Shakira lost her ring

Shakira is already part of the long list of robberies in Mexico. So as you read! During his concert in Monterrey, on 8 April, a ring was stolen from the hand of the Colombian.

I tell the scene: Was the Barranquilla singing as he greeted his fans, when suddenly one of his followers took his hand and BOOM! Express theft ring.

We can see in the video that follows, Shakira, at the time of the robbery, he turns to see the hand-faced pot as saying: "'On ta'?".
Is an embarrasing situation. We only hope that this ring has not been of great value. Of the lesser evil right?

Vision 3D: Nvidia releases 3D streaming technology

Regarding the increasing presence of 3D content in different media and devices, Nvidia does not walk with tiny punches or excessive, and at a conference held at NAB 2011, the company announced that it has decided to release its technology 3D video playback for free. This is just the limitations on the dissemination of three-dimensional content via streaming web sites for computers with Nvidia compatible devices.

The 3D playback technology has surprises almost every day, where for one reason or another jump boards indicating different applications, experiments and devices that are charged to shoulder the use of graphs in three dimensions, with the weight of software and hardware needed that it implies and spending to make access to them. Nvidia keeps close on this evolution in playing content, and since the early days when they talked about their technology to support stereoscopic 3D graphics today there have been developments both inside and outside the company and its products, and demonstration of its commitment to these changes is that it has released a few hours ago a technology platform to bring playback via streaming 3D content using just a plug in for Microsoft Media Player Platform Framework.

3D Vision aims to put in the hands of developers to combine treatments fine stereo playback with support for 3D glasses and the sharp escalation of streaming content on the web. It is proposed that this permissiveness that the diffusion and release provided by this technology for better tools and expand the possibilities of creating web application developers as well as the sale of devices that support playback. In presenting the same at NAB 2011, the heads of Microsoft agreed to this projection when said that "Microsoft is delighted to work with Nvidia to offer interesting features and capabilities in order to help developers build the new Age of websites powered by Microsoft Media Platform "Of course, such optimism must be tested both in the real usefulness of the technology for web developers and the always ambiguous acceptance.

Is this a decade that all PC users use sunglasses?
The new ability to embed 3D content in the code of web sites and via streaming play encourages a new marketing model that remains to be seen how it operates, especially the sides that create or use Silverlight and conflicts may be with the playback of protected content (although it provided support to address especially those with DRM). But as the images can be viewed on the Nvidia site tests and practical guidelines for implementation that are coming from now, 3D Vision unstoppable seems to be heading to position itself as an undisputed standard. For now have to wait and see what developers come across in the coming weeks.

Kinect controlled helicopter

And we still have room for one more. We have seen an amazing amount of hacks Kinect in recent months, but until the people of Redmond does not step on the accelerator with determination and release titles that go beyond casual play, the best motion control as found in those projects will continue conducted by universities, engineers and enthusiasts alike. On this occasion, nothing less than a Drone AR Parrot, one of the best quadricopter market, controlled by someone who is "passing plane" with arms outstretched.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have another hack Kinect more to share here. We've seen robots controlled Kinect, Kinect simulated instruments, music videos made with Kinect, capture 3D motion capture, augmented reality, invisible, adult games, multiple interfaces, video ... and the list goes on. What controls the Kinect today is not exactly a robot, but not the first time we see him cross swords with the radio-controlled model aircraft. Last December saw the Kinect had been turned into a kind of radar for quadricopter could adapt its flight path dynamically. Today, there is no radar itself, but the Kinect is associated with a quadricopter, this time as a control.
The vehicle is a Parrot AR Drone, which can be controlled with an iPhone or IPAD, and has a flight range of fifteen minutes. The subject of the video does not believe a bird or under the influence of any substance, but is trying to control the quadricopter with their arms, thanks to Kinect detection capabilities. The project is a work of Zickel Engineering, and was presented in the last Kinnernet 2011. The movements do not seem at all related to the reaction of the Parrot in some points, but appears to be more a matter of training of limitations in the interface.


Anyway, it would be more reasonable than the gestures were simplified. Although we have ever tried to be a plane in our childhood, user resistance to having the arms extended is probably much less than the battery of Parrot. On the other hand, something like this opens the door to an interesting way to play outdoors, with the user trying to pass the quadricopter by an obstacle course, hoops and barriers. And we insist the idea of ​​"outdoor", because almost half a kilo moving up to 18 miles per hour is not good for any head at the scene at the possibility of an impact.

Tiger Woods Anywhere Anytime

One of the best golf players show hes weakness even in a magazine, he is only human :-)

How to escape Armageddon

As the bullfighter, people for all. And he sure came up short. For example, there Panolis who are so convinced that the world will end in December 2012, and not die, sure to be angry. I hope you be of comfort to know several thousand different predictions about the end of the world and most of the time were wrong. It is important not to lose hope and trust that this may be true.

At this point, explain what the Mayan calendar (the basis of this madness) seems to me excessive cruelty to readers. Suffice it to say they had a cyclical conception of time, unlike ours, which is linear. So your calendars 'just' and start again, but only their calendars. In fact, its demise as a society has no bearing as his way of measuring time. The desk calendars are also finished and no one dies, just so that when the battery runs a mobile does not make people deaf.

In recent times, the discourse about the end of the world has changed. Years ago, the official dogma was to see the movie '2012 'by Roland Emmerich was almost a documentary. Now, when it was doom and gloom most extreme value for money, which is said to be a year of great change 'based on' and 'level' we're going to freak out. But like all bad things last forever, once past the December 21, 2012 have thought no one will recognize the fake Mayan prophecy. Of course, there will have the newspaper to remind his art.

But as we all can make mistakes, you better be prepared. And what better way to get in touch with the American company Escape Earth 2012, a token amount (24.5 dollars, some sad 17 euros) offers the possibility of escaping to a planet similar to Earth and start a new life. Low cost salvation: so that then we complain about the capitalist system.

It's simple. Anyone who wants to be saved buying your ticket and, just before the end of the world in 2012, will climb aboard the USS Ark 2012 to escape a planet similar to Earth but BRAND NEW. The choice can also take your pet (for another 17 euros). Also, if you're a gourmet, you can opt for a stretch and Superluminal rate (44.99 dollars, 31 euros) to enjoy a deluxe room (with flat screen and minibar) and access to public areas of the ship.

Luckily, those responsible for this initiative have everything planned. Thus, the price includes an outer passport (for not going through space in wetback plan) and a guidebook with answers to all questions one can do while preparing his new life. At the moment, according to the email I have sent my partner Angeloti, there are more than hundred people who have gone through box. And it seems that everything is growing.

And I ask, could it be that this was a scam and someone wants to take advantage of the general credulity? Obviously not. The project has all the guarantees. If the end of the world occurs on that date, the company agrees to move to another planet to all customers or to refund the full amount. And for the record that says it well, no fine print so there is no doubt. In other words, ensure that it pays the world survive the end of 2012. That is serious and the rest is nonsense.

A fraud? Impossible! Having paid (check, pay-pal, welcome to transfer ... chrome Coyote) the person receives mail your ticket (well, ship), intergalactic passport rule (non-transferable, for security reasons) and his guidance and pass to the VIP area of ​​the ship if you have hired the service of 'Superluminal'. It can not, say some. Yes, folks, this is what I come by just like you to address.

Facebook open servers

With the need to serve daily more than 600 million users, it is logical to assume that the infrastructure of Facebook is truly impressive. Servers, data centers, redundancy and cooling systems, everything must be planned and implemented carefully. At the same time, the need to expand capacity leads to higher consumption of energy, but that too has been taken into account. If you want to know how servers are Facebook, and most should not asking you, as well as design specifications have been declared open, under the "Open Compute."

We know very well who are the giants of the Web today, but in general, not much is known about how computer operating level. In the case of Google, we have seen some details on the Googleplex, and also is a known fact that creates its own hardware for their servers, but nothing more. After all, no titan of information and communications technology has a habit of sharing secrets. But in an era where information sharing is the rule rather than the exception, something has decided to show the world how they are made systems that keep it standing. That something is nothing more than Facebook, through the Open Compute project.


This project began just over a year, with a huge goal: Build the infrastructure more efficiently with the least possible cost. At first it seems a contradiction, because the more drastic needs to be a reduction in energy consumption, more investment in time and money often sue. Without emabrgo, the results are obvious to all, literally, and that anyone interested can download the specifications of these servers (hardware are based on Intel or AMD), and CAD designs for each component. Taken into account details at different scales, from the chassis to a server (without screws, can be assembled in minutes) to the configuration to use cooling data center servers.

One of the reasons why Facebook has decided to open these designs is, of course, to receive data and user feedback. And the other reason is so that developers who start a Web-wide project to leverage the work that Facebook has done so far. The numbers are very interesting: In comparison with average server, the Facebook design is 38 percent more efficient, and 24 percent cheaper. From replace internal speakers and LED lights, to virtually eliminate plastic and aesthetic reduce to a minimum, the Open Compute servers unattractive features in the visual, but extraordinary in functional, and much greener than we are accustomed to see.

Dextre robot has already made his early work on the ISS

After staying for more than two years in space, filing her nails and curling eyelashes, Canadian robot Dextre finally was able to demonstrate some of its potential to assist astronauts on the International Space Station to perform tasks that otherwise should have Hand made themselves.

The Dextre robot (also known as Special Purpose Manipulator Right Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator or) has two "arms" and is part of the Canadarm 2 (the second robotic arm installed on the ISS). It was designed with the aim of doubling the handling capacity and replace an astronaut so-called "spacewalks. "

He was transported to the ISS aboard the shuttle Endeavour (STS-123) conducted in March 2008 and must navigate a series of technical problems to give practical effect to its first test of functionality in December last year.

His first official job was to unpack two fundamental pieces that were part of the equipment delivered by the Japanese ship Kounotori2.

After completing this work, the robot returned to its resting place in the Destiny module.