On March 21, the PIMA Air & Space Museum successfully launched a 45 foot long paper airplane from a helicopter in the skies over Arizona (video).
Archive for 2012-04-01
By The Numbers: Larry Page’s First Year as Google’s CEO
Google has always been historically paranoid about any numbers it publicly releases. For many years even after it was publicly traded, the management triumvirate including Larry Page had to personally approve any numbers the company issued in public, a policy I believe still stands.
So it’s worth pointing out all the figures the company has decided to share in a letter to investors that caps off Page’s first year at CEO:
30: The number of products Google has shut down this year, including Knol and Sidewiki.
120: The number of Google+ integrations, which unsurprisingly mostly involve Google products.
100 million: The number of active Google+ users. Is this a sign of health? Or that Page is out of touch with reality and perhaps should be using a different engagement metric? Discuss.
850,000: Android devices activated per day. (It’s an old number from Mobile World Congress in February.)
55: The number of Android manufacturing partners.
300: The number of Android’s carrier partners.
200 million: The number of Chrome users.
350 million: Number of Gmail users.
5,000: The number of enterprise and educational customers that sign up for Gmail every day.
800 million: The number of monthly YouTube users.
$2.5 billion: The run-rate for the mobile advertising business in the third quarter of 2011.
2.5x: Growth over mobile advertising revenue in the same time period two years earlier.
$30 billion: Amount that Google has cumulatively paid out to content publishers on the web through the AdSense program.
64: Number of languages supported in Google Translate.
4032: Language pairs supported by Google Translate.
120: The number of Google+ integrations, which unsurprisingly mostly involve Google products.
100 million: The number of active Google+ users. Is this a sign of health? Or that Page is out of touch with reality and perhaps should be using a different engagement metric? Discuss.
850,000: Android devices activated per day. (It’s an old number from Mobile World Congress in February.)
55: The number of Android manufacturing partners.
300: The number of Android’s carrier partners.
200 million: The number of Chrome users.
350 million: Number of Gmail users.
5,000: The number of enterprise and educational customers that sign up for Gmail every day.
800 million: The number of monthly YouTube users.
$2.5 billion: The run-rate for the mobile advertising business in the third quarter of 2011.
2.5x: Growth over mobile advertising revenue in the same time period two years earlier.
$30 billion: Amount that Google has cumulatively paid out to content publishers on the web through the AdSense program.
64: Number of languages supported in Google Translate.
4032: Language pairs supported by Google Translate.
CRUNCHBASE
Google provides search and advertising services, which together aim to organize and monetize the world’s information. In addition to its dominant search engine, it offers a plethora of online tools and platforms including: Gmail, Maps, YouTube, and Google+, the company’s extension into the social space. Most of its Web-based products are free, funded by Google’s highly integrated online advertising platforms AdWords and AdSense. Google promotes the idea that advertising should be highly targeted and relevant to users thus providing...
The Surreal Gravity-Defying Photographs of Philippe Ramette
Crisis of casualness
Irrational contemplation
Rational exploration of the undersea : irrational walk
Between 2003 and 2006, French conceptual artist Philippe Ramette created a series of gravity-defying photographs that show him in seemingly impossible poses. These illusions were not created digitally as Ramette explains to The Guardian in 2009, “You see a tension in my hands, my red face is far from serene as the blood rushes to it, my suit is ruffled.” Web Urbanist has images and a brief explanation of how Ramette’s illusion is accomplished.
Video of Tow Truck and Tractor-Trailer Rolling Down Cliff in Norway
On April 1, amateur Norwegian photographer Gunn Iren Johnsrud was filming a tow truck pulling a tractor-trailer up a snowy mountain road in Northern Norway when the rig slid off the road, rolling 200 feet down a cliff and taking the tow truck with it. The tow truck driver jumped free just seconds before his truck was pulled down the cliff. The tractor-trailer driver did not escape, but managed to survive his trip down the mountainside with minor injuries.
Russian Man Free Climbs Stalin Era Skyscraper in Moscow
Russian daredevil Tyomka Pirniazov free climbed the ornate Soviet star at the top of the 577 foot tall Stalin-eraKotelnicheskaya Embankment Building in Moscow. He recorded the feat and the dizzying view with a camera clenched in his mouth. We wrote about Pirniazov’s previous climb to the top of the nearby Red Gates Administrative Building.
No Kitchen Required, An Adventurous Cooking Competition TV Series
No Kitchen Required is a cooking competition television series “that follows three chefs who are dropped off in remote locations where they must work with the locals to hunt, forage and collect ingredients for a locally-inspired meal.” The show, hosted by Dr. Shini Somara, premieres on BBC America on April 3, 3012 (10/9C).
Join New York restaurateur Michael Psilakis, first ever “Chopped” Grand Champion chef Madison Cowanand international chef Kayne Raymond as they prepare dishes from ten very different and remote locations including Dominica, New Zealand, Belize, Fiji, Chiang Dao, Thailand, Koh Lanta, Thailand, as well as Hawaii, New Mexico, Louisiana and Florida.Each chef is free to choose the indigenous ingredients he wants to use—the challenge comes when he must acquire and prepare the ingredients in the same manner as the locals. The chefs’ meals will ultimately be judged by the community and one will be chosen as winner in each episode.
Animals Inside Out, An Exhibition of Animals Preserved by Plastination
“Animals Inside Out” is an exhibition of animal corpses that have been perfectly preserved with plastic polymers in a process called “plastination” (video). The exhibition is by plastination inventor Dr. Gunther von Hagen. Von Hagen is best known for his Body Worlds exhibitions of plastinated human cadavers. “Animals Inside Out” is on display at theNatural History Museum in London through September 16, 2012. To see more photos of the exhibition, see this gallery by The Guardian.
Identical quadruplets born in rarest of rare case
In a rare instance of identical quadruplets, which doctors say happens once in 13 million births, four such males were born on March 11 in Kerala's Kasargod district.
MANGALORE: In a rare instance of identical quadruplets, which doctors say happens once in 13 million births, four such males were born on March 11 in Kerala's Kasargod district.
Considering their delicate state - they were also premature - the quadruplets were moved to a Mangalore hospital's ICU, where one of them died on Monday night. The rest of them are doing well. Dr Ali Kumble, chairman of Indiana Hospital, said that the case can be considered rare since the babies were identical and also had an average gestation period of 26 weeks as against 40 weeks. The average weight of the babies was 740 gm as against 1.3 kg as per medical literature and recorded cases.
"Such cases are extremely rare. Quadruplets occur once in 70 lakh births and identical quadruplets are born once in 13 million births. There are only 60 such cases recorded worldwide and it is a challenge to ensure their survival,'' Dr Kumble said. While two babies weigh 900gm the other two are 580gm each. They were born to Aysha Tahira, 30, and Latheef of Kasargod after 10 years of marriage.
Kumble said the three babies are healthy. "I hope that they do not have any neurological complications later. The babies have different blood groups, while two of them are B+, one is O+. The child who died was A+. As the babies are from the same zygote, the third and fourth babies will be weak and more prone to infections. Moreover, there is scientific data that male babies have higher infection rate than female babies,'' he said.
The country last had such rarity in Chennai at the Apollo Hospital on April 25, 2006, when a software professional delivered four baby girls.
Considering their delicate state - they were also premature - the quadruplets were moved to a Mangalore hospital's ICU, where one of them died on Monday night. The rest of them are doing well. Dr Ali Kumble, chairman of Indiana Hospital, said that the case can be considered rare since the babies were identical and also had an average gestation period of 26 weeks as against 40 weeks. The average weight of the babies was 740 gm as against 1.3 kg as per medical literature and recorded cases.
"Such cases are extremely rare. Quadruplets occur once in 70 lakh births and identical quadruplets are born once in 13 million births. There are only 60 such cases recorded worldwide and it is a challenge to ensure their survival,'' Dr Kumble said. While two babies weigh 900gm the other two are 580gm each. They were born to Aysha Tahira, 30, and Latheef of Kasargod after 10 years of marriage.
Kumble said the three babies are healthy. "I hope that they do not have any neurological complications later. The babies have different blood groups, while two of them are B+, one is O+. The child who died was A+. As the babies are from the same zygote, the third and fourth babies will be weak and more prone to infections. Moreover, there is scientific data that male babies have higher infection rate than female babies,'' he said.
The country last had such rarity in Chennai at the Apollo Hospital on April 25, 2006, when a software professional delivered four baby girls.
Another Flying Car ... Are you Ready???
NOW YOU CAN FLY YOUR CAR IN SKIES
According to washington post news they have published a news claiming that .
Flying cars aren’t just science fiction anymore.
Woburn, Mass.-based Terrafugia Inc. said Monday that its prototype flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year. The vehicle — dubbed the Transition — has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car. Last month, it flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes. Commercial jets fly at 35,000 feet.
Around 100 people have already put down a $10,000 deposit to get a Transition when they go on sale, and those numbers will likely rise after Terrafugia introduces the Transition to the public later this week at the New York Auto Show. But don’t expect it to show up in too many driveways. It’s expected to cost $279,000.
And it won’t help if you’re stuck in traffic. The car needs a runway.
The flying car has always had a special place in the American imagination. Inventors have been trying to make them since the 1930s, according to Robert Mann, an airline industry analyst who owns R.W. Mann & Co. in Port Washington, N.Y.
But Mann thinks Terrafugia has come closer than anyone to making the flying car a reality. The government has already granted the company’s request to use special tires and glass that are lighter than normal automotive ones, to make it easier for the vehicle to fly. The government has also temporarily exempted the Transition from the requirement to equip vehicles with electronic stability control, which would add about six pounds to the vehicle. The Transition is currently going through a battery of automotive crash tests to make sure it meets federal safety standards.
Mann said Terrafugia was helped by the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision five years ago to create a separate set of standards for light sport aircraft. The standards govern the size and speed of the plane and licensing requirements for pilots, which are less restrictive than requirements for pilots of larger planes. Terrafugia says an owner would need to pass a test and complete 20 hours of flying time to be able to fly the Transition, a relatively low hurdle for pilots.
The Transition can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air, spokesman Steven Moscaritolo said. It flies using a 23-gallon tank of automotive fuel and burns 5 gallons per hour in the air. On the ground, it gets 35 miles per gallon.
Mann questions the size of the market for the Transition. The general aviation market has been in decline for two decades, he said, largely because of fuel costs and the high cost of liability for manufacturers. Also, fewer people are learning how to fly.
“This is not going to be an inexpensive aircraft to produce or market,” he said. “It has some uniqueness, and will get some sales, but the question is, could it ever be a profitable enterprise?”
Mann sees the western U.S. as the most likely market, where people could fly instead of driving long distances.
Terrafugia has been working on flying cars since 2006, and has already pushed back the launch once. Last summer the company said it would have to delay expected 2011 deliveries due to design challenges and problems with parts suppliers.
With the appearance in New York, the company hopes to attract the eye of customers as well as investors.
“We are introducing ourselves as a viable company to the automotive world,” Moscaritolo said.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Flying Car Makes Successful Maiden Flight
[Thanks, Barry]
The Dutch company PAL-V Europe NV has successfully concluded test flights of its flying car, PAL-V (Personal Air and Land Vehicle). During the past two weeks, several test flights were conducted at the Gilze Rijen Airport (The Netherlands). The patented vehicle flies in the air like a gyrocopter with lift generated by an auto-rotating rotor and forward speed produced by a foldable push propeller on the back. On the road it drives like a sports car. No new infrastructure is required because it uses existing roads and airstrips.
Dutch Innovation
A team of top engineers has been working on the first prototypes since finalization of the design concept in 2008. Renowned institutes such as the Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory and Delft University have also been involved in the development. The driving prototype was fully tested in 2009 and now the flying-driving prototype has made its first flights. The PAL-V complies with existing regulations in all major markets, which means that the vehicle is allowed both in road traffic and in the air.
Robert Dingemanse, CEO and co-founder of PAL-V commented: "We are very proud to announce this successful maiden flight of the PAL-V and we now invite investors to create the future with us. We know there is a lot of interest for the PAL-V. Prior to announcing these test flights, we were already approached on a daily basis by potential customers and dealers wanting to be part of this exciting project."
Door-to-Door Mobility
A PAL-V offers the choice of flying like a plane or driving like a car. This means fast door-to-door mobility for private individuals as well as professionals and organizations. The flying range will be between 350 (220 miles) and 500 km (315 miles), depending on the type, pay load and wind conditions. Driving, a PAL-V will have a range of about 1200 km (750 miles). It runs on gasoline like a conventional car and there will also be versions that use biodiesel or bio-ethanol. It can reach speeds of up to 180 km/h (110 miles/h) both on land and in the air.
On the ground the slim, aerodynamic, 3-wheeled vehicle combines the comfort of a car with the agility of a motorcycle thanks to its patented, cutting-edge, 'tilting' system. Driving, a PAL-V accelerates like a sports car and drives through curves like a motorcycle.
Flying, a PAL-V is like a standard gyrocopter. It is quieter than helicopters due to the slower rotation of the main rotor. It takes off and lands with low speed, cannot stall, and is very easy to control. This makes a PAL-V one of the safest types of aircraft. Obtaining a licence requires only 20 to 30 hours of training.
Thanks to its very short take off and landing capability, it is possible to land a PAL-V practically anywhere. For take-off, a strip of 165 meters (540 feet) is enough and it can be either paved or grass.
Governments are already preparing for increasing traffic with Personal Air Vehicles like the PAL-V. In the United States and in Europe government-funded development programs are determining the infrastructure of 'digital freeways' to provide a safe corridor using GPS technology. The technology is available today to allow personal air traffic to grow safely. PAL-V Europe N.V. is determined to play a leading role in this market.
The Company
PAL-V Europe NV, the company that initiated the development of the PAL-V, is located in Raamsdonksveer, The Netherlands. The management consists of a team of Dutch entrepreneurs with expertise in aviation, automotive, research, and marketing. PAL-V Europe succeeded in gathering the best talent available. The company was initially funded by a group of informal investors and also received a loan (Innovatiekrediet) from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. Three Dutch ministries are supporting the project based on its technical innovation and economic potential.
Professionals and corporations are investigating the efficiency and improved effectiveness a PAL-V will bring to their operations. Potential lead customers such as police, the military, and flying doctors have expressed interest for surveillance, mobility, aid in post-war situations, and homeland security. Initial talks about specific requirements are underway.
Now that the final product development phase has been reached, PAL-V Europe will invite new investors to fund the development of the commercial product and the market launch.
A flying car has been a dream cherished for almost 100 years. Now it has become reality. This will be a revolution in door-to-door transportation similar to the transition from horse-and-buggy to the automobile. Leave home and fly-drive to almost any destination. Avoid traffic jams and cross lakes, fjords, rivers or mountain ranges like an eagle. Touch down on the other side and drive to your final destination. The PAL-V combines in one vehicle the freedom and excitement of flying like a bird in the sky with the choice of breathtaking driving performance on the roads and highways. It offers an unprecedented freedom in mobility.
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Display any Image in Facebook Chat
You might have noticed that, whenever an image is uploaded to Facebook,it is assigned with a unique ID that is visible into your URL
When an ID is written within "[[ ]]" it displays that particular picture in the chat-box.If you want to display your own profile picture to one of your friend just type [[your picture ID]] or
[[your username]] and press ENTER.
The basic idea
1.Upload the image
2.Slice the image into small parts and write out their ID in sequential order one after another.
But don't worry you don't have to create any algorithm/program for it, because its been already created by talented people.
Application : Facebook chat code maker
All you have to do is choose an image file and hit upload now,Copy the code and paste it in your chat-box.
copy the code and paste on chat.
1.What's up Doc?
[[253084314784276]] [[253084311450943]] [[253084318117609]] [[253084321450942]] [[253084324784275]]
[[253084421450932]] [[253084414784266]] [[253084411450933]] [[253084418117599]] [[253084424784265]]
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2.F Yeah
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[[373651609332120]] [[373651615998786]] [[373651622665452]] [[373651619332119]]
3.Challenge Accepted
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[[388555177835256]] [[388555181168589]] [[388555174501923]] [[388555184501922]] [[388555187835255]]
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4.Mr.Bean
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5.Heart
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6.Bye
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7.F You Face
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8.M-Finger
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9.Troll Face
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11.STFO
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