Sensors in the Sewer to sniff out bomb ingredients

 

Scientists in Stockholm have a new use for the sewers.  explosive detectors yes that's right.
       By placing sensors in the sewers the ingredients that make up home brew explosive can be detected when washed down the drains.

Full story at the BBC News Site

The Fire Phone

Fire Phone is the only smartphone with Dynamic Perspective, Firefly technology and Mayday.
Dynamic Perspective uses a custom-designed sensor system that responds to the way you hold, view and move your phone. It opens up a new class of immersive apps and games not possible on other smartphones, as well as one-handed navigation and gestures like auto-scroll—read long web pages and books without ever touching the screen.
Firefly is a new technology that quickly recognises printed web and e-mail addresses, phone numbers, QR and barcodes, artwork, films, music and millions of products, making it easy to discover information, share items with friends and more. It works in seconds—simply press and hold the Firefly button.
Fire phone is packed with a powerful hardware, an advanced camera system and is the best way to enjoy Amazon content.
For a limited time, Fire also includes a full year of Amazon Prime — Free One-Day Delivery on millions of eligible items, unlimited streaming of thousands of films and TV shows with Prime Instant Video, and over 500,000 books to borrow from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. If you're already a Prime member, we'll add 12 months to your existing account.
Amazon Fire Phone can now be pre-ordered from our mobile provider partner, O2, today, with no upfront costs on selected monthly tariffs.

Thanks to Amazon for these details.

Get Fire phone now from Amazon

Kindle Fire HD 6, Fire HD7, Fire HDX8.9

 

  Introducing new generation of Fire tablets: Fire HD 6, Fire HD 7 and Fire HDX 8.9

The  new generation of Fire tablets: Fire HD 6, Fire HD 7 and Fire HDX 8.9.
Is available in 6” (15.2 cm) or 7” (17.2 cm) and in five colour choices, the new Fire HD is powerful and portable—vivid HD display with over 1 million pixels, fast quad-core processor, excellent reliability, front- and rear-facing cameras, exclusive Dolby Digital audio and more.
Fire HD delivers a world-class entertainment experience—with over a million movies, TV shows, songs, books and Android apps and games, as well as exclusive features such as X-Ray, Second Screen and Amazon FreeTime, Fire HD is great for watching movies, playing games, reading books, listening to music and more.
The all-new Fire HDX 8.9, from £329, is our tablet designed to do it all. This incredibly light large-screen tablet with a stunning 8.9” HDX display is fast and fluid, offers functionalities such as Mayday, and is the only tablet with Firefly. It combines a startlingly light design and stunning HDX display with a new, more powerful processor, and all-new Fire OS 4 “Sangria” features and services. Fast and fluid—Fire HDX 8.9 is powered by the latest-generation quad-core 2.5 GHz processor and a 70% faster graphics engine. The exclusive HDX display brings together amazing pixel density (339 ppi), perfect colour accuracy (100% sRGB), reduced glare and improved brightness for a superior viewing experience.
Fire HD and Fire HDX 8.9 tablets can be pre-ordered from amazon.co.uk website from £79 starting today.



Thanks for the write up to  Amazon UK

Genetically Modified Babies Graduate High School This Year

          A number of genetically modified children who were given an extra parent by the injection of  a third person's DNA (in effect giving them a second Mother are at the age this year when they will graduate from school.
          Although this is now illegal it was not at the time and their offsprings can pass on the modified DNA via their children.

Original article here  

US Navy Stealth Ship christened

The USS Zumwalt  186 meters long and 15,000 tonnes has been official christened. The most advanced ship to be built for the US Navy has a low radar signature making it appear the size of a Trawler. The ship is electric powered from two Rolls Royce RR4500 gas turbines.
      She has been built has been built at Hugh cost  for future need including the possibility of fitting a rail gun which is under development and the laser weapon that is continuing to be tested by the US Navy See
Extremetech  for details

Power by Sea Water

When we think of vehicles running on water we think of  hydrogen engines, well there is another way.
The Navy researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have another way.

They have come up with a way to convert sea water into a liquid hydrocarbon fuel. The proof of concept has taken place by flying a replica of a World War II P-51 Mustang with the fuel.

The  hydrocarbon fuel can be extracted with a 92% efficiency rate bring the cost of fuel the fleet down to a predicted $3-$6 per us Gallon. If ships could be fitted with a convert to do this on board then no refuelling would be required giving greater sea time at reduced cost.

Read more @  America*s Navy

Has the gel pack arrived

Charge your phone in 30 Seconds Israeli start-up StoreDot has developed a organic based battery and say that it could be in production within 3 years. The nano crystals where first found about ten years ago when  Aviv University  was doing research into Alzheimer's.

More on this at the BBC  and Techcrunch