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(1) Combining two major ATLAS inner detector components. The semiconductor tracker is inserted into the transition radiation tracker for the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. These make up two of the three major components of the inner detector. They will work together to measure the trajectories produced in the proton-proton collisions at the centre of the detector when the LHC is switched on. Photo taken on February 22nd, 2006. (Maximilien Brice, © CERN) (2) Views of two step of an ultrasound and induction welding to interconnection between two LHC magnet at sector 3-4 during repair operation on March 26th, 2009. (Maximilien Brice, © CERN) (3) Visible damage...
We've talked on an older post about AMD's Radeon HD 6950 & 6970 high end Video cards. Today we' ll talk about Radeon HD 7970, AMD's first high end card release in their 7000 series, which is built on the latest 28nm manufacturing process. The Radeon HD 7970 represents the fastest single - GPU video card from AMD with a new core design and architecture. AMD’s HD6970 was a huge success for the company, so the replacement card is certainly going to get a lot of media attention over the coming weeks. AMD claim it has ‘significantly more compute power than the HD6970′ with a brand new revolutionary architecture. With new technologies such as ‘ZeroCore’ power saving,...
When you want your audience to truly be interested in your material, you don’t try to get your message across in mere words! You use snappy graphics, and charts, and images! But instead of juggling a smorgasbord of presentation applications for different uses, why not just consolidate all of your 3D interactive presentation magic-making into Aurora 3D Presentation? Aurora 3D Presentation gives you access to powerful techniques that you can harness to develop impressive, professional, and effective presentations in a number of formats! With Aurora 3D Presentation, you’ll be able to produce solutions that incorporate images, text, video, and data in a way that will...
Astronauts will soon be able to stay fit thanks to a body tracking camera system built into Microsoft's Kinect gaming sensor, which helps calculate their weight in zero gravity, just by looking at them. Even during missions that last just a few weeks spacefarers can lose up to 15 per cent of their body mass because their muscles atrophy due to lack of use. To prevent this physical decline, crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) typically spend 2 hours exercising per day. Monitoring weight in space is not easy, though, since traditional scales don't work in orbit. The problem was partially solved in 1965 by William Thornton, an American astronaut and doctor...
1. This is for our friends, our fans and for all those who follow our works and support us from the beginning. 2. This is a preview for our upcoming Android application which we call it "Informadroid". All the Coding work was made by our friend Grimmdev [link] and the Designing part by AndreasCY (Official AndreasCY Proud Owner and Admin). The idea is to bring to your Android phone the ability to keep yourselves updated about all of our latest works on Deviantart, our Blog and Twitter posts and much more content from our other accounts like Google Plus (Account 1, Account 2), Linked in and Youtube (Account 1, Account 2). 3. Simply click on a Live tile and you...
Saying that demand for the XEL-1 OLED TV is slowing in Japan, Sony is stopping OLED TV sales there. They say that overseas sales will continue, but having tried to order one of these, there doesn’t seem to be too much inventory available. “Sony said it had stopped production of ultra-thin TVs using organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology for Japan, just a little over 2 years since it launched its first set. It plans to keep selling the TVs in overseas markets, a spokesman said. OLED displays use organic, or carbon-containing compounds that emit light when electricity is applied. They produce crisp images and do not need backlighting, making them slimmer...
Windows 8 Beta is coming in February, and now I'm finally starting to get excited. So what has changed to really have me 'feeling it'? Certainly not Microsoft's CES event or even Intels, although many of the upcoming ultrabooks do look rather interesting. So what's with the excitement? Time and time again I've talked about how I really won't be able to judge how I feel about Metro until I have several apps to play with that actually makes me want to use the new interface. As you might already know, the Beta is on schedule for February and the Marketplace is expected to go live around the same timeframe.
Microsoft was on the floor of CES 2012 with a copy of Windows 8 Pre - Beta 8175 on a tablet. Microsoft are hard at work developing Windows 8 to make the Windows 8 Beta release date in late February. As a result, not that much was shared during CES. A few tweaks here and there, a few charms. Basically we will have to wait for Canouna or the Beta. Whichever comes first.
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission unanimously approved a radical new reactor design on Thursday, clearing away a major obstacle for two utilities to begin construction on projects in South Carolina and Georgia. The decision, a milestone in the much-delayed revival of plant construction sought by the nuclear industry, involves the Westinghouse AP1000, a 1,154 Megawatt reactor with a so-called advanced passive design. It relies more heavily on forces like gravity and natural heat convection and less on pumps, valves and operator actions than other models do, in theory diminishing the probability of an accident. Two reactors are planned for the Southern Company’s...
Apple has submitted a patent request to the US Patent and Trademark Office that aim to replace lithium batteries in handheld computers with hydrogen fuel cells. Until now we’ve only thought of hydrogen fuel cells in cars, but there is no reason why they couldn’t work in any device. The replacement cells would in fact be smaller and provide power for days or weeks! Micro processor manufacturers like ARM are constantly battling to not only create faster chips, but also ones which use less power. A better power source could potentially allow them to drastically increase the speed of mobile devices. Apple justifies the new technology saying that the United States...
For a few days in September 2011, it was the biggest story in the world. The little-known OPERA experiment in Gran Sasso, Italy, had just made an electrifying claim - that subatomic particles called neutrinos had travelled faster than the speed of light. Next year, two experiments - MINOS at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois, and T2K in Japan (pictured) - will be able to test the claim. If it stands up, how should we meld these misbehaving particles with the rest of physics? One option is via tachyons, hypothetical particles that are born speeding faster than light. It turns out that the speed limit imposed by Einstein's special theory of relativity isn't so much a cap that...
Half matter, half antimatter, positronium atoms teeter on the brink of annihilation. Now there's a way to make these unstable atoms survive much longer, a key step towards making a powerful gamma-ray laser. All the elements in the periodic table consist of atoms with a nucleus of positively charged protons, orbited by the same number of negatively charged electrons. Positronium, symbol Ps, is different. It consists of an electron and a positron orbiting each other (see diagram below). A positron is the electron's antimatter counterpart. Though positively charged like the proton, it has just 0.0005 times its mass. Positronium "atoms" survive less than a millionth of a second...
Laplink's new PCmover migration product is designed to automatically move files, settings, user accounts, applications, and more, helping channel pros and SMBs to perform comprehensive testing of Windows 8. Developer Laplink Software Inc. has announced its pending release of PCmover Windows 8 Beta Assistant. The official release will be this week, on Jan. 5. Based on Laplink’s migration product, PCmover Windows 8 Beta Assistant is designed to automatically move files, settings, user accounts, applications, and more from Windows 7 to Windows 8, making it easier for SMBs and channel pros to perform comprehensive testing of Windows 8. PCmover Windows 8 Beta Assistant...
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OK, the CES 2012 keynote by Steve Ballmer is over and the summary is in progress. There is some immediate news. Kinect for Windows is coming on February 1st 2012. This Kinect Sensor for Windows has a shortened USB cable to ensure reliability across a broad range of computers and includes a small dongle to improve coexistence with other USB peripherals. The new firmware enables the depth camera to see objects as close as 50 centimeters in front of the device without losing accuracy or precision, with graceful degradation down to 40 centimeters. “Near Mode” will enable a whole new class of “close up” applications, beyond the living room scenarios for Kinect for Xbox...
Steve Ballmer gave his final keynote speech at 6:30 pm today in las vegas during the CES 2012 conference. He spoke about Windows 8, Windows Phone, Kinect, Bing, Office and the Xbox. He didn't talk about Windows Server at all (that I can remember). Here's my summary : It was an interesting presentation and Steve Ballmer was in rare form. In a slighly cuious choice for the format, he was "interviewed" by Ryan Seacrest from TV's American Idol. Their banter back and forth was a little painful to watch at times but the technology was pretty solid.
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