Toyota present Kirobo Mini as a synthetic baby companion

Now technology developments doesn't inevitable, despite the focus on building vehicles, Toyota recently created a robot named Kirobo Mini, and the Japanese car manufacturer designed them as a synthetic baby companion.

Toyota Motor Corp's Kirobo Mini robot is pictured during a photo opportunity after a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, September 27, 2016. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1eXGbb)

The robot measuring 4-10 cm can read the mood of the driver even understand of the driver's speech and gestures. By reading the driver's mood, Kirobo can give advice to the places that need to be visited, as well as routes that go through or the music needs to be played.

Toyota said that Kirobo Mini could help driving become a physically and emotionally transformative experience. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1eXH3k)

In addition, Kirobo also can be connected to the car system and some other gadgets in the home, because the robot is also able to learn and track the whereabouts. These mini-sized robot was actually been introduced by Toyota in the Tokyo Motor Show 2015, but they launched it officially today.

"The robot is a little trained and designed like a baby who can only sit to accompany in the car," said Chief Design Engineer of Kirobo Mini, Fuminori Kataoka as quoted by Reuters on Tuesday, October 4, 2016.

About its availability, the robot will be available in Japan starting next year. While the price offered is around US $392 or about Rp.5 millions. Are you interested to have one? *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | SLASH GEAR | REUTERS]

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Guessing the answers of longevity mystery

Some time ago, the world is shocked by the presence of Mbah Gotho in Sleman, Indonesia is very old. If the documentation of his was proved to be correct, then the 146-year-old grandfather was the oldest man on Earth. Beside that, Mbah Gotho known as heavy smokers, so the secret of longevity of his became a mystery. 

Mbah Gotho of Indonesia, a 146 years-old grandfather could be the oldest man on Earth if the documentation of his was proved to be correct. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1eRJHP)

Are there other factors that determines the human's life expectancy? From an international study conducted by the researchers at University of California Los Angeles suggests that the life expectancy of most humans is influenced by genetic factors, regardless of a person's lifestyle choices.

The study was led by a geneticist named Steve Horvath of UCLA and worked together with 65 other researchers around the world. The study was conducted through the analysis of blood samples taken from 13,000 people.

As quoted of UCLA on Saturday, October 1, 2016, that the epigenetic 'clock' previously developed by Horvath used to calculate the aging of the blood and other tissues in the human body through the tracking of DNA changes in accordance with the passage of time.

These 'clock' is able to calculate the biological age of blood. According to scientists at UCLA, the biological age is superior than chronological age in terms of determining when the time of someone dies.

Exercise and eating right are beneficial to one’s health, of course, but life expectancy is also tied to our DNA, UCLA research suggests. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1eRJNl)

The research results have been published in the Aging journal refers to the 13 sets of data. According to Horvath, a healthy eating habits combined with exercise had no impact on delaying death in some people.

"We found that about 5 percent of the population gets old with higher biological speeds, so that life expectancy is shorter," Horvath said via a press release.

"An aging accelerated process to increase the risk of death by 50 percent of adults at any age level." But, the study leader added that the risky activities such as smoking still can accelerate the aging process, although genetics plays a much stronger role.

Horvath continued, "Although a healthy lifestyle could add to life expectancy, the aging process that is within preventing us continually outsmart the death. However, the risk factors such as smoking, diabetes, and high blood pressure are still strong predicting the death rate (mortality) compared to the speed of someone epigenetic aging."

Even with these findings, but the perpetrators of the medical profession looked at the ability to predict the life span by using epigenetic clock as something that is still uncertain. "Is the epigenetic changes caused by chronological aging directly cause of death on the older people?" said Dr. Themistocles Assimes of Stanford University.

Dr. Assimes, who is also the author of the research report, furthermore said, "Maybe the change was simply to encourage the development of some kind of disease or undermine the person's ability to resist the development of the disease after being exposed. There is still need of future research to answer those questions." *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | UCLA | LATEST TECHNOLOGY]

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An automatic integrated garbage system

Trash cans will be prohibited and the garbage will be distributed directly to the basement when the automatic rubbish system has been installed on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. These high-tech automated rubbish collection system was the first in Australia and will be part of the new central business district Maroochydore area of ​​53 hectares.

The Sunshine Coast Council Mayor, Mark Jamieson said the waste system will be installed gradually over the next decade, and will make the central business district Maroochydore to be the cleanest and greenest area in Australia.

The garbage chutes feed into underground pipes which suck the rubbish away. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1eFK7H)

He said that compared to the trash can using, with this system the waste will be transported directly from commercial buildings and apartments with speeds up to 70 kilometers per hour through an underground vacuum pipe system along 6.5 kilometers.

The waste vacuum pipe system will be put under a new foundation of the central business district in Maroochydore. "Obviously this is a unique opportunity with a greenfield site to introduce such technology. It would be very difficult to retrofit this anywhere else," he said.

Furthermore he said that this automatic waste system will eliminate the bad smell of waste and vermin as well as the cost of daily streets cleaning would be reduced. The system uses three holes bins for organic, recycled and non-recycled waste.

These waste revolution means the city workers and inhabitants will not have to walk past the trash cans or waking up early in the morning by the sound of a garbage truck in the center of Maroochydore. The council followed the cities of Stockholm, Seoul, Barcelona, ​​London, Singapore and Beijing which already have the Envac waste collection system.

"All waste will be down to the respective inlet and will be stored in a closed compartment in the basement until the vacuum pump is turned on in the center of the waste facility, usually two times a day," he said.

As well as making more attractive the heart of city, this technology has a track record in improving the recycling rate, so that natural environment will benefit too. These waste system will cost $21 million, which will be fully paid back by the occupant's central business district over the life of the system.

Councilor Jamieson also said that the Envac system will serve the citizens start in their apartments, offices and people who use the public space or facilities. And half of the cost will be funded by the development company Sun-Central. The balance will be funded by the people who use the system in the future. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | ABC NEWS]

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An advanced technology touch could also pamper the toilet users

Apparently, rapid technological developments have penetrated into all aspects of human life, including the toilet.

Toto, the Japanese toilet manufacturer, applying cutting-edge technology in its product called 'Neorest 750.' The toilet that is valued of US. $9.800 (equivalent to Rp.130 million) have seats that can be heated, personal cleaning and drying technology, included the air purifying systems.

Toto Neorest 750. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1eBQcw)

Neorest 750 also can clean itself, have sprinklers and automatic shutoff. The toilet bowl is coated with zirconium, which help expel the waste. With this technology, the Neorest detects when a person approached the toilet, and spraying the inside surface of the toilet with water to help prevent something sticking on it.

And when the toilet is not in use, the UV lamp will illuminate the inside of the toilet, to break down germs and other waste particles. The toilet also has an automatic night light. Although the outside lights off, we will no longer stumble in the middle of the night to find the light switch.

On the inside of the toilet, there is a cleaning wand that can spray the water and warmer air for the front and rear cleaning. Through this technology, the need for toilet paper can almost be eliminated.

Neorest also has a wireless remote. We can use the remote to control the cleaning wand. We can also adjust the water pressure and air temperature to control the drying process. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | TECHINSIDER]

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Special elecric folding bike of Peugeot

At the Paris Motor Show 2016 will take place on October 1 to 16, 2016, one of the French automotive manufacturers, Peugeot plans to introduce their new sports utility vehicle (SUV) 5008 and a number of other cars. Not only the four-wheeled vehicles, the Peugeot also called will also introduce an electric folding bike for the first time in the automotive exhibition.

Peugeot's new electric polding bike named eF01. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1dvHtw)

As reported Carscoops on Thursday, September 8, 2016, the electric folding bike was a result of the development of the Peugeot Design Lab. They gave it the nickname of 'Peugeot eF01.' The goal for the making of the electric bicycle is to facilitate a person who want to get around the city. It took just 10 seconds to fold and unfold the bike.

It took just 10 seconds to fold and unfold the bike.  (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1dvHtw)

And the eF01 power source comes from a small lithium-ion battery with the ability to cruise at 30 kilometers and a maximum speed of 20 km per hour. The battery can be recharged at home by using a conventional wall outlet as to electronic devices. It takes approximately 2 hours to charge from empty to fully charged condition.
After being introduced at the Paris Motor Show 2016, Peugeot plans to start selling its first electric folding bikes next year. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | CARSCOOPS]

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Is this the alien who live in the Proxima b?

European Southern Observatory made a surprise announcement last week. The space agency claims to have found the planet with size similar to the Earth named Proxima b and orbiting the Proxima Centauri parent star. While the Proxima Centauri is part of the Alpha Centauri system, which is about 4.2 light-years away from our solar system.

An illustration of the sights of Proxima b surface and its parent star Proxima Centauri. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1ddHwd)

In response to the discovery of Proxima b, currently the alien hunters reviewing the Cenos story that claimed to come from the Proxima Centauri star system and is said to have lived in the midst of human life.

The story comes from the recognition of a suspected creature of Cenos alien from Alpha Centauri named Hands. It is said that Hands hypnotized a woman to uncover his identity as an alien to a team of Californian psychologists in 1957.

This bizarre story comes from psychologists who claimed they spoke with a ‘lovable and childlike’ being that had eight hands and a body structure similar to a praying mantis known as ‘Hands’, which was claimed to have been spotted in Taiwan in 2012 (picture form news station). (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1dmIa0)

The creature claiming to be from Alpha Centauri star system. In the book titled 'Hands: The True Account - A Hypnotic Subject Reports on Outer Space' written by two psychologists also mentioned traits of Hands.

"Lovable and childlike, but large, has a body like a dome with eight hands, the intelligence may be between humans and dogs," explains the book.

Members of this community are revisiting the tale of the Cenos aliens from the Proxima Centauri star system that have not only been coming earth for thousands of years. It is claimed the creatures have eight hands (Picture shows what is said to be a Cenos aliens). (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1dmIa0)

As quoted by the Daily Mail on Friday, September 2, 2016, Hands also explained that he and the other eight hands aliens have some hearts and five times stronger than normal humans.

The book also depicts the spacecraft used by the aliens spinning like a tape recorder. Those vehicle used to visit the Earth during the World War II, built the Sphinx, the Mayan Pyramids, and a number of other monuments.

It is said that Hands used a woman under hypnosis to reveal himself as an alien to a team of California psychologists in 1957. The highlighted section depicts what some say resembles a praying mantis. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1dmIa0)

One of the latest sightings of Cenos alien occurred in 2012, when police near Lake Jaiming, Taitung, Taiwan caught a picture of one figure who claimed to be an alien. And then the Taiwan UFOlogy Society (TUFOS) has been made a public statement that mentions that the photo is a 'big alien, transparent, with webbed hands, walking in the distance.'

The leader of TUFOS, Huang Chao-ming said that the police gave the photos to the group to be investigated further. TUFOS also spent one year to determine the authenticity of the picture.

And the famous UFO watcher, Scott C. Waring, also respond to the appearance of 'alien' is.

"The experts of TUFOS said the authenticity of the photograph, the creature has a height of 250 cm, the shape of his head like a praying mantis, and look straight into the person who took the photo," he wrote in the UFO Sightings Daily blog.

"Locals in Taitung believe small round lake is the entrance of the the alien's headquarter. They also believe that a large mound was an ancient pyramid that used as the alien's communication device," he said. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | DAILY MAIL]

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