Fossils Teeth Reveal Facts About Hobbit in Flores

TOKYO - 0.9 meter high ancient creature dubbed the "Hobbit", said once a big-bodied Homo erectus from Asia, but later evolved into separate species.

The researchers believe that this species shrink in size after being stranded in Flores, Indonesia, probably after a natural disaster. They say this is something known as the "island effect", which occurs when a growing population in a restricted environment.

The facts revealed after scientists studying the 18,000-year-old fossilized teeth of this Hobbit, which leads them to believe that it belonged to a unique species distinct from Homo sapiens (human).

This is contrary to previous theory, that the individuals on this island is the Homo sapiens who suffered from a growth disorder known as microcephaly.

The researchers said it is likely that there is little Hobbit among modern human populations today.

Project leader Yousuke Kaifu of the National Museum of Nature and Science told Discovery News, quoted page of the Daily Mail, Thursday, November 19, that he thinks early modern humans could have been mixed (mating) with the Asian Homo erectus on a small scale.

Hobbit skeletal remains, or Homo floresiensis, 18,000-year-old was first discovered in 2003 in Flores, Indonesia. The species name is taken from the name of the area where the skeleton was found.

Hobbit name itself derived from the term 'small man' who became the main character in the fictional novel "The Lord of the Rings" British author, JRR Tolkien.

Researchers at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo found that gear teeth half Hobbit is primitive and modern half, which indicates they are not modern humans (Homo sapiens) with growth disorders.

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Scientists Find Harmful Immune Bacteria Antibiotics

CARDIFF - The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global action should be done immediately after the Chinese scientists found the bacteria are resistant to antibiotics most powerful though.

Liz Tayler of WHO expressed concern if bacteria, which is found in humans and animals, can switch easily between species.

He said, this bacterium has been found also in Malaysia and could spread globally.

These bacteria reportedly resistant to antibiotics colistin, which is usually used after other antibiotics are not effective. Scientists discovered a new mutation, called MRC-1 gene, which makes bacteria resistant to colistin.

Immune never happened before, the difference this time is that mutation developing such a way that could spread easily to other bacteria.

According to experts, the implication of this is very large because it causes common infections, it would be difficult to treat.

"If the MRC-1 spread globally, and these genes are genes adapt to other antibiotics, and this is inevitable, we probably will reach a time when antibiotics are useless," Professor Timothy Walsh of the University of Cardiff, UK.

"If the patient is terminally ill, for example infected with E. coli bacteria, then there's nothing we can do to heal," he said.

Currently, the Chinese government to work quickly to address this problem.

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Sophisticated robots It Has Heart and Mastering 17 Languages

SINGAPORE - Events Huawei Asia Innovation Day in Singapore, Thursday, November 12th last week, leaving a lot of interesting stories. One of them with the latest technology robot named Pepper.

Quoted from Solopos, Wednesday (11/18/2015), the latest technology when it appears, the participants of the event under the theme Transforming Mega Cities, Building Smart Asia is suddenly excited and Pepper swarming in droves. One by one, they try to interact with the white robot.

Pepper the latest technology designed to have a heart so that he is able to read emotions, recognize the tone of voice and facial expression. With the support of an array of cameras, touch sensors, accelerometers, and other sensors, Pepper was able to read emotions.

"The latest technology Pepper can detect 17 languages ​​in the world, but he is currently muted. So he could not respond with a voice, "said one woman operator at Raffles Hotel, York Hill State.

The operator reveal the latest technologies Pepper created not become a robot workers, but can be pleasing someone. That said, this robot can be a companion who holds the heart.

"If you do the fish bump like tos, he will respond," he said while demonstrating examples of movements and actions Pepper informed beforehand programmed by a software.

Just to note the latest robot technology Pepper is made by a Japanese telecommunications company Softbank yangi focus work on robotics business lines.

As quoted from Engadget, the latest technology Pepper can be employed as a customer service at various companies. Pepper also can be hired at a cost of USD444 per month or Rp6.1 million, plus a three-year contract with Pepper condition to be returned once the contract is completed.

Pepper has installed the latest technology applications that support a variety of front office work. It can be used to speak and store information from customers.

For now, the new Pepper is available for companies based in Japan alone. However, there might be released globally Pepper after Alibaba and Foxconn to invest them for USD236 million

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Squid This Life Again After Cooked

JAPAN - A video on YouTube attracted the attention of netizens. The video showed a squid cooked back "dancing" on the plate.

Reporting from the Mirror, Tuesday (17/11/2015), the squid are initially at rest in the bowl presented to customers who record culinary experience. But after sprinkled with soy sauce, the calamari was moved back to the wild.

However, the video recorder did not seem worried about biting squid is coming back to life. He took his chopsticks and put most of the squid's body into his mouth.

According to the video caption, squid moved back because the muscle to absorb sodium from soy which are sown on it. Muscle spasms and as it then makes the squid alive again.

The video was filmed in Hakodate, Japan, on November 15 last. A total of 80 thousand people have watched the video on YouTube.

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Recording this fall of 'Space Junk' to Earth

SRI LANKA - Researchers finally have a rare opportunity to observe the falling objects in the sky above Sri Lanka, on Friday, November 13th. Like what the alleged sighting object space junk named WT1190F it?

Reporting from Inverse, Monday (16/11/2015), foreign objects falling in the sky of the Indian Ocean. 1 meter diameter space object that enters the atmosphere at 6: 18: 34-06: 18: 41 UT / GMT as scheduled.

Scientists International Astronomical Center, the United Arab Emirates Space Agency, and NASA a closer look at this thing with a camera and record it in a video. Unfortunately, the study experienced problems due to the weather conditions were cloudy. WT1190F only visible for a minute and is like a shooting star the other.

Nevertheless, this event remains a big moment for researchers because for the first time they predicted the exact place and time of the fall of foreign objects into the Earth. Results of the study will also be very useful to science, particularly in the field of Earth protection against foreign objects.

For information, WT1190F allegedly was space junk that the satellite debris, launched in orbit around the Earth. Most likely this object is debris Apollo.

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'Sea Monster' Kraken Be Present in Sweden

STOCKHOLM - A yacht called Kraken and made to "become a sea monster", is now being designed by a team of Swedish design, equipped with top-class luxuries, such as a reception room, a spiral staircase, and even equipped with a helipad.

Length is 60 meters and it is proposed to have a top speed of 35 knots.

Kraken was designed by the same team who created Vapour GT concept car, a supercar Batmobile with a top speed of 290 kilometers per hour, and they even have a striking resemblance.



Chief designer, Edward Gray Dark Gray Design, says this was intentional and he wants an "extreme vehicle" to share the color scheme and features a similar design.

"Kraken is a design study that explored the boundaries of yacht design. It takes inspiration from the concept Vapour GT to create a set of extreme vehicles for land and sea, "Gray said as quoted by the Daily Mail, recently.

Super-yacht name is taken from the name of a legendary giant octopus called Kraken is said to be capable of destroying the ship and eat whales.

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NASA Pluto Photo Release Color "Rainbow"

WASHINGTON - Since the spacecraft NASA's New Horizons Pluto went to last summer, many of the dwarf planet profile which can be seen the world. Not long ago, NASA released a gorgeous photo of Pluto.

Quoted from the NASA site, Friday (13/11/2015), scientists New Horizons Pluto has changed color photographs with a technique called "principal component analysis". This technique is used to clarify a lot of subtle color differences between different regions of Pluto.

Data picture "Psychedelic Side" is derived from the color cameras spacecraft Ralph / MVIC on July 14 at 11:11 UTC from a distance of 22 thousand miles (35 thousand kilometers) of Pluto.

This picture was presented Will Grundy of the surface composition of the team of New Horizons on November 9 in the Division of Planetary Sciences meeting (DPS) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in National Harbor, Maryland.

Until now, New Horizons still roam in the Kuiper Belt, and continue sending data to scientists on Earth. Need 16 months for the spacecraft to send back thousands of images and measurements made during their past Pluto.

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Honey Popular Since the Stone Age

WASHINGTON The frescoes from the era of the New Kingdom of Egypt depicting bees and honey in everyday life about 4,400 years ago is evidence that humans have long used the products produced by bees. In fact it turns out humans have been used long before that time.

Scientists said Wednesday they found evidence of beeswax or beeswax in pottery made by the people of the Stone Age were derived from the culture of farming and farming in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, including a cooking pot from a location on eastern Turkey who came from around 8,500 years ago.

"The chemicals beeswax typical Neolithic are found in various locations across Europe, showing how extensive the relationship between humans and honeybees in prehistoric times," said an expert in organic geochemistry Mélanie Roffet-Salque from the University of Bristol in England.

The beeswax in pottery because people were using honey, which left a trail of honey wax, or beeswax coating in the pan to make it watertight, said Roffet-Salque.

"It is clear that the people of the stone age well recognize their environment and they use natural resources such as beeswax, as well as tree sap and tar," said Roffet-Salque.

Honey is the main reason why they utilize honey bees, "sweetener which is rare for people prehistoric," said Roffet-Salque.

"However, beeswax may also be used for various technological purposes, rituals, cosmetics and medical, for example to create a pot or vase waterproof or soften the tar from birch trees to be used as a glue," said Roffet-Salque.

Honey can not be directly detected because most of its main ingredient is sugar that may not survive in archaeological sites thousands of years old.

"Detecting beeswax in cookware allows us to conclude that farmers and ranchers in the past also makes use of bee products: beeswax and honey," said Roffet-Salque.

The walls of ancient Egypt, prehistoric rock art and other evidence indicates that humans have been using honey bees since many centuries ago, but how long and how widespread its use is still unclear.

The researchers examined the chemical compounds that are around 6,000 pieces of pottery made of clay from more than 150 locations of the Ancient World.

Pottery coming from the north, for example, from Scotland and Scandinavia, do not contain beeswax.

This suggests the possibility of honeybees do not exist in the region due to harsher weather conditions, said biogeochemists Richard Evershed from Bristol University.

The research is published in the journal Nature.

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Skin implants LED lights in Ready to New Trends

BERLIN - A group of robot enthusiasts will have a new trend that could make them more like his idol. Such as Iron Man, now there is a cosmetic surgery that allows humans have LED light inside the skin.

Three men in Dusseldorf, Germany, has mengimplan alias plant LED lamps in their hands. Biohacking trend called itself defined as the activity of experimental utilization of genetic material without regard to ethical standards.

LED lights are mounted just about the size of a coin with the type of NorthStar V1. The lights will be lit for 10 seconds before fading back.

This lamp can also be used to backlight a tattoo. Operations performed by Grindhouse wetware is secured because it uses technology to "mix" the man with the robot.

"Northstar V1, such as piercings and cosmetic surgery that is purely done for aesthetic purposes. It is a simple device that will prove the possibility of implanting the technology into the body and will pave the way for augmentations are more advanced and functional," said a company spokesman quoted by the Mirror, Wednesday (11/11/2015).

LED light is referred to last up to 10 thousand lighting. This means that users can enjoy the lamp lighting for 27 years if used once a day.

These implants will be launched officially in the market starting next year. Start-up is working on upgrades, Northstar Version 2, which will have Bluetooth capabilities that allow humans to control electronic devices with movement.

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Hydra, Pluto's moon Furthest that "Drunk"

CALIFORNIA - Most moon in the Solar System to have the same rotation with the planet. But it does not apply to the natural satellite system Pluto.

Pluto's moon does not run in sync as usual months, especially the month named Hydra. As depicted in the video animation NASA, Hydra (blue in the video) moves like a "drunken man" whirling fast in rotation.

According to research, it's farthest moons Pluto rotates at least 89 times per orbit. Scientists think that this behavior occurs because the "Charon exert strong torque which prevents small monthly settling in synchronous rotation".

Meanwhile, motherboard, Wednesday (11/11/2015), called Charon itself to be in a traditional formation with four other months. Nevertheless, New Horizons will continue to send data and images of Pluto and moon eccentric meetings.

"It is hard to imagine how fast our view of Pluto and its moons when developing a new data stream coming every week," said Alan Stern, New Horizons principal investigator for NASA. "As outlined in the data discovery, Pluto be the 'star' of the Solar System."

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Confident scientist mountains on Pluto is Volcano Ice

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA-Scientists have found something that is suspected as volcanoes that spew ice to the surface of Pluto, raises questions about how such a tiny planet is geologically very active, according to a study presented on Monday (9/11).

The discovery, published in the sidelines of the meeting of the American Astronomical Society in National Harbor, Maryland, describe Pluto and its moons as celestial bodies are more complex than expected.

"What's on Pluto surprise us," said planetary scientist Alan Stern, who works at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, told the media at a press conference conducted via webcast.

Stern led the team in charge of spacecraft NASA's "New Horizons", which passes Pluto on July 14 last.

Photographs and measurements were taken while the particles are being sent back to Earth.

About 50 reports will be presented by scientists this week illustrates the two mountains on the surface of Pluto, each the size of more than 161 kilometers in diameter, and the height of several kilometers. The mountain surface has a basin similar to the volcanoes found on Mars and Earth.

"This never before seen outside the solar system," said New Horizons scientist Oliver White, who works at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California.

Instead of spewing rocks, volcanic Pluto frozen water spout, and other frozen liquids such as nitrogen, ammonia or methane.

White acknowledged that the existence of volcanoes on Pluto, which is away 30 times that of the Earth is to the sun, it sounds crazy, "but that was the only thing that could explain the presence of the mountains."

"Whatever it is, really weird," said White.

Spacecraft "New Horizons" on display at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. prior to launch to the planet Pluto (Photo: dock).
Spacecraft "New Horizons" on display at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. prior to launch to the planet Pluto (Photo: dock).
Aircraft "New Horizons" also found some depressions in the surface of Pluto, the largest of more than 322 km in length. Peak basins are located 4 km from the bottom, about two times higher than the walls of the Grand Canyon.

"So many major basins in the area on Pluto indicates that the layer has undergone a lot of expansion in its history," said White.

Scientists suspect the natural decay of radioactive elements in the core of Pluto is a heat source that forms the mountain.

"New Horizons" on schedule to be back past the frozen mini-world in the "Kuiper Belt" in our solar system in the month of January 2019, the area became home Pluto, Pluto's moons, and millions of other ice objects.

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Carbon dioxide levels in 2015 Record Record High

GENEVA - Greenhouse gas emissions peaked in 2015. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned that rising global temperatures will continue to occur from year to year.

"Every year we say this is the limit. We must act now to cut carbon dioxide emissions if we want the temperature rise under control," said WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud said quoted by Scientific American, Monday (11/09/2015).

According to the chart belongs to the UN agency, the carbon dioxide level of 400 ppm is slowly rising per year since 1984. The average level of 397.7 ppm of carbon dioxide in 2014 and still continues to rise in early 2015.

"Next year we will report higher concentrations due to El Nino," said Oksana Tarasova, WMO atmospheric research leader at Reuters.

To that end, more than 150 countries including the biggest emitters China and the United States, has been running a program to address emissions by 2020. Unfortunately, the programs that run during this failed to meet emission reduction targets in 2010 by 3 degrees Celsius.

Nevertheless, Jarraud still positive that the control was still better than none at all. "Controlling increase of 1 degree every year is no longer possible, too late, of course, an increase of 2 degrees is better," he concluded.

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Ancient Greek Fortress 'Arca' Discovered Near Jerusalem

YERUSALEM-After a century of searching, archaeologists say they have discovered the ruins of an ancient Greek fortress that was once the center of power in Jerusalem and a fortress that used to hold the Jewish revolt depicted in the Book of Maccabees.

Researchers have long debated about the location of the ancient fortress Acra, which was built over 2,000 years ago by Antiochus Epiphanes, king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire (Seleucid).

Many have asserted that the Acra fortress located at the site of what is now the Old City of Jerusalem, in locations such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or at the top of the hill where the two Jewish temples once stood and is now the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Overlooking the Valley

But debris statue discovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority and announced to the public on Tuesday (3/11) that are outside wall, facing the valley to the south, an area in which according to archaeologists was the center of Jerusalem under King David mentioned in the Bible.

Antiochus, who lived from 215-164 BC, chose the site for the city Acra order to control and monitor activities in the Jewish temple, said Doron Ben-Ami, the archaeologist who led the excavation expeditions.


Acra estimated length of 250 meters and width of 60 meters, it is likely to dominate the rural areas.



Under a place ten years ago is a parking lot, a team of Ben-Ami cleaning artificial hill forgotten within the next civilization.

At one area, they found the stones from one part of the great wall, which is the foundation of a tower, and defense embankment where artifacts such as coins and wine jars show that these objects come from the period of king Antiochus.

Rock tin and bronze arrows from that period were also found, probably from the war between the pro-Greek and Jewish rebels who are trying to master the fortress.

Story of Archaeology Single'

"This is an example of how to move the rocks, coins and dirt embedded in the archaeological story about the reality of the history of Jerusalem," Ben-Ami said.

Location Acra referred vaguely in at least two ancient texts, the Book of Maccabees, which is about rebellion, and a note written by a historian Josephus Flavius.

Historians tell how the rebels, led by Judas Maccabeus, took Jerusalem from the Greek authorities, a victory celebrated by the Jews through Hannukah festival.


But the fortress Acra survive until the rebels, led by the brother of Judas, Simon, managed to surround and force them to surrender.

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Japan Corporate culture Difficult Cyber Security Enhancement

OKINAWA-Besides hackers, organized crime or even a cyber warfare unit that supported the state, businesses and government agencies of Japan facing the enemy cybersecurity unique: themselves.

Even when the frequency and sophistication of cyber attacks increased sharply around the world, the efforts of the world's third-largest economy to improve data security inhibited widespread corporate culture, which is considered a security breach as a loss of face. The culture was considered disclosure of the incident or the sharing of information on critical moment something bad, according to experts and government officials of Japan.

Repair practices cyber security has become a top national priority for Japan, which is embarrassed by the leak at Sony Pictures, the national pension fund and its biggest defense contractor, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which is likely to experience theft of submarines and missile design.

Toshio Nawa, top security consultant in Japan who is also adviser to the organizers of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, said he had been called in to investigate the breach at a large government agencies in Japan.

Nawa found that five contractors cybersecurity different employed by the agency has found such violations, but none were reported or share their findings.

When evidence of the contractor collected, Nawa match it with the digital fingerprints of a group of Mexico that he believed responsible for an earlier attack against Japanese diplomatic server. Violations successfully overcome, but Nawa confusion.

"In the US, if they find a problem, they had to report," he said. "Engineers of Japan was failing to meet its obligations if they improve the report. They feel ashamed."

Cyber ​​security industry worldwide, not only in Japan, often called for greater transparency within and between organizations. The US Senate last month endorsed the Law Division of the Cyber ​​Security Information to facilitate the sharing of data between private companies and government for security purposes, while civil liberties advocates warn that it is a threat to privacy.

But the problem was particularly acute in the private sector and high profile government ministries in Japan. Widespread bureaucracy overwhelmed "negative culture that prevents the desire to communicate quickly," said William H. Saito, chief adviser cyber security for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

While ordinary workers fear reports on security issues will make them punished, the problem reflects a lack of understanding broadly about cyber security among Japanese executives on board, according to Saito in an interview on the sidelines of the conference Cyber3 in Okinawa.

"In Japanese culture, in some situations upper-level management does not understand the use of email and the integration of information technology is a kind of voodoo magic," said Saito, who was born in the US, and also an executive at Palo Alto Networks, a security company.

"In fact, companies have been hacked or be hacked. My message is, 'it's not your fault.'"

The latest data from 2013 indicate that the Japanese government networks face increasing cyber attacks eight times that of the previous two years, with attacks that spread to civilian infrastructure, telecommunications and energy sectors as well.

Based on that data, Abe government has made the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 the opportunity to improve Japan's national security while calling on the government to be more involved in asking companies to consider cyber security more seriously.

A cyber security agency cabinet level in September published a strategy document which proposes, among other things, the addition of classes cybersecurity for the government-run firms, providing financial incentives to companies that showed increased security capabilities, and require company- companies to elevate the head of cyber security.

Cabinet report also highlights the issue of disclosure, saying "it is important to free the network operator of the psychological burden of losing credit or reputation of their business when providing information to others."

Jim Foster, a former US diplomat and Microsoft executives Japanese who heads the International Center Keio for Internet and Society in Tokyo, said that the threat of hacking that evolved quickly provide a challenge for the Japanese industry, which never developed a deep expertise on cyber security to exchange ideas and active knowledge.

"Japanese companies are growing too big too fast and do not need to work or rely on outside expertise," he said. "But now there is a new threat that never existed before and the situation has suddenly become difficult."

But changing habits is not easy, said Nawa, security adviser to the Olympics, which now hold sessions simulation and education across the country, in which he stressed the security engineers - which is not always a shortage of technical expertise - the importance of sharing discoveries and talk when there is problem.

He said he uses a simple mantra in circuit training: "I said: 'Remove your self-esteem'."

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British astronauts will So Human Experiments in Space

LONDON - The man who became the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS) said that he hopes the mission can inspire Britain's youth to explore Mars one day.

Tim Peake (43), a former army major, will start the mission for six months representing the European Space Agency (ESA) in December, a British citizen first went into space since Helen Sharman flew by plane Soviet space for eight days in 1991.

"After 24 years since Helen Sharman flew to the space station Mir, the Union Jack (British flag) will fly in space again," said Peake told reporters. "This means that no one can deter school-age students in the UK to be one of the first to set foot on Mars in the future."

Peake said he would bring a number of science experiments, including some medical research in which he would be "human experimentation."

Britons was selected as an astronaut in 2009 and will depart from the Russian cosmodrome, Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The mission is named Principia, taken from Isaac Newton's theory of innovative, Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which describes the main laws of gravity and motion.

England initially opted out of the program to include human space missions but to change its decision in 2012.

The space station is a laboratory in which the international crew of six people live and work while on the air at a speed of five miles per second, and orbits the Earth every 90 minutes.

The station was launched in 1998 and continuously occupied since November 2000. During that time, more than 200 people from 15 countries have visited the station.

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Realizing the dream in the Age of the Internet of Things

The era of the Internet of Things has opened up new opportunities. Not only for professionals, but amateurs and even children who have high creativity can make it happen.

Not just drawing robots, spaceships, or futuristic fashion design, they even really could make by following the tips and free software available on the Internet.

As ADJITECH quotes from Intel's website on Wednesday (02/11/2015), toy into our imagination as a child, with technologies such as Intel and Intel Edison Galileo can we achieve alone.

The equipment is widely used by the creators of the well-known products are now increasingly available, both for school children, hobbyists, and for those who have an idea and a desire to tamper with the electronics.

Access to this technology can be traced from the rapid increase in the so-called open design movement, which is defined as the development of physical products, machines and systems through the use of public information shared design.

"The open source movement that we have seen in the software are now moving into the hardware," said Edward Ross, director of inventors platform of Intel New Devices Group.

"It allows people to get access to technology that can be used to make the devices they prefer, ranging from school projects to prototype industrial grade," he explained further.

In the past, what might be too complex or expensive for most people, it is now easier to use and affordable for anyone interested in making a device that is connected to the internet and can be controlled from a personal computer, tablet or smartphone.

Jamel Tayeb, who works for Intel Software and Services Group, has just created a balloon space, using Intel Galileo, low power and only the size of a smartphone.

The balloons are able to fly as high as 97,000 feet before returning to earth, not far from where it is launched and can take amazing photos. "This is a lifelong dream of mine to take photos of the curvature of the earth," he said excitedly.

"I realize that dream with his bare hands, open source software and a little help from friends and fellow makers. It will be something that many people do because the technology keeps getting better and easier to use," said Tayeb.

Although Tayeb familiar with electronics for appropriate work, but this is the first space balloon he had ever made. Tayeb using materials that anyone could buy them online, or can be purchased at almost all major electronic stores.

Such as open source software, which is usually developed in a collaborative community and even for free. Likewise, the open source hardware, which allows anyone to reconfigure or reprogram computing components using a variety of software, both free, open source software and paid.

The term Internet of Things be a keyword used by technology companies lately. But Edward Ross told what is in reality little more driven by the movement of an open design.

"More things are connected to the Internet is not just because of personal devices, industrial machinery as well as smart-technology city," said Ross.

"Crowdfunding, 3D printing and the open source movement to drive more people to make the things they want and are connected and running on the Internet."

The various microcontrollers available today, but Intel makes a new type that gives makers a great computing performance and software that makes it easy to connect to the Internet creations, using cloud services to analyze and store data and even connect to another wireless device.

"Galileo is to learn and create," said Ross. "This device is suitable for hobbyist, as well as school children. Hardware and its software is easy to use, compatible with low-cost, commonly used for Arduino microcontroller and kit makers."

Dream to create the future of gadgets in the era of the Internet of Things could also be realized by seeking funding through Kickstarter commonly relied upon by the tech

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Robot role and Technology Advancement For Industry

Robotics in the industry has actually been around a long time, starting around the beginning of the 19th century. Slowly but surely, the robot finally become a mainstay for replacing the role that could not be done human.

The first known robot built in 1937, is programmed to construct the wooden beams. This industrial robot was created with the aim to speed up the process at the plant, improve plant productivity.

Over time, the technology grew more advanced, are also increasingly sophisticated robotics applications and advanced. Ranging from simply selecting and putting, until the process of assembling and welding.

Factories are automated means implementing various control systems that manage the equipment and machinery. The goal of automation is to operate the plant more efficiently, productively, and produces an output that has a higher quality.

Installing robots in factories to help auto parts in the production line. Jobs are automatically completed in a shorter time.

Because the robot is not only moving fast and consistent pace, but is also capable of functioning outside working hours to meet production deadlines.

"The mistake could have occurred with the manual work can be minimized, thereby ensuring a higher quality," said Shermine Gotfredsen, General Manager of Universal Robots Asia Pacific, Tuesday (10/27/2015).

Creating Jobs

The latest trend in industrial robot is the same as when the rise of computers in the 1980s. Although computers to automate tasks that are normally the responsibility of the secretary, this does not mean that the work of the secretary threatened.

Instead, the computer is a tool used by the secretary to complete their tasks more productively. As it is also an industrial robot is a tool that can be used to help factory workers on the production line.

Given the benefits that can be generated from robots, they also will help the plant to create jobs. A report in 2013 by Metra Martech has shown that industrial robots is forecast to create between 900,000 and 1.5 million jobs from 2012 through 2016.

For example, companies that feel the benefits become increasingly competitive company as a direct result due to wearing robot, also tends to employ more workers in the future to support the expansion of their production.

Robots not only create jobs, but also makes the workplace more attractive. Industrial robot can be set to help workers in hazardous work in the factory, such as the presence of hazardous chemicals or heavy objects.

"This not only helps reduce the risk of accidents, but also improve mental health and motivation of workers," said Gotfredsen.

Lately, the food and beverage industry has been affected by the decline in export demand and the depreciation of the rupiah. As a consequence, manufacturers face increased operating costs because they are highly dependent on imported materials such as sugar, milk, and soy beans.

"To face this challenge, it is important for 6,000 companies manufacturing food and beverages in Indonesia to consider adopting robotics solutions," said Gotfredsen.

Productivity and Efficiency

Productivity and efficiency in a plant can be improved when the industrial robot is used to perform functions on a production line, such as packaging and palletizing, or picking and placing.

"For example, on a production line of dairy products, the robot is useful to remove four packages of cream cheese at a time of belt conveyor and move it into a plastic tray," said Gotfredsen.

Given the magnitude of the volume of production, improve efficiency at the end of the line will contribute to reduce downtime, while optimizing productivity means it can meet the greater demand.

With the latest robots which has an intuitive interface making it easy to be programmed and lightweight body, the manufacturing will enjoy the flexibility of production.

It is ideal in the middle of the saturation in the food and beverage industry with the increasing diversity of products, shorter product cycles, and variations in packaging more diverse. Companies can learn how to program and use robots to automate production lines.

When the robot is integrated well into the process or packaging of food and beverage product lines, operations can be further optimized to meet a wide variety of product lines.

Industrial robots claimed will play a key role in helping to minimize the cost of production and at the same time remain competitive with reduced downtime.

"In this way, manufacturing in Indonesia could face a weakening export demand and increased production costs that affect the business performance of food and beverage industry," said Gotfredsen.

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Found, Strange Planet Sun Clouds Without Iron

EDINBURGH - Clouds are made of molten liquid iron was detected on a planet without a sun, 75 light years from Earth.

The planet-like object, named PSO J318.5-22, regarded as one of the most curious findings. With nearly the size of Jupiter, he alone float freely in space.

Astronomers at the University of Edinburgh using a telescope in Chile to show the planet was covered with a thin layer of clouds and thick. Scientists estimate the new age of approximately 20 million years.

'Planet' it does not have the sun.

Hot dust

Without the glare of the parent star (sun), the research team was able to measure variations in the brightness of the object accurately.

They estimated the temperature inside the cloud exceeds 800 degrees Celsius. Dust cloud consisting of hot and molten iron.

Dr. Beth Biller, faculty of physics and astronomy from the University of Edinburgh, said: "These findings show how the clouds exist everywhere, including planets and planet-like object.

"We are trying to use a technique (measurements) to giant planets around young stars, and eventually we will detect the weather on Earth-like planets that may support life."

The findings are published in The Astrophysical Journal.

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Science findings in the journal Nature Communications Create Price Diamonds So Cheap?

BALTIMORE - A new study shows that diamonds are not as special as previously thought. However, it does not mean the price of diamonds will be inexpensive.

In the journal Nature Communications, the researchers from Johns Hopkins University say that the formation of diamonds are "deep in the bowels of the earth."

Do not imagine that big diamonds, because according to the researchers needed a microscope to see the diamond that comes from the earth, which is only a few microns in size only.

Prior to this study, scientists thought that diamonds are formed through one of two ways, namely through the oxidation of methane or via chemical reduction of carbon dioxide in the fluid moves, the way it requires special circumstances that rarely happens.

This study suggests a way more simple diamond formation involving reaction of acidic water on the rocks in the earth.

"The look, the more diamonds are found on the types of different stones," said the study author, Dimitri Sverjensky, a geochemist at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA.

"I think everyone agrees that the diamond formation can be found in a wide variety of environments."

So although these studies will not produce diamonds were abundant, but allow the creation of a deeper understanding of fluid movement in the bowels of the earth. This will allow us to better understand the role of carbon in the life cycle.

"Liquids are the primary interface between the surface and the earth," said Sverjensky. "That is why it is important to understand it."

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NASA Releases Video Solar Activity at 4K resolution

Recently, the US National Space agency or better known as NASA, released a pretty awesome video of the solar activity. Video released with a duration of 30 minutes is taken by NASA's Solar Observator launched in 2010.



"Observator we took pictures of 10 different angles. Each corner also shows a different temperature from the Sun ", so said the NASA representative who explains in the video. Video taken at a high resolution of 4K provides a detailed explanation of how the sun's direct fact it is a sphere with very hot gas. Setap seconds there was an explosion and a burst of giant gas ball, while the heat on the surface itself can exceed the nuclear radiation. What can not be denied is a ball of hot gas is very big influence on the earth and human life.



This video turned out to be a lot of attention of many people and many were fascinated to see. Results of this video is known done by involving 10 media commonly involved in science and technology which in this video every minute of it done within 10 hours. So do not be surprised if the total video creation takes up to 300 hours and produce a video that is very intriguing science eye.

This meant that the study in today's technological era, the process of shooting more advanced, researchers are expected to review the nature of the sun which helps life on Earth better. Space agencies from the land of Uncle Sam's also managed to take a picture of the planet Pluto. Images produced by high technology is also successfully led researchers to better understand Pluto than before.

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