Friday, 1 November 2013

CyberTecture Egg India

Cybertecture egg building is situated in Mumbai, India. Its 32,000 sq m egg-shaped building that will combine iconic architecture, environmental design, intelligent systems, and new engineering to create an awe-inspiring landmark in the city. In addition to its great design its been said that the bathrooms will monitor workers health by measuring weight and blood pressure. And a doctor will be alerted to any drastic changes.

Sunset in the Wave


High-definition CCTV cameras are ubiquitous

Closed-circuit television (CCTV) has improved hugely in recent years with a shift from analogue to digital equipment. The vast majority of cameras now record footage in high definition, with some capable of gigapixel resolution. Although discouraging crime and helping to identify more offenders (made easier with facial recognition software), this mass proliferation of security is raising a number of privacy and civil liberties issues, due to a creeping sense of "Big Brother". For instance, governments are using them to keep tabs on people to stifle protest, free expression and assembly. This is especially notable in the UK – a country renowned for its surveillance culture – with more CCTV cameras per capita than anywhere else on the planet, and where the average person is filmed over 300 times each day. In 2012, there were 1.85 million CCTV cameras in the UK, 129,000 of which were high definition. By 2016, there are 3.7 million HD cameras, a 29-fold increase.

Balloon trips up to 20 miles high.

World View Enterprises – a new startup company based in Arizona – begins offering suborbital flights in 2016, using a capsule lifted by balloon up to 20 miles (32 km). Although some way short of the 62 miles (100 km) defined as "outer space", passengers are nevertheless treated to spectacular views of the Earth far below. Customers pay $75,000 each for a trip lasting four hours, with up to eight occupants able to walk freely inside. Safety mechanisms allow the balloon to glide safely back in the event of a malfunction.