Sunday, 3 November 2013
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.
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.
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