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WASHINGTON - NASA has canceled plans to return to the Moon, but the video game lovers can explore the lunar landscape with a new free online game released by the U.S. space agency.

Game called "Moonbase Alpha" allows players to join the exploration team game in progress at the Moon's south pole with futuristic 3D model.



"In the Moonbase Alpha, you are invited to contribute to become an astronaut working for human expansion and further research," NASA said in explanation of the game, as quoted by AFP on Wednesday (07/07/2010).

Expeditions in the plane suffered damage due to blow the meteor. This is where the adventure will begin immediately.

"With limited by time, you and the team had to repair and replace equipment to restore the production of oxygen into the settlements," NASA said.

To achieve their mission, the player of this game should use the interactive command center, and mobile robotic units memperbaikin. Players also test the dexterity of the right and optimal allocation of resources available, because it is the key to the success of the whole team.

NASA says this game is designed to involve and educate students about technology, employment opportunities and space exploration in the future.

Moonbase Alpha can be played by one or up to six players. NASA said the game was the beginning of a NASA project to develop online multiplayer games.

If interested, the game is available in MoonbaseAlphaGame.com.
(Tyo)

Source: OkeZone.com

WASHINGTON - The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) finally gave permission for formal adoption of Bluetooth Core Specification version 4.0, which enables energy saving devices.

Bluetooth 4.0 itself has been officially announced in April. But this time the GIS to add new capabilities to the device battery technology issues. According to SIG, Bluetooth 4.0 enables the device to operate only with a coin battery and can last up to years and years.

"Details regarding these specifications can be downloaded from the official website of GIS. But GIS also post additional details on low-power Bluetooth technology to the Web," wrote the official description of GIS, as quoted by Yahoo News, Wednesday (07/07/2010).

GIS illustrates how the addition of low power using very short data packet (at least eight octets to the maximum 27 octets) are transferred to one megabit per second, using a technology that can maximize their time without using new batteries.

This specification also places a greater burden on small pieces of logic controller rather than the entire host device, to determine when the entire system should be built.

In addition, the increase in modulation index has actually increased the effective range of 30 feet or more, up to 200 meters. Specifications low power 24-bit impose redundancy check (CRC) on all packages, designed to analyze the data corrupted. AES-128 encryption is also used.

SIG has said previously that it expects the first 4.0 Bluetooth devices will appear at the end of the year or in early 2011. (Srn)

Source: OkeZone.com

Helsinki - the Pirate Bay site which is known as 'warehouses of pirated' hit the stone. This time not because of a massive raid by Swedish police, but the site is broken into by hackers group of Argentine origin.

Argentine origin hacker group claimed to have been breaking into the Pirate Bay database using SQL injection techniques that utilize a number of holes in the system of those sites. hackers get a user name, password and email addresses and IP user.

Softpedia, Thursday (07/08/2010) launched, these hackers who call themselves Ch Russo comes from Buenos Aires, Argentina. According to him, the Pirate Bay vulnerabilities found in groups of hackers in which he heads.

These groups have not yet been contacted by the Pirate Bay since the burglary. Russo said that until now has not fully repair the Pirate bay vulnerabilities that exist.

Russo said, she could change and modify the data owner of the account with the same technique.

"We did not intend to sell these accounts, their information is still safe until now," said Russo.

Pirate Bay continues to be the spotlight since its emergence. The last case in May 2010. At that time, CyberBunker, IP transit service providers to shut down the court ordered access to the Pirate Bay. (Srn)

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VIVAnews - This is something that was warmly discussed by the community of Aberdeen in Scotland: the emergence of the figure of 'human horses'.

'Human horses' did not bother people because he does not bother humans. Only human beings 'heads' this horse appears on the camera shots cars Google Street View, which was passing a street in Aberdeen.

When the image perpetuated by the roadside Hardgate, Aberdeen, the man was staring at the horse car that was Google's Street View panoramic tour taking photos at that location.

Besides the horse-headed, he was wearing a purple long-sleeve shirt, black jeans, and reportedly also 'have' tails. According to Channel4.com, news of the horse the more widespread human presence when Twitter user named Russell Moffat, telling about 460 horses followernya about the emergence of humans in Google Street View.

Since then, the story of human horses were covered by various international media. However, until now there has been no acknowledgment from anyone about who the real man, who was behind the mask of the horse.

However, some readers of the BBC website that send many emails and provide information to the BBC that they also had the chance to meet with the human horses.
 
One of them, Stefan Kleen from Germany, who said that he and his wife also met human horses at a festival in Germany. last week. "He (the horse's head) only speak English, so we we did not talk much," said Kleen told the BBC.

Men named John Ainsworth also feel confident that it is a human horse she met at the Norwich area earlier this year, when walking in the park Wensum Park. "I guess I was just hallucinating when first seen. However, I later realized that it is a reality," said Ainsworth.

However, other readers of the BBC was not so impressed with this news. Gareth Remblance say that the human horses only people who want to draw attention to it. "Horse Boy is not just a private person. But he is a cheap mask. I have seen examples of such masks on the Download Festival at Donington," he said.

This bizarre incident was not the first for Google Street View. Previously, in February, Google Street View images in Norway could take pictures of two men dressed in full scuba diving with glasses (snorkle) and fin shoes, middle Street View car chase, brandishing spear fishing.

Google Street itself is a feature in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides panoramic photographs captured by the Street View car in a lot of highways around the world.

Street View own existence could invite controversy recently. Later revealed that the vehicle not only to capture Street View images, but also record the flow of Internet data is transmitted via an open WiFi network, the Street View car passed it.

VIVAnews - Oscar lying helplessly weak. His jet black, bathed in a gush of fresh blood.

The bottom two hind legs, corn cutters tertebas by a passing vehicle.

But that was before, about nine months ago. Now Oscar, the black cat, can re-run. well get a new title: world's first bionic cat.

As quoted from the BBC, through a four-hour surgery, veterinary surgeon, Noel Fitzpatrick managed to install the prosthetic foot to a three-year-old British kitten that.

At the foot of the remaining Oscar, Dr. Fitzpatrick punch a hole with a drill so that it can be installed a metal implant that serves to replace a broken lower leg.

In metals, it is hoped will grow Oscar meat and cover the implant. Then, later in the trunk of the implant, will also be connected to an artificial paw that will give a natural touch to the Oscars.



This operation is something revolutionary and could provide a procedure that may be applicable in humans.

At least, with legs bioniknya, Oscar can return to normal activities such as: walking, running, even jumping.

"Oscar has capitalized on his new foot better. Now he is doing the things done by any other normal cat. It's very, very phenomenal," said Mike Nolan, owner of Oscar, told abcnews. (Umi)