Ahead of the convening of the Tokyo Motor Show 2015, a number of Japanese manufacturers began to reveal their plans at the annual automotive celebration. Mitsubishi, for example, they will bring an electric-powered SUV concept, called 'eX Concept'.
This SUV concept will show the direction of the Mitsubishi electric vehicles development. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1MhtClJ)
As reported by the Carscoops on Thursday, October 9, 2015, this concept SUV will show the direction of the development of Mitsubishi electric vehicles are equipped with the autonomous capabilities, connectivity technology, and active safety systems.
Left side view of Mitsubishi eX Concept with its suicide doors type open. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1MhtClJ)
When viewed at a glance, this concept uses Dynamic Shield design language, which has a grille, headlights and fog lamps are sleek big. This car looks very similar to the XR-PHEV II.
In addition, this car is unique in that not-handled doors and glass stretches to the rear. In addition to the eX Concept, Mitsubishi will also showcase Outlander and Outlander PHEV, Pajero, Delica D: 5, EK Custom, eK Wagon and eK Space. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | CARSCOOPS]
Human goals in the field of technology is creating a machine with the intelligence to facilitate human life. But who would have thought, the machines with Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly getting smarter.
More recently trials conducted against the best AI systems with human intelligence. As quoted from Science Alert on Thursday, October 8, 2015, the level of intelligence of the AI that is now on a par with the level of intelligence of 4 years old children!
A series of tests was conducted University of Illinois in the United States, under the direction Stellan Ohlsson. As a result, the cutting edge AI systems have an average intelligence of a toddler. When age level was raised to 7 years, the software can not resist.
IQ tests are one way to find out a person's intelligence. Of course, the computer has a number of capabilities beyond human in some respects, for example counting. This exam is done to examine a person's ability rationally to their environment -- but in terms of introspection, the software is still lagging far behind.
Today's Artificial Intelligence is equivalent to the IQ of 4 years aged child. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1UekhxV)
ConceptNet, an AI engine developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) since the 1990s, is one of the testing system. These computers scored the highest for the vocabulary and similarity. While the average results for the receipt of information, and poor in reasoning and understanding of the word.
IQ tests have the flexibility and variety in format -- depending on age. Questions like "where you could find a penguin?" Or "What is the house?" could be one of the questions. But the question to identify something based on the instructions, or questions like "why do we shake hands?" Will make the computer overwhelmed.
In some cases, the research team had to suss out the question in some way to see the responses given by the ConceptNet system -- but the question remains puzzling. For example, when asked, "This is an animal of Africa" and "this is a brownish yellow big cat", the computer answering several possible answers, namely dogs, farm, creatures, home, and cats.
Stellan Ohlsson told the MIT Technology Review said, "The humans common sense at least lead to animals, and also understand that if say it is a cat, the only kind of cat are discussed."
However, important breakthroughs in the AI popping up quickly. Experts suspect advances in machine learning capability and natural language (such as Siri, Google Now, and Cortana) will bring AI thinking human beings better in these next few years. These findings have been published in arXiv.org. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | SCIENCEALERT]
Good news for fitness enthusiasts but was unable to do sports. Now there are pills that can help achieve the dream. According to a study published in the journal "Cell Metabolism and Trends in Pharmacological Sciences", some scientists are getting completed in creating an "exercise pill".
As quoted by the People on October 7, 2015, the researchers at the University of Sydney studied four healthy men but not the usual practice of physical, then they are given exercises with high intensity. The result, the researchers revealed the existence of 1,000 molecular changes that occur when a person perform physical exercise.
Scientists create blueprint for developing ‘exercise pill’ that promises to transform your workout. (Picture from: http://sciof.us/1IdRL6F)
One of the authors of papers together, Dr. Nolan Hoffman, said, "For a long time scientists suspect physical training causes a complex sequence of a number of changes in the muscles of man. This is the first time we managed to describe what is really happening. "
"This is an important breakthrough, because it allows researchers to use the information generated in designing drugs that can mimic the beneficial changes due to physical training," he added.
This study proves that unlike most other drugs that target molecule by molecule, their designs pill would target a number of molecules at once. "Our research has provided direction to make it", said Professor David James, the head of research.
But they were physically able to practice do not get too excited yet, said Ismael Laher. He is a professor at the University of British Columbia and also become one of the authors of the second paper titled "Exercise Pills: At the Starting Line".
He said that the pills will be more suitable for those who are unable to practice as prevalent, such as those who suffered amputation or stroke patients.
Ismail Laher said to the Washington Post, "I need to clarify here that there is no other way to replace exercise routine with this pill. Physical exercise raises the heart rate, speed up blood circulation, and it all can not be achieved using exercises pills ... but for a group of people who I mean, this is the best. "
Well, don't be lazy!! Sports activities remains an important thing for Our healthy life. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | PEOPLE | WASHINGTON POST]
Without a carbon fiber plate on the left side, Bloodhound supersonic car was first shown in Canary Wharf, London several weeks ago, as "naked". The contents of the super cars, such as the chassis, engine block, a series of multicolored wires, electronic sensor panel, until the suspension springs, visible.
Bloodhound, super car built by a team of experts provides the Formula 1 racing cars and aviation, is targeted to become the fastest land vehicle. The supersonic car is designed to create a new record with a speed of 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 kilometers per hour).
The Bloodhound SSC displayed at London's Canary Wharf on September 24, 2015. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1VCX8bC)
The previous record was printed in 1997 when Andy Green driving Thrust supersonic car in Nevada, USA, with a maximum speed of 1,228 kilometers per hour. Green was the first to successfully drove through the sound barrier.
The £15-million (€20 million, $23 million) airplane on four wheels is a jumble of hi-tech that relates as much to aeronautics and aerospace as to the automotive industry. (Picture from: http://read.bi/1Z9SvVI)
Green, a fighter pilot British Royal Air Force, again believed to be the Bloodhound driver. The target to penetrate the speed of 1,600 kilometers per hour will be carried out in 2017. As a dress rehearsal, Green will try Bloodhound reach speeds of 1,287 kilometers per hour on the track dry lake Hakskeen Pan in South Africa in October next year.
The car term may be less appropriate for Bloodhound. It's more like a rocket vehicle designed with a combination of racing car engines and jet aircraft. Bloodhound fitted with Rolls-Royce EJ200 jet engine, the same type used by the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. Vehicles over 14 meters it also has a supercharged V8 Jaguar engine and Nammo hybrid rocket normally used the European Space Agency.
Those hybrid engines capable of producing 135 thousand horsepower. Power was able to push Bloodhound reach speeds of 1,600 kilometers per hour in 55 seconds. "The car is finished and the track being prepared," said Bloodhound Project Director, Richard Noble.
According to Green, this time speeding matter is quite difficult. The biggest problem that facing Green while driving Bloodhound is no perfectly flat trajectory. Road along the 19 kilometers with a width of 500 meters which is prepared in a dry lake in South Africa is one that is close to perfect.
"The surface is ideal but will not perfectly flat," Green said in his blog on the BBC, September 14, 2015. "The world is big and like a ball, so it might look flat trajectory which is actually slightly curved."
Hakskeen Pan dry plains real bumpy, cracked, and many small stones. For an ordinary car, such conditions would not be a problem. For Bloodhound, cracks and small stones can lead to disaster.
Different trajectory height of several millimeters can cause problems. In 2012, the Bloodhound team mobilized 300 people to clean the gravel on the track area of 9,500 square kilometers.
Another major obstacle is the pressure of Earth's gravity due to sudden acceleration at high speeds. Without physical preparation, changes in pressure in a fast tempo can make the driver fainted.
About the pressure of gravity, Mark Webber, the former Formula One driver has said his body like a squeezed. "The impetus of pressure that could make the chest, hips, and neck as clamped in the seat," he said. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | AUTOEVOLUTION]
A team of scientists from Bogor Zoological Museum, Research Center for Biology Indonesian Institute of Sciences (Pusat Penelitian Biologi Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia/LIPI), Louisiana State University, and the Museum of Victoria reveal a new genus of mice, called hog nosed rat.
The new genus found in the virgin forest at Tolitoli region, Sulawesi, which is rarely touched. Only one of two local rattan searcher reaching the territory. The findings provide knowledge about the spread of gophers that it can reach the area further north and higher than expected. The research result published in the Journal of Mammalogy on the October 2015 edition.
Anang Setiawan Achmadi, Jake Esselstyn, Kevin Rowe, and Heru Handika are conducting research expeditions to the jungle area of Mount Dako when encountered genus rat was in 2012. The team set traps and bait-flops on a plateau in a forest at an altitude more than 1,500 meters. Trap-flops are common devices commonly used to collect wild rodents.
Hog nosed rat found in the virgin forest at Tolitoli region, Sulawesi. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1MYfT1O)
"Kevin who the first discovered these mice. He was screaming. We were still in the camp and heard immediately suspect something is shocking," said Anang. Once Kevin bring specimens to the camp, the whole team for joy. They immediately conduct a brief analysis and believes that the rats are trapped is a new species.
While doing the analysis in the laboratory, the team revealed that rats captured specimens are very distinctive and different from the other so that even deserve to be called a new genus.
Scientifically, this new rat species named 'Hyorhinomys stuempkei'. The genus name "Hyorhinomys" is taken from the word "hyro" which means "pig", "rhino" meaning "nose", and "mys" which means "mouse".
Meanwhile, the species name "Stuempkei" is taken from the pseudonym Gerolf Steiner, Harald Stuempke. He is the fiction author of The Snouter that tells the story of the rats exposed to radiation so that their nose became long.
As told to Kompas on Monday, October 5, 2015, Anang said, "a very prominent characteristic of these mice are nose like a pig nose." The animal was said to be like a pig nose because of its large, flat, and pink.
Another characteristic is the very long hair in the section near the urethra. "We have yet to find gophers have long urogenital hair, reaching 5 centimeters. We do not know what its function." Another unique characteristic of this new mouse is white incisors. Most mice have an orange incisors. Meanwhile, its ears big.
"In Australia, Hyorhinomys look more like Bilby rats, with large hind legs, big ears and long, as well as long and tapered muzzle," said Kevin. It is one of the hallmark characteristics of carnivores rodents that eat earthworms, beetle larvae and small insects.
This rat findings challenge the view of scientists about the spread of shrews in Sulawesi today. So far, only spread to shrews said central Sulawesi region and in the lowlands. Tolitoli region already too north. "To get there, there is a barrier that must be overcome. How this shrews get there, this is still a question," said Anang. Meanwhile, shrews until now found only at altitudes below 1,500 meters above sea level. Hog nosed rat was found at an altitude of 1,600 meters above sea level.
These findings add to the list of unique mice on Earth before. Previously, the presence of a number of mice revealed, the toothless rat (Paucidentomys vermidax) and Mamasa water rats (Waiomys mamasae).
Kevin said, "We're still amazed we could walk to the corners of the forest in Sulawesi and discovered several new species of mammals are very different from known species, or even genus though."
Anang said, the discovery of a new genus of the third within the last 5 years is evidence of the importance of forests and mountains on the island of Sulawesi. There are still many "buried treasure" diversity must be maintained. This shows the importance of conservation for the people of Indonesia. Do not let the biodiversity extinction before revealed and known benefits. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | SAINS KOMPAS]
Batman is a fantasy movie characters is not only synonymous with a super-rich male behind in all-black robe figure, but also a very famous hero in Gotham City. As the city hero, he always uses and drives super sophisticated and of course 'anti-mainstream' vehicles named 'Batmobile'.
A unique 3-wheeled version of Batmobile by Game Over Cycles.(Picture from: http://on.mash.to/1VATkYr)
That is a basic overview of the Batmobile, the city hero vehicles when pursuing his enemies. Batmobile from the classic series, up to the latest series in the The Dark Knight Rises series, those Batman's vehicle models are always changing and offering many mysterious accents.
Front view of Game Over Cycles 3-wheeled version of Batmobile.(Picture from: http://bit.ly/1hnMLFI)
But what happens if the modifier builds and realizes the super unique Batmobile in the real world? That's great work presented by the Polish automotive modifier workshop named Game Over Cycles.
Right side view of Game Over Cycles 3-wheeled version of Batmobile. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1hnMLFI)
By using the base of a 3.7-liter Audi V8 engine, they made a three-wheeled typical combat vehicle inspired by Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns. Also
note that the Game Over Cycles custom workshop specializes in the
modification and restoration of big motorcycles and vintage cars.
Rear side view of Game Over Cycles 3-wheeled version of Batmobile.(Picture from: http://on.mash.to/1VATkYr)
By making the 3-wheeled version of Batmobile had a chance to attract enthusiastic users of social media, even before all done. Game Over Cycles itself is not too stingy diligently to update the information and specifications at the same time the work profile in their official Facebook page. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | GAME OVER CYCLES | MASHABLE]
