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Microsoft opened on Wednesday (October 19) a Transparency Center in Brasilia to help guard its products against cyberattacks. Microsoft officials and Brazilian officials were on hand for the ceremony. “We believe that there is very big potential for this technology in Brazil and we are on board, working with the Secretary of Public Security of Sao Paulo and we are working on a monitoring project that currently uses 2,500 cameras in 38 municipalities in the […]
Women who hate putting on makeup just to do an online video conference from home might appreciate this solution. Working with Microsoft, Shiseido has developed virtual makeup. Called “TeleBeauty,” the app allows women to choose from four different kinds of makeup looks ranging from “feminine” to “trendy” … with just a click. Mari Kataoka of Shiseido explains what motivated the company to develop this software. “Although notions of working women and telework have been promoted […]
Autonomous cars have eyes in all places — at all times. Their 360-vision can exceed the relatively limited view of a driver checking his or her mirrors. This is because self-driving cars are fitted with numerous cameras, radars and sensors. At the heart of the system is the car’s stereo camera — found at the front. Its two lenses — placed about 20cm apart — are linked up to an onboard computer. With a driver’s […]
(CCTV) — Two Chinese astronauts have entered space lab Tiangong-2 from the Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft. Shenzhou-11 succeeded in docking with Tiangong-2 through a remote-controlled automatic operation early Wednesday. After the successful docking, two male astronauts, 49-year-old Jing Haipeng and 37-year-old Chen Dong, entered the orbital module of Shenzhou-11 from its re-entry module and finally entered the space lab. They will now begin a month-long stay there, during which they will conduct a series of experiments. […]
BEIJING, China — China on Monday, October 17 launched its longest manned space mission. It sent two astronauts into orbit to spend a month aboard a space laboratory that is part of a broader plan to have a permanent manned space station in service around 2022. https://youtu.be/U4Pazy6rR-E
ANTARTICA, Britain (AFP) — More than 50 researchers from 30 countries are to carry out the first scientific circumnavigation of Antarctica in an attempt to measure pollution and climate change, with the official launch held on Monday. https://youtu.be/jO8sxqhFXt4
by Kerry SHERIDAN MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Orbital ATK is poised to launch an Antares rocket Monday for the first time since a massive explosion after liftoff two years ago en route to the International Space Station. The new Antares 230 rocket aims to propel an unmanned cargo capsule, called Cygnus, to the orbiting outpost carrying 5,290 pounds (2,400 kilograms) of supplies, food and science experiments. The launch is scheduled at 7:40 pm (2340 […]
(AFP) One third of stargazers around the world can’t see the Milky Way at night because of “light pollution” from buildings, street lamps and other forms of artificial illumination on Earth. The night time glow of artificial lights used to be a nuisance mainly affecting astronomers, but in recent years the effects are being felt by casual observers of the night sky as well. https://youtu.be/JhOqgq2_75Q DAVID LORY KATHERINE SPENCER / AFP VIDEOGRAPHICS / AFP
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China launched two astronauts into space Monday, official media said, on a mission to its orbiting laboratory as the country works towards setting up its own space station. The Shenzhou-11 spacecraft blasted off early in the morning from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert, the official Xinhua news agency reported. It will take astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong two days to reach the Tiangong-2 space lab, or […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp will join the race for virtual reality (VR) dominance on Thursday with the $399 PlayStation VR, a headset the Japanese electronics group hopes will beat pricier rivals and revive its reputation as a maker of must-have gadgets. Emerging from years of restructuring, Sony is reshaping itself to focus on lucrative areas such as video games, entertainment and camera sensors – rather than televisions or smartphones where demand is flat, competition […]
(AFP) In Norway, electric cars are exempt from taxes. In August, zero emission cars accounted for more than 15 percent of new car registrations, a market share which is unparallelled in the world but which is facing stiff competition from hybrid cars. A hybrid car runs on two forms of power, electricity and petrol. https://youtu.be/iQQS9yBap3A DAVID LORY / AFP VIDEOGRAPHICS / AFP
(AFP) The European Space Agency hopes that technologies tested during its ExoMars programme could pave the way for a return mission to the Red planet in the 2020s, as well as establish if Mars ever harboured life. A brief history of Mars exploration in videographics. JONATHAN RENAUD DE LA FAVERIE KATHERINE LEVY SPENCER / AFP VIDEOGRAPHICS / AFP In the 20th century US-USSR “Space Race”, NASA was the first to make it to Mars. In […]
