Month: June 2014

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Malaysia Airlines flight #MH370 – mysterious underwater sound could be linked to missing plane – an annotated infographic

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While it has been deemed unlikely that the deep-sea pings picked up by search teams in April originated from the black boxes of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, a new sound has now piqued the curiosity of Australian researchers. The researchers have released data about an underwater sound that could possibly be linked to the final moments of the missing jetliner. A broad rectangular area in the Indian Ocean, some distance north of the previous search areas, has been outlined as the location of a “loud thump” sound recorded by undersea receivers. The sound was captured around the time that the … Continue reading Malaysia Airlines flight #MH370 – mysterious underwater sound could be linked to missing plane – an annotated infographic

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#WorldCup2014 – fabulous facts and figures to fox friends and family – an annotated infographic

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Some fun facts and figures for you today from the World Cup 2014, to help bring out the inner John ‘Motty’ Motson in all of us. What is the total number of players going to the tournament this year? Which country has the youngest average age team? Which the oldest? How tall is England goalkeeper Fraser Forster? Who only needs two more goals to beat Brazil striker Ronaldo’s all-time World Cup scoring record? How many goals will that be? All these answers and more on today’s super soaraway World Cup infographic! Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading #WorldCup2014 – fabulous facts and figures to fox friends and family – an annotated infographic

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#WorldCup2014 – 10 iconic World Cup moments, celebrated in pictures – an annotated infographic

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This is it. The final few football-free days. For those fans bursting for the World Cup 2014 tournament to kick off, it’s three interminable, pointless, torturous days. For everyone else wholly indifferent to the World Cup’s charms, these are the final days of peace and quiet. Today’s infographic celebrates 10 iconic moments from past World Cup tournaments. All the classics are here: they think it’s all over, the Hand of God, Pavarotti, Pele, Zidane and the debut of the Jules Rimet trophy, awarded to Uruguay on beating Argentina. It struck us earlier this week how small the Jules Rimet trophy … Continue reading #WorldCup2014 – 10 iconic World Cup moments, celebrated in pictures – an annotated infographic

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Smart tags: how 1980s industry braced itself for the distributed memory revolution

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Contactless electronic identification is something we take for granted now. When Peter Hewkin of Scientific Generics wrote about the subject for E&T’s predecessor magazine IEE Review in June 1989 the idea of using data-storage badges to keep track of people, animals or car bodies on a large-scale basis was an exciting and potentially revolutionary prospect. Read what Hewkin had to say about smart tags and the distrubuted memory revolution in this article from our archive. Continue reading Smart tags: how 1980s industry braced itself for the distributed memory revolution

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#Google Android Wear smartwatch news – wearable technology continues apace – an annotated infographic

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Ahead of Google’s annual techfest shindig, Google I/O, later this month, we hear tell of something called Android Wear, the operating system of the company’s smartwatch. Google is expected to demonstrate the Android Wear smartwatch OS at the technology conference in San Francisco. Working closely with technology partner Motorola – which already has its own smartwatch, the Moto 360 – the Android Wear smartwatch is expected to do all the hip tricks, like voice control, touch screen, messaging, internet browsing, changeable fascias. Funny how there’s no mention of its timekeeping abilities! Naturally, there can be no discussion of a Google … Continue reading #Google Android Wear smartwatch news – wearable technology continues apace – an annotated infographic

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#DDay landings, the 70th anniversary – details of the big day in 1944 – an annotated infographic

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Today is the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings, a seismic event in World War II that turned the tide (figuratively, at least) of the war in favour of the Allies. Today, heads of state including Queen Elizabeth II, US President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel will attend the official 70th anniversary of the invasion. The event will take place in the British sector at the Channel port of Ouistreham on Sword Beach. Meticulously planned for three years and miraculously kept an extremely strict secret, the storming of the Normandy beaches by thousands of … Continue reading #DDay landings, the 70th anniversary – details of the big day in 1944 – an annotated infographic

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#WorldCup2014 – Brazil’s Maracana stadium ready for the big kick-off – an annotated infographic

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As excitement mounts daily in the build-up to the 2014 World Cup – don’t try and deny it, you know it’s mounting daily – today we look at Brazil’s famous Maracana stadium. Built as the flagship venue for the 1950 World Cup (which Brazil won, Pele enjoyed himself), Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Maracana Stadium has undergone a huge redevelopment in preparation for being the host venue for the World Cup Final. With a capacity of 78,000 bums on the new blue and yellow seats (which with the green of the pitch represent the colours of the Brazilian flag), the Maracana … Continue reading #WorldCup2014 – Brazil’s Maracana stadium ready for the big kick-off – an annotated infographic

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Farewell, curvaceous Amby! As Hindustan Motors ends production of India’s iconic #Ambassador, our Bangalore blogger reflects

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As E&T news reported last week, Indian car-maker Hindustan Motors has announced the end of production of the Ambassador, India’s trademark vehicle which has barely changed since its introduction in 1958. Hindustan Motos said weak demand and financial difficulties had been the main reason behind the decision. The Ambassador, though now considered completely Indian, was modelled on the Morris Oxford III manufactured by Morris Motors, an Oxford-based company, between 1956 and 1959. The brand’s decline can be traced back to the 1980s when global automakers started setting up dealerships in India, offering cars with advanced design and better technology. Kavitha … Continue reading Farewell, curvaceous Amby! As Hindustan Motors ends production of India’s iconic #Ambassador, our Bangalore blogger reflects

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#Google debuts self-driving cars – electric two-seater prototype to hit the roads within a year – an annotated infographic

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The world got a little bit stranger recently, as the hitherto science-fiction dream of driverless cars cruised closer to reality with the announcement by Google that it is building a self-driving car with no steering wheel, no brake and no accelerator pedals – just buttons for go and stop. You can’t simplify the driving experience much bey0nd this. That’s the bare essentials right there. The electric-powered two-seater will have a top speed of 25mph. The car will not be sold publicly, but Google hopes to build 100 prototypes and use them in a “pilot programme”. Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, … Continue reading #Google debuts self-driving cars – electric two-seater prototype to hit the roads within a year – an annotated infographic