Mission Exomars: Europe and Russia, waiting to confirm his first landing in Mars – LA NACION (Argentina)

The probe Schiaparelli, looking for traces of life, would have landed on the red planet; the confirmation of your arrival you can take a few hours

The probe Schiaparelli would have already landed on Mars. Photo: AP

Darmstadt (Germany). – The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Roscosmos are waiting right now to get the signal to confirm the landing on Mars of the testing module “Schiaparelli” of the mission ExoMars, which took off seven months ago.

The maneuver automatic landing began to 121 kilometres of the surface of Mars with a rapid decrease in speed, until then 21,000 kilometers per hour. The control center of the mission, located in Darmstadt (Germany), is not involved in the landing, since there is a delay of about 10 minutes in the communication.

The probe should have entered the orbit of Mars at a speed of six miles per hour at 14:45 GMT (11.45 argentina), and also landed, but the confirmation could be delayed for several hours. The probe should slow down thanks to the deployment of a parachute.

“We come to Mars, now we must simply begin to talk to us,” said Donato Amoroso, managing director of Thales Alenia Space Italy, the company responsible for the design and construction of the probe Schiaparelli, whose descent on the red planet would have already been done. However, it is expected a signal of final confirmation.

“we Live with great emotion these moments because they are years of work and the mission is really complex, to the limit of technological knowledge,” he said. Loving added that “now we should just start to have a dialogue with the probe, to build a bridge”.

The module “Schiaparelli” and the satellite traveled so far, “Trace Gas Orbiters” (TGO), they moved seven months ago from the space base of Baikonur, in Kazakhstan, and part of the mission ExoMars, which will try to look for evidence of life on Mars.

Second mission

The probe traveled seven months to reach the orbit of the red planet. Photo: AP

The satellite TGO will reach to the end of 2017 the orbit is desired to be able to undertake your research about 400 kilometres above Mars. The second part of the mission, which plans for the landing of a “rover” on the neighboring planet, is scheduled for 2020. The future of this second phase will depend on the success of the landing of “Schiaparelli” and the entry into orbit of the TGO.

The European Space Agency (ESA) received the confirmation, through your station in Canberra, that the start of this complex maneuver is produced well. Now, the Orbiter has begun to record the sequence of entry, descent and landing on Mars of the module Schiaparelli.

The Orbiter has reached its destination and it was necessary to change its path through a complex maneuver of braking to enter Mars orbit to be captured by its gravity.

try Again

Europe try to as well for a second time to land on Mars, an operation designed to test their ability to pose a device safely on the red planet, thirteen years after the misadventures of the small Beagle 2.

At the same time, the probe scientific Russian-european TGO must be placed in martian orbit, a delicate operation that requires great precision. Until now only the americans managed to pose in Mars artifacts that managed to work.

The probe and the lander, Schiaparelli is the first episode of ExoMars, an ambitious scientific mission Russian-european is divided into two halves (2016 and 2020), and aims to search for signs of life present and past on Mars.

TGO (Trace Gas Orbiter) will have to “sniff” the martian atmosphere to detect traces of gases such as methane, which could indicate the presence of a form of life present on the planet.

“at the moment everything is going well” for the probe and for Schiaparelli that currently hibernates to save your energy, declared Tuesday night at the AFP responsible for the module of landing, Thierry Blancquaert, present in the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), in Darmstadt (Germany).

The martian climate is not excellent. “There are dust storms. But nothing dramatic. Don’t bother. It is not worrisome,” he said.

This is the second time that Europe is launched to the conquest of Mars. In 2003, the european probe Mars Express had broken down the mini module Beagle 2, of conception british, but never gave signs of life. It is known from 2015 that landed, but that was damaged.

Expectation for the arrival at Mars of the european module Schiaparelli – Infobae.com

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Module “Schiaparelli”, ready for landing today on Mars – Milenio.com

The module Schiaparelli will enter today in Mars and land on its surface by a maneuver too complex to test the technology of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Roscosmos in the mission ExoMars.

The module will split the Sunday of the Orbiter of Trace Gases at a distance of 900 thousand kilometers of the planet where it will seek to verify if there is or there was life bacterial type, since in its origin Mars had conditions similar to Earth.

drop Test

The function Schiaparelli is primarily to demonstrate new technologies european descent, and landing, in particular the control of the orientation and speed in contact with the surface.

From the Sunday sail in the hibernation mode to reduce its consumption of electricity. It will be activated a few hours before entering the atmosphere, at an altitude of 121 miles, and go braking with a heat shield aerodynamic.

The entry in the atmosphere is planned for 14:42 GMT (8:42 time of Mexico), according to ESA.

three minutes after you started the descent, when the speed of the module is braking up to a thousand 650 km/h and is located 11 kilometers on the surface, it will deploy a parachute.

Schiaparelli, named in honour of the Italian astronomer, will test during the entry, a heat shield, which is more coarse if the input occurs in the middle of a sand storm, a parachute supersonic of 12 meters of diameter and systems guidance, navigation and control, as well as a structure deformable to landing, according to ESA.

At four minutes after initiating the descent, at an altitude of 72 miles, is separated from the frontal shield and turn on the radar. Five minutes later, 1.2 kilometres of the surface and at a speed of 240 km/h, it should fall off of the parachute.

Later on it will activate a helix of ignition and it will continue to decline until the landing.

Other activities

During the descent Schiaparelli will draw 15 images in black-and-white approach to the surface, which will help to reconstruct the trajectory and the movement of the module. The camera will start taking pictures when you are 3 miles from the ground and will do so in intervals of 1.5 seconds.

you will Land in an area near the equator of Mars known as Meridian Planum, and you get, for example, the first measurements of the electromagnetic field on the surface of Mars and of the concentration of atmospheric dust.

The project has two missions, the first was the launch of ExoMars on the 14th of march with the Orbiter of Trace Gases and Schiaparelli and the second will be the landing of a rover in 2021.

Sunday Schiaparelli was separated from the Orbiter of Trace Gases, whose trajectory was corrected on the Monday for not colisionara with Mars, but to reach orbit, at an altitude of 400 kilometers above its surface from which to analyze its atmosphere, particularly the methane gas, but also others such as water vapour, or oxides of nitrogen.

The phase of the science of the orbiter will last a martian year, equivalent to 687 earth days. The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia participates in the science of the mission with the instrument Nomad, which is to study the methane gas.

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Huawei reveals processor for ultra-fast Kirin 960 – CNET in Spanish

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Huawei is, like Apple, one of the few phone brands that makes its own processors, and the most recent, the Kirin 960, it seems that it is the winner of the moment.

The company announced in a press conference in Shanghai on Wednesday that a phone with the chip Kirin 960 put to the test in front of an iPhone 7 and a Galaxy Note 7 had won the other two to make up 13 of the 14 most popular apps in China, as reported by Android Central.

The chinese giant also referred to the improvement of the life of the battery, ensuring that while a phone of today can run Pokémon Go for half a day until it runs out of energy, with the new Kirin 960 will be able to play up to 1.2 days.

it Is quite likely that the next phone from Huawei, the Mate 9, you have this processor Kirin 960 and in addition add the popular dual-camera of the Huawei P9. The jurisdiction of this chip, the future Snapdragon, were mentioned this week at an event in China, where Qualcomm said that it will be able to download content super-fast.

SPAIN: Watch Dogs 2 announced delayed on PC and requirements the final – EntornoInteligente

Mundogamers / Ubisoft has promised a lot of PC users with Watch Dogs 2 to remove the bad taste in the mouth of its first edition, Watch Dogs , that was not finished to convince a graphical result below what is seen in promotional videos. Promises that include a higher rate of animation and frames per second and, of course, the much-in-demand 4K.

it Is for this reason that the company are committed to provide the best possible outcome to the community tank and have been forced to delay the release of Watch Dogs 2 on PC with the goal of launching the game as polished as possible, specifying the requirements that will be required for the game once it hits the market two weeks later, on the 29th of November:

minimum Requirements operating System: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 (only 64 bit) Processor: Intel Core i5 2400S @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX 6120 @ 3.5 GHz RAM: 6GB graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (2GB), AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB) or higher available disk Space: 50 GB Peripherals supported: Keyboard and mouse compatible with Windows, Xbox One or DualShock 4 of PlayStation 4. Multiplayer: Connect 256 kbps. or higher.

recommended system Requirements operating System: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 (only 64 bit) Processor: Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2 GHz or AMD FX 8120 @ 3.9 GHz RAM: 8GB graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 (3GB), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (4GB), GeForce GTX 1060 (3GB) or better | AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB) or higher available disk Space: 50 GB Peripherals supported: Keyboard and mouse compatible with Windows, Xbox One or DualShock 4 of PlayStation 4. Multiplayer: Connect 256 kbps. or higher.

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The beta of Infinite Warfare will be open this weekend – IGN Spain

The first phase of the closed beta of Infinite Warfare is coming to an end on PlayStation 4 after the extension of time announced by Activision. It will not take you long to get back to try out the multiplayer of the Call of Duty this year, because we already knew that the beta would come back this weekend, to be offered to those that reserved the game on PS4 and Xbox One.

however, a last minute change makes any user of the PlayStation 4, regardless of whether you reserved the game or not, you can already download the client from the beta to pre-download it of face at the return of the free trial of the multiplayer next Friday.

Activision has seen a good response from the public especially in the ways to Defend and Gun Game, so that listening to this feedback, they have data to offer experiences that are more tailored to the tastes of the players for the end of week #2, as you can read in the publication on the official blog.

In the words of Joe Cecot, chief designer of Infinity Ward:

"The comments and data from the community, are exactly what we need to ensure a perfect launch for the 4th of November. For this reason, we want to open the beta to all players on PlayStation 4 starting this Friday. We are in constant harmony to adjust the multiplayer experience, according to the expectations of the players and our design goals, so we want to thank you on behalf of all the members of the study"

So, Friday 21 until Monday 24 of October (at 19:00 hours peninsular in both cases) you will have a new opportunity to be able to test by yourselves the revamped multiplayer for this installment of revolutionary the saga of Activision, the same that was born as a rebellion from Electronic Arts and Medal of Honor. The users of Xbox One will continue to requiring code for first access to this test.

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New processors Snapdragon will be able to reach speeds of up to 1Gbps – CNET in Spanish

Qualcomm will launch a chip that will allow you to travel at super speeds from the mobile phone.

Qualcomm

Your next smartphone could have the brand new processor from Qualcomm which will have a download speed that rivalizará with the network of your computer, but only if your carrier supports it.

During the conference 4G/5G in Hong Kong, the manufacturer of processors revealed that the next processor in the series Snapdragon 800 — which will probably call Snapdragon 830 –, will be provided with a modem X16 LTE, which will allow devices to download files at speeds of up to 1Gbps.

Before you emotions, you should know that Qualcomm has assured that only 64 percent of the operators of the world can deploy these speeds. There is also the small detail of the data limit, since it makes no sense to have a high speed, if you’ve just your plan before the end of the month.

Qualcomm has not said when it will launch the Snapdragon 830, but taking into account that the chip manufacturer releases a new processor every year, it would not be strange that at the beginning of 2017 we can see it.

In fact, the new processor could be the that we see during the World Congress of Mobile Devices February, especially if we observe that devices of companies like Sony Xperia XA or the LG G5 launched at the fair this year are the old generation of the chip of Qualcomm.

Razer purchase THX for bringing the games to another level – CNET in Spanish

Razer, the company manufacturer of keyboards, mice, and other peripherals designed for gamers, has unveiled its new move on the chessboard of the world of gaming. It is the acquisition of THX, a company known for its work to bring the best sound to movies, stereos, televisions, and of course, video games.

THX was created in 1983 by the very same George Lucas, to make sure that the movie Return of the Jedi generate the feelings appropriate in the cinemas. Since then, the brand has been certifying audio quality in consumer products such as televisions, Panasonic, audio devices Onkyo receivers and car Lincoln.

The chairman and ceo of Razer, Min-Liang Tan, and THX, Ty Ahmad-Taylor, said that the brand will not disappear and that both companies will continue to operate independently.

Razer hopes to apply the experience in sound of THX in areas such as virtual reality to obtain a “surround sound space,” said Tan, who also added that the patents in that area THX could be very valuable.

Companies such as Facebook and the glasses, Oculus VR acquired first technology of sound before releasing the virtual reality goggles. This could give us a hint of the future and the work that will be ahead of both companies. In fact, Razer is one of the leading companies that supports the Open Source Virtual Reality, an association of manufacturers of devices of this type that works in the evolution of this category.

Pokémon Sun and Moon. Impressions of the demo special – IGN Spain

users who take too much time on the unemployment as Pokémon Trainers are in luck, because as was recently announced, Pokémon Sun and Moon, the duo of games that make their debut the seventh generation, receive your demo special, which also allow to have a first approach of what is coming up in one of the deliveries, most revolutionary and complete-if not most – of the entire history of their video games, will allow us to send a number of Pokémon and content to the final version.

Alola D’or, holiday city

Pokémon Sun and Moon: The demo special puts us directly in the skin of Sun, a coach pre-configured in terms of appearance, obviándose the possibility of choosing gender and race that yes there will be in the final version. Sun receives a letter in which you welcome to Alola, the new region inspired in Hawaii that will build on this new adventure. the Sun comes from Kanto, the region initial, so that the culture shock will be more than obvious for our little protagonist. As usual, the first human being that we cross will be our suffering mother, we ask you to join us to empadronarnos in the town hall.

When you arrive, and with interest void in the paperwork, we will see how it is abuse of topical to the rhythm of life of the people of Alola. The name, inspired by the greeting of Aloha, will also serve to greet in this region. “I have been told that here was greeted as well”, says our mother as she goes to greet the people behind the counter. And effectively respond in an identical way to the greeting by making a few gestures with the arms that neither Obi Wan Kenobi doing the mental control. Kindly, the staff member will tell us that the registry will be a thing of hours, so that our mother will answer that “here things go at a different rate, with more calm”.

What could be a boring day in the waiting room of an official building of Alola becomes salvation with the visit of Lime, which will end up being our opponent in the full version of the games. The young we want to do first tourist guide of the City Haouli, the first to arrive after our move. The size of the cities is best used with the new style three-dimensional visual in the style of Yo-Kai Watch, but we will not be hasty and judge.

Nothing more to go out of the building, the Civil Registry, we will find a gang of the Team Skull, the villains of this issue. These thieves, or “friends of the Pokémon outside” as they like to the christening, take a aesthetics of rappers, something that is also reflected in their way of speaking, with rhymes all over the place. Again, as was the case with the topics in the alolanos, the group is satirized to the extreme, making their characters express themselves with gestures with the hands or the hip-hop with more flow, you hear.

Finish the combat, which we will verify that, far from having to start with a Pokémon’s initial (and the hard choice that this entails), we change to a powerful Greninja-level 36, which is precisely the level at which it evolves from Frogadier. In fact, the locals called powerfully the attention of our Pokémon by saying that, quite simply, not what there is out there. It is part of the charm of Alola, that in the last few months we have seen in the various trailers that have both fauna as an adaptation of some Pokémon of the first generation with the known as Forms of Alola (which we will not see in this demo).

it will Not take long to know the bare-chested Professor Kukui, who would welcome us with open arms, and, far from giving us the typical discourse on that you need help with the Pokédex and such-all a classic repeated ad nauseum throughout the rendition – and we don’t have to make a route for the gyms, in its place we will start on the more dynamic, “Tour the Island” a series of tests of a different nature than any boy of 11 years has to do in the region to be considered a Pokémon Trainer in his own right.

The Teacher will make us go to a new area away from the city, call Hill Dequilate. The inaugural event (that we don’t know if it will correspond with the order followed in the future full games) is to get to a cave and take photos of the four Pokémon of the Dragon type that live there: two Jangmo-or and two of the newly presented Hakamo-o. To do this we will need to use the Pokévisor, one of the new items submitted for this occasion. In essence, it is a camera that allows us to take snapshots in some specific places. In fact, when photographing these Pokémon are abalanzarán on us, for what seems like the first step to be able to capture some species. In addition, this kind of adaptation of Pokémon Snap will be the only function compatible with 3D depth.

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The dream of contact with intelligent life on other planets and confirm that we are not the only ones in the Universe, this could become a reality thanks to two astronomers canadians who captured itextraterrestrial signals!

Yes, Ermanno Borra, and Eric Trottier, astronomers of the Physics Department of the University of Laval in Quebec, found 234 signals in different stars, and assure that they are messages of extraterrestrial civilizations who want to get in contact with the Earth.

These signs were found after analyzing two and a half million stars using the hypotheses of the astronomer Clears, that says that the aliens could use a laser pointing to the Earth to communicate.

As Deleted, these messages would perceive our planet as a strobe light with flashes very weak and rapid that could only be captured with the technology and the mathematical analysis suitable.

based on this hypothesis, Erase, and Trottier, looked for signals in excess of two million stars, and were found in 234 of the same spectral type as the Sun.

Before celebrating the discovery of extraterrestrial life on other planets, you should know that some scientists have qualified this statement as somewhat premature, as the discovery was based on a hypothesis and have not been studied other reasons that could create the phenomenon such as rapid pulsations in the atmospheres of stars or the rotation of some molecules.

we Just hope that if it is intelligent life and already spotted our beautiful planet Earth, the aliens come in peace and we don’t want to declare war.

*With information from ABC and Science Alert

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The Google Pixel is conceived from the beginning as a cell – luxury- CNET in Spanish

there is nothing new under the Sun. But, when it comes to phones, design something totally different may not be a great idea.

if, therefore, at first sight of the new cell Pixel from Google will reminded other high-end devices in the market, that may not be so bad — at least for the company of Mountain View.

That is because after gambling for a strategy in the middle sector with phones of high quality and low price that offered the promise of being the first to have the new taste of Android, now Google has rejected the mark Nexus in favor of a Pixel, a line that, from its inception, it was proposed to compete in the high-end segment, currently dominated by Apple and Samsung.

The phone was designed from the beginning as a device premium. “All the decisions that we make from the beginning, from materials to components such as the camera and the finger sensor of high quality, they were intended not to save costs,” says Alberto Villarreal, of mexican and creative director of industrial design of mobile devices Google, part of the team that designed the phones Pixel.

One of the aspect most distinctive design of the new phone Pixel is the upper back, where it has a glass plate that, according to Alberto Villarreal, one of its designers, has a function that is both aesthetic and practical.

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although one of the major promises of the Pixel is that for the first time Google has controlled the design of the software and hardware completely, promising an experience much more integrated (one of the strengths of Apple), in the supersaturado phone market of high-end it is important to distinguish at what comes in first for the eyes: the design of the device.

“The challenge in design is always to attempt to achieve a balance between being innovative, at the same time not to alienate people,” says Jan Dawson, analyst at the research firm Jackdaw Research. “So your design has to be distinctive without being too different from what everyone else is doing.”

After the presentation of the Pixel 5-inch and the Pixel XL of 5.5 inches on October 4, the comparison did not wait. Both for analysts and for observers of the industry, the price of the new phones, which are aligned with the prices of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, indicate that Google wants to compete with the phones of high range of Apple. But beyond the price, the front part of the Pixel recalled to many the design of the cell’s flagship giant from Cupertino.

“The reality is that the iPhone is the phone to premium of higher sales in the market, and Google has positioned the Pixel to purpose directly against the iPhone,” says Dawson. “So it will be inevitable to compare”.

however, the back of the Pixel and its interiors are distinctly Google. The Pixel is the first phone with Google Assistant integrated — the new digital assistant powered by artificial intelligence — in addition that is compatible with the platform of virtual reality to Daydream. Also, it is the first phone in the market with Android Nougat 7.1. The cherry on the cake is that Google offers unlimited storage in the cloud for photos and videos, without changing the original size.

But there are several unique details in its exterior design, also. The upper part of your back has a glass plate that complies with a function of both aesthetics as a practice (to facilitate the exit of the rf signal). The fingerprint reader is in the middle of this plate, “in a position very ergonomic,” says Villarreal. “The fact of just putting your finger there and wake up the phone immediately; it is something that makes the user experience without barriers, that the phone is already ready to be used”.

Also, the designer of a mexican highlights the edges shaved, which create a subtle flat surface for greater comfort to the hour of taking it. In addition, the power button has a texture, which make it easier to find the button without looking at the device. And the colors, despite names somewhat far-fetched (Remove Black, Very Silver, Really Blue), have warm-toned (silver and grey) and saturated (blue) that distinguish it from that offered by the competition.

“we Do a lot of research in different regions of the world, in addition to the data that we have on how people use the phones, [including] ergonomics, preference of materials, colour, comfort in the hand, kind of curvatures…,” says Villarreal, who are 40 years old, and three and a half working in Google. After considering the cultural aspects and the components they want to use, “we combine all this and get to the blender to make the conceptual proposal,” he says. “It is a work of efforts multiple”.

For example, so it was opted to create this minimal flat surface to shave on the sides. “People have some preference curvature, but prefer a flat part so that the phone is not dancing [in his hand],” says Villarreal, who studied industrial design at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and a master’s degree in design for transport in Sweden.

The mexican Alberto Villarreal is the creative director of industrial design of mobile devices Google, part of the team that designed the phones Pixel.

One of the biggest challenges for designing a Pixel, explains Villarreal, was to place the component of the camera, without the hump that characterizes other phones (like the iPhone). Google has promoted the Pixel as a phone with one of the best cameras on the market, and the way in which he managed to hide that bulge which so many upset was to shape the body of the phone in the form of a wedge: while at its base has a thickness of 8.6 mm, the upper part, which houses the camera, it measures 7.4 mm The difference by having it on hand is almost imperceptible, and meets the goal of completely hide the camera.

“We have confidence in that it is a solid product, and that offers a holistic experience,” says Villarreal, pointing to the integration between hardware and software as one of its greatest qualities. Villarreal, who is from the City of Mexico, he also worked on the Nexus phones, that in their most recent version were designed by LG and Huawei.

Although the Pixel are manufactured by HTC — armed, really — are fully designed by Google, something that the company put the emphasis when he promoted his presentation a few weeks ago, the hashtag #MadeByGoogle, and when you print a blunt “G” in the back of the phone.

“we’re very happy with the product,” says Villarreal.

The Pixel, at first glance, it meets all the expectations of the design of a phone of high range. But, in this saturated segment led by Apple and Samsung, it remains to be seen if it is sufficiently different and novel to seduce the most important character in this saga: the consumer that wants innovation, but in something that is familiar to you.

Google adds feature to monitor the prices of plane tickets – CNET in Spanish

A new Google tool notifies you when the price of a plane flight is going to go up.

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to book flights on the Internet is enough stressful, and this is without counting with the uncertainty of whether the price will increase if you wait a bit to buy the ticket.

To remove the factor of mystery, and help appease the anxiety, Google Flight deployed the Monday, an update that includes notifications that will inform you when the offer or a certain price of a plane ticket is going to expire and how much you can save before the expiry of that price. If you are not in a hurry to book the ticket, you can be aware of changes in the price of the flights that interest you through email notifications.

This feature of flight search offers you now tips on how to find the lowest price for a flight in specific, by suggesting alternative airports and dates of travel. The notification bar Google Flights will alert you of price increases expected based on historical data.

The update, which will come to all users in the coming weeks, also aims to improve the mobile experience by allowing users to monitor and manage the flights that have been stored in your phone.

The differences you’ll see between Now and Assistant, the new Google – AméricaEconomía.com

Google Assistant, which was launched a few days ago, goes a step beyond being a voice command; to converse with the user and learn from him, places it as a new advancement of artificial intelligence.

– Chrome The Observer. If there is an area of study that will be the protagonist in 2017 is the artificial intelligence. And the way to make evident the efforts and progress of this technology to ordinary users is through the virtual assistants that now takes much of the attention in the launch of technology companies. In its time it was Siri, the robotic voice feminine that dwells in all of the iPhone. Then there was Cortana, who went from being a video game character to a wizard on the Windows Phone devices, that could sing and do jokes on demand. Alexa is the wizard of Amazon, and usually can be found in the driver intelligent Echo. And Google doesn’t wanted to stay behind.

If you are well on devices with Android Google Now, which already was an option, it could not be considered artificial intelligence, but a dictation or voice commands. The user asks for certain information and was given by the wizard. Google Assistant, in contrast, launched a few days ago, goes a step further: unlike all the above mentioned wizards, you can chat with the user and learn from him. Here are the differences between the two brothers.

GOOGLE NOW

Made for answering
Google Now can hear and understand the language natual of people and give responses to the requests, as long as it is in the list of commands preset.

secretary
Among the tasks that can be done is the programming of alarms, search for restaurants near the user or the calculation of travel time, using voice command, even without even touching the phone, say “OK Google”.

all
unlike Siri on iOS, Google Now is not specific to the Android platform. In its place, Google distributed Google Now in the apps of the company, which are accessible from other operating systems.

basic
Google Now could be considered a slacker at the side of its competitors, as it is with what the user tells you at the moment, but learn from it.

GOOGLE ASSISTANT

Made for chat
While his younger brother can only hear and give practical responses to user requests, Google Assistant, you can initiate a conversation, thanks to his knowledge and understanding of natural language.

A wizard
Among the tasks that the Google Assistant can do all that you can do with Google Now, and many more, but with an interface more enjoyable. For example: “show me the pictures of my last trip to the States.”

Ubiquitous (Google)
it Works in the messaging app Allo, in the device of the home automation system Google Home and on the phone the Google Pixel. Moreover, it is expected that works by default on all devices that run the latest version of Android.

A friend
Google Assistant not only responds to the user with full sentences, but also learns from him, from his favorite color to his tastes of food.

Apple puts a brake on your titanic project of the electric car – Financial Daily

Apple is taking a drastic change of direction to their ambitions, automotive, cutting hundreds of jobs, to ensure that their plans, for now, do not include the development of its own vehicle, said people connected with the project.

the new direction of The initiative, known internally as Project Titan, is reenfocará to develop a driving system autonomous, which gives Apple the flexibility to partner with auto manufacturers that already exist, or return to the design of their own units in the future.

Hundreds of members of the team, of around 1,000 people, have been redeployed, made redundant or left of their own free will in the past few months, according to the sources who asked not to be identified because it is not a public fact.

Bloomberg reported that the people related to the topic ensured that the company has kept the number of team members by hiring more people to help with the new focus.

Executives of the technology gave the team in charge of the vehicle until the end of 2017, to demonstrate the feasibility of the system of self-control and decide the final direction it will take.

The new deadline and come after months of disagreements over strategies, flow and leadership challenges in the supply chain in the laboratories of automobile Apple in Sunnyvale, California, nearby to the central office in Cupertino.

"Probably were not willing to engage on quality issues" because it could affect the perception of its other products, said Eric Paul Dennis, Center for Automotive Research.

Apple is not the first to realize that the domain in mobile devices and software updates are not a guarantee for success in the automotive industry. Google learned of the challenge of building their own cars and sought out partners. Your project of vehicles has also suffered casualties. Investors in technology are also shown doubtful. They are accustomed to profit margins bulging, while the manufacturers of cars survive with figures below 10%.

Apple started the project in 2014 with great ambitions and expected to launch his self at the beginning of 2020.

MINI becomes electric. – The Universal

The distinctive fun of driving a MINI combined with an exhaust outlet of zero emissions, will soon become a reality with the introduction of the first hybrid model plug-in the Premium brand british. The development process of this vehicle is almost finished. Account with a combustion engine and an electric motor which, for the first time in a MINI-production, allows the propulsion is exclusively electric. With this begins a new phase for MINI, and it offers a glimpse into the future full of enthusiasm for the customers, MINI and for those drivers who already know the thrill of a hybrid.

Sebastian Mackensen, head of the MINI brand, and Peter Wolf, head of the MINI models, offered their insight on this new test vehicle that is almost out of production, and explained the way in which it maintains the feeling of go-kart in the mood for true a MINI for a test drive of this model.

"With this model we want to convince customers of MINI of the benefits of driving a hybrid," said Mackensen, "and impress all those who already have the experience of driving a hybrid with the unique feeling that the MINI offers the feeling of go-kart". The key to this achievement lies in the intelligent handling of energy that is used to control the way in which they operate together, the combustion engine and the electric motor. For this reason, the first hybrid model plug-in MINI not only focuses on efficiency, but is also adamant in making driving fun.

At first glance, one would not recognize the self-test as a hybrid model. And that is not because you used a picture of camouflage. The charging connector to the high-voltage battery is integrated discreetly on the side left. In the same way, all seems to be well-known in the cabin. The on/off button in the center of the board shines in yellow instead of red. As is usual, only pressing the power button on the vehicle.

however, this vehicle remains in silence now that the hybrid model will always turn on in electric mode. The tachometer on the instrument panel, the steering column was replaced with a screen to display the energy. Worth keeping watched this screen for the first few miles because it informs the driver about the energy reserves of the electric motor before you turn on the combustion engine. The exact moment that you turn on the combustion engine varies, depending on the vehicle speed and the intensity with which the driver operates the accelerator pedal.

"After a short period, the driver will be able to have the instinct for it", promises Wolf. And this new driving experience promises a lot of fun. The MINI hybrid uses the full torque of the electric motor that is available from that is stopped, which allows to achieve the maximum acceleration. Even after leaving the slow pace of the town, this vehicle keeps its zero emissions at highway speeds. The high-voltage battery under the rear seats provides power to an electrical conduction durable. Mode default AUTO eDRIVE allows you to reach speeds up to 80 km/h, in the meantime, with the MAX mode eDRIVE, it is possible to reach speeds of up to 125 km/h. To Mackensen, this is a question of character:

"In a hybrid model of MINI, the electrical conduction must also be a stimulating experience. This means that the driving exclusively electric is not limited to speeds of 30 or 40 km/h, but at speeds beyond that of city traffic".

When testing the vehicle, the same Mackensen takes the car to its rhythms and demonstrates that you need to depress the accelerator pedal very firmly to activate the second power source.

Then, begin to move things in truth. With the power of the combined output of both propulsion systems, the first hybrid vehicle of MINI shows the execution unmatched acceleration when compared with their siblings that only have combustion engine.

however, the handling characteristics of a go-kart in MINI consist of something more than just fast acceleration. Above all, this MINI hybrid is to demonstrate how accurate it is when cornering on winding roads and thrilling. That is where the hybrid concept of a MINI-play your best card. "In what concerns the chassis and the suspension, nothing changes with respect to the variants of models a conventional transmission," says Wolf, "and the team benefits a lot with the hybrid concept". Thanks to the components eDrive, which are placed very low in the rear, the center of gravity of the car decreases and the weight is balanced evenly between the front and rear axles, which is ideal to achieve an even greater level of the legendary agility MINI.

The hybrid concept provides another benefit: the electric motor transmits its power to the rear wheels, the combustion engine to the front wheels. As the intelligent handling of energy is linked to the Dynamic Stability Control (DSC), traction and transmission stability are optimized through the gear train. "At the time that there is some risk of patinarse the handle, it activates the second management unit to provide additional traction when you start or ensure a high level of precision in the steering when cornering," explains Wolf.

The intelligent power management offers an opportunity for both energy sources work together in an effective way. When driving on a highway, Mackensen activates a third mode with the switch lever eDrive: SAVE BATTERY. In this mode, the combustion engine drives the car while the high-voltage battery can hold charge at a constant level or increase the load via a generator. The long driving in the SAVE mode BATTERY allows the generation of sufficient energy for a driving exclusively electric later.

After driving in SAVE mode BATTERY, the MINI returns to the city in silence at the end of the test drive. The status screen in the cab, reminding the driver that the battery should be recharged by means of a Wallbox or a power plug home. The resupply of fuel is not needed yet because the hybrid model MINI only takes a small sip of the fuel tank. It even has a new dimension of MINIMALISM.

Aeromexico and Interjet prohibit the use of the Galaxy Note7 – Sipse.com

The mexican airlines were added to the restriction made by the EU so that users do not carry the cell, with the danger of explosion.

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LOS ANGELES.- Grupo Aeromexico and Interjet were added to the restriction made by the united States for which users are not able to carry the cell phone Galaxy Note7, with the danger of explosion.

The companies have informed their customers of this prohibition through emails, on social networks and at the time of purchasing tickets; alerting them that in no place of their baggage or person can lead the computer to Download.

mexicana airlines operates more than 600 daily flights, with its main center of operations out of terminal 2 International Airport of Mexico City (AICM).

last Friday, The Transportation Department of US reported that on flights within and to this nation the passengers may not bring the cell phone Galaxy Note7.

The MCIA noted that it has not released any notification regarding ban that you can carry this computer, so it will be up to each airline to decide.

Grupo Aeromexico reported that in addition to this decision, several weeks ago the crews of the aircraft they ask that passengers turn off this type of cell and not carry inside the plane.

on Tuesday of last week, Samsung announced that it would suspend the production of its Galaxy smartphones Note7 due to a defect that causes the phone battery to explode, this after only two months of its launch as the flagship product of the brand.

The south Korean manufacturer indicated that to discontinue the equipment will cost the company $ 3 billion in the last two quarters of the year, which will have a total cost of at least 5 thousand 300 million dollars.

Because of this problem in their products had already been withdrawn 2.5 billion devices, most of them in the united States and South Korea, but has already initiated the removal of equipment in Mexico.

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The order, which comes into force on Saturday at noon eastern time of the united States, points out that the phone can not be carried onboard or in checked baggage in flights to and from the united States or within the country. Cell phones may not be sent as air freight.

The department warned that passengers who attempt to travel with the Note 7 would be fined and the phone will be confiscated.

Samsung has removed more than 2.5 million of the phones, because of what he said is an error of manufacturing of the battery. The south Korean company discontinued the model this week, less than two months after his departure to the market in August.

The Committee of Safety of the Product to the Consumer indicated that they have reported nearly 100 incidents in the united States in which the batteries of the phones Note 7 have been overheated, including one that caused a fire aboard a Southwest Airlines flight earlier this month. In another case, a family in St. Petersburg, Florida, reported that a phone Galaxy Note 7 that you left charging in the Jeep caught fire, and the fire swept through the vehicle.

The Federal Aviation Administration had previously warned the passengers that don’t keep the phones in their luggage to document and who put you off and do not put a load on board the aircraft.

“we Recognize that the banning of these phones in the airline will cause inconvenience to some passengers, but the safety of all on board an aircraft should be the priority,” said Transportation secretary Anthony Foxx.

“We are taking this extra measure because even one incident of fire on board represents a high risk of a personal injury to be severe, and puts many lives at risk.”

Samsung said in a statement that it works with the department to advise customers about the ban. The company also urged owners of phones Note 7 to ask for a refund or an exchange of phones by visiting your providers of the telephone service or the retail store.

(With information from the Associated Press)

Samsung offers replacement Note 7, at airports after prohibition to fly – The Grandstand.hn

Seoul.- Samsung Electronics announced today that offers phones replacement to the users of the Galaxy Note 7 with international flights from South Korea, after the united states and other countries banned the device in the aircraft.

"We have opened a counter in the Incheon International Airport so that users can change their Galaxy Note 7 for a terminal of another model", said to Efe a spokesman for the company, headquartered in Seoul, without specifying whether this measure will be extended to airports in other countries.

Samsung you have opted for this measure after news that the transport authorities of the US, Canada, Israel and Japan, in addition to airlines of other countries, have prohibited to carry on board the plane -even off – the Galaxy Note 7 after several cases of ignition and the consequent withdrawal of the product in the markets.

In the case of South Korea, which is next to US. it is the country where they have sold more Galaxy Note 7 since it reached the stores in August, the Ministry of Transport of time has not imposed any restriction on the model in national or international flights.

Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics, who initially blamed the fires on defective batteries, has begun a large-scale investigation to determine the causes of the problem after some of the revised models also burn.

The company has put to work in the case of "many" engineers "that examine thoroughly the processes of engineering, manufacturing and quality control of the product" to try to find the cause of the fires in the terminals, according to the spokesman.

"we Considered every possibility and we’re working against the clock to get to the bottom of the problem", said the representative of the multinational south Korean, which also cooperates with the swiss company SGS specialized in inspections and quality control of products.

In parallel, the Government of South Korea has embarked on another investigation with the collaboration of the Samsung.

After catching fire several Note 7, the company ordered in September the review of approximately 2.5 million phones, but eventually withdrew the product from the market this month at the if the problem persists.

Samsung estimated operating loss of about 6,1 billion won (about 4.892 million euros/5.384 billion) between July this year and march next by the fiasco of the Galaxy Note 7.

in Addition, has calculated a negative impact of around 3.5 trillion won (2.800 million euros/3.100 million dollars) in operating profit of the next two quarters. EFE

Apple would attract more than 5 million users, thanks to the debacle of the Note 7 – CNET in Spanish

The iPhone 7 Plus could be the phone choose from many former buyers of the Galaxy Note 7, according to KGI Securities.

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Apple will become the main beneficiary of the debacle of the explosive Galaxy Note 7 Samsung and will attract up to 5 million users that could switch to the iPhone 7, as reported by 9to5mac, based on a study of signature analysis KGI Securities.

Ming-Chi Kuo, the principal analyst of KGI Securities, known for their successes in the leaks of Apple devices, said the site source that the company from Cupertino as Huawei would be the major manufacturers that would be affected by the loss of prestige that the Galaxy Note 7 will bring to Samsung.

Since then, Samsung is working on discounts and a strategy on a large scale to ensure that the Galaxy Note 7 returned to become Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge for its customers. However, the analyst believes that between 5 and 7 million buyers of the Note 7 will prefer now a iPhone 7 Plus, thanks to its size, but above all to its dual camera.

KGI says that particularly the users of the Note 7 have lost faith in Samsung, according to published the source, and may be more interested in iOS and the features of the dual camera of the iPhone, the largest of the season.

9to5mac believes that the data are speculative because you will never know for sure what will make the buyers. However, KGI estimated that of the approximately 12 million orders of Galaxy Note 7 there were in all over the world, at least 50 per cent could be converted into new users of Apple, while the rest is split between manufacturers Android, still Huawei, one of the main beneficiaries.

KGI also ensures that if Samsung had another similar failure, or any other flaws on their phones, could see its brand destroyed and out of the buying interest of their users.

In the drama of the Galaxy Note 7 and the last episode brings us to a new announcement from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA, for its acronym in English), which ensures that it will be an offence to board a plane with one of these devices, their users must turn off and immediately return to the site on which it was acquired.

The next Samsung Chromebook Pro could arrive soon at a price of $499 – Reiniciado.net

The Samsung Chromebook Pro finally appears before the public eye thanks to a first report early; before if you want to its official announcement still. This Chromebook has been known for a long time as 'Kevin', and has been filtered by many retailers; and is not to brag, but it is quite impressive, to say the least.

In terms of price, it is said that la laptop will be sold for $ 499,, and will bring a touch screen of 12.9 inches with a hinge 360 degrees; a processor hexacore 2GHz; 32 GB of storage, and 4GB. Neglected, even we did not even the impressive part.

in Addition to possessing a awesome design and clean, with bevels minimum; also has a housing made entirely from aluminium, although this specification is not yet confirmed. If this were not enough, will be the first Chromebook with a stylus, the typical pen or a capacitive pen that is used to improve the accuracy of touch touch of the finger; or for the purposes of drawing, in some specific contexts.

on the other hand, the laptop you are currently listed on the web site Adorama and is available for pre-orders; and also previously appeared in B&H but has already been removed from this online shop. In the last of the sites, revealed what would be a possible date of delivery, which is the 24th of October. If this be true, in the next few weeks we should hear a lot more new information about this interesting Chromebook.

however, there is no other option but to wait for the company Samsung issued official information about that. Even so, we can’t stop being excited due to the fact the amount of news that comes with this laptop. And what is that to thee? What is it that you called the attention of this new Samsung Chromebook Pro? Do you think that will fill the expectation of your users?