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chip

Scientists from Oxford University to develop a chip that is planted in the brain to stimulate sexual desire and pleasure.

The sex chip works by sending tiny shocks from electrodes implanted in the brain and provoke a person with low sexual desire becomes sexually active. Such technology has been used previously to treat Parkinson’s disease.

Recently, scientists then developed the technology with a focus on the brain region just behind the eye called the orbitofrontal cortex. This region is associated with good feelings generated from eating and sexual activity.

Research led by Morten Kringelbach found that the orbitofrontal cortex stimulation could become a new target to help people with anhedonia, the inability to feel pleasure from the activity. Peer Kringelbach, neurological surgeon Tipu Aziz said, there is evidence that this chip can work.

“Several years ago, a scientist ‘embed’ the tool into the brain of a woman low sexual desire. It turned into sexually active. But she does not like drastic changes in him. She was then asked that the device was removed from his brain , “said Aziz was quoted as saying by the Telegraph, Sunday (27/12/2009).

He also added that the risk arising from this technology. According to him, these technologies require surgery to connect wires from the pacemaker to the brain so that the potential to cause bleeding.

tiny robot

Japanese scientists develop robot bird that has such stature or hummingbird hummingbird. Robot birds can fly freely in the air with a rapid beating of wings.

Its size is very small, almost equal to the size of a real hummingbird. Bird robot created by researchers Hiroshi Liu of Chiba University is equipped with a micro motor and four are flapping wings 30 times per second. An infrared sensor controls the movement of the wings so they can move up and down, left or right.

“Robots with weights only 2.6 grams to fly eight times more stable than a helicopter rotor blade equipped or propeller,” said Liu was quoted as saying by the AFP, Tuesday (29/12/2009).

“The next step is to make flying flying at one point in the air and complete it with the micro camera. Likely development will be completed in March 2011,” he added.

Liu said, although the shape of a small but developing robots suck with a big fund, nearly 200 million yen, equivalent to USD 20.5 million
This robot was developed intentionally as a tool to help rescue people trapped in the ruins of the building, tracking criminals, or even a vehicle operated as a cruise on Mars.

avatar

Avatar movie that uses technology most advanced 3-dimensional , in addition to producing outstanding work also makes an enlightened storage industry. How?

Avatar is directed by James Cameron’s menampalkan image slices slick, which makes everyone so amazed to see the results displayed a virtually perfect. The film was produced by LightStrom Enteraiment, which uses CGI (Computer-Generated Imagery) working with Weta Digital from New Zealand.

Shot using the Fusion 3D camera system, and the director did not forget to give a touch of high-resolution 3D film-resolution of the Los Angeles studio, which then must be translated into the film components. These files are then stored in storage by the Isilon IQ.

“Production Avatar generate tens of terabytes of data in various formats, including large digital files and metadata files instructional. Terabyte data created every week and, at times one day,” said Isilon written statement, which quoted the Register, Wednesday (23 / 12/2009).

Lightstorm can shoot, take a picture of a specific location and then access the latest content from the Isilon IQ cluster with a global filesystem. Isilon said that the new nodes are added as needed.

In addition, Weta choose NetApp used to store incoming data, then used a large number of workstations and servers bladed with a total of 30,000 cores to work on it. NetApp Filers paired with up to five cards ekselerator Cache DRAM controller 160GB on them, PAM (Performance Acceleration Module) cache, to speed up file access by Weta for creative people. The result,   Avatar amazing movie  with great technology

blackberry

It was true that BlackBerry smart phones become the most popular in Indonesia today. Even CNN’s international news sites, called Blackberry as “King in Indonesia”.

If the United States fight occurred between smart phones through the iPhone and Blackberry, can be said in Indonesia  RIM handsets only have a pitch own. The proof, one of the seller disclose if one day be able to sell five to six Blackberry, compared with the best-selling iPhone is only one unit only.

“Blackberry is a phone that is much more trendy and fashionable than the iPhone. It is very rare people who ask for the iPhone,” certainly one of the seller to CNN, which quoted okezone Wednesday (30/12/2009).

So what makes the Blackberry can be extremely hard sell? One of them is, unequal rates between the Blackberry with the iPhone.

Blackberry sold at an average price of $ 500, compared with the iPhone that  for USD900. And if you subtract taxes, Blackberry still be cheaper to reach USD300.

This is what makes a Canadian handsets sold it so hard, if in other countries aimed at Blackberry business segment, it was not the blackberry in Indonesia. Middle segment, too, not businessmen boost sales in Indonesia.

Features push email is also a factor increasing Blackberry, in addition to favorite BB users who are highly addicted to social networking sites.

“My friends have a lot of blackberry, because the push email feature very sophisticated,” said one student.

In addition, the model qwerty keyboard Blackberry owned far more desirable than full-touch screen technology that belongs to the iPhone. “Touch screen mobile phone with less good taste,” said the student was.

Survey of the ROA Group says half of Indonesia’s population reached 250 million will have a phone. However, predicted Blackberry will not always stay in the top position.

spam email

Opening and reply to spam are the two most important things you should not do in anticipating the rise of spam emails.

The reason is, once you return and open a spam email, the email account so you will be targeted spam attacks continuously.

Here’s a Symantec-related tips from how to prevent email spam,

1. Opening email attachments from unknown. This appendix can infect your computer.

2. Replying to spam. Usually forged email address, and reply to email spam will result in another spam spam.

3. Fill out the form in a message requesting personal or financial information or passwords (password.). Leading companies can not ask for your personal information via email. If you hesitate to contact the company through a trusted independent mechanism, such as by verifying the phone number or Internet address is known that you type into a new browser window (do not click on or cut and paste the link in the message).

4. Buy products or services from spam messages

5. Opening spam messages

6. Forwarding any virus warnings you receive by email. It may be that this is a lie news (hoax)