University of Zurich
Friday, 12 February 2016
New Software Of Drones that Could Track You Through the Woods
A team of Swiss
researchers from the University of Zurich and the Dalle Molle Institute
for Artificial Intelligence have developed a machine learning program
that quadcopters can use to identify and follow man-made trails through
the forest. The research team hopes that this technology can be used in
conjunction with search and rescue operations, but it's not hard to
imagine law enforcement sending a swarm of drones after a kind
fellow who happens to be on the lam.
Software
to autonomously guide a quadcopter through a heavily wooded area is
rather complex by necessity. A movement command that is received a
moment too late or too soon can have your drone smashing into a tree. So
the research team developed a deep neural network, or a set of
artificial-intelligence algorithms that allows the software to analyze
previous actions and consequences to make future decisions. A research paper outlining the researchers' program was published in the journal IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
"While
drones flying at high altitudes are already being used commercially,
drones cannot yet fly autonomously in complex environments, such as
dense forests," said Davide Scaramuzza, a professor at the University of
Zurich, in a press release.
"In these environments, any little error may result in a crash, and
robots need a powerful brain in order to make sense of the complex world
around them."
More
than 20,000 images of hiking trails were fed into the program to teach
it to distinguish between the path of the trail and surrounding hazards.
When the program was shown a new trail it hadn't seen before, it was
able to pick the correct direction 85 percent of the time. Humans were
given a similar test and only selected the correct path 82 percent of
the time.
But there is
still a major hurdle that needs to be cleared before a drone can be used
to assist in a rescue operation (or hunt down fugitives). The AI
program also needs to be programmed to recognize humans so it can stop,
or fly up into the air and send out a light signal, or fire a net gun.
"One
day robots will work side by side with human rescuers to make our lives
safer," promises Luca Maria Gambardella, a director for the Dalle Molle
Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
The Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a loosely defined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. According to the US Navy, the triangle does not exist, and the name is not recognized by the US Board on Geographic Names. Popular culture has attributed various disappearances to the paranormal or activity by extraterrestrial beings.Documented evidence indicates that a significant percentage of the
incidents were spurious, inaccurately reported, or embellished by later
authors In a 2013 study, the World Wide Fund for Nature identified the world’s 10 most dangerous waters for shipping, but the Bermuda Triangle was not among them
USS Cyclops
Why do ships and planes seem to go missing in the region? Some authors suggested it may be due to a strange magnetic anomaly that affects compass readings (in fact they claim Columbus noted this when he sailed through the area in 1492). Others theorize that methane eruptions from the ocean floor may suddenly be turning the sea into a froth that can't support a ship's weight so it sinks (though there is no evidence of this type of thing happening in the Triangle for the past 15,000 years). Several books have gone as far as conjecturing that the disappearances are due to an intelligent, technologically advanced race living in space or under the sea.
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370)
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370) was a scheduled international passenger flight that disappeared on 8 March 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China. The flight last made voice contact with air traffic control at 01:19 MYT, 8 March (17:19 UTC, 7 March) when it was over the South China Sea, less than an hour after takeoff. The aircraft disappeared from air traffic controllers' radar screens at 01:22 MYT. Malaysian military radar continued to track the aircraft as it deviated from its planned flight path and crossed the Malay Peninsula. It left the range of Malaysian military radar at 02:22 while over the Andaman Sea, 200 nautical miles (370 km) northwest of Penang in northwestern Malaysia. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, was carrying 12 Malaysian crew members and 227 passengers from 15 nations.
A multinational search effort began in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea, where the flight's signal was lost on secondary surveillance radar, and was soon extended to the Strait of Malacca and Andaman Sea.[8][9][10] Analysis of satellite communications between the aircraft and Inmarsat's satellite communications network concluded that the flight continued until at least 08:19 and flew south into the southern Indian Ocean, although the precise location cannot be determined. Australia took charge of the search effort on 17 March, when the search shifted to the southern Indian Ocean. On 24 March 2014, the Malaysian government noted that the final location determined by the satellite communication is far from any possible landing sites, and concluded that "flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean." The current phase of the search is a comprehensive search of the seafloor about 1,800 kilometres (970 nmi) southwest of Perth, Western Australia, which began in October 2014.Despite the largest and most expensive search in aviation history, nothing was found of the aircraft until 29 July 2015, when a piece of marine debris, later confirmed to be a flaperon from Flight 370, was found on RĂ©union Island. The bulk of the aircraft has still not been located, prompting many theories about its disappearance.
Other factors involve the lack of a distress signal from the plane According to Barbara Demick of the Los Angeles Times, critics of the Malaysian government's statements also found support in the Joint Agency Coordination Centre's announcement on 29 May 2014 that the plane was not in the search area authorities had been combing since April 2014.
Conspiracy-focused internet sites claim that the official statement that the plane crashed into the Indian Ocean makes no sense. They note that a Boeing 777 does not have the structural integrity to survive crashing into the ocean, and that it would be comparable to hitting a cement wall at terminal velocity. If Flight 370 hit the ocean, they say, it would have been broken into tens of thousands of pieces, many of which float on water (such as the seat cushions) and would be seen washing up on regional shores or easily spotted by search teams
Harvard professor Cass Sunstein noted that the conflicting information initially released by the Malaysian government explains the interest in alternative theories. Sunstein, who has written on the topic in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on 20 March 2014, argued that conspiracy theories in general often are borne out of horrific and disastrous situations, because such events make people angry, fearful and looking for a "target"
And so the list goes on
"Spoofed" satellite data, Terrorist attack, North Korea, Acquisition of Freescale staff, Diego Garcia, Shoot-down theory etc
A multinational search effort began in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea, where the flight's signal was lost on secondary surveillance radar, and was soon extended to the Strait of Malacca and Andaman Sea.[8][9][10] Analysis of satellite communications between the aircraft and Inmarsat's satellite communications network concluded that the flight continued until at least 08:19 and flew south into the southern Indian Ocean, although the precise location cannot be determined. Australia took charge of the search effort on 17 March, when the search shifted to the southern Indian Ocean. On 24 March 2014, the Malaysian government noted that the final location determined by the satellite communication is far from any possible landing sites, and concluded that "flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean." The current phase of the search is a comprehensive search of the seafloor about 1,800 kilometres (970 nmi) southwest of Perth, Western Australia, which began in October 2014.Despite the largest and most expensive search in aviation history, nothing was found of the aircraft until 29 July 2015, when a piece of marine debris, later confirmed to be a flaperon from Flight 370, was found on RĂ©union Island. The bulk of the aircraft has still not been located, prompting many theories about its disappearance.
Theories
Rob Brotherton, a lecturer in psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, wrote that conspiracy theories emerge immediately after any catastrophe occurs and conclusive information about why they do so remains unavailable. Andrew Leonard wrote that conspiracy theorists were bolstered by the revelation of new satellite data two weeks after the flight disappeared that had been hidden from the public.Other factors involve the lack of a distress signal from the plane According to Barbara Demick of the Los Angeles Times, critics of the Malaysian government's statements also found support in the Joint Agency Coordination Centre's announcement on 29 May 2014 that the plane was not in the search area authorities had been combing since April 2014.
Conspiracy-focused internet sites claim that the official statement that the plane crashed into the Indian Ocean makes no sense. They note that a Boeing 777 does not have the structural integrity to survive crashing into the ocean, and that it would be comparable to hitting a cement wall at terminal velocity. If Flight 370 hit the ocean, they say, it would have been broken into tens of thousands of pieces, many of which float on water (such as the seat cushions) and would be seen washing up on regional shores or easily spotted by search teams
Harvard professor Cass Sunstein noted that the conflicting information initially released by the Malaysian government explains the interest in alternative theories. Sunstein, who has written on the topic in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on 20 March 2014, argued that conspiracy theories in general often are borne out of horrific and disastrous situations, because such events make people angry, fearful and looking for a "target"
Hijacking
The possibility of a simple hijacking has been brought up by various news outlets, including ABC News and the Los Angeles Times.Speculation has mounted about the possibility that hijackers took the plane to a remote island, although no group has stepped forward to confirm that it was them; however, unofficial researchers have identified more than 600 possible runways at which the plane was capable of landing. No confirmation has been received from Malaysian officialsElectronic hijacking
Electronic hijacking uses systems and programming already factory installed within the B777 flight management system. This is different from hacking or cyber-attack in that it requires access to the B777's security system through access purposefully programmed into the software. Notable proponents of this theory include former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. He said: "Clearly Boeing and certain agencies have the capacity to take over uninterruptible control of commercial airliners of which MH370 B777 is one". In this statement he was referring to off-board hijackers with access to MH370's Flight Management System via the 2003 patented Uninterruptible Autopilot.And so the list goes on
"Spoofed" satellite data, Terrorist attack, North Korea, Acquisition of Freescale staff, Diego Garcia, Shoot-down theory etc
Jane's little bio
Chapter 1
my heart skipped a beat just as Jake showed me a shining little stone crusted in a sliver plated ring, suddenly all air had gotten out of my lungs and I could not breathe anymore I was feeling confused and exuberant at the same time just then it all went dark as we were passing through the subway tunnel and for the next few seconds all I could think was nothing absolutely nothing at all. Just as soon as we got out of the tunnel, he with a million dollar smile asks me, "how is it?" I swear all I could say was "uh..uh..uumm" while making weird hand gestures God ! was i weird or what , sniggering Jake asks, " come on Jane tell me how is it will Mandy like it or not?" a nuclear blast just happened in my heart on hearing that! but as calmly as i could i told Jake that, " it's amazing she will love it!" by now the train had stopped and i had reached my destination. So I got up in a hurry as it was almost time for the doors to close saying goodnight I left getting out I think I heard him say that he'll call me when she says yes but whatever off course that bitch was gonna say yes! well, anyways I have a big day tomorrow. As I walked through the cold autumn breeze to my apartment all I could think about was the young aspiring journalist who was about to come in the morning to write a biography about my life .. By that though in mind i took a walk down the memory lane , remembering who I was how I was where I was everything altogether off course about which I haven't thought about lately..
But sure there was a time when all I used to did was think about the past.. I stopped thinking about it because all it did was just haunt me...
But sure there was a time when all I used to did was think about the past.. I stopped thinking about it because all it did was just haunt me...
"life is not as easy as it seems, sometimes unwillingly you have to let go."
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
The bodies of 11 women and a fetus were found buried in Albuquerque's West Mesa in February 2009.
People Forgotten.
On February 2, 2009, a woman walking a dog found a human bone on the West Mesa of Albuquerque, New Mexico metropolitan area, and reported it to police. As a result of the subsequent police investigation, authorities discovered the remains of 11 women and a fetus buried in the area. All the women were young; most were Hispanic, and most were involved with drugs and prostitution.
The remains discovered in 2009 were identified as those of the following women, all of whom disappeared between 2001 and 2005 According to satellite photos the last victim was buried in 2005.- Jamie Barela, 15
- Monica Candelaria, 22
- Victoria Chavez, 26
- Virginia Cloven, 24
- Syllania Edwards, 15
- Cinnamon Elks, 32
- Doreen Marquez, 24
- Julie Nieto, 24
- Veronica Romero, 28
- Evelyn Salazar, 27
- Michelle Valdez, 22
Blea is also suspected by police of killing another prostitute; his DNA sample was located on the inner waistband and belt of a prostitute found dead on Central Ave (a notorious street for prostitution in the eastern part of the city). In addition, a tree tag from a nursery was found in the area where the West Mesa victims' bodies were buried; it was tracked to a nursery Blea once frequented.
Blea, in the Mid-School rape case, was sentenced to 36 years in June 2015. This means Blea, who was 58 years old at the time of sentencing, will likely serve the rest of his life in prison.
but now..
It's been seven years since the victims of the West Mesa murders were discovered.
The bodies of 11 women and a fetus were found buried in Albuquerque's West Mesa in February 2009.
According to the Albuquerque Journal, only one detective is left on the case task force, which once had 40 members.
Police confirmed last year that two men were still on their list of possible suspects. They are keeping quiet about who might be under the microscope.
go to this link to see the victim https://www.cabq.gov/police/contact-the-police/west-mesa-homicide-investigation
Sunday, 31 January 2016
Karma
Karma (Sanskrit) means action, work or deed it also refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect where intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect).Good intent and good deed contribute to good karma and future
happiness, while bad intent and bad deed contribute to bad karma and
future suffering..
karma is real either you believe it or not people dong do to other get good things in return people do bad then they get bad .
have you ever wonder Oh God! why is this happening to me.... then simply look back on the pain and suffering you have cost other and you'll know the answer as to why and how.
"get ready for your karma"
karma is real either you believe it or not people dong do to other get good things in return people do bad then they get bad .
have you ever wonder Oh God! why is this happening to me.... then simply look back on the pain and suffering you have cost other and you'll know the answer as to why and how.
"get ready for your karma"
A five-year-old Afghan boy has become an Internet star
JAGHORI: A five-year-old Afghan boy has become an Internet star after
pictures went viral of him wearing an Argentina football shirt made out
of a plastic bag, complete with his hero Lionel Messi's name.
Murtaza Ahmadi has never met his idol and lives in a Taliban-controlled area of Afghanistan but footage and photos of him wearing the improvised shirt, with Messi's named scrawled in marker pen, went round the world.
Murtaza's elder brother Homayoun, 15, made him the shirt and first posted the photos of Murtaza wearing it on Facebook two weeks ago.
After creating waves on social media there were claims Argentina and Barcelona star Messi wanted to find his young fan and give him a proper jersey.
Murtaza, whose father admitted he could not afford to buy him a replica jersey, said he had only a punctured ball to play with in his village in Afghanistan's Ghazni province.
But he told AFP he idolised Messi.
“I love Messi, he plays well, the shirt was made by my brother and I liked it very much,” Murtaza Ahamdi said. “We do not have a football playground near our house, and the only ball I have is punctured.“
But he added: “I want to be like Messi, when I grow up. “Internet users had quickly tried to identify the boy shown in the pictures and it was initially claimed he was an Iraqi Kurd before Murtaza's uncle Azim Ahamdi, who lives in Australia, posted pictures of his nephew and said he was the unwitting star of the story.
The family, who live in a remote rural area, only learned about Murtaza's newfound fame from relatives when Murtaza's father's visited the Afghan capital Kabul.
He told AFP he had high hopes for his son.
“He asked me to buy him a Messi jersey but I am a farmer and could not afford it,” Mohammad Arif Ahamdi, a father of six, said.
“Murtaza wants to meet Lionel Messi in person one day,” he added.
“I want my son to become a good football player in the future and become the Messi of Afghanistan. “Sport was rarely played under Taliban rule, and the football stadium in Kabul was a notorious venue for executions, stonings and mutilations.
Football and cricket are the two most popular sports in war-torn Afghanistan.
Murtaza Ahmadi has never met his idol and lives in a Taliban-controlled area of Afghanistan but footage and photos of him wearing the improvised shirt, with Messi's named scrawled in marker pen, went round the world.
Murtaza's elder brother Homayoun, 15, made him the shirt and first posted the photos of Murtaza wearing it on Facebook two weeks ago.
After creating waves on social media there were claims Argentina and Barcelona star Messi wanted to find his young fan and give him a proper jersey.
Murtaza, whose father admitted he could not afford to buy him a replica jersey, said he had only a punctured ball to play with in his village in Afghanistan's Ghazni province.
But he told AFP he idolised Messi.
“I love Messi, he plays well, the shirt was made by my brother and I liked it very much,” Murtaza Ahamdi said. “We do not have a football playground near our house, and the only ball I have is punctured.“
But he added: “I want to be like Messi, when I grow up. “Internet users had quickly tried to identify the boy shown in the pictures and it was initially claimed he was an Iraqi Kurd before Murtaza's uncle Azim Ahamdi, who lives in Australia, posted pictures of his nephew and said he was the unwitting star of the story.
The family, who live in a remote rural area, only learned about Murtaza's newfound fame from relatives when Murtaza's father's visited the Afghan capital Kabul.
He told AFP he had high hopes for his son.
“He asked me to buy him a Messi jersey but I am a farmer and could not afford it,” Mohammad Arif Ahamdi, a father of six, said.
“Murtaza wants to meet Lionel Messi in person one day,” he added.
“I want my son to become a good football player in the future and become the Messi of Afghanistan. “Sport was rarely played under Taliban rule, and the football stadium in Kabul was a notorious venue for executions, stonings and mutilations.
Football and cricket are the two most popular sports in war-torn Afghanistan.
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