Here’s your clearest look yet at an alien planet in motion
That pixelated dot you see above may not seem like much, but it’s a pretty big deal — it’s your best look yet at an alien world. Scientists have used the Gemini Planet Imager to capture the movement of Beta Pictoris b, a gas giant traveling around a star 60 light years away. That’s no mean feat when the exoplanet is about a million times fainter than its host, requiring that the Imager block the star’s light and compensate for the distortion of Earth’s atmosphere. The visuals are important beyond bragging rights, we’d add, since they’ll provide more insight regarding both the planet’s composition and its relationship to nearby objects. Although it’s going to be a long, long while (if ever) before you get clearly recognizable snapshots of an exoplanet, this abstract imagery has more than enough to keep scientists busy.
[Image credit: M. Millar-Blanchaer/Dunlap Institute, F. Marchis/SETI Institute]
https://player.vimeo.com/video/138973087?portrait=0
Via: Gizmodo
Source: SETI Institute, ArXiv.org (PDF)
Meizu Pro 5 press render surfaces with Flyme 5.0 on board
A press render of the upcoming Meizu Pro 5 just surfaced and despite recent reports, it will include Flyme 5.0 on top of Android 5.1.
Up until this point, many were curious as to what the Meizu Pro 5 would run. Recent reports indicated that it would include Flyme 4.5 and get pushed out an update with Flyme 5.0 at a later date. But it turns out, this will not be the case. A leaked render shows the device in its full glory running what looks to be Flyme 5.0. In addition, Meizu posted teasers showing off the number five and the date September 23, 2015 which is when the device will be officially announced.
We are expecting to see two different variants of the upcoming device, each featuring a different processor. Which one you get will most likely depend on your location. Otherwise, the device will feature mostly high-end specifications such as a 5.7-inch display, 4GB or RAM and a 21MP camera at the rear side. We’ll find out all the details in three days time.
Via: TechGadgetsz
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Unknown ZTE handset with no camera passes through TENAA
ZTE is having a good year so far especially in the states. Recently, an unknown ZTE handset got its certification from TENAA. Oddly enough, the handset appears to have no rear-facing camera.
All smartphones these days have cameras, but this new ZTE handset changes that. The handset has model number S3003. It features a slim all-metal design with a 5-inch 720p display and a quad-core 1.5GHz CPU backed with 1GB of RAM. The handset includes 8GB of on-board storage space and weighs in at only 117g. We aren’t expecting the device to hit the states due to its TD-LTE connectivity.
Hopefully we’ll find out more about the camera-less handset in the coming weeks.
Source: TENAA
Via: Mobipicker
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Volvo wants robots to help collect your garbage
To call garbage collection an inglorious job would be an understatement — it typically involves early mornings, monotony and (of course) lots of smelly trash. It’s the perfect sort of job for a robot, don’t you think? Volvo agrees. It’s partnering with both universities and waste management firm Renova on ROAR (Robot-based Autonomous Refuse handling), a project that has robots pick up your trash while a human oversees everything from the relative comfort of the garbage truck. It’s still early going (the odds are that the end product will look nothing like what you see above), but the hope is that it’ll eliminate most of the drudgery and noise of scooping up waste. You should see the first tests in June 2016, although it could be a while longer before you see automatons in front of your house — ROAR won’t be practical unless the robots can reliably empty cans and bins in real-world conditions.
Via: PSFK
Source: Volvo
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