Honda ASIMO robot | Honda Robotics

        Robots are the mechanical humans.  Honda company was introduced its latest robot Asimo is a humanoid robot. This robot  Standing at 130cm and weighing 54 kilograms. The robot resembles a small astronaut wearing a backpack and can walk or run on two feet at speeds up to 6 km/h.

      The name is an acronym for the "Advanced Step in Innovative MObility". from a Online magazine, The Future Of Things (TFOT), states that Honda did not name the robot in reference to science fiction writer and inventor of the three rule of Robotics, Isaac Asimov. The transliteration of  as “asimo” uses the  of romanization rather than the more familiar Hepburn system of the romanization which renders it as “ashimo”.

        ASIMO is the culmination of two decades of humanoid robotics research by Honda company engineers. ASIMO robot can run, walk on uneven slopes and surfaces, turn smoothly, climb stairs, and reach for and grasp objects These are the advantages. ASIMO can also comprehend and respond to simple and voice commands. ASIMO has the ability to recognize the face of a select group of individuals. Using its camera eyes, ASIMO can map its environment and register stationary objects. This robot can also avoid moving obstacles as it moves through its environment great technology.

Fiber Optic Technology | Fiber Optic Technology Overview | Features Of Fiber Optic Technology Features

   Now Everywhere on this Earth hair-thin optical fibers carry vast huge quantities of information from one place to another place. There are so many desirable properties of optical fibers for carrying the information. They have enormous information-carrying capacity, are low cost, and possess immunity from the many disturbances that can afflict electrical wires, wireless communication links. The superiority of optical fibers for carrying information from place to place is leading to their rapidly replacing older technologies. Optical fibers have played a key role in making possible the extraordinary growth in world-wide communications that has occurred in the last 25 years, and are vital in enabling the proliferating use of the Internet.

Light is channeled through these fibers. Not only light but everything associated with light, images for example, also get transmitted from one end of the fiber optic to the other end. Bends and turns in the fibers pose no hindrance in this transmission.  

The core of fiber optic materials is made of glass or plastic and it is highly transparent. This core is covered with a covering known as ‘cladding’. When light enters from one end and travels through the length of the fiber optic, this ‘cladding’ does not allow it to scatter outside the material.

The ‘cladding’ reflects all the light from inside the surface of the fiber optic. So, even if a bundle inside the fiber optic is not straight, the image is not affected. Fiber optics are capable of carrying light and other information over a wide range of distance. The distance may vary from a few centimeters to many hundred kilometers.  

Fiber optics are primarily of two types. The single-mode fiber optic and the Multi-mode fiber optics.

Single Mode Fiber Optic

It is suitable  for transmissions over long distance  that happen at tremendous speed. They are capable of this because their core is very small and they have the property of accepting light only in the direction of the axis of the fibers. Small lasers are used to send light into fibers. The fibers are joined with low-loss connectors so that there is very less distortion of the light signal.

Multi Mode Fiber Optic

In multi-mode fiber optic materials the cores are big and they also can accept light from a variety of angles and can also function with a variety of light sources. The connectors are used within the materials for fiber are not very expensive. It is done because these fiber optic materials are not meant for long distance transmission only short distance transmission.

EYE IN SKY FINDS 17 LOST PYRAMIDS IN EGYPT | PYRAMIDS IN EGYPT

     This is a new satellite survey about Egypt.  Egypt has identified 17 lost pyramids and more than thousand (1,000) un-excavated tombs.  More than 3,000 ancient settlements were also revealed by looking at infra-red images which show up underground of  building.  The US Egyptologist Sarah Parcak's team  analysed images from satellites orbiting 700km above the earth, equipped with cameras so powerful they can pin-point objects less than 1m in diameter on the earth's surface. The Infra-red imaging was used to highlight different materials under the surface of Earth.

SENSITIVE SKIN FOR ROBOTS | Robots with sensitive skin

      The Technical University of Munich (TUM) Scientist, Germany are developing a synthetic (sensitive) skin for robots with a similar to as that of  human skin.  The synthetic skin will provide important tactile information to the robot and thus supplement its perception formed by camara eyes, infrared scanners and gripping hands.  As with human skin, the way artificial skin is touched could, for example, lead to a spontaneous retreat (when  the robot hits an object) or cause the machine to use its eyes for the first time to search for the source of contact.  Such behaviour is expecially important for robotic helpers of people travelling in constantly changing environments. 

    The centrepiece of the new robotic shell is  a five square cm hexagonal plate or circuit board.  Each small circuit board ccontains four infrared sensors that detect anything closer than one cm. "This sensor can register pressure ranging form a firm pinch between your thumb and forefinger to twice the pressure exerted by an elephant standing on one foot.

FOLDABLE TWIN-SEATER SPORT PLANE | The Foldable Sport Plane

     Foldable twin seater sport plane.  A prototype of the American light weight-sport aircraft, which is being tested for the past 3 years, is likely to enter the production  in the second quarter of 2012.  The two-seater ICON A5 is being developed by California-based Icon Aircraft.  Its wings can be folded easily from the cockpit in under five minutes while on water or land.  The financing was led by investors Satyen Patel and Bart Becht, who have expertise in building consumer product companies. 

APPLE WORLD'S MOST VALUED BRAND | Most valued brand in the world-Apple.

    According to the 'social brand value' ranking, Apple, maker of the iPhone, iPad and iMac, overtook search-engine giant Google to become the most valuable brand in the World.  Apple's brand value raised 84% in the past year to $153.3 billion.  Google's brand decreased 2% to $111.5 billion, ending four years atop the rankings.  

        Twelve of the top 100 global brands were from China, led by China Mobile at No. 9 and Industrial & Commercial Bank of China at No. 11.  Azamon.com, which ranked 14th, overtook Wal-Mart Stores, which ranked 15th, to become the most-valuable retail brand.  Microsoft slipped to third place for this result. 

MOON YOUNGER BY 200M YRS | Moon Is Younger Than our Thought

    The latest issue about Nature says, the moon is billion years old, up to million years younger than thought.  The estimate comes from a new dating of isotopes of lead and neodymium found in samples of ferroan anorthosite,  a crustal rock that derives from magma.  Moons age is more than 200 Million Years.  A common theory for the origin of the moon is that it was created by an impact between a large planet-sized object and the nascent earth. The molten material, or magma, that was ejected from this giant collision progressively cooled, hardening into earth's rocky, barren and airless satellite.  This extraordinarily young age of this lunar sample means that the moon solidified significantly later than previous estimates.

CHINA Launches PAK Satelllite (PAKSAT-1R) | Pakistan's First Communication Satellite Launched By CHINA

     CHINA Launches a Satellite for Pakistan on August 12. It is the Pakistan's first communications satellite 'PAKSAT-1R'. It launches from a sprawling launch centre in western Sichual province, marking a deepening in technological cooperation between the close allies and a millestone for the country's fast-growing commercial satellite industry.     

   

   The satellite (PAKSAT-1R) has a design life of 15 years and will provide TV broadcasting, Internet and other  data communication services across South and Central Asia, Eastern Europe, East Africa and the Far East.     

    The satellite  will reach a circular orbit about 22,300 miles above the equator in the coming weeks.   PakSat 1R will enter service after testing of its engineering systems and communications system payload.

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A TINY CHIP (plastic) Tests Blood, Detects HIV in 15min | The Tiny Chip Used to Detects HIV

         The new Technology.The Scientists of Columbia University in New York,  have developed a portable blood test device, Called mChip (plastic chip), which costs only $1 and looks like a debit card.  The mChip has returned a 95% accuracy for HIV and 76% for detecting syphilis. 


         The mChip uses optics to read fluids by taking a single pin-prick of blood.  It contains 10 detection zones which the blood passes through and then returns a positive or negative result in about 15 minutes.  The result is presented in a simple color-coded manner like pregnancy test, making it easy to use and understand. It has already been authorized for use in Europe. 

GAGARIN MINI-SATELLITE (KEDR) LAUNCHED | Russian Mini-Satellite Will Honor Yuri Gagarin

     Gagarin mini satellite (Kedr) Launched.  Two Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev on Aug 4 completed its marathon space-walk in which they launched by a students. The mini-satellite is also dedicated to Yuri Gagarin to honour the  50th anniversary of man's first flight on Moon (April 12, 1961).  The toaster-like simple mini-satellite called Kedr (Cedar) was designed to transmit Gagarin's message of global harmony by airing greetings in more than a dozen languages and relay images of Earth and telemetry data to amateur radio enthusiasts.

MICRO ROBOT that can walk on water | LATEST TECHNOLOGY ROBOT

           Robot walking on water.  An international Team (group) of scientists claim to have developed an Micro robot which can walk on water.  This type of  robot mimics the amazing water-walking abilities of water strider the long-legged insect that scoots across the surface of ponds, lakes, rivers and other waterways. 
          The micro-robot incorporates improvements of previous devices of this kind that position it as a prime candidate for military spy missions, water pollution monitoring, and other applications.  The robot can walk on water because of its highly water repellent legs, says the team.  The scientists describe progress on a new robot, with a body about the size of quarter; 10 water-repellent, wire legs; and two movable, oar-like legs - propelled by two miniature motors. It is one of the useful innovation in this field.

RUSSIAN CARGO SPACECRAFT CRASHES IN KAZAKHSTAN | SPACECRAFT CRASHES

    Russian cargo spacecraft crashes in Kazakhstan.  An  unmanned progress M-12M Russian Cargo spacecraft carried by Soyuz-U rocket, carrying food, water, fuel and experiments to the International Space Station crashed in Siberia 45 minutes after takeoff from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan on August 24,.  The accident will push back planned launches to the ISS.

Our EARTH has 8.7mn species | Species on Earth

     Our Earth has 8.7mn species.  A group of researchers from Canada's dalhousie University has estimated that 8.7 million species exist on Earth.  It is very dangerous.  Until now, the number of world's species, as estimated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ranged from 3 million to 100 million.  The researchers, however, say 86% of all terrestrial species and 91% of all marine species are yet to be discovered, described and cataloged and other species are did not discovered.

A RIVER found 13,000ft below the AMAZON | A New River Found In AMAZON

    A long river found below the amazon.   Scientists led by an Indian-origin researcher Dr Valiya Hamza, have discovered a huge underground river which they believe is flowing some 13,100feet beneath the mighty Amazon River in Brazil. It is one of the biggest river.   They believe the  river is about 6,000 km long, about the same length as the amazon on the surface. What a amazing river.