Ancient Teeth Discovered in Israel May Point to Oldest Ancestors The discovery of eight ancient teeth in a cave east of Tel-Aviv that was used thousands of years ago may point to the oldest human ancestors, a study found. The teeth are older than most of the hominin specimens previously found in southwest Asia, according to researchers from Tel Aviv University who used advanced imaging technology, comparative analysis and an examination of the earth and debris around the fossils to date them to 300,000 to 400,000 years ago. “This region of the world has been a crossroads for human population movements for a very long period of time and is situated just outside of Africa and just outside of Europe,” Quam, one of the study’s researchers, said in an e-mail. Alternately, the finding may reflect a local evolution of Neanderthals in southwest Asia, showing they were there earlier than previously believed, or that more than one species -- one earlier in time, and one later -- occupied that area, Quam said. Many Theories
Israel stocks at record amid broad-based gains Israel Stocks By Robert Daniel, MarketWatch TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) — Israel stocks again scaled record heights Wednesday, with the gas-exploration firms, Israel Chemicals, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and the banks all in the green. Late in the trading day, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange’s benchmark TA-25 Index advanced 1.1% to 1,320.55, while the TA-100 Index /quotes/zigman/1631181/realtime XX:TA100 -1.60% added 1.2% to 1,220.76. Russia lashes out at U.S. over trial Russia accuses the U.S. of meddling in its legal system after America protested Monday's conviction of former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on embezzlement and money-laundering charges. The TA-25’s current closing record is 1,314.73, set Dec. 20. The Tel-Tech Index of top technology issues moved up 0.4% to stand at 245.62. Shares of Ratio Oil, up 4.4, ranked as the issue traded most actively in Tel Aviv. /quotes/zigman/1631181/realtime TA100 1,266.58, -20.61, -1.60% A bullish year-to-date trading pattern for the TA-100 benchmark. Volume: 0.00
Virtual brain institute to accelerate cures | technology Insightec’s revolutionary neurological device, which was developed in Israel, is now being tested in a Toronto medical center. Last May, Israeli President Shimon Peres got to talking with Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty about brains. Musing about how Israel’s renowned life sciences capabilities could mesh well with the advanced neurological research going on in Canada’s largest province, Peres threw out an intriguing idea: Why not cosponsor a virtual brain research institute to accelerate Canadian and Israeli approaches to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, autism, brain cancer and other neurological problems affecting millions? McGuinty did not just smile politely. Israel leads in computational neuroscience The province of Ontario, which includes Canada’s capital of Ottawa and most populous city of Toronto, is home to 13 million Canadians. “This open-source collaboration can’t be confined to a building,” Murray tells ISRAEL21c. “Subtracting out” the skull
Sharp To Launch 3D Smartphone by Year End | Globalthoughtz by venus on August 4th, 2010 The Japanese electronics giant Sharp has announced to launch its new smartphone featuring company’s 3D panel technology, by the end of this year. The announcement that comes as of today, will pitch the mobile maker against some of the serious players of the smartphone segment like Apple, RIM , Nokia and so on. Sharp has long been the biggest mobile phone maker in Japan but has failed to carve its niche in the smartphone market. However the company, back in April announced its 3D panel technology, which was (only) suitable enough for small screens such as those on mobile phones and portable game console. Via Yahoo! Comments Human choice and computers: issues ... The developments of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are not always continuous but may be influenced and shaped by unforeseen events and are therefore difficult to predict and control. This applies especially to the impacts of September 11 (2001) events on how ICT is used in economic and public applications. But even under pressures of terrorist actions, it is essential that Human Choice dominate how Information and Communication Technologies are shaped, applied and used.Human Choice and Computers: Issues of Choice and Quality of Life in the Information Society presents different views about how terrorist actions are influencing political and social discussions and decisions, and it covers questions related to legitimacy and power in the Information Society.
Exclusive: Google, CIA Invest in ‘Future’ of Web Monitoring | Danger Room The investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real time — and says it uses that information to predict the future. The company is called Recorded Future, and it scours tens of thousands of websites, blogs and Twitter accounts to find the relationships between people, organizations, actions and incidents — both present and still-to-come. In a white paper, the company says its temporal analytics engine “goes beyond search” by “looking at the ‘invisible links’ between documents that talk about the same, or related, entities and events.” The idea is to figure out for each incident who was involved, where it happened and when it might go down. “The cool thing is, you can actually predict the curve, in many cases,” says company CEO Christopher Ahlberg, a former Swedish Army Ranger with a PhD in computer science. It’s not the very first time Google has done business with America’s spy agencies. But unease has been growing. See Also:
Nokia Makes Microsoft Future Viable Nokia and Microsoft today officially announced a strategic partnership. We think Nokia makes Microsoft's integrated future viable. Nokia and Microsoft share a rather intense history in mobile computing. Nokia, a hardcore believer in smartphones , has now decided to join forces with Microsoft, a hardcore believer in converged devices (of the type where a task such as voice calling is secondary). We'll be the first ones to admit that Microsoft services and Windows Phone apps aren't all rock solid, but Nokia has acquired a tech portfolio beyond cellular tech over the years that'll come in handy here. On a day when Egypt seems to be moving towards democracy for real, it's also important to point out that Nokia is the kind of Western company that provides opportunities to the Middle East as far as mobile solutions is concerned. Nokia will do whatever it takes to release Windows Phone devices targeting a large range of price points on a global scale.
Army wants rapid-fire rubber bullets for crowd control - tech - 17 February 2011 THE US army is planning to field "rubber bullets" for machine guns. Military officials claim the ammunition will allow them to more effectively quell violent protests without loss of life, but human rights campaigners are alarmed by the new weapon. The final design for the XM1044 round has not been selected, according to an order placed on the Federal Business Opportunities website last month, but the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate has been working on a ring aerofoil projectile for some years. The round is a hollow plastic cylinder 40 millimetres across, looking something like a short toilet-paper roll. The army's existing crowd-control rounds are single shots fired from handheld grenade launchers with a range of about 50 metres - the XM1044 would double this range. "The US army has a requirement for a rapid-fire non-lethal capability," says Ken Schulters, project manager for close combat systems at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. More From New Scientist More from the web
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