Google and Motorola are working on a smartphone to rival the iPhone

Over the years, the iPhone from Apple and Samsung's Galaxy smartphones have become the best known devices of the phone market mobile terminal and currently no other has been able to compete with them. This could change as Google along with Motorola are working on a mobile to rival the rest of the market, including with top level competitors iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Recall that Google already has experience in the development of mobile phones and mobile devices, so for them there is a new market.
For now, the new device is known as the X Phone. It is said that it will be a very powerful phone with a camera and software for photos, but also have a flexible screen and outer ceramic. It speaks well of course X Tablet to be released sometime next year, although the data are about zero.
What Google and Motorola will bring up to? Let's wait a bit to see.

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RIM: end of fall or will stand?

In about five weeks, the world will see if one of the giants of the market for mobile phones in the last two decades does stand or fall finish after having encountered a couple of years ago. The phones of RIM have not been what many expected and its technology has been somewhat "short", and while the company still has some loyal followers, the BlackBerry market share has plummeted since the arrival of iOS and Android. Many complained when RIM announced that BB10 would be launched only in 2013, but what if the wait really worth it? If the company takes the time to make your new platform to work properly, then it could be the rope that will pull the pit in which they find themselves.
It's easy to say that iOS and Android BlackBerry crushed, but certainly we all like good returns and RIM may have chosen a perfect time to return. It will be the only company to introduce a new platform in the first quarter of 2013 and it seems that many are willing to give the manufacturer a new opportunity.
Another point is also key to the victory possible RIM: international sales. The market U.S., UK, China and Japan is large, but we must not forget the rest of the world's countries and continents like Africa where RIM devices still continue to sell quite well. Perhaps RIM fails to conquer the few large markets, but you can still try to conquer the hundreds of small markets.
As noted above, in only five weeks we'll know.

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Pants with special pocket for future smartphone included

The smartphones are becoming classic obsolete mobile phones in the same way that a current mobile phone makes it incredibly bulky classic cable, is inevitable. What remains to be seen is how much new technology affects other non-technological elements that surround us. For example, you might add a smartphone labor costs to the list of items you carry in his pockets with wallet, keys, etc.. That is why they are starting to appear clothing designs than a decade ago seem absurd but today these pants make sense as:

Basically it is pretty classic jeans but incorporate a pocket on the side with the idea that you can save some gadget, either a small or a modern mobile phone screen smartphone with 4 or 5 inches. The pocket opens forward as you can see in the photo, so you just have to do finger crimp and pull forward to get the mobile or resave. The only downside I see is that it seems to have a secure closure which can facilitate the loss or theft of the smartphone.

The official name of these pants is 'Social Replay Denim jeans' pocket and have called in a fun way as 'I/O Pocket' (input output pocket). Is offered for sale for a price of around 100 euros but not worldwide, however the important thing here is the concept itself and the fact that sooner or later begin to see in clothing stores all kinds of garments like this one designed to carry smartphones and perhaps even tablets.

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This is a real weapon 50Kw laser destroys airborne drone and steel sheets

The cinema has accustomed us to the future is filled with systems based on laser weapons, from guns to swords through guns. By now the twenty-first century can expect that these weapons become real, in this case the hand of this model Rheinnmetall German brand with a power of 50kW and an aspect (unromantic from the point of view of science fiction) like this:

The gun has been tested on a number of test objectives and, apparently, the result has been satisfactory.

In one of them was the laser cannon can rip holes through 15mm steel plate at a distance of 1km. Then, the computer system was able to detect the presence 3Km drone flying away at a speed of 50 meters per second. When approached 2Km drones laser cannon took action and shot down like mosquitoes.

 

The last test was based on a mortar casting metal balls moving in the air at 50 meters per second. In this case the system was able to detect the ball before it hit the ground and then calculate the mortar position from which it was launched to destroy.

It's not science fiction despite appearances, actually the same company already had similar patterns of less power (10kW) and is easy to foresee that other higher end manufacturing more destructive capacity and a longer range of action. In fact this technology may make obsolete much of the current weapons including tanks, guns on ships, aircraft armament and perhaps Death Stars.

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What is the most corrupt government in the world?

Occasionally we include in the occasional blog article that has no direct relationship with technology, but in this case maybe it has it indirectly. Specifically it is a study by Transparency International that gives a score to each country in the world according to their level of corruption. The points to be taken into account to assess each country are cases of bribery, speculation, nepotism and corruption and dirty dealings in the public sector.


The end result may not surprise many, but I think the results in the country where I live are really optimistic. Yet you get the big picture and you realize something important: the first world countries, the richest and most prosperous have lower levels of corruption, just the opposite in the third world countries. The main problem is that the only ones who can remove corruption in a country are corrupt governing them, so it's a bottomless pit right? If your country does not appear in the graphics still look complete ranking in the world rankings by country here.

 

 

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Ultrathin solar panels that are installed as a sticker

This is one of those inventions that may change the way you see the tech world around you: flexible solar panels that can stick to any smooth surface like a vulgar sticker. Thanks to Stanford University may be able to get electricity from sunlight hitting just one of these fine panels to a window or directly in the case of your mobile phone.

Until now, traditional solar panels were difficult to install, besides being too thick to incorporate them theoretically portable gadgets that you carry in your pocket. Thanks to this new generation of panels this problem is solved and also has the advantage that you could even attach them to devices and objects with irregular surfaces. Beyond that, the technology used could also be applied to make electronic circuits and even flexible LCD screens that may contribute to future smartphones, computers or e-book readers you can stick on the wall of your room or carry rolled as a newspaper

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The new NASA space suit

 

There are already official pictures of what the new spacesuit that NASA has recently finished testing, and it is likely that it is inspired by the character Buzz Lightyear from the Toy Story movies. The suit is called Z-1 and its prototype testing ended earlier this month.
The main objective of this new space suit is to give the astronauts more mobility and continue providing the same (or maybe better) protection provided spacesuits we all know.
In the video below we see two staff members talking about the space agency one of the prototypes of the Z-1.

What do you think about the new spacesuit that NASA developed for astronauts?

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Skyway, emergency jets for the future

The designer Daniel Dobrogorsky like that in the future no matter much where you are, a doctor can get to you quickly. How would this be possible if the nearest doctor is too far? Then using a jet as the Skyway obviously.
While today there are medical helicopters as Life Flight, the Skyway is on another level. It only seems to be a more advanced vehicle, but is also likely to be faster, allowing you to reach the patient in less time.
Skyway rider course you'll have to be a caregiver trained in both professions. At best it can be transported to a patient at a time in case the necessary transport. There is also a compartment where the paramedic can place your equipment and instruments if it need them.
The video below speaks for itself:

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