Nik Wallenda's Highwire Walk

Wallenda walking the high-wire at King's Island

Nik Wallenda, 7th generation of the "flying wallenda" family, is a first person to walk on a tight rope directly over Niagara falls in 2012.
 Click to watch : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSBye1LFaug

In 2008, Wallenda set Guinness World Records for longest and highest bicycle ride on a high-wire 250-foot-long (76 m) ride at 135 feet (41 m) above the ground in New Jersey. He nearly doubled the height record in 2010 to 260 feet (79 m). On the same day in 2010, he upped his personal best by tightrope walking over 2,000 feet (610 m) in a single performance.


Wallenda’s two-inch (5 cm) cable spans 1,400 feet (426 m) across the gorge, 1,500 feet (457 m) above ground; that’s higher than the Empire State Building. Also the site is likely to be buffeted with winds up to 30 mph (48 kph). Wallenda says, “I’ve trained for holding on to that cable if there is an emergency”. He performs that with no safety net or harness and inspired many people.

Watch the unimaginable art of brave Wallenda at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIWp_25WOhE

Incredible visual translation app WORD LENS !!!

Word lens - an augmented reality application that recognizes printed words using its optical character recognition capabilities.It translates printed words from one language to another with smartphones's video camera, in real time.

It was developed by Otovio Good (a former video game developer), John DeWeese, Maia Good, Bryan Lin and Erin Park. 

Initially released on December 16, 2010, only English-to-Spanish and Spanish-to-English were supported.

Later on December 14, 2011, English-to-French and French-to-English were released.

In 2012, English-to-Italian and Italian-to-English

2013 - English-to-German, German-to-English, English-to-Portuguese and Portuguese-to-English

2014 - English-to-Russian and Russian-to-English were released.

Current version : Word Lens 2.2.3(43.3MB)

Word lens is available for Apple iPhone, iPod, iPad and also for some selected android smartphones.

It does not require internet connection to translate the languages which adds value to it. 

Click to watch demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2OfQdYrHRs

APPLE - Mac in 30 years

1984 - Macintosh (computer that changed everything)
1985 - Macintosh XL (pioneering electronic music)
1986 - Macintosh Plus (bringing design into the digital space)

MacBook

1987 - Macintosh II (harnessing the power of data)
1988 - Macintosh IIx (setting topography free)
1989 - Macintosh Portable (visualizing the impossible) 
1990 - Macintosh LC (making art-kind friendly)
1991 - PowerBook (making liberal arts and technology)
1992 - Macintosh Quadra 950 (deconstructing traditional design)
1993 - Macintosh TV (re-imagining the video game)
1994 - PowerBook 540c (orchestrating music and technology)
1995 - Power Macintosh 8500 (envisioning the graphic novel)
1996 - PowerBook 1400 (designing pop culture)
1997 - Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (chronicling the digital age)
1998 - iMac (making the world smaller)
1999 - Power Mac G4 (reinventing music production)
2000 - iBook (bringing fashion to life)

PowerMac G4

2001 - PowerBook G4 (breaking down musical barriers) 
2002 - iMac (mobilizing the photo studio)
2003 - Power Mac G5 (leading the way in sports) 
2004 - iBook G4 (unleashing every student's potential)
2005 - iMac G5 (building an icon)
2006 - MacBook Pro (redefining radio)
2007 - iMac (charting new territory) 
2008 - MacBook Air (designing on the world stage)
2009 - iMac (taking science out of the lab)
2010 - MacBook Air (visualizing surgery from the inside out)
2011 - MacBook Pro (teaching the world to code)
2012 - MacBook Pro with Retinal display (exploring frontiers of art) 
2013 - iMac (performing at the highest level)
2014 - MacPro (creating future)

Information Technology

Sixth Sem Notes

http://www.4shared.com/folder/eg_FmE-t/Sixth_Sem_Notes.html

MOJAVE DESSERT - Largest Solar Plant

The Mojave Desert is blooming.

Construction crews are erecting mirrors, each measuring 70 square feet at a rate of 500 per day across some 3,500 acres.

The project has a partnership of NRG, BrightSource, Google and Bechtel.

Unlike photovoltaic technology, which converts solar radiation directly into electricity, the Ivanpah facility generates heat. More than 170,000 mirrors will gather tremendous amounts of sunlight and focus it on three towers filled with water, raising temperatures to more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit and producing steam that spins turbines that generate electricity. The Bechtel corporation, says that using sunlight instead of fossil fuels to power the turbines will reduce carbon emissions by more than 400,000 tons annually. 



The world's largest solar thermal is now comprises the GOOGLE logo which is spell out in heliostats(mirrors reflect sunlight onto a central receiving point).

THIRD CEO OF MICROSOFT

       SATYA NADELLA

Nadella, born 1967 in Hyderabad, India. He was appointed as CEO of Microsoft on 4 February 2014 succeeding Steve Ballmer. He joined Microsoft 22years ago and was working as an executive vice-president of Microsoft's cloud and Enterprise group. Now he is the CEO of Microsoft and also head for its cloud computing.

"Our industry does not respect tradition - it only respects innovation," he says. "The opportunity ahead for Microsoft is vast, but to seize it, we must move faster, focus and continue to transform. I see a big part of my job as accelerating our ability to bring innovative products to our customers more quickly."

iPhone on China mobile

Apple and China mobile announced have entered into a multi-year agreement to bring iPhone to the world's largest mobile network. As part of the agreement, iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will be available from China Mobile's expansive network of retail stores as well as Apple retail stores across mainland China beginning on Friday January 17,2014. iPhone 5s, the most forward-thinking smartphones in the world and iPhone 5c, the most colorful iPhone yet, wll be available for pre-registration from China Mobile's official website(www.10086.cn).

iPhone on China Mobile will support 4G/TD-LTE and 3G/TD-SDMA networks, providing customers with high-speed mobile service. iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c come with iOS 7, the most significant iOS update since the original iPhone, featuring a stunning new user interface, completely redesigned with an elegant colour palette, distinct, functional layers and subtle motion that make it feel more alive. iOS 7 has hundreds of great new features, including Control Center, Notification Center, improved Multitasking, AirDrop, enhanced Photos, Safari and Siri. 

The collaboration between Apple and China Mobile will give a big boost to the development of China's homegrown 4G/TD-LTE technology.

For more information on iPhone, www.apple.com/in/iphone.