Nanotechnology. Space and Physics. The Large Hadron Collider enters a new phase. Proton running for 2010 in the LHC at CERN came to a successful conclusion November 4 at 08:00 CET. Since the end of March, when the first collisions occurred at a total energy of 7 TeV, the machine and experiment teams have achieved all of their objectives for the first year of proton physics at this record energy and new ground has been explored. For the rest of the year the LHC is moving to a different phase of operation, in which lead ions will be accelerated and brought into collision in the machine for the first time.
A major target for 2010 was to reach a luminosity -- a measure of the collision rate -- of 1032 per square centimetre per second. This was achieved on 13 October, with two weeks to spare. The LHC experiments have already entered new territory with their first measurements at a total energy of 7 TeV. "The experiments are already providing an exciting glimpse of the new frontier", said Sergio Bertolucci, Director for Research and Computing.
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Technology. 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Microsoft’s Kinect | Product Reviews. Kinect Sports is one of the killer apps available at launch. The Kinect's skeletal-tracking tool in action. The Kinect's dashboard (officially known as The Hub) serves as mission control for all of the platform's new features. Kinect Sports' boxing minigame: The sensor can track up six people in real time.To get accurate full-body recognition, we had to move the Kinect into a room that afforded more than 10 feet of space.
Kinect Sports is one of the killer apps available at launch.The Kinect's skeletal-tracking tool in action. The Kinect's dashboard (officially known as The Hub) serves as mission control for all of the platform's new features. Kinect Sports' boxing minigame: The sensor can track up six people in real time. It’s Smarter Than You Think Despite its tiny footprint, the Kinect is loaded with sensors. It Recognizes Your Identity and Tracks Your Skeleton The Software Has Been Tweaked, Too Along with the hardware, Microsoft has rolled out some major software updates.