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The top 10 key mobile technologies for 2012
What mobile and wireless technologies will be key for the next two years? Gartner identifies the ten that are most relevant to his trial for companies, employees and consumers.
The selection was made based on the influence of changing corporate strategies, the number of customers or employees who are expected to incorporate into their daily lives and its potential to help address the challenges that come up in of mobility for organizations throughout 2011.
These technologies are: versions 3 and 4 of Bluetooth to be launched next year. Version 3 improves the speed of 802.11, which we will provide streaming media, while version 4 will focus on saving energy necessary for use with external peripherals and sensors.
Browsing through smart phones on the Internet that have better screens than current mobile devices. Microsoft already working on improving your browser for the upcoming Windows Phone 7.
Mobile Widgets, which are based on technologies such as JavaScript and HTML, which will focus on making available to the user real-time content that can range from methodological information to the blog entries.
The tools allow the development of programs that can be installed in all types of phones, no matter which operating system used, in order that applications can be used on as many devices as possible.
The online store creation by companies and organizations that provide access to customers and employees to different types of applications.
Improved GPS location technology, available in three out of four mobile devices, which would allow further development of programs that take advantage of new features that this improvement would bring. A side effect will occur in the area of ??privacy, on which will increase the interest and concern.
The emergence of 4G, which will mean the ultimate accolade for mobile broadband and encourage the creation of new types of mobile devices.
The importance of touch screens, which the vast majority of smartphones and feature, and will be highly taken into account when developing new applications.
The progress will occur in the machine to machine communication (M2M), which will also allow the creation of new devices and programs in various areas such as distribution, security and smart grids.
Super Technology 2012
A plastic can turn raindrops into electricity.
Every time I find most amazing ways to get energy, but this is good, because all the alternatives are more environmentally friendly than the sources we use today, it is true that no definitive takes over fossil fuels, and I fear that rather than their effectiveness is by economic interests. The latter would take advantage of raindrops falling on a plastic panel for electricity. Behind this development is the Atomic Energy Commission of France (CEA).
The idea is transformed by a plastic panel polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) the impact of falling raindrops directly into electricity, using the vibration of this. PVDF is piezoelectric, ie is able to transform part of the vibrational energy into electrical energy.
So far, the evidence shows that energy can be few remote sensing and other electronic devices, but the researchers plan to store the power generated, so that they can provide a steady current for practical use.
Develop the ultimate machine for converting urine into drinking water
The astronauts living on the International Space Station will have a new technology that will allow them to receive a portion of its drinking water from the toilet.
NASA has spent decades perfecting a system to transform urine into water that can be used in space for drinking, food preparation and washing. The developers say the system water will be cleaner than U.S. tap water.
The Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to go to the station this fall. If all goes well, the “toilet-to-tap system” will be fully operational in six months.
Russia developed a similar system in the 1980s but never flew into space by the crew reticencnias says former station astronaut Leroy Chiao. Currently, and with this system mehjorada crew does not believe the object.
“You go (to the space station) as part of screening,” he says. “This is just something you have to endure, and that’s fine.” Quipped.
First bionic eye therapy to restore sight to blind
A team from Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, has applied for the first time a blind British patients a revolutionary treatment: therapy with an artificial eye. The eye is hooked to a camera mounted on glasses, returning a basic level of vision to individuals suffering from retinitis pigmentosa.
This “bionic eye” may be key to restoring sight to people left blind by a hereditary disease.
The artificial eye, known as Argus II is connected to a camera on a pair of glasses that transmits a wireless signal to an electronic receiver that is implanted in the eye. The researchers say the technique can restore a basic level of vision but it is still early to fully recover.
The test is intended to help people that have been made blind through retinitis pigmentosa, a group of inherited eye diseases affecting the retina.
“The devices were implanted successfully in two patients and are recovering well from the operations,” the researchers wrote.
Create first interface to the brain neuro-robotic
Scientists at Caltech (California Institute of Technology) have just achieved a milestone when it comes to “science fiction” means, create the first robot that acts as a neural interface to the brain.
This is a device (pictured) to be implemented and has already been tested in primates. Their applications will be as important as extending the life of the brain prosthetics and provide them immense power amplification of signals and brain integration.
The operation is once implanted in the brain, arms ultra-microscopic sensors in it with the end of these, move on different areas of the brain’s surface picking up signals.
By tracking the brain, these sensors detect the patterns in which scientists are interested (areas involved in memory processing, speech, sight, etc.), and once recognized the pattern detected in what position is best captured signals. When you get an ideal location, the “nano-arms” seating position and begin the process of transmitting data to and from artificial devices and external to the brain.
Although not yet proven in humans, this is a breakthrough that would only be a few years ago comics futuristic product.
3D Printer
This 3D printer can print your projects and designs in plastic. It is ideal for designers, engineers, students and others. who want to see embodied in a tangible way their work.
It is the first model to see the difference in this case is that the company says the factory will be priced low enough to be affordable, so you may soon be normal to find objects created with this printer.
Concept planning
he actions carried out to finalize plans and projects of various kinds are part of the planning . This process involves monitoring a series of steps that are initially set, for which planning those who do use different tools and expressions.
The plan includes the execution of the plans from their conception and operation at different levels and to perform actions based on the planning of individual projects. Your first step is to devise a plan that will then be realized.
In other words, planning is the dimension that is responsible for the direct implementation of the plans, which will be conducted and supervised in accordance with the planning.
In an organization , the managers who have to make plans to be governed by planning. The operation and implementation of plans may have been performed by the same actor or another, they necessarily have to know and understand the planning level applied.
The actor also plans can be who make the decisions, although it is generally established an organizational structure from which sets the rules and policies of the organization. Here is where you define the functions, roles and scope of the members. Read the rest of this entry »
Strategic Plan 2010 – 2012
In recent years, the National Executive adopted specific policies to support scientific research and development. First, there was a payback active on Science and Technology, which was an increase in investment in research and development (R & D) increased from 0.39% in 2002 to 0.49% in 2006 and today continues to haunt an average investment of half a percent of GDP. The trend is sought is that the investment will continue to increase in coming years to reach one percent of GDP, which has established itself as a quantitative target to be achieved during the coming years. In this regard, developed countries have already passed and is now raised to achieve a goal of three percent of GDP (1). On the other hand, the creation of the Ministry of Science and Technology is an important milestone towards achieving this goal and improve the functioning of scientific and technological development, as has the power to set policy and coordinate actions aimed at strengthening the country’s ability to respond to priority sector and social problems and contribute to increasing the competitiveness of the productive sector based on the development of a new pattern of production based on goods and services with higher density technology. In line with these actions, the CONICET contributes adopting a strategic plan with a long-term vision, where scientific research and development contributes in all its aspects to the economic, social and cultural life of Argentina, received recognition in their work internationally and transfer new knowledge to the productive sector as well as the different actors who make up our society and are expressed in it.
Thus, the CONICET must ensure initial and continuous training of researchers and support, promote and implement relevant scientific research and quality to contribute to the harmonious development of society. Read the rest of this entry »
New technology offers real-time images of blood flow
As reported in the journal Physics in Medicine and Biology, the first shots in real-time three-dimensional blood flow and movement of the heart have been published. According to the developers, Royal Philips Electronics, this may improve the diagnosis and treatment planning of disease.
The system, called Magnetic Particle Image (MPI), uses the magnetic properties of nanoparticles of iron oxide injected into the bloodstream.
There are several applications of this new technology, becoming a diagnostic imaging tool to detect diseases such as heart disease, stroke or cancer. Furthermore, it is postulated as the first non-invasive system for visualization of the heart to help clarify the processes of disease linked to atherosclerosis .
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Prepare the first fully flexible robot
A robot that mimics the muscular structure of an octopus is the new “toy” created by engineers at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.
It was the first robot “spineless”, ie without a solid skeleton. The project has been dubbed Octopus , and receives a grant from the European Union of 10 million euros.
In the journal Bioinspiration and Biomimetics can see the article by describing the design. To achieve this flexibility silicone rings are used to copy your transverse muscles, while the longitudinal used to mimic a polymer that reacts to an electric current , thanks to which may incur as the tentacle of an octopus.
The great problem of remotely-piloted robots under the sea is its inability to reach rocky crevices or intricate coral formations, so the robot would open a possibility so far insurmountable. Read the rest of this entry »
Create a nano-pen that writes with atoms
Surprising this device that I found reading the always interesting blog Eliax , and Japanese scientists from Osaka University have developed a technology that allows you to type with one atom at a time, using the fact that the silicon atoms are exchanged with atoms tin on the surface of a superconductor when both are at close range ..
This nanolápiz was able to write the chemical symbol for silicon is “Yes” with atoms (pictured), and the whole word measures just 2 x 2 nanometers , which means that you can repeat the word “Yes” about 40000 times and the total width of this sentence would be just the width of a human hair.
Since this is a write to the atomic level, the developers say it is possible to write smaller than this, really, I can not imagine anything written on a proton or a neutron , but hey, after this news, anything is possible.
INE report notes 4.97% increase in Internet access
68.7% of Spanish households with at least one member aged 16 to 74 have a computer in 2010. This is more than 2.4 points from last year, according to a report from the National Statistics Institute (INE). By type of computer, the desktop is present in 50.1% of households, while the laptop is in 42.5%. Between 2009 and 2010 shows a decline of more than one point in the availability of PCs and an increase of almost eight points in the notebook.
By region, the largest computer equipment in the homes shown in the Community of Madrid (74.7%), Balearic Islands (74.0%) and Catalonia (73.1%).
Phones
99.4% of households have a telephone (landline or mobile). 75.6% have both types of terminals. 4.8% of households have only fixed telephone, while 19.0% have only mobile phone to communicate from home. While the introduction of fixed is maintained, the mobile is growing 1.1 points to be available in 94.6% of households.
DVD and TV
The DVD is present in 78.4% of households. Decline continues in the implementation of the video player, which reduces its coverage in nearly eight points in the last year. Television coverage is virtually universal (99.5% of households). 16.2% of homes with TV can receive via satellite canalesa (3.4 points less than last year), 14.1% through cable and 5.6% for ADSL or phone line.
Meanwhile, 86.8% of households have digital terrestrial TV reception (DTT). Although the most usual is to receive the signal via an external decoder (63.6% receive it by this means), the percentage of households with televisions with Freeview built grows 7.1 points in the last year year to reaching 51.1% of the total.
Households with Internet access 59.1% of Spanish homes have access to the Internet, compared to 54.0% last year. In Spain there are 9.0 million family households with Internet access, an increase of over seven hundred thousand households compared to 2009.
57.4% of households (almost 8.8 million homes) have a broadband connection (ADSL, cable network, …), representing an increase of more than 900,000 homes over the previous year.
The main types of Internet connection by broadband ADSL line (75.9% of households with Internet access have it) and the cable network (17.4%). Note that the connection for broadband mobile telephony grows and reaches 6.6 points from 11.7% coverage of households with access. Read the rest of this entry »
The advanced technology of GE wind turbines has been selected for new projects in Romania
In order to support Romania’s efforts to increase its supply of clean and renewable energy, GE (NYSE: GE) has joined forces with the developer of wind farms, Monsson Alma, in two projects that will add 35 megawatts of capacity to the network country’s electricity.
GE will supply 10 wind turbines of 2.5 megawatts in addition to maintenance service for a period of 10 years for the project Silistea 1, owned by SC Romconstruct Top SRL, and four 2.5-megawatt wind turbines and maintenance for five-year project Mireasa 2, owned by SC Eco Wind Power LLC. The wind farm development is the cornerstone of the efforts of Romania to achieve its commitment to the European Union in relation to renewable energy.
The goal is that by 2020, up 24% of the country’s energy is produced from renewable resources. Romania recently improved its legislation on renewable energy, expanding the number of green certificates issued for renewable projects from 2015 to 2017 and improved economic incentives for developers of wind power. “Through its progressive legislation, the government is generating one of more favorable environments for developers of renewable energy in the European context, and is encouraging further investment in wind power, “said Andrei Muntmark, commercial director of Monsson Invest Group. “We are delighted to partner again with GE.” Both projects cover an area about 20 kilometers from the Fantanele Wind Farm, which will also feature wind turbine technology developed by GE 2.5 megawatt, and will be one of wind farms larger continental Europe. Monsson Alma was a prime mover of the project Fantanele acquired retrospectively by CEZ Romania, an electric utility on a regional leader.
GE appreciates the strong support of the Romanian government to renewable energy in general and wind energy in particular,” pointed Ricardo Cordoba, president of GE Energy Western Europe and North Africa. “The development of wind energy will strengthen security and energy independence of the country, as well as impacting on expanding and upgrading its electricity network which will result in a decrease in pollution.
It will also generate new opportunities for green jobs and investment in this field. ” The 2.5-megawatt wind turbine has been designed to provide the maximum annual production of its kind and was built on the basis of the successful 1.5-megawatt wind turbine GE, the most widely used wind turbines worldwide, and there are more than 14,500 units installed today. About GE GE is a diversified global infrastructure, finance and media-oriented response to the world’s toughest challenges.
Apple patented a new P2P technology and reinventing the bluetooth
It appears that Apple has patented what would be a new P2P technology that is set to revolutionize the way in which the users share files and other information. They used a magnetic compass. In the words of Apple , to share files between devices such as iMac and Macbook using a magnetic compass and a methodology of coded tones and transmitted by ultrasound .
The matter will be truly revolutionary in the way that will meet and interconnect devices depending on the proximity and inclination of the device. When two devices are close enough, their magnetic fields will exchange information about whether they should initiate a connection or not, all automatically assume that although based on a previous preferences. Does anybody words sound Bluetooth and NFC?
Apparently this new patent is a communication system similar to the Bluetooth and NFC technology as it involves the use of coded tones (ie radio frequency) and the exchange of data between devices automatically. In this new device from Apple would exchange a pass using NFC technology to indicate whether the devices should begin to mate in order to avoid having to start the process directly. Is this the reason why I can not send files via bluetooth from my iPhone?
Full details of this exciting project are in Patetntly Apple , publication devoted to dissect Apple’s raids in the area of patents and intellectual property.