Smartphone app to give earthquake warning
A smartphone app designed to give early warning of earthquakes could be ready as early as next year, according to scientists at the World Science Forum in Rio de Janeiro.
Researchers from the University of California showed off the project this week at a conference on how to use technology to ward off natural disasters.
The app is based on technology used in an early warning system prepared by a team under Professor Richard Allen, director of the UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory.
California has already embraced the concept of an early warning network, with Governor Jerry Brown signing a bill in September mandating the creation of a system.
Search engine to block abuse images
Leading search engine companies Google and Microsoft have agreed measures to make it harder to find child abuse images online. Reports BBC.
As many as 100,000 search terms will now return no results that find illegal material, and will trigger warnings that child abuse imagery is illegal.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who had called for action from the firms, has welcomed the move.
But he warned it must be delivered or he would bring forward new legislation.
In July, Mr Cameron called on Google and Microsoft's Bing - which together account for ...
iPad Mini review: Retina display goes small, but still as clear and clean
Apple is probably one of the few companies that can pull off a price increase. The new iPad Mini starts at $399, or $70 more than last year's model. For that price, you get a leap forward in power, speed and display.
There are plenty of cheaper choices out there, including tablets for just $229 from Google a
nd Amazon. None of them match Apple's iPads in app selection, design and cachet.
Apple started selling the new iPad Mini on Tuesday, 11 days after the full-size iPad Air came out. The starting price of last year's Mini has been cut to $299. In both cases, versions with cellular access...
nd Amazon. None of them match Apple's iPads in app selection, design and cachet.
Apple started selling the new iPad Mini on Tuesday, 11 days after the full-size iPad Air came out. The starting price of last year's Mini has been cut to $299. In both cases, versions with cellular access...
NASA releases stunning natural-colour images of Saturn, Earth
NASA has released the first-ever natural-colour portrait of Saturn, in which the planet, its seven moons and r
ings, and Earth, Venus and Mars, all are visible.
The new panoramic mosaic of the majestic Saturn system taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which shows the view as it would be seen by human eyes, was unveiled at the Newseum in Washington yesterday.
Cassini's imaging team processed 141 wide-angle
images to create the panorama. The image sweeps 6
51,591 kilometres across Saturn and its inner ring system, including all of Saturn's rings out to the E ring, which ...
images to create the panorama. The image sweeps 6
51,591 kilometres across Saturn and its inner ring system, including all of Saturn's rings out to the E ring, which ...
Jacket that gives you right directions
A smart jacket which has vibrating sleeves to point the wearer in the right direction has been developed.
The 'Navigate' jacket comes with an accompanying app that stores destinations and uploads the directions to the jacket with the built-in GPS system.
The directions are visualised on the sleeves. LED light lets the wearer know how far they are before the next turn and the current phase of their journey.
Vibrations let the wearer know when to turn and in which direction, Mashable r...
