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Top 5 Advantages of Sixth Sense Technology

By Guest PostNovember 7, 2012Technologybrianne, browsing, camera, computer device, desktop computer, electronics industry, email, gesture, it, laptop, microsoft office, mirror, mobile, new dimension, playing game, pocket projector, sixth sense, suite, tablet, Technology, user guide

Sixth Sense Technology is made up of several parts like pocket projector, camera, and mirror. All these are connected together to one mobile computer device. The device made from Sixth Sense Technology is extremely portable and can be worn around the neck. There are several benefits of Sixth Sense Technology. Let’s have a look at the top 5.

Number 1:

Sixth Sense features a certain user guide that is extremely simple to use. There are several important gestures that people can easily learn without even going through rigorous tutorials. These gestures include taking a photo, or making a call over phone, or even trying to check out the time.To take a photo snap, the user need to simply make a hand gesture in the air that feels like a rectangle. With this simple gesture, the picture will get snapped. Yes, this is what Sixth Sense Technology is all about. The snapped picture will be stored carefully in the device’s memory card. User will always have direct access to the picture whenever he/she wants to edit it. The user can easily resize the image and carry out editing simply with the help of some finger motions over the projected screen. (more…)

Changing Climate, Not Tourism, Seems to Be Driving Decline in Chinstrap-Penguin Populations

By Guest PostNovember 7, 2012Environmentadelie, antarctic peninsula, antarctic science, antarctic site inventory, antarctic treaty nations, asi, baily head, breeding population, changing, chevy chase, chinstrap colony, chinstrap penguins, chinstrap population, climatic condition, data, deception island, gentoo penguins, heather lynch, high resolution, michael polito, national science foundation, nsf, oceanites, penguin dynamics, penguin population, polar programs, ron naveen, satellite imagery, Southern Ocean, steven forrest, stony brook university, temperature, thomas mueller, tinker foundation, tourist location, united states, warm

High-resolution satellite imagery aids in study

The breeding population of chinstrap penguins has declined significantly as temperatures have rapidly warmed on the Antarctic Peninsula, according to researchers funded in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

The study indicates that changing climatic conditions, rather than the impact of tourism, have had the greatest effect on the chinstrap population.

Ron Naveen, founder of a nonprofit science and conservation organization, Oceanites, Inc., of Chevy Chase, Md., documented the decline in a paper published in the journal Polar Biology. Naveen and coauthor Heather Lynch, of Stony Brook University, are researchers with the Antarctic Site Inventory (ASI). (more…)

New Mobile App Helps Migraine Sufferers Track and Analyze Pain

By Guest PostNovember 6, 2012Healthfacial nerve pain, iphone app, migraine sufferers, pain management plan, paintrek

ANN ARBOR — A new iPhone app developed at the University of Michigan lets migraine or facial pain patients easily track and record their pain, which in turn helps the treating clinician develop a pain management plan. (more…)

Studies: Pigs Look Healthy But Test Positive for Flu at Fairs; Flu Transmission Seen Between Pigs and Humans

By Guest PostNovember 6, 2012Scienceandrew bowman, cdc, flu positive, genbank, h1n2, h3n2 virus, h3n2v, human illness, illness, immune system, influenza a, influenza strain, jacqueline nolting, ohio, ohio county, pig virus, pigs, respiratory tract, richard slemons, sarah nelson, sign, state university, swine origin, viral infection, virus

COLUMBUS, Ohio – More than 80 percent of pigs that tested positive for influenza A virus at Ohio county fairs between 2009 and 2011 showed no signs of illness, according to a new study.

Ohio State University researchers tested 20 pigs each at 53 fair events over those three summers and found at least one flu-positive pig at 12 fairs – almost a quarter of fairs tested. (more…)

Behind the Surface: 19th-Century Haitian Paintings Provide Link to Past

By Guest PostNovember 6, 2012Culture19th century, african diaspora art, art historian, caribbean collection, haitian artist, haitian paintings, haitian revolution, repair artwork

Behind the surface of a painting lies the history of its making. Scholars now know more about the histories of some 19th-century Haitian paintings held in Yale’s collections, thanks to the collaborative efforts of colleagues from Yale, the Smithsonian Institution, and Haiti. (more…)

Biofuels from Algae Hold Potential, but Not Ready for Prime Time

By Guest PostNovember 6, 2012Environmentalgal biofuels, biofuel production, energy, oil into fuel, transportation fuel

UA biofuel expert Joel Cuello explains how future innovations could help realize algal biofuels’ full potential

Scaling up the production of biofuels made from algae to meet at least 5 percent – about 10 billion gallons – of U.S. transportation fuel needs would place unsustainable demands on energy, water and nutrients, says a new report from the National Research Council, or NRC. However, these concerns are not a definitive barrier for future production, and innovations that would require research and development could help realize algal biofuels’ full potential. (more…)

Exploring Energy Poverty

By Guest PostNovember 5, 2012Environmentafrica, areas, ashanti region, delaware, developing regions, doctoral student, electrical grid, electricity, electrification, energy center, energy need, energy poverty, ghana, global research, knust, kumasi, lily lamptey, peri urban, policy analysis, resources, south asia, sub-saharan, transition zone, united states, university

Doctoral student studies energy poverty in Ghana, Africa

In the United States, electricity is a creature comfort many citizens take for granted. Yet for more than a billion people across the globe, particularly in developing regions, electrification is the exception, not the norm.

Sub-Saharan Africa, for example, is the least electrified region in the world. It has the lowest generation capacity behind eastern South Asia and few programs that provide access to modern forms of energy. (more…)

Meet the ‘Halo 4’ Engineers Delivering ‘30 Seconds of Fun’ – Early and Often

By Guest PostNovember 5, 2012Technology30 seconds, bungie, cinematic nature, david berger, emotional story, epic, fredrik persson, fun mantra, go flying, goldilocks, halo 4, halo franchise, halo game, halo universe, lamborghini, Microsoft, new weapons, new york times, news center, peter burzynski, plasma grenade, software, storytelling, weapons, xbox 360

“Halo 4” launches tomorrow, and millions of fans will start blasting their way through the biggest and most detailed “Halo” universe yet.

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 5, 2012 — It happens early and often in every “Halo” game: the ‘30 seconds of fun.’

That phrase refers to the heart-thumping period when players risk pixelated life and limb to take on teeming hordes of enemies. The ‘30 seconds of fun’ mantra began with Bungie, the game studio that created the first five games of the “Halo” franchise.

But “Halo” has always delivered a rich story alongside the action; the game’s universe has spawned comic books and New York Times bestselling novels. “Halo” takes the Goldilocks approach to gaming: it doesn’t exhaust you with long storytelling animations nor numb you with nonstop battles. It finds a middle ground: It’s just right. (more…)

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