NASA is weighing the risk of adding astronauts to the first flight of its new megarocket, designed to eventually send crews to Mars. The space agency’s human exploration chief said Friday that his boss and the Trump administration asked for the feasibility study.
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Barclays customers left unable to use cards after ‘technical difficulties’
The problem was not down to a cyber attack but because of issues with the bank’s own systems, the company announced on Twitter. We’re still experiencing issues affecting Barclays Debit Card and ATM transactions.
Artist Abraham Poincheval entombs himself in a boulder
An artist entombed inside a 12-tonne rock for nearly three days has described the experience as like ‘tripping’, insisting he would stick it out for a week. Speaking through a crack in the limestone boulder, Abraham Poincheval said he had been buoyed by how his performance has ‘got into people’s heads’.
Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds’ thriller ‘Life’ to close SXSW
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Virtual Reality Calling for Humanity
The solution allows wireless carriers to add support for RCS services such as IR.92/94 from within VR/AR environments. Whereas many VR experiences isolate users from real life, Summit begins by connecting real people through real-time 360A live video streams including support for virtual environments.
BlackBerry KeyOne Phone – First Look
BlackBerry smartphones don’t have the clout they used to, but the truth is, since it ditched BB10 for Android, the company has released some pretty decent handsets. The BlackBerry Priv was a chunky monkey and had a pretty terrible camera, but its productivity software and physical keyboard were great.
BlackBerry KeyOne Phone – First Look
BlackBerry smartphones don’t have the clout they used to, but the truth is, since it ditched BB10 for Android, the company has released some pretty decent handsets. The BlackBerry Priv was a chunky monkey and had a pretty terrible camera, but its productivity software and physical keyboard were great.
This robot teaches humans to be better at table tennis
Human-robot interaction isn’t exactly an everyday occurence at the moment, but this robot is looking to bridge that gap by helping to improve player’s table tennis skills. It’s called FORPHEUS, which, brace yourself, stands for Future Omron Robotics Technology for Exploring Possibility of Harmonized aUtomation with Sinic Theoretics , and has been developed by the Omron Corporation in Japan.
How to set rsync speed limit from eating all bandwidth with -bwlimit option
In this tutorial you will learn how to setup I/O limit using rsync command on Linux, MacOS, FreeBSD and Unix-like systems. rsync –bwlimit=KBPS src dst rsync –bwlimit=KBPS [options] src dst rsync –bwlimit=KBPS [options] src user@dst rsync –bwlimit=KBPS [options] user@src /path/to/dir rsync –bwlimit=KBPS -a -P /path/to/dir/ user@server1.cyberciti.biz $ rsync –bwlimit=1000 /path/to/source /path/to/dest/ $ rsync –bwlimit=1000 /var/www/html/ \ Use ionice command to set or get the I/O scheduling class and priority for a program such as rsync or your own backup script.
Expect thunderstorms Saturday afternoon
Aleksandr Filippov, a SUNY student from Los Angeles studying nanotechnology in Albany, rollerblades down Elmwood Street on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 in Guilderland, N.Y. Aleksandr Filippov, a SUNY student from Los Angeles studying nanotechnology in Albany, rollerblades down Elmwood Street on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 in Guilderland, N.Y. ALBANY – Enjoy the blast of unseasonably warm weather while it lasts. Saturday the mercury is expected to rise to 65 degrees, as cloudy skies will yield to rain and thunderstorms as a cold front moves in.
Israel developing terminator bots, minister claims
Likud MK Ayoub Kara attends a meeting at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office in Jerusalem on December 30, 2015. Israel is developing terminator robots that will be capable of assassinating terrorist leaders in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, a Likud party minister claimed Saturday.
MWC 2017 BlackBerry live: BlackBerry KeyOne full specs revealed
MWC 2017 BlackBerry Live updates and announcement: The new BlackBerry Mercury smartphone will be revealed with detailed specifications and the final name. Mobile World Congress 2017 or MWC 2017 officially starts on February 27, but pre-announcements will take place this weekend, which is February 25 and February 26. Today Blackberry is hosting its MWC pre-briefing where it is expected to unveil the BlackBerry Mercury smartphone.
The coolest stuff coming from Mobile World Congress
The coolest stuff coming from Mobile World Congress We’re in Barcelona with 100,000 mobile industry pros. Here’s the plan.
PROOF: After blacklisting Natural News, Google takes NO such action…
The page you’re viewing now, as well as 140,000+ other pages from Natural News, have all been CENSORED by Google due to a “human decision” to silence this entire website and “memory hole” all its content from the ‘net. Google’s abuse of monopoly power to suppress human knowledge must be stopped.
Apollo 8 redux: Why NASA might send humans to orbit the moon, again
NASA could be sending astronauts around the moon sooner than expected, if President Trump has his way. But some argue the change in plans could be costly.
San Diego Real Estate Agent Jeffrey Oneal Launches New Website
San Diego real estate agent Jeffrey Oneal’s new website DowntownJeffrey.com has been launched. It aims to be a one-stop shop for anyone looking to buy, rent, and sell properties throughout San Diego.
First Year Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computational Biology / Bioinformatics
We are looking for a highly motivated first-year postdoctoral fellow interested in developing computational methods related to expression quantitative trait, alternative splicing, transcriptome-wide association studies and chromatin structures in normal and glioma cells. The post-doc will be jointly supervised by Drs.
Assistant Professor Faculty Position In Mechanical and Aerospace…
The University of California at Davis has a tenure-track position available in the area of Prosthetics. The appointment is at the Assistant Professor level in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
John Legend’s Twitter hacker shares ‘vulgar, hilarious’ messages
John Legend may have been hacked – but he found it pretty funny.
A Pilot’s Heroic Journey: Jonny Nicol, CEO of Stratajet
Jonny Nicol: Six months earlier, there were 16 people. I actually let people go before we ran out of money, which was painful.
Possible Reasons My Credit Card Was Declined at the Apple Store
I didn’t want to shop on an empty stomach, so I spent five thousand dollars at Whole Foods on a crouton to snack on beforehand. That “chip” is actually a microphone and the credit-card company correctly determined that I don’t deserve nice things after hearing me mistakenly say “Steve Bananon” on multiple occasions.
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We are just a few hours away for BlackBerry’s big launch, the BlackBerry Mercury aka DTEK70. The smartphone will be launched at an event in Barcelona scheduled at 11.30PM IST.
Lockheed Martin’s X-plane Design Gets NASA Wind Tunnel Test [video]
During the next eight weeks, engineers will expose the model to wind speeds ranging from Mach 0.3 to Mach 1.6 to understand the aerodynamics of the X-plane design as well as aspects of the propulsion system. NASA expects the QueSST X-plane to pave the way for supersonic flight over land in the not too distant future.
San Jose Flood Photos: Dramatic images of this weeka s disaster
Emergency crews pump water from flooded streets at South Bay Mobile Park Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. Emergency crews pump water from flooded streets at South Bay Mobile Park Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in San Jose, Calif.
20 years after Dolly the sheep, potential of cloning remains unclear
JULY 05: Sophie Goggins from the National Museums Scotland views Dolly the Sheep during the opening of a major new development at the National Museum of Scotland on July 5, 2016 in Edinburgh,Scotland. On February 22, 1997, the world learned about a secret project that scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland had been working on.
How to display cpu wise usage using top command on FreeBSD Unix operating system
On Linux, I press 1 which show me a breakdown of CPU usage per CPU, but it is not working on FreeBSD. How do I find out the usage of individual CPU core usage using the top command on FreeBSD operating system? From the above output it is clear that I have total 8 core in my system from cpu0 to cpu7 and you can see stats easily.
Nigeria: Don Jazzy Launches Free Wifi Service in Lagos
The unveiling of the initiative was held at Renaissance Hotel in Lagos. Don Jazzy partnered with founder of Tsaboin, Dele Odufuye, to make the dream a reality.
Post doctoral fellow in Neuroscience
We aim to understand broad range of pathologies using molecular biology, behavioural and pharmacological methods. We are interested in candidates with strong background in at least one of the following fields; human genetics/epigenetics, human/clinical studies, drosophilia genetics, neuroanatomy or bioinformatics.
20 years after Dolly
Everything you always wanted to know about the Dolly the cloned sheep and what came next, from a biomedical researcher and cloning expert. It’s been 20 years since scientists in Scotland told the world about Dolly the sheep , the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult body cell .
but Does it Cure Scrofula?:
Not long ago. In Maine on a bus. In Massachusetts on a train. In Connecticut behind the wheel of a shiny, teal-colored rental car.
Sullivan Bruyette Speros & Blaney LLC Increases Position in Amazon.com, Inc.
Sullivan Bruyette Speros & Blaney LLC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. by 8.3% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 2,248 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after buying an additional 173 shares during the period.
AI Can Make Us All Dress Better. So Why Isn’t The Fashion Industry Using It More?
Fashion has always taken to the latest in trendy tech developments, from sparkly wearables and interactive dressing rooms to robots walking the Chanel runway. Increasingly, the industry is embracing AI and exploring how it can impact e-commerce productivity, retailer experiences, promotional campaigns, and even the clothes themselves.
Johnson Controls Showcases Innovative Technologies in India Through ACREX 2017
“Our successful merger with Tyco has greatly enhanced our existing capabilities and expanded our portfolio of products and solutions. Our combined insights and world-class technologies will help us to better meet the needs of our customers throughout the entire lifecycle of their buildings,” said On display at the Johnson Controls booth at ACREX 2017 were technologies designed to advance energy efficiency and increase building intelligence.
And the Oscar for overreacting goes to
I will tell you as to when most parents get into panic mode: 1 Ahead of public exams of their children. 2 Most other occasions.
Annular Solar Eclipse 2017 to look like “ring of fire” on February…
Space lover will have an amazing time on Sunday, February 26 as it will be the first solar eclipse of this year. The Solar eclipse will be visible in certain areas around the world.
Several trapped in China hotel fire
A major fire at a multi-storey luxury hotel in east China’s Jiangxi Province today trapped an unknown number of people, authorities said. Video footage of the blaze circulating on social media shows a thick, dark smoke billowing from several floors of the hotel.
JCPenney to close up to 140 stores in the coming months
J.C. Penney announced February 24 that it will be closing between 130 and 140 stores by the end of June and offer early retirement to 6,000 employees. The department store chain did not disclose how many jobs would be cut, but it said it is also offering early retirement to 6,000 full-time employees.
Google Responds to Reports of Unexpected Account Sign-Outs
Google has responded to multiple reports of users being unexpectedly logged out of their Google accounts, in order to assuage fears that the logouts were security related. The unexpected sign-outs began on Thursday night and continued through Friday, affecting multiple services including Gmail, Chromecast, YouTube, and Google Play.
Blizzard to End Support for Windows XP and Vista
And yet, despite Microsoft ending mainstream support for XP and Vista in 2009 and 2012 , Blizzard has continued to support World of Warcraft, StarCraft 2, Diablo 3, Hearthstone, and even Heroes of the Storm under the decrepit operating systems. Personally, we don’t see any wrong with relying on an old Windows system but this is unless you are a fan of games from Blizzard Entertainment.
Is the Trump Administration Set to Crack Down on Cannabis Sales?
There’s substantially less to this story than meets the eye. Spicer didn’t really say very much; Spicer probably doesn’t know very much; the correlation between what Spicer says and the truth isn’t especially great; and there are strong reasons to doubt that a “crackdown” is actually feasible.