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Siri co-creator is working on a virtual assistant capable of anything

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">There's no question that Apple's </span>virtual assistant<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;"> comes in handy when you </span>need information quickly<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">. And now, one of Siri's creators is working on a more advanced form of AI that goes far beyond the current iPhone option. Viv Labs says its personal assistant will possess a limitless tool set because the software can teach itself. This means that in addition to the regular ol' search, the artificial intelligence will also be able to perform tasks like booking reservations based on openings in your schedule and more. "Siri is chapter one of a much longer, bigger story," Dag Kittlaus, Viv's co-founder who also worked on Apple's assistant, tells </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;"><a href="http://www.wired.com/2014/08/viv/" style="color: #3399cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Wired</a>. </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">Bypassing the need for coders (and constraints), Viv generates its own program to answer queries and complete tasks in seconds. Once the system is "trained" to understand the vocabulary of a subject, the company aims to sort through loads of data to not only lend a hand, but anticipate what we'll need next.</span></span><br />
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Siri co-creator is working on a virtual assistant capable of anything

There's no question that Apple's virtual assistant comes in handy when you need information quickly . And now, one of Siri...

These Robotic Suits Give You Super Strength

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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ever since I watched <em>Iron Man</em> for the first time back when 
it first came out, I have been waiting for the day when the world took 
its cue from Tony Stark and built a suit worthy of the Marvel hero. 
While robotic suits and exoskeletons have been talked about for a long 
time, especially in conjunction with military warfare, we really don’t 
see many people regularly using them in day to day life. But some of the
 Daewoo shipyards in South Korea have been using robotic suits for a while, and it’s really helping their worker’s productivity.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As long as a worker is between 63 and 73 inches tall, they can wear a
 robotic exoskeleton that enhances their own strength to grant them 
super strength. The suit itself weighs around 60 pounds, and is 
comprised of hydraulics, carbon, steel, and aluminum alloy. As long as 
someone is wearing the suit, they can lift an additional 70 pounds with 
no added difficulty. In a lofty goal, it is hoped the suits will be able
 to lift up to 200 pounds sometime in the days to come.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">These suits will power up a worker for 3 hours before they need to be
 recharged, which is obviously well short of an entire work day. Perhaps
 in the future they’ll be able to last a whole day before the batteries 
drain. But look at the bright side – for 3 hours, they’ve pretty well 
got an employee with super-strength. I wonder how many “human” hands one
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know your thoughts regarding this story in the comments section below!</span></span></div>
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These Robotic Suits Give You Super Strength

Ever since I watched Iron Man for the first time back when it first came out, I have been waiting for the day when the world took its ...

Man Dies Taking Selfie with Gun

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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">With the advent of <a href="http://www.instagram.com/" target="_blank" title="Instagram">Instagram</a>
 and Facebook, the word ‘selfies’ will probably make it into the newest 
edition of Webster’s Dictionary.  But when do selfies go too far? 
 Tragically, a 21 year old man from Mexico has died while taking a 
selfie.  How?  He tried to pose with a gun!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Oscar Otero Aguilar was having a night out with his friends, drinking
 and having a good time.  However, he decided that taking a selfie with a
 loaded gun would be a good idea, reports <a href="http://www.proceso.com.mx/" target="_blank" title="proceso">Proceso</a>, a Mexican news site.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Many of us have tried juggling food, drinks or even a friend while trying to take a self portrait for <a href="http://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>.  Unfortunately, for young Aguilar, he tried holding a loaded gun and his camera.  The gun went off.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Police were called by the neighbour who heard the gun go off.  He 
then rushed over to find Aguilar still alive; but by the time the police
 arrived, he was dead.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Omar Abner Campos Vives, one of Aguilar’s friends, was arrested while his other friend, ‘El Paco’, is on the run.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Even though there was an arrest, it appears the death was a fatal 
mistake.  The safety was not on and the gun was loaded.  Aguilar must 
have been unfamiliar with the safe use of firearms.  Of course those who
 know how to use firearms safely would probably never pose with one 
aimed at their head.  Even if it was unloaded.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Since the Oscars, selfies have gained momentum.  Since A-listers were
 caught on twitter posing for a selfie, people have adopted this new 
fad.  Phone companies are in a race to increase the mega-pixels on their
 front-facing cameras to make selfies more clear.</span></span></div>
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selfie, people should always be reminded that technology should never be
 abused.  There is no need to show off for a photo if it means your 
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Man Dies Taking Selfie with Gun

With the advent of Instagram and Facebook, the word ‘selfies’ will probably make it into the newest edition of Webster’s Dictionary. B...

Samsung Galaxy Alpha Looks An Awful Lot Like The iPhone‏

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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Samsung is nearing the launch of the Galaxy Alpha, the new high-end
 smartphone sitting just under the Galaxy S5. Rumors say it will arrive 
at the same time as the Galaxy Note 4, at IFA 2014, but others believe the smartphone will be announced before the event in Berlin.</span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Whatever the case, the Galaxy Alpha has been leaked enough times to 
get a good look at the design. If anyone thought Samsung was moving away
 from the Apple-like design, they were sadly wrong, with the Galaxy 
Alpha looking an awful lot like the iPhone 5S.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The metal accents look strikingly similar to the iPhone 5S, 
thankfully the front and the back make up for it. The camera is placed 
in the center, instead of the on the left like on the iPhone 5S. Samsung
 has also done a good job of trimming the bezels on the front of the 
device.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Samsung will add the same physical home button, alongside two 
capacitive keys, on the front of the Galaxy Alpha. The phone will not 
feature a fingerprint sensor like the Galaxy S5, nor will we see the 
heart-rate sensor on the back of the device.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Specifications peg the Galaxy Alpha a bit below the power of the 
Galaxy S5. The 1280 x 720 resolution display is not the best, although 
for a mid-range price we could see it working. The Galaxy Alpha does 
feature a 12MP camera and Exynos 5433, one of the most powerful chips on
 the market.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If Samsung manages to drop the price of the Galaxy Alpha down to 
something reasonable, we could see this being a contender for one of the
 best phones on the market. The design certainly steps up from the 
Galaxy S5 and the only downside appears to be the 720p display.</span></span><br />
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Samsung Galaxy Alpha Looks An Awful Lot Like The iPhone‏

Samsung is nearing the launch of the Galaxy Alpha, the new high-end smartphone sitting just under the Galaxy S5. Rumors say it will arriv...

Curiosity marks two years on Mars

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 is celebrating its second anniversary on Mars. On August 5, 2012 at 
10:31 pm PDT (August 6, 05:31 GMT), the unmanned spacecraft touched down
 at Bradbury Landing in Gale Crater on the start of a multi-year mission
 to seek out areas where life could or may once have existed, and is now
 preparing to carry on for a third year.</span></span></div>
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 As the largest, most advanced rover ever built, nothing like this had 
ever flown before and since the nearest garage was a hundred million 
miles away, the first months that Curiosity spent on Mars involved an 
array of system tests before it took it first tentative rolls across the
 Martian sands on its roundabout path to Mount Sharp.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Curiosity’s main mission was to find out if there are any places on 
Mars where life could have once existed – specifically, areas displaying
 minerals and geology that could have been produced by water. In this, 
Curiosity was very lucky. Bradbury Landing turned out to be very close 
to an ancient dried lake bed in an area named Yellowknife Bay. According
 to NASA, this lake bed may have been able to sustain microbial life 
billions of years ago because it contained all the general 
prerequisites; water, the right chemical elements, and a chemical source
 of energy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Before landing, we expected that we would need to drive much farther
 before answering that habitability question," says Curiosity Project 
Scientist John Grotzinger of the Caltech. "We were able to take 
advantage of landing very close to an ancient streambed and lake. Now we
 want to learn more about how environmental conditions on Mars evolved, 
and we know where to go to do that."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Compared to its first year, which was marked by many firsts, such as 
the first drilling operation on Mars, the first laser firing, and first 
UV night scans, Curiosity's second year on the Red Planet has been more 
routine. However, it hasn’t been without incident. In February, the 
rover cleared a dune
 that blocked its progress and in July it negotiated a detour around 
rocky terrain at Zabriskie Plateau. The latter was of particular concern
 because NASA has noticed that the six aluminum wheels that carry 
Curiosity are wearing faster than anticipated.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">NASA says that time is taking its toll on the computer systems as 
well with mission control nursing Curiosity’s two computers to make sure
 they both remain in proper working order. It had to switch to its B 
computer after the A computer started acting up, and in July the rover 
got a two-day holiday as technicians confirmed that the A computer could
 still act as a backup should the need arise.</span></span></div>
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 detected in the Martian atmosphere. Because methane is a key indicator 
of biological activity, this was a blow to chances of finding life on 
Mars today. Worse, it meant that other sources of methane are absent on 
Mars as well, which poses some head-scratching questions.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the plus side, Curiosity has been monitoring the radiation on the 
Martian surface as a prelude to manned expeditions. NASA says that 
though the levels are high, they are consistent with predictions.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Currently, Curiosity is making its way toward new areas of study 
about 2 miles (3.2 km) from its present position. It’s next stop is a 
rock outcrop called "Pahrump Hills,” which lies about 1 mile away on 
Zabriskie Plateau.</span></span></div>
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Curiosity marks two years on Mars

Break out the party hats – NASA’s Curiosity rover is celebrating its second anniversary on Mars. On August 5, 2012 at 10:31 pm PDT...

1,400-hp Hennessey Venom F5 guns for a 290-mph speed record

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 made good on the world record-level speeds Hennessey had been promising
 since before the car's 2010 introduction. The car set an unofficial world speed record
 of 270.49 mph (435.31 km/h). Lesser men might be content to take a long
 summer vacation after such a feat, but John Hennessey is busy preparing
 an even more powerful Venom to set a new record … and fend off any 
competition from the likes of Bugatti or Koenigsegg.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Venom F5 is billed as the official successor to the GT. The "F5" 
seems like simple alphanumeric nomenclature at first, but it has a 
deeper meaning to the boys in Texas – it's the strongest tornado rating 
in the Fujita scale, signifying a twister with winds between 261 to 318 
mph (420 to 512 km/h). Sounds like a fitting designation for a car built
 to land square in the middle of that speed range.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Koenigsigg's new One:1
 may have the marketing, but the 1,200-bhp Lotus Elise/Exige-based Venom
 GT beat it to the punch of a 1 hp/1 kilo weight ratio when it arrived 
on the scene at a 1,200-kg (2,685 lb) fighting weight. The Venom F5 is 
positioned to improve upon that ratio slightly, potentially packing more
 than 1,400 bhp in a package weighing less than 1,300 kg (2,866 lb). 
"F5" definitely sounds better than 1.0769: One, so we're glad Hennessey 
avoided that particular opportunity for oneupmanship over its Swedish 
competitor.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hennessey is still hard at work on the F5's powertrain, so those 
numbers are only soft estimates for now. The driveline will use 
beefed-up twin turbochargers, with fuel system and intercooler upgrades 
built to handle the extra boost. The longitudinally-mounted, rear-drive 
twin-turbo V8 will be mated to a new single-clutch paddle shift 
transmission with quickened shift times. Hennessey also plans to offer a
 standard H-pattern manual. A GPS-based stability/traction control 
system will help drivers in safely harnessing all the car's magnificent 
grunt.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.gizmag.com/1400-hp-hennessey-venom-f5/33242/pictures#2" target="_blank"><img alt="The Venom F5 includes mechanical and aerodynamic improvements over its GT predecessor" src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/hennesseyvenomf5-1.png" width="530" /></a></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"We learned a great deal during the development of the Venom GT in 
breaking the 270-mph barrier, and we bring that experience to this new 
design as we look toward raising the performance bar even higher," says 
company president and founder John Hennessey.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Aerodynamic improvements will help the F5 in reaching its speed and 
acceleration potential. Hennessey says that the car's drag coefficient 
will limbo below 0.4 (down from 0.44 on the Venom GT), while a 
combination of the body shape, underbody venturis, rear diffuser and 
retractable rear wing will develop plenty of downforce.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The "clean-sheet carbon-fiber body," as Hennessey describes it, has a
 more angular appearance than its predecessor, most noticeably in the 
nose and side intakes. The entire front and rear ends have undergone a 
serious restructuring that includes a brand-new set of lamps.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">With development underway, it's hard to get too excited about 
performance estimates, but we'd be lying if we said that "290 mph (467 
km/h) is within reach" didn't look awfully intriguing scratched at the 
top of a press release. Hennessey also believes that its new car will be
 able to best the Venom GT's 13.63-second to 186-mph (300 km/h) and 
14.51-second 0-200 mph (322 km/h) acceleration records.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hennessey is thinking relocation for its next speed record attempt, its founder telling Top Gear
 that he's considering putting the F5 to the test on the hard salt of 
Bonneville. There, he won't have to deal with NASA staff preventing his 
team from a return run and keeping the new Venom out of the big Guinness
 book.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hennessey will unveil the Venom F5 next year and begin deliveries in 
late 2016. It plans to build 30+ examples – the minimum needed to be 
considered a "production car" for the world speed record – at a price 
exceeding the US$1.2 million sticker of the Venom GT. It will continue 
to offer the Venom GT, having sold 16 of its planned 29-car production 
run.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">source-<a href="http://www.gizmag.com/1400-hp-hennessey-venom-f5/33242/" target="_blank">gizmag </a></span></span><br />
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1,400-hp Hennessey Venom F5 guns for a 290-mph speed record

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