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Every year there are more than 82 millions phones are damaged after being dropped down the toilet, swimming pools or lost it anywhere. Many waterproof handsets have been released every year to solve this problem. But Comet releases its new handset with IPx7 water-resistant which is designed to float on the water. Comet was designed by California-based Prashanth Raj Urs who has launched an Indiegogo campaign to fund production of the device. Comet has a 4.7-inch screen, 16MP camera and runs Android. It additionally has LED notification lights, similar to those on the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. It comes with 4GB of RAM, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, 2GHZ octa-core Processor and a 2800 mAh battery said to last a 'full day of work, party and excitement. It also uses biometric sensors to detect a person's body temperature to gauge how happy they are. The LED lights will display different colours to suit these different moods. As per the reports Comet smartphone floats ...

Facebook today launched its digital assistant named “M” for US users of its Messenger application, ramping up the social network’s efforts in artificial intelligence. For users of the messaging platform, M will pop up and suggest “helpful actions” in the chat window. The move is seen as the first step in a broader launch of the digital assistant to compete against services from google,Amazon, microsoft,samsung,which is launching its new assistant with its newest smartphone. M uses artificial intelligence and “suggests relevant actions to help manage conversations or help get things done,” Facebook product managers Laurent Landowski and Kemal El Moujahid said in a blog post. “We are bringing the power of M’s AI technology to support and enhance the Messenger experience and make it more useful, personal and seamless.” With M, Facebook Messenger users can simplify tasks such as sending money to friends, sharing location or obtaining a ride-share. Facebook, which has i...

Sugarcane can be genetically engineered to produce oil in its leaves and stems for biodiesel production, scientists, including one of Indian origin, have found. The modified sugarcane plants also produce more sugar, which could be used for ethanol production, researchers said.The dual-purpose bioenergy crops are predicted to be more than five times more profitable per acre than soybeans and two times more profitable than corn, they said. Using a juicer, researchers led by the University of Illinois in the US extracted about 90 per cent of the sugar and 60 per cent of the oil from the plant. The juice was fermented to produce ethanol and later treated with organic solvents to recover the oil. The team has patented the method used to separate the oil and sugar. They recovered 0.5 and 0.8 per cent oil from two of the modified sugarcane lines, which is 67 per cent and 167 per cent more oil than unmodified sugarcane, respectively. “The oil composition is comparable to that obtained fr...

GooglePixel 2’s code names have been spotted online, this time by andriod p olice, which reports that ‘muskie’ and ‘walleye’ is what the search giant has picked for 2017’s Pixel smartphones. According to the report on Android Police, the code names were spotted in the Android Open Source Project. The report adds the names were seen thanks to Google’s Tree Hugger, which is the automated update bot. The reports for target changes by Tree Hugger have mention of ‘muskie’ and ‘walleye.’ The two phones are likely the normal-sized version of the Pixel 2 series, and will maintain the 5-inch and 5.5-inch display. Other leaks have also indicated a Google Pixel, which is code named Taimen and will be much, much bigger in size. An earlier report on Droid-Life also spoke about how ‘muskie’ and ‘walleye’ are the code names for the two phones, but ‘Taimen’ appears to be a much bigger version of the phone. Google has already confirmed it will be working on a Pixel 2, which was given of ...

An amateur inventor in the UK has built an Iron Man-like jet engine-powered exoskeleton suit that enables him to hover in the air like a superhero. The futuristic ensemble consists of three sets of miniature jet engines attached to the arms and the back. Richard Browning, a 38-year-old oil trader, had been secretly experimenting in his garage for 18 months, before he figured out the optimal number and position of the jet engines that allows him to fly with a minimal amount of equipment “The human body is very good at being trained to do specific things, and it’s a useful structure, and the human mind is a pretty amazing machine,” Browning said.”So, we had this idea – rather than go and rely on aluminium structures to build the machine, rely on gyros and computers in order to achieve stability, why not rely on the human machine, keep it as raw and original as possible?” he said. Piloting the device takes quite a lot of personal strength and body coordination, said Browning. The...

The company had replaced its popular Magsafe charging system in the new MacBook Pro lineup with standard USB Type-C charging When Apple unveiled the new  MacBook Pros  last year, they removed one feature that was really popular with users, the  MagSafe connector . The connector was designed to safely detach from the laptop in case the cord was accidently yanked out. In its place, the new MacBooks use standard USB Type-C ports for charging. However, a new patent by Apple suggests that the company may be working on a MagSafe to USB Type-C adapter that will allow users to charge their devices with their MagSafe charger. T he patent  was filed in January last year and is described as allowing “MagSafe chargers to be used to charge devices having Universal Serial Bus Type-C connector receptacle. This also may provide the breakaway characteristic of a MagSafe connector system for a device that does not have a MagSafe connector receptacle.” However, it should b...

The Commander of the US Air Force’s Air Mobility Command wants to develop “Star Trek” electronic cloaking technologies to protect military aircraft. General Carlton Everhart has called for Silicon Valley technology companies, specialists at the Pentagon’s new innovation office and the wider defense industry to build something capable of altering a plane’s radar image, to either hide it completely or trick the system into thinking it’s in an entirely different location. One of Air Mobility Command’s responsibilities is refuelling US armed forces aircraft in mid-air. General Everhart says he’d like to see both brand new and bulkier, first-generation Air Mobility Command aircraft receive the treatment, which he believes will have the dual-benefit of also keeping fighter jets hidden from enemies. I’ve got airplanes with big fat bodies and long wings,” General Everhart told bloomberg “I’ve got first-generation tankers refuelling fifth-gen fighters. The enemy doesn’t have to lo...

The first extended public trial of a driverless shuttle bus is being carried out in London.As part of the trial, about 100 people will travel in a prototype shuttle on a route in Greenwich over the next three weeks. The computer-controlled vehicle travels just over 16 kilometres per hour. It can seat four people and has no steering wheel or brake pedal.However, there will be a trained person on board who can stop the shuttle if required during the tests. Officials behind the project believe the shuttles could improve transport links in Greenwich.Passengers could begin using the system by 2019 on a trial basis and it may eventually be rolled out We hope to gain acceptance from members of the public for vehicles sharing this kind of space with them,” said Graeme Smith, chief executive at Oxbotica, which developed the technology behind the shuttle.During the trial, five cameras and three lasers will help the shuttle navigate a two-mile riverside path near London’s O2 Arena. ...

Samsung's elusive folding smartphone could finally see the light of day in summer 2017 in a handful of trial markets, according to a Chinese Twitter account (@mmddj_china) specialising in Samsung-related leaks. In the Samsung calendar, the folding phone would land well after the launch of the Galaxy S8 (from April 21) but before the Galaxy Note 8 (expected this fall). For months, specialist Samsung news websites have been talking about patents reportedly filed by the manufacturer at the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), hinting at a possible design for the firm's future folding smartphone. Such a device has supposedly been in the pipeline at Samsung for years, ever since the firm showed off its first flexible plastic screen prototypes at CES, Las Vegas (USA) in 2011. One of the leaked patents features an original hinge system for folding the smartphone in half, echoing old-school flip phones but with a large display spanning the phone's front fac...

A recently discovered vulnerability in a Wi-Fi chipset could be exploited to take over devices without users’ knowledge. A Google researcher publicly disclosed the bug in  a blog post  this week, which accompanied news from both Apple and Google that they’re patching devices in response. In his post and as detailed by  Ars Technica , Gal Beniamini demonstrates how he exploited a Wi-Fi SoC manufactured by Broadcom to execute malicious code by solely being within the same Wi-Fi range of the targeted phone. No user interaction is required. This attack is slightly terrifying because the chipset hardware is baked into lots of phones, including the Nexus 5, 6, and 6P, as well as most Samsung flagship devices and all iPhones since the iPhone 4. On the bright side: Broadcom is being responsive to Beniamini and is working with him to mitigate the issue going forward. Apple also already patched the bug with  the release  of iOS 10.3.1 on Monday, and Google patched i...

If you’re not too keen on waiting for the next Patch Tuesday to get your hands on  Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update , you can manually install the new version of the OS through the company’s website. Microsoft  announced last week  in a blog post that it would make the update available as a manual upgrade about a week prior to the official release, and it’s made good on the promise by enabling it through the Windows 10 Update Assistant.  Go here  to download Assistant if you don’t already have it, and follow the instructions to update to version 1703. The update has been available for more than a week now to members of the Insider Program, but this is the first time it’s available in an official capacity for users who are running a non-beta version of Windows 10. So if you’re no longer interested in continuously receiving automatic updates to new test versions of Windows 10, you can disable that feature in the settings panel and enjoy the Cr...

Malware has been discovered preinstalled on 36 Android phones belonging to two companies, security software maker Check Point reported on Friday. "In all instances, the malware was not downloaded to the device as a result of the users' use -- it arrived with it," noted Oren Koriat, a member of Check Point's Mobile Research Team. The malicious apps on the phones of a telecommunications company and a multinational technology business were not part of the official ROM supplied by the vendor, he explained. They were added somewhere along the supply chain. Six of the malware instances were added by a malicious actor to the device's ROM using system privileges, meaning they couldn't be removed by the user and the device had to be re-flashed, Koriat added. Most of the preinstalled malware consisted of information stealers and rough ad networks, he said. Included in the malicious software array was Slocker, a mobile ransomware program that encrypts all the...

Red Hat on Monday announced a new Application Platform Partner Initiative at its North America Partner Conference in Las Vegas. The goal is to provide a more robust ecosystem for companies engaging in digital transformation. The company has started conducting tests in a pilot program with a small number of solutions-oriented consulting partners in North America. "We are planning to engage with a small group of partners during the pilot phase -- aiming for approximately one to two dozen partners," said Red Hat spokesperson Daniel Thompson. "There isn't a set timeframe for the pilot phase," he told LinuxInsider. "The objective is to work closely with these partners to get the program up and running and then scale it globally from there." Consulting Play The consulting partners -- Exadel, OSI Consulting, Vizuri, Levell and others -- are working with Red Hat to provide a range of sales, marketing and delivery services around several of the co...

When one side or the other in a political debate refused to accept a decision, it used to be simply annoying, but lately it has become dangerous to business and to the economy. The current administration's "next move to deregulate broadband internet service companies would be to jettison the Obama administration's net neutrality rules, which were intended to safeguard free expression online," Steve Lohrmarch wrote in a New York Times article published last week. That's something every reader has an interest in. Consumer Protection The Federal Communications Commission implemented the rules in 2015 to preserve the open Internet and to prevent a two-tier system in which companies that could afford it could pay extra for fast lanes to deliver their content, while others would be stuck using a slower service. At issue is how you classify broadband Internet providers like Verizon, AT&T, Comcast and Charter, among others. Historically, companies like th...

If you've begun to tinker with your desktop Linux terminal, you may be ready to take a deeper dive. You're no longer put off by references to "terminal," "command line" or "shell," and you have a grasp of how files are organized. You can distinguish between a command, an option and an argument. You've begun navigating your system. Now what? Make It So File manipulation -- that is, allowing users to traverse the directory structure and interact with its contents -- lies at the heart of Linux. There is a sizable arsenal of tools at your disposal. With the "mkdir" command, you can make new directories. The program takes one argument, which is a path ending with the name of the directory to be created. $ mkdir new_directory One nice thing about "mkdir" is that should you specify a directory that already exists, it won't overwrite the original. Similarly, the "touch" command, taking a path to a file...

Zunum Aero, a startup backed by Boeing and JetBlue, on Wednesday announced that it was developing regional hybrid-electric aircraft with backing from Boeing's HorizonX innovation cell and JetBlue Technology Ventures. The planes, which will have 10 to 50 seats, are scheduled for launch in the early 2020s. Zunum is three years into development. With its regional aircraft, Zunum aims to democratize access to fast, affordable travel over distances of 700 miles at launch, to more than 1,000 miles by 2030. Among the many advantages hybrid aircraft will offer, according to Zunum, are the following: Decrease door-to-door travel times on busy corridors by 40 percent and cut travel time on less-trafficked corridors by 80 percent; Sharply reduce operating costs, enabling ticket prices 40-80 percent below current fares; Cut emissions by 80 percent, falling to zero over time as battery densities improve; and Cut community noise 75 percent, enabling all-hours access to smaller ai...

NVIDIA, which specializes in video card manufacturing, introduced the next-generation Jetson platform, which is designed to help manufacturers integrate artificial intelligence into their devices. According to the manufacturer, Jetson TX2 is twice as productive as its predecessor, TX1, and also consumes less power. Jetson TX2 is based on the Pascal GPU and received two 64-bit 4-core ARM-processors. The board received 8 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage. The platform also has a built-in Wi-Fi, gigabit Ethernet and Bluetooth. Dimensions Jetson TX2 87? 50 mm and they can compare with the magnitude of a bank card. The main task of Jetson TX2 is to actively promote neural networks in everyday life, because you can embed the platform in any device: from robots to personal gadgets. In addition to5 TX2, the company also talked about the updated version of the SDK – JetPack 3.0, for managing the platforms of the Jetson family. The new version contains tools for managing artificial intelligenc...

The New York Architectural Bureau Clouds Architecture Office shared plans for the most incredible architectural project of the last time: a skyscraper that will literally hang from the sky and is built on an asteroid that hangs in orbit. That is, his first floor will be in space, and the roof on the Earth. The building will be called the Analemma Tower, and architects suggest building it over Dubai, where real estate is 15 times cheaper than in New York. The assembled modules will be lifted from the Earth, fastened to the expandable base of the tower, which will be attached to the asteroid by cables. “Since the new typology of the tower is literally suspended in the air, it can be collected anywhere, and then transported to the place intended for it,” the architects say. According to them, the management of asteroids is no longer a fantasy, and NASA has already planned a mission to manage the asteroid in 2012. The Analemma Tower itself will follow a trajectory reminiscent of ...

Every year, there are several phone concepts that make us admire them and dream,so that hold such a technique in the hands of. Of course, this is not always possible, because many concepts are so bold that they can not be launched into mass production in the next few years. For example: Alienware Android Phone Perfect smartphone for gamers. Despite its interesting appearance and impressive characteristics, it is unlikely that it will someday be put into production. Through the glass There was a large number of new products associated with the use of glass – a completely transparent screen or keyboard is completely transparent, or generally completely transparent phone. Naturally, the glass is not chosen as usual,special glass are used to create new devices. It is not yet clear if this will be convenient, but it is a dream that can become a reality. Transformers To call someone or take a call, you do not need to have a huge screen. And with a small screen t...

Chinese, accustomed to delight the general public with unusual inventions, again surprised the public. This time the designers presented a unique electric car called Nio Eve. What is remarkable, it is completely self-governing. Engineers sought to make the new concept as convenient as possible for the driver and passengers. The machine of the future is equipped with an intelligent assistant NOMI, which is a full-fledged artificial intelligence. He is able not only to make decisions in difficult traffic situations, representing a kind of autopilot, but also understands the driver’s commands, can communicate with passengers. Incidentally, in the salon Nio Eve, more like a comfortable living room, can accommodate six. We can not but mention the sliding doors that facilitate access to the car, as well as unique chairs that can easily be transformed into comfortable mini-sofas. The highlight of the exterior of the concept was a wide windshield, smoothly turning into a panoramic roo...

We’ve almost got used to the idea of driverless cars before we’ve even seen one on the roads. The truth is, you might well see a lot more driverless trucks – after all, logistics make the world go round. They’ll be cheaper to run than regular rigs, driving more smoothly and so using less fuel. Computers never get tired or need comfort breaks, so they’ll run longer routes. And they could drive in convoys, nose-to-tail, to minimise wind resistance. Companies like Mercedes and Peloton are already exploring these possibilities, and if the promised gains materialise, freight companies could upgrade entire fleets overnight. On the downside, it could put drivers instantly out of work, and even staff at the truck stops set up to service them, but many companies have said the trucks will still need a human passenger to ensure their cargo is safe.

WhatsApp, a messaging platform with over one billion users, is reportedly set to launch person-to-person payments in its largest market soon. The Facebook-owned firm hopes to get digital transactions off the ground in India in the next six months, according to The Ken (via Reuters ). WhatsApp counts 200 million users in the country. Further backing up the claim is a job posting for a Digital Transactions Lead, India on the WhatsApp website . When asked about its plans for digital payments, including launching in India and elsewhere eventually, WhatsApp sent us the following statement: "India is an important country for WhatsApp, and we're understanding how we can contribute more to the vision of Digital India," a WhatsApp spokesperson said. "We're exploring how we might work with companies that share this vision and continuing to listen closely to feedback from our users." No details on how exactly these exchanges work were revealed, but since Fa...

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Tuesday it would roll out a mobile YouTube application designed for India, boosting the search company's presence in a burgeoning market with spotty Internet access. Since the fall, Google has been conducting extensive tests in India of YouTube Go, which allows users to save videos to watch offline and monitor their data use. A beta version of the app has been released in the Google Play Store in India, and will be released in other emerging markets later, company executives said in an interview. Youtube go on andriod Google-owned YouTube will now let users download videos through its recently-launched YouTube Go app. The app is available for download from the Google Play Store, but is rolling out to limited users based on early access programme. YouTube Go allows downloading of videos directly to the smartphone's internal memory or the microSD card for offline viewing. While the app works similarly to YouTube's primary app, it p...