I wanted to try and produce some work which was equally as bright and bold without it being repetitive" Mawson told the Huffington Post.
"I used colors that were very electro, hence the name and the images had a resemblance to 'ectoplasm', ghosts and spirit photography," he adds.
Can't get enough incredible colorful water images? Don't miss Jim Kramer's high-speed water droplet photography or Markus Reugels dramatic liquid art.
Check out photographer "Aqueous Electreau" below:
Mark Mawson
Mark Mawson's Aqueous Electreau water art
Mark MawsonMark Mawson's Aqueous Electreau water art
Mark MawsonMark Mawson's Aqueous Electreau water art
Mark MawsonMark Mawson's Aqueous Electreau water art
Mark MawsonMark Mawson's Aqueous Electreau water art
Also on HuffPost: Contribute to this Story: Send us a tip Send us a photo or video Suggest a correction FOLLOW ARTS Like 20k Get Alerts Get HuffPost Arts On ! --There's nothing like an Ice Cream Sandwich in the summertime, and a taste of Android 4.0 (a.k.a "Ice Cream Sandwich") is coming soon for smartphones made by two of the world's largest mobile manufacturers.
The latest version of the Android operating system has been available for months -- it was unveiled, remember, by Google at a Hong Kong event way back in October. So far, however, adoption rates have been low, sitting at just below 5 percent, as many manufacturers have struggled to adapt ICS for their respective devices in a timely fashion.
It appears, however, that Motorola and LG are finally getting with the times: Both provided new info about Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades, with Motorola even showing off its long-awaited flavor of Ice Cream Sandwich for its popular Droid Razr phone in a YouTube video.
In a post on Motorola Japan, the now-Google-owned mobile maker outlined its big plans for Ice Cream Sandwich on the Droid Razr and Droid Razr Maxx. Razr owners (ownrs?) can expect a new lock screen and home screen, several updated applications including an improved browser and easier homescreen customization. But why take my word for it when you can SEE what's changing?
Watch (and, if you speak Japanese, listen) below:
The update schedule remains unchanged -- Motorola still expects Ice Cream Sandwich to hit both the Droid Razr and the Droid Razr Maxx by the end of June. Now, however, you can check out some of the features coming in that update at an official Motorola landing page (in Japanese, translated to rough English via Google Translate).
Meanwhile, in the same week that it is celebrating the sale of its three millionth LTE device, LG has also announced that a few of those devices will indeed be getting ICS, ending months of conjecture. The Optimus LTE, the Optimus LTE Tag, and the 5-inch Optimus Vu will all receive an Ice Cream Sandwich update, beginning as soon as June 4, per a (translated) news release.
A few other bullet-point notes on Ice Cream Sandwich updates and non-updates:
- Sony has announced in a blog post that its Xperia Play "Playstation Phone" will not be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich.
- Sony's Xperia arc, Xperia neo, Xperia mini, Xperia mini pro, Xperia pro and Xperia active will be getting Ice Cream Sandwich, however, starting as soon as Friday, June 1st.
- For Verizon customers, the Google/Samsung collabo Galaxy Nexus should be updated to Android 4.0.4 in the coming weeks.
That's all the Ice Cream Sandwich news we have for now. With the next version of Android -- Android 4.1, or "Jelly Bean" -- looming, these Android makers and mobile carriers better hustle, or they may find themselves implementing an operating system "update" that isn't even current, or "up-to-date," anymore.
Also on HuffPost:Check out the gallery to view some of the biggest new features made possible by Android 4.0.Sleeker LookIce Cream Sandwich's totally revamped interface places even more emphasis on Google's search bar and aims at making Android more user-friendly. Among the new features are a new typeface called "Roboto" with more rounded letters, as well as scrollable and re-sizable widgets. The snazzy UI also places more of an emphasis on finger gestures.
More Camera FeaturesWhat's different about camera functions in Android 4.0? A whole lot, starting with Instagram-esque photo-editing tools and deeper integration with social networks.
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When engineering student Shaahin Amini magnified the chemical elements nickel, aluminum and carbon under his high-powered microscope, he was surprised when he saw what appeared to be a tiny giraffe.
After a color touch-up in Photoshop, the University of California Riverside student entered the 0.005 millimeter figure into the "Science As Art" competition in San Francisco.
Amini's giraffe was selected as one of the first place winners at the competition, which included some 150 entries from around the world.
"Exploration under the microscope will give you the chance to detach yourself from this world and momentarily live in a microscopic wonderland where beauty can be found in unexpected spots," Amini said in a UCR press release.
Check out more nature inspired art, including Ondrej Pakan's dew soaked microscopic bugs and the Olympus Bioscapes competition's winning entries.
Also on HuffPost: Contribute to this Story: Send us a tip Send us a photo or video Suggest a correction FOLLOW GREEN Like 100k Get Alerts From our partners Garbage In Paradise: Inside The Maldives' Trash-Only Island - TakePart Summer Grilling Guide For The Conscientious Consumer - TakePart 15 Stunning Pictures Of Starfish Sunbathing - environmentalgraffiti.com Get HuffPost Green On ! -- China Internet Censorship: International Websites Down As Users Worry About Expansion Of 'Great Firewall'
Married men, you may want to step away from the Xbox.
In a recent online survey of 721 Japanese women, playing video games was the fourth most cited reason for splitting up with a spouse.
So what's worse than gaming? The women, who ranged in age from teens to 60 plus, said that adultery, alcoholism and overspending were greater grounds for divorcing their husbands. Gaming edged out less offensive options like sleeping in until noon on the weekends and differing "approaches to cleanliness."
This is hardly the first time that we've heard of video game addictions wreaking havoc on marriages. Last year, Divorce Online found that 15 percent of women who cited unreasonable behavior for ending their marriage said they felt that their partner put gaming before their relationship.
Divorcing your spouse over gaming may seem odd, but it's not the weirdest grounds for divorce that's ever been reported. Click through these seven strange-but-true divorce causes and vote on which one that you think is the strangest.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Facebook Inc. launched its first office in the Arab world Wednesday, aiming to drum up new advertising business from Dubai as investors fret over its struggling share price.
The online meet-up site and other social networking tools were instrumental in connecting activists during the wave of protests and revolutions that reverberated across the region last year.
But Joanna Shields, Facebook's vice president and managing director for Europe, the Mideast and Africa, said the decision to lay down roots in the region was purely commercial.
"People on Facebook ... use it to organize rallies for all kinds of elections around the world," she said. "We're humbled by that and we are happy that we can facilitate. But we always downplay the (site's) role because it's really the people there who came together and did what they did."
The office is starting with three employees in Dubai's Internet City, a business park popular with tech firms including Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc.
Facebook's website lists some 30 offices globally.
The aim is to attract more ad sales by targeting the 45 million users that Facebook says it has across the Middle East and North Africa.
Executives declined to say how much revenue the region currently generates or what their goals are for the future.
In 2010, Facebook teamed with Cairo-based advertising company Connect Ads to better reach advertisers in the region.
Jonathan Labin, who will lead the Dubai office, said existing advertisers in the region include Dubai-based Emirates, the region's biggest airline.
The Dubai launch follows Facebook's May 18 initial public offering at $38 a share, one of the most anticipated stock debuts in history.
The stock had lost 24 percent of its value ahead of the Dubai launch, which was held in the plush Armani Hotel at the base of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper.
While the share's gyrations are a hot topic on Wall Street, Shields said Facebook employees are not fixated on reports about the stock's slide.
"I don't even listen to it, to be honest ... because I've got a job to do," she said. "I think we're just getting on with it."
Also on HuffPost: Contribute to this Story: Send us a tip Send us a photo or video Suggest a correction FOLLOW TECH Like 52k Get Alerts From our partners Get HuffPost Technology On ! --British photographer Mark Mawson has taken our breath away with another photo series made from the simple ingredients of paint and water.
Dubbed "Aqueous Electreau," this is the photographer's third series featuring kaleidoscopes of colors suspended in water.
The inspiration for Mawson's creation came from the simple act of watching milk being poured into the numerous cups of coffee.
"After the success of Aqueous Fluoreau, I wanted to try and produce some work which was equally as bright and bold without it being repetitive" Mawson told the Huffington Post.
"I used colors that were very electro, hence the name and the images had a resemblance to 'ectoplasm', ghosts and spirit photography," he adds.
Can't get enough incredible colorful water images? Don't miss Jim Kramer's high-speed water droplet photography or Markus Reugels dramatic liquid art.
Check out photographer "Aqueous Electreau" below:
Mark Mawson
Mark Mawson's Aqueous Electreau water art
Mark MawsonMark Mawson's Aqueous Electreau water art
Mark MawsonMark Mawson's Aqueous Electreau water art
Mark MawsonMark Mawson's Aqueous Electreau water art
Mark MawsonMark Mawson's Aqueous Electreau water art
Also on HuffPost: Contribute to this Story: Send us a tip Send us a photo or video Suggest a correction FOLLOW ARTS Like 20k Get Alerts Get HuffPost Arts On ! --The Physics arXiv Blog produces daily coverage of the best new ideas from an online forum called the Physics arXiv on which scientists post early versions of their latest ideas. Contact me atKentuckyFC
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Offizielle Olympische branding so allgegenwärtig ist, so scheint es als ob jedes möglichen Produkt-von Handys, TVs-a London 2012 Gegenstück hat.
Sie können jetzt Moleküle zu dieser Liste hinzufügen.
Forscher von IBM und der University of Warwick erstellt haben, und soll aussehen wie ein Molekül, und feiern, die London 2012 Olympischen fotografiert.
Mit dem Namen Olympicene, wie natürlich Molekül Funktionen fünf miteinander verbundene Ringe die offiziellen Olympischen Symbols.
Nur ein Milliardstel von einem Meter Breite-Usain Bolt wird sich das Äquivalent von 12.100 von ihnen innerhalb von 10 Sekunden zu gewinnen Gold decken Medaille-das Molekül ist speziell geschaffen, um die Spiele zu feiern.
Professor Sir Graham Richards, Mitglied der Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Council, sagte der BBC, dass er erkennen würde, dass ein Weg das Molekül vor auf der die Spiele beschrieben.
"Ich war in der Kommission von einem Treffen der Royal Society of Chemistry, wo wir versucht zu denken, was wir, anlässlich der Olympischen Spiele tun können," er erzählte BBC News.
"Es kam mir, dass das Molekül, das schien, hatte ich sehr viel auf die Olympischen Ringe gezeichnet.
Forscher von der University of Warwick erstellt das Molekül und Rasterkraftmikroskopie ',' Kontaktlos-eine Art der Fotografie, die Darstellung der einzelnen Moleküle ermöglicht-die beringten Struktur zu fotografieren.
Richards erkennt das Molekül hat eine "kommerzielle" Nutzung, aber sagte, er hoffe, dass die Olympischen Spiele verwendet werden kann, zum rest der Interesse an Wissenschaft und Sport.
"Moleküle dieser Art wäre denkbar kommerzielle Nutzung, aber mein eigenes Gefühl, den wir wollen vor allem Interesse an der Chemie durch die Verknüpfung mit der Olympic, wecken", sagte er der BBC.
Olympicene ein farbiges Bild des Moleküls.
OlympiceneOlympicene in seiner angetriebenen Form dargestellt.
OlympiceneOlympicene dargestellt.
OlympiceneEine andere Ansicht des Olympicene
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Apple sagt, dass Sie nicht so gut 'Pixel' sehen können. LG sagt jetzt, dass es ziemlich viel besser haben könnte.
Die koreanische Firma hat angekündigt, dass es bald ein ehrlich gesagt übertrieben fünf Zoll HD mit der höchsten Auflösung, die jemals auf einem mobilen Bildschirm wird Gerät vorstellen wird. Der Bildschirm wird eine volle 1080p (1920 x 1080) Auflösung, bringen die 440 Pixel pro Zoll (Ppi) haben.
Das ist höher als von Apple "Retina Display" in aktuellen iPhones (326ppi) und das neue iPad (264ppi) verwendet.
Sang-Deok Yeo, CTO und Executive Vice President von LG Display "wie Smartphones werden immer mehr geschätzt für, wie gut sie multimedia tun und mit dem rasanten Wachstum der LTE aktivieren Dateiübertragung, unsere neue schneller große 5" Full HD LCD-Panel ist sicher zu beweisen, eine wichtige Ergänzung für den mobilen Markt, "sagte.
Das Gremium ist noch nicht heraus, und nicht, es auf zu SID Display Woche am 4. Juni in Boston bald.
Suchen sie auf Telefonen mit Dorfpfarrer guten Bildschirme relativ bald danach angezeigt werden sollen...
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TORONTO (Reuters)-Welke, Hunger, Durst, Zimmerpflanzen zarter liebevoll konnte schnell eine neue Pflanze Sensor Dank und app sagt, dass die Besitzer wann ist es Zeit immer werden für Tränken und füttern sie.
Koubachi Wifi Pflanze Sensor, der im unteren Teil der Topfpflanze befindet, verbindet mit einer Smartphone-Anwendung, die Benutzer warnt, wenn die Pflanzen brauchen Wasser, Feuchtigkeit, Dünger oder mehr Sonne oder Schatten.
"Es gibt sehr wenig Informationen, wenn Sie eine Pflanze kaufen. Die meiste Zeit gibt es ein kleiner Aufkleber, der sagen, dass es alle paar Tage eine mittlere Menge an Licht und Wasser sein muss. Aber das ist sehr rau und ist nicht für die meisten Pflanzen, "sagte Backgroundsängerin Bolliger, der Erfinder des Systems und Geschäftsführer der Koubachi AG, mit Sitz in Zürich, Schweiz.
Der Sensor erfasst Daten wie Bodenfeuchte, Lichtintensität und Raumtemperatur, das der APP für iOS Geräte und über das Web gesendet wird.
Bolliger, sagte Wasser-Kontrolle besonders wichtig ist.
"Das Problem Volk oft Begegnung ist, dass sie zu viel Wasser--, die die Hauptursache für die Tötung von Pflanzen ist," erklärte er in einem Interview.
Die Daten werden verwendet, Behandlungspläne, geliefert über die app, für über 135 Pflanzenarten wie Orchideen, Tomaten und Dach Pflanzen anpassen. Die Care-Pläne wurden in Zusammenarbeit mit Pflanzen-Physiologen an der ETH Zürich das Swiss Institute of Technology entwickelt.
Bolliger sagte der Pflanze-Care-Pläne sind über die app ohne den Kauf eines Sensors, aber sie sind genauer, wenn mit ihm verbunden.
"Wir verschiedene Experimente mit vielen verschiedenen Pflanzensorten im Gewächshaus, gehen", sagte Bolliger. "Wir haben unsere Experten bewerten die Vitalität der Pflanze. Dann, wir oder unsere Modelle aufgrund der tatsächliche Experte-Analyse der Vitalität der Pflanze."
Er fügte hinzu, dass es nicht notwendig, einen Sensor, welche 100 Euro ($ 125), kostet für jede Pflanze, denn es gibt eine multi-plant Funktion, die das System ermöglicht zu lernen, die Besonderheiten der Anlage in ein paar Wochen, je nach Größe der Pflanze, zu kaufen. Gibt es eine Fülle von Informationen auf Anlage Pflegeplan und der Sensor kann dann in ein anderes Werk verwendet werden.
Den Sensor, der etwa drei Jahre dauerte, um zu entwickeln, für mehr als ein Jahr auf einen einzigen Satz Batterien, gemäß Bolliger ausgeführt.
"Es scheint Art von ein Stein, der in der Fabrik ist," sagte er.
Die app, die kostenlos aus dem App Store ist weltweit, in Englisch und Deutsch verfügbar und es gibt Pläne für Französisch und Japanisch-Versionen.
Der Sensor ist nur online auf store.koubachi.com verkauft. Das Unternehmen plant, seine Verteilung auf lokale Einzelhändler in den Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada zu erweitern.
(Reporting von Natasha Baker; Bearbeiten von Patricia Reaney)
"Das Justizministerium und die FCC haben diese Revision eng-einschließlich der internen Korrespondenz--studiert und beide gefunden kein Verstoß gegen das Gesetz."
Unter: Odd Sehenswürdigkeiten gefangen auf Google Street View.
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Umkämpften BlackBerry Hersteller Research In Motion Schrägstrich Tausende Arbeitsplätze weltweit plant wie es Umstrukturierung im Zuge der Verluste und sinkende Marktanteile, Anzahl der Nachrichten Quellen berichten soll.
Laut einem Bericht im Globe and Mail plant RIM mindestens 2.000 Arbeitsplätze Schrägstrich. Aber eine anonyme Quelle in der Nähe der Firma Nachrichtenagentur Reuters, dass die Zahl bis zu 6.000 sein kann.
Das ist über eine Runde von Entlassungen im letzten Sommer, dass sah 2.000 Menschen verlieren ihre Arbeitsplätze, und es wird nicht berücksichtigt
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Die Idee ist die Schaffung einer Fachhochschule Universität wo Ingenieure als Unternehmer vom ersten Tag an auch ausgebildet werden. Befürworter sagen, dass New York, Heimat der mächtigen globale Unternehmen und technologischer Startups jetzt explodierenden, dieses Sektors im höchsten Gang verschieben könnte, wie die neuesten Erkenntnisse direkt in neue Unternehmen ging.
"Wir sind heute zweiter nur ins Silicon Valley als ein Tech Center, und wir mögen keine zweite für jedermann sein", sagte Bürgermeister Michael Bloomberg.
Die 2 Milliarden Dollar, 10 Hektar großen Campus geplant für Roosevelt Island heißt CornellNYC Tech und ist eine Partnerschaft zwischen dem Technion-Israel Institute of Technology und der Cornell University, hat seinen Hauptstandort in der Upstate Stadt Ithaka hat aber auch eine große Präsenz in New York City mit ihrer medizinischen Schule.
CornellNYC Tech wird voraussichtlich 1 Milliarde Dollar oder mehr Steuereinnahmen über mehrere Jahrzehnte, plus Zehntausende Ihre Jobsuche generieren.
Studenten beginnt arbeiten im September mit 22.000 Quadratmeter Raum Zusammenfügung gratis Google Manhattan. Der Insel-Campus soll im Jahr 2017 zu öffnen, mit dem Bau zu beginnen, nachdem ein halb-verlassene, Rost-gefärbten Krankenhaus Anfang 2014 um Platz für die glänzende neue Gemeinschaft abgebrochen wurde.
Roosevelt Island, eine relativ ruhige Oase mit Blick auf die Vereinten Nationen auf der Seite von Manhattan und Queens auf der anderen ist Heimat Wohn-Hochhaus und einer Alterung Krankenhauskomplex. Die Kleinwagen-Bewegung ist mit freundlicher Genehmigung von einer Straße mit dem Festland verbunden, und die meisten Bewohner hin und her auf die u-Bahn oder den Himmel in der Straßenbahn auf dem Fluss.
Pflege Patienten sind immer noch in einem öffentlichen Krankenhaus erbaut 1939 mit einem langfristigen Pflegeheim und Rehabilitationszentrum. Pläne werden in den Werken, die Patienten zu Einrichtungen in anderen Teilen der Stadt.
Beamte sind beruhigend, dass ihr Leben nicht gestört werden.
"Wir werden versuchen mit unserem Fachwissen zur Minimierung der Anzahl der Autos auf der Insel," sagte Cornell Präsident David Skorton Einwohner bei einem jüngsten Treffen Rathaus betrifft.
Das Land für das Projekt gehört in die Stadt, die auch 100 Millionen Dollar in öffentliche Gelder für die Infrastruktur. 350 Millionen US-Dollar kommt von 81-Year-Old Cornell Absolvent Charles f. Feeney, der sein Vermögen von duty-free-Läden.
CornellNYC Tech ist akademische Gehirn verbunden mit Geschäft und die erste Injektion von Geld, Brawn erwartet von anderen akademischen Bemühungen unterscheiden.
Für die meisten graduate Forschung folgen Zentren praktische Anwendungen in der Hoffnung für Studienleistungen – eine Verbindung, die rentabel ist.
Aber an dieser Schule Studenten entwickeln Software und Hardware für die drei Kern-Industrien, die alle Macht der Stadt: Medizintechnik und Umweltschutz und grüne Energie-Systeme, sowie digitale Medien wird in Bereichen der Mode und Finanzdienstleistungen für Werbung verwendet.
Mentoren der verschiedenen Branchen arbeiten direkt mit Studenten, so dass innovative Ideen und Geschäftsbeteiligten nebeneinander zu entwickeln und Patente, mit einem Minimum an zwischen Personen gehören. Studenten können dann sofort Startup-Unternehmen mit interessierten Investoren wachsen.
"Wir hoffen für bootstrapping schneller,", sagte Craig Gotsman, Computer Wissenschaft Professor an dem Technion-Israel in Haifa, Israel, war Direktor des Institut Technion-Cornell Innovation innerhalb CornellNYC.
"Wir Industrie sofort auf die Entwicklung von unternehmerischen Fähigkeiten in der Studenten-Campus umfasst", sagte er.
Nach den Anschlägen des 11. September 2001, entstand die Idee für die Schule verlassen viele Unternehmen in der Nähe des World Trade Center am Rande des Zusammenbruchs.
"Wir gingen zu den intelligentesten Menschen, dass wir von Hunderten Akademiker, Unternehmer, Gemeinderäte, Unternehmer denken konnte- und wir baten sie,
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Offizielle Olympische branding so allgegenwärtig ist, so scheint es als ob jedes möglichen Produkt-von Handys, TVs-a London 2012 Gegenstück hat.
Sie können jetzt Moleküle zu dieser Liste hinzufügen.
Forscher von IBM und der University of Warwick erstellt haben, und soll aussehen wie ein Molekül, und feiern, die London 2012 Olympischen fotografiert.
Mit dem Namen Olympicene, wie natürlich Molekül Funktionen fünf miteinander verbundene Ringe die offiziellen Olympischen Symbols.
Nur ein Milliardstel von einem Meter Breite-Usain Bolt wird sich das Äquivalent von 12.100 von ihnen innerhalb von 10 Sekunden zu gewinnen Gold decken Medaille-das Molekül ist speziell geschaffen, um die Spiele zu feiern.
Professor Sir Graham Richards, Mitglied der Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Council, sagte der BBC, dass er erkennen würde, dass ein Weg das Molekül vor auf der die Spiele beschrieben.
"Ich war in der Kommission von einem Treffen der Royal Society of Chemistry, wo wir versucht zu denken, was wir, anlässlich der Olympischen Spiele tun können," er erzählte BBC News.
"Es kam mir, dass das Molekül, das schien, hatte ich sehr viel auf die Olympischen Ringe gezeichnet.
Forscher von der University of Warwick erstellt das Molekül und Rasterkraftmikroskopie ',' Kontaktlos-eine Art der Fotografie, die Darstellung der einzelnen Moleküle ermöglicht-die beringten Struktur zu fotografieren.
Richards erkennt das Molekül hat eine "kommerzielle" Nutzung, aber sagte, er hoffe, dass die Olympischen Spiele verwendet werden kann, zum rest der Interesse an Wissenschaft und Sport.
"Moleküle dieser Art wäre denkbar kommerzielle Nutzung, aber mein eigenes Gefühl, den wir wollen vor allem Interesse an der Chemie durch die Verknüpfung mit der Olympic, wecken", sagte er der BBC.
Olympicene ein farbiges Bild des Moleküls.
OlympiceneOlympicene in seiner angetriebenen Form dargestellt.
OlympiceneOlympicene dargestellt.
OlympiceneEine andere Ansicht des Olympicene
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Apple sagt, dass Sie nicht so gut 'Pixel' sehen können. LG sagt jetzt, dass es ziemlich viel besser haben könnte.
Die koreanische Firma hat angekündigt, dass es bald ein ehrlich gesagt übertrieben fünf Zoll HD mit der höchsten Auflösung, die jemals auf einem mobilen Bildschirm wird Gerät vorstellen wird. Der Bildschirm wird eine volle 1080p (1920 x 1080) Auflösung, bringen die 440 Pixel pro Zoll (Ppi) haben.
Das ist höher als von Apple "Retina Display" in aktuellen iPhones (326ppi) und das neue iPad (264ppi) verwendet.
Sang-Deok Yeo, CTO und Executive Vice President von LG Display "wie Smartphones werden immer mehr geschätzt für, wie gut sie multimedia tun und mit dem rasanten Wachstum der LTE aktivieren Dateiübertragung, unsere neue schneller große 5" Full HD LCD-Panel ist sicher zu beweisen, eine wichtige Ergänzung für den mobilen Markt, "sagte.
Das Gremium ist noch nicht heraus, und nicht, es auf zu SID Display Woche am 4. Juni in Boston bald.
Suchen sie auf Telefonen mit Dorfpfarrer guten Bildschirme relativ bald danach angezeigt werden sollen...
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TORONTO (Reuters)-Welke, Hunger, Durst, Zimmerpflanzen zarter liebevoll konnte schnell eine neue Pflanze Sensor Dank und app sagt, dass die Besitzer wann ist es Zeit immer werden für Tränken und füttern sie.
Koubachi Wifi Pflanze Sensor, der im unteren Teil der Topfpflanze befindet, verbindet mit einer Smartphone-Anwendung, die Benutzer warnt, wenn die Pflanzen brauchen Wasser, Feuchtigkeit, Dünger oder mehr Sonne oder Schatten.
"Es gibt sehr wenig Informationen, wenn Sie eine Pflanze kaufen. Die meiste Zeit gibt es ein kleiner Aufkleber, der sagen, dass es alle paar Tage eine mittlere Menge an Licht und Wasser sein muss. Aber das ist sehr rau und ist nicht für die meisten Pflanzen, "sagte Backgroundsängerin Bolliger, der Erfinder des Systems und Geschäftsführer der Koubachi AG, mit Sitz in Zürich, Schweiz.
Der Sensor erfasst Daten wie Bodenfeuchte, Lichtintensität und Raumtemperatur, das der APP für iOS Geräte und über das Web gesendet wird.
Bolliger, sagte Wasser-Kontrolle besonders wichtig ist.
"Das Problem Volk oft Begegnung ist, dass sie zu viel Wasser--, die die Hauptursache für die Tötung von Pflanzen ist," erklärte er in einem Interview.
Die Daten werden verwendet, Behandlungspläne, geliefert über die app, für über 135 Pflanzenarten wie Orchideen, Tomaten und Dach Pflanzen anpassen. Die Care-Pläne wurden in Zusammenarbeit mit Pflanzen-Physiologen an der ETH Zürich das Swiss Institute of Technology entwickelt.
Bolliger sagte der Pflanze-Care-Pläne sind über die app ohne den Kauf eines Sensors, aber sie sind genauer, wenn mit ihm verbunden.
"Wir verschiedene Experimente mit vielen verschiedenen Pflanzensorten im Gewächshaus, gehen", sagte Bolliger. "Wir haben unsere Experten bewerten die Vitalität der Pflanze. Dann, wir oder unsere Modelle aufgrund der tatsächliche Experte-Analyse der Vitalität der Pflanze."
Er fügte hinzu, dass es nicht notwendig, einen Sensor, welche 100 Euro ($ 125), kostet für jede Pflanze, denn es gibt eine multi-plant Funktion, die das System ermöglicht zu lernen, die Besonderheiten der Anlage in ein paar Wochen, je nach Größe der Pflanze, zu kaufen. Gibt es eine Fülle von Informationen auf Anlage Pflegeplan und der Sensor kann dann in ein anderes Werk verwendet werden.
Den Sensor, der etwa drei Jahre dauerte, um zu entwickeln, für mehr als ein Jahr auf einen einzigen Satz Batterien, gemäß Bolliger ausgeführt.
"Es scheint Art von ein Stein, der in der Fabrik ist," sagte er.
Die app, die kostenlos aus dem App Store ist weltweit, in Englisch und Deutsch verfügbar und es gibt Pläne für Französisch und Japanisch-Versionen.
Der Sensor ist nur online auf store.koubachi.com verkauft. Das Unternehmen plant, seine Verteilung auf lokale Einzelhändler in den Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada zu erweitern.
(Reporting von Natasha Baker; Bearbeiten von Patricia Reaney)
"Das Justizministerium und die FCC haben diese Revision eng-einschließlich der internen Korrespondenz--studiert und beide gefunden kein Verstoß gegen das Gesetz."
Unter: Odd Sehenswürdigkeiten gefangen auf Google Street View.
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RIM Entlassungen nicht ausgeliefert werden, sagen Analysten rechts
RIM erwartet, dass große Entlassungen diese Woche bekannt. Verschieben Sie notwendig, wenn sie schlank nach unten und Ergebnisse produzieren müssen. # FELGE
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Geschrieben von Bianca BoskerUmkämpften BlackBerry Hersteller Research In Motion Schrägstrich Tausende Arbeitsplätze weltweit plant wie es Umstrukturierung im Zuge der Verluste und sinkende Marktanteile, Anzahl der Nachrichten Quellen berichten soll.
Laut einem Bericht im Globe and Mail plant RIM mindestens 2.000 Arbeitsplätze Schrägstrich. Aber eine anonyme Quelle in der Nähe der Firma Nachrichtenagentur Reuters, dass die Zahl bis zu 6.000 sein kann.
Das ist über eine Runde von Entlassungen im letzten Sommer, dass sah 2.000 Menschen verlieren ihre Arbeitsplätze, und es wird nicht berücksichtigt
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Post auf Facebook. Beitrag zu Blogger. Beitrag zu zwitschern. Beitrag zu WordPress. Beitrag zu TypePad. Tumblr Post. Post bei Yahoo! Blogger Blogger anmelden: Kennwort: erinnern: Wordpress Host, Liste Wählen Sie aktualisieren: Blog: Wordpress Wordpress Login: Passwort: merken: TypePad: TypePad Anmeldung: Kennwort: TypePad Blog-host: erinnern: aktualisieren, wählen Sie Liste Tumblr Anmeldung: Kennwort: erinnern mich:--TumblrNEW YORK--wie ein Graben in den 1800er Jahren Verknüpfung Innenausstattung der Nation und half machen New York Drehscheibe weltweiten Handels gegraben ist die Stadt für einen anderen "Erie Canal Zeitpunkt" mit einem Hightech-Forschung-Komplex auf einer Insel im East River gebaut werden jetzt Hoffnung.
Die Idee ist die Schaffung einer Fachhochschule Universität wo Ingenieure als Unternehmer vom ersten Tag an auch ausgebildet werden. Befürworter sagen, dass New York, Heimat der mächtigen globale Unternehmen und technologischer Startups jetzt explodierenden, dieses Sektors im höchsten Gang verschieben könnte, wie die neuesten Erkenntnisse direkt in neue Unternehmen ging.
"Wir sind heute zweiter nur ins Silicon Valley als ein Tech Center, und wir mögen keine zweite für jedermann sein", sagte Bürgermeister Michael Bloomberg.
Die 2 Milliarden Dollar, 10 Hektar großen Campus geplant für Roosevelt Island heißt CornellNYC Tech und ist eine Partnerschaft zwischen dem Technion-Israel Institute of Technology und der Cornell University, hat seinen Hauptstandort in der Upstate Stadt Ithaka hat aber auch eine große Präsenz in New York City mit ihrer medizinischen Schule.
CornellNYC Tech wird voraussichtlich 1 Milliarde Dollar oder mehr Steuereinnahmen über mehrere Jahrzehnte, plus Zehntausende Ihre Jobsuche generieren.
Studenten beginnt arbeiten im September mit 22.000 Quadratmeter Raum Zusammenfügung gratis Google Manhattan. Der Insel-Campus soll im Jahr 2017 zu öffnen, mit dem Bau zu beginnen, nachdem ein halb-verlassene, Rost-gefärbten Krankenhaus Anfang 2014 um Platz für die glänzende neue Gemeinschaft abgebrochen wurde.
Roosevelt Island, eine relativ ruhige Oase mit Blick auf die Vereinten Nationen auf der Seite von Manhattan und Queens auf der anderen ist Heimat Wohn-Hochhaus und einer Alterung Krankenhauskomplex. Die Kleinwagen-Bewegung ist mit freundlicher Genehmigung von einer Straße mit dem Festland verbunden, und die meisten Bewohner hin und her auf die u-Bahn oder den Himmel in der Straßenbahn auf dem Fluss.
Pflege Patienten sind immer noch in einem öffentlichen Krankenhaus erbaut 1939 mit einem langfristigen Pflegeheim und Rehabilitationszentrum. Pläne werden in den Werken, die Patienten zu Einrichtungen in anderen Teilen der Stadt.
Beamte sind beruhigend, dass ihr Leben nicht gestört werden.
"Wir werden versuchen mit unserem Fachwissen zur Minimierung der Anzahl der Autos auf der Insel," sagte Cornell Präsident David Skorton Einwohner bei einem jüngsten Treffen Rathaus betrifft.
Das Land für das Projekt gehört in die Stadt, die auch 100 Millionen Dollar in öffentliche Gelder für die Infrastruktur. 350 Millionen US-Dollar kommt von 81-Year-Old Cornell Absolvent Charles f. Feeney, der sein Vermögen von duty-free-Läden.
CornellNYC Tech ist akademische Gehirn verbunden mit Geschäft und die erste Injektion von Geld, Brawn erwartet von anderen akademischen Bemühungen unterscheiden.
Für die meisten graduate Forschung folgen Zentren praktische Anwendungen in der Hoffnung für Studienleistungen – eine Verbindung, die rentabel ist.
Aber an dieser Schule Studenten entwickeln Software und Hardware für die drei Kern-Industrien, die alle Macht der Stadt: Medizintechnik und Umweltschutz und grüne Energie-Systeme, sowie digitale Medien wird in Bereichen der Mode und Finanzdienstleistungen für Werbung verwendet.
Mentoren der verschiedenen Branchen arbeiten direkt mit Studenten, so dass innovative Ideen und Geschäftsbeteiligten nebeneinander zu entwickeln und Patente, mit einem Minimum an zwischen Personen gehören. Studenten können dann sofort Startup-Unternehmen mit interessierten Investoren wachsen.
"Wir hoffen für bootstrapping schneller,", sagte Craig Gotsman, Computer Wissenschaft Professor an dem Technion-Israel in Haifa, Israel, war Direktor des Institut Technion-Cornell Innovation innerhalb CornellNYC.
"Wir Industrie sofort auf die Entwicklung von unternehmerischen Fähigkeiten in der Studenten-Campus umfasst", sagte er.
Nach den Anschlägen des 11. September 2001, entstand die Idee für die Schule verlassen viele Unternehmen in der Nähe des World Trade Center am Rande des Zusammenbruchs.
"Wir gingen zu den intelligentesten Menschen, dass wir von Hunderten Akademiker, Unternehmer, Gemeinderäte, Unternehmer denken konnte- und wir baten sie,
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Tractor beams, a common theme in science fiction fantasy, may one day become science fact. Researchers at Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - UBS AG had trading losses of around $30 million stemming from Facebook Inc's botched initial public offering on Nasdaq OMX Group Inc's U.S. exchange, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Friday.
UBS was one of four main market makers involved in Facebook's IPO on May 18. Its losses come on top of claims by Citigroup's market making unit of $20 million, and Knight Capital Group Inc and Citadel Securities of $30 million to $35 million each in losses.
(Reporting By John McCrank)
iPhone-Powered gTar Teaches You How to Play the Guitar -
gTar iPhone guitar hands-on
iPhone-Powered gTar Could Teach You Guitar
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Facebook Market Makers' Losses Total At Least $100 Million
While the Samsung Galaxy S III isn't set to hit shelves in the U.S. until sometime in June, the international version of the device will be available in Europe on May 29. Samsung recently let a handful of critics spend some time with the non-U.S. version of the phone, and the reviews have already hit the web.
When the Galaxy S III debuted in London on May 3, Samsung announced that the device would run on Android 4.0 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich) and that it would come equipped with a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display, a quad-core processor, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera and either 16GB or 32GB storage. Some special features include the Siri-like S Voice, NFC capabilities, motion detection and more.
Check out the slideshow (below) for reviews of the Galaxy S III that will go on sale in Europe next week. (Americans can buy this unlocked version for themselves via Amazon for $799.) Reviews of the U.S. version will hit the web when we're closer to the official U.S. release date, but these early looks at the S III should give us a fairly good idea of what to expect when we finally see this superphone stateside.
For more tantalizing S III tidbits, take a look at the device's coolest features and see how it compares to the HTC One X, the iPhone 4S and other top-shelf smartphones.
The Verge's Vlad Savov
While
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MILWAUKEE -- High-ranking members of both political parties were unaware that posting photos of completed ballots on Facebook or Twitter is illegal in Wisconsin, and they promised to quickly take down the posts Friday after election officials reminded voters of the law.
The law bars voters from showing their completed ballots to anyone. The intent is to prevent people from selling their votes and then showing their ballots as proof they voted as requested, Wisconsin Government Accountability Board spokesman Reid Magney said.
But some voters – including Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate and St. Croix County Republican Party Chairman Jesse Garza – were unaware that the posts violated state law. Tate and Garza said they were immediately taking down photos of their absentee ballots.
The warning comes ahead of Wisconsin's heated June 5 recall elections targeting Republican Gov. Scott Walker and five other elected Republicans.
The violation is a Class I felony, punishable by up to 18 months in prison and a $10,000 fine. However, it's unlikely prosecutors would be aggressive about seeking charges.
"We're just pointing this out, that voters are not supposed to be doing this," Magney said. "We're not aware of anyone that's been charged as a result of this."
Walker and the other Republicans facing recall elections were targeted largely because of a law Walker pushed last year that essentially stripped most public workers of their collective bargaining rights. The law prompted tens of thousands of people to protest at the state Capitol.
Tate posted a photo Wednesday showing an absentee ballot marked for two Democrats – Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who is challenging Walker, and Madison firefighter Mahlon Mitchell, who is running against Republican Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch. Four state senators also are facing recall elections.
The caption read: "May have never been more proud of a vote than casting my ballot this am. For everyone who marched, canvassed, called and collected signatures; here is to you."
Tate told The Associated Press he posted the picture because he was proud to support Barrett and Mitchell. When told of the GAB's warning, he said he wasn't aware of the law.
"If that's the law I absolutely will take it down," he said. "And I'll encourage anyone else who's done so to take theirs down."
A similar picture showing Republican votes was posted Tuesday on Garza's Facebook page with the caption: "I just voted absentee. One vote for Walker and Kleefisch in the bank, 1.2 million to go!"
Garza also said he didn't intend to break any laws. He called the GAB warning "a good cautionary tale," but added that voters should have the right to show support for their candidates.
"I think they should revisit the law," he told AP. "I removed mine, and I know others removed theirs, but I should have the right to state who I support."
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said he couldn't immediately say whether he would charge voters who violated the law. He said he'd have to consider whether the post was meant to influence others, or if it were being used in connection with a vote-buying scheme.
"We'd obviously have to take a look at the facts," he said. "I guess you'd have to look at how the material was being used, what information was in the posting. But I'm not aware that anyone has been charged for that. This is the first I'm hearing of it."
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The decision announced Friday is part of the struggling Internet company's latest turnaround effort.
Last month, Yahoo Inc. told analysts it would close or combine about 50 services that haven't been performing up to expectations.
That housecleaning plan was drawn up by Yahoo's former CEO, Scott Thompson, who lasted at the company for an even shorter period than Livestand. Thompson's four-month stint at Yahoo ended two weeks ago when he stepped down amid a flap over incorrect information on his bio.
Yahoo interim CEO Ross Levinsohn hasn't said whether the company still plans to dump as many services as Thompson intended. A Friday post on Yahoo's corporate blog made it clear that more services will be closed, without specifying a precise number.
"When we discontinue products, it will be so that we can focus on opportunities where we lead and where we can create the most meaningful experiences for people using our products, and for our partners, developers and advertisers," the post said.
Yahoo began working on Livestand in 2010 after it became clear Apple Inc.'s iPad was going to be popular. But the tablet magazine didn't hit the market until last November, well after a similar iPad application called "Flipboard" had already attracted a large audience.
Nevertheless, Yahoo still had high hopes for Livestand. It was hailed as "sort of a re-imagining of what Yahoo can be," by Blake Irving, the company's chief product officer at the time of the tablet magazine's release. Irving left Yahoo last month after Thompson laid off about 2,000 workers and reshuffled management.
Livestand featured software that could be customized to pull content from Yahoo's own website, and other digital publishers to cater to each user's tastes.
It was the same concept pioneered by Flipboard, which was available shortly after the iPad's April 2010 debut. Flipboard became so popular that Apple named it as its "app of the year" for 2010.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - UBS AG had trading losses of around $30 million stemming from Facebook Inc's botched initial public offering on Nasdaq OMX Group Inc's U.S. exchange, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Friday.
UBS was one of four main market makers involved in Facebook's IPO on May 18. Its losses come on top of claims by Citigroup's market making unit of $20 million, and Knight Capital Group Inc and Citadel Securities of $30 million to $35 million each in losses.
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Facebook Market Makers' Losses Total At Least $100 Million
While the Samsung Galaxy S III isn't set to hit shelves in the U.S. until sometime in June, the international version of the device will be available in Europe on May 29. Samsung recently let a handful of critics spend some time with the non-U.S. version of the phone, and the reviews have already hit the web.
When the Galaxy S III debuted in London on May 3, Samsung announced that the device would run on Android 4.0 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich) and that it would come equipped with a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display, a quad-core processor, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera and either 16GB or 32GB storage. Some special features include the Siri-like S Voice, NFC capabilities, motion detection and more.
Check out the slideshow (below) for reviews of the Galaxy S III that will go on sale in Europe next week. (Americans can buy this unlocked version for themselves via Amazon for $799.) Reviews of the U.S. version will hit the web when we're closer to the official U.S. release date, but these early looks at the S III should give us a fairly good idea of what to expect when we finally see this superphone stateside.
For more tantalizing S III tidbits, take a look at the device's coolest features and see how it compares to the HTC One X, the iPhone 4S and other top-shelf smartphones.
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MILWAUKEE -- High-ranking members of both political parties were unaware that posting photos of completed ballots on Facebook or Twitter is illegal in Wisconsin, and they promised to quickly take down the posts Friday after election officials reminded voters of the law.
The law bars voters from showing their completed ballots to anyone. The intent is to prevent people from selling their votes and then showing their ballots as proof they voted as requested, Wisconsin Government Accountability Board spokesman Reid Magney said.
But some voters – including Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate and St. Croix County Republican Party Chairman Jesse Garza – were unaware that the posts violated state law. Tate and Garza said they were immediately taking down photos of their absentee ballots.
The warning comes ahead of Wisconsin's heated June 5 recall elections targeting Republican Gov. Scott Walker and five other elected Republicans.
The violation is a Class I felony, punishable by up to 18 months in prison and a $10,000 fine. However, it's unlikely prosecutors would be aggressive about seeking charges.
"We're just pointing this out, that voters are not supposed to be doing this," Magney said. "We're not aware of anyone that's been charged as a result of this."
Walker and the other Republicans facing recall elections were targeted largely because of a law Walker pushed last year that essentially stripped most public workers of their collective bargaining rights. The law prompted tens of thousands of people to protest at the state Capitol.
Tate posted a photo Wednesday showing an absentee ballot marked for two Democrats – Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who is challenging Walker, and Madison firefighter Mahlon Mitchell, who is running against Republican Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch. Four state senators also are facing recall elections.
The caption read: "May have never been more proud of a vote than casting my ballot this am. For everyone who marched, canvassed, called and collected signatures; here is to you."
Tate told The Associated Press he posted the picture because he was proud to support Barrett and Mitchell. When told of the GAB's warning, he said he wasn't aware of the law.
"If that's the law I absolutely will take it down," he said. "And I'll encourage anyone else who's done so to take theirs down."
A similar picture showing Republican votes was posted Tuesday on Garza's Facebook page with the caption: "I just voted absentee. One vote for Walker and Kleefisch in the bank, 1.2 million to go!"
Garza also said he didn't intend to break any laws. He called the GAB warning "a good cautionary tale," but added that voters should have the right to show support for their candidates.
"I think they should revisit the law," he told AP. "I removed mine, and I know others removed theirs, but I should have the right to state who I support."
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said he couldn't immediately say whether he would charge voters who violated the law. He said he'd have to consider whether the post was meant to influence others, or if it were being used in connection with a vote-buying scheme.
"We'd obviously have to take a look at the facts," he said. "I guess you'd have to look at how the material was being used, what information was in the posting. But I'm not aware that anyone has been charged for that. This is the first I'm hearing of it."
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Dinesh Ramde can be reached at dramde(at)ap.org.
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