Japan launched the first "Street View cat"

                                                                                                                                                               

Those who want to know Onomichi (Japan) will be able to see its famous Buddhist temples from a totally different perspective: that of cats. Hiroshima authorities, in the framework of a campaign of promotion turística- launched a website with the first "Cat Street View" in the world.

To build the map resorted technical team that was responsible for developing the service of Google Maps and the same tools used to capture images. The map shows eleven of the most famous city kittens with a link to their personal profiles and users can follow through Onomichi four areas: the shopping area, street cats, Kubo and Misode Tenmangu. Although it announced that new areas such as the altar Misode be added from October.

"We are looking to introduce a different look to see our cities, a look that was not available before," he told the Wall Street Journal, an official of the tourism area of ​​Hiroshima.

Onomichi has a long history with cats, plus the number of cats living in the port city, has a museum dedicated to "maneki- nekos" dolls famous greeting and are used as a symbol of good luck to their owners .

system converts CO2 into fuel

Canadian researchers have designed a system that is able to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into fuel. The system would come to play the role of trees, but in places where they do not exist, as icy plains and deserts.

As these new solar cells that are designed to split water into hydrogen fuel, the recycling of carbon dioxide CO2 combine with the hydrogen obtained from the division of water to form hydrocarbon fuel.

In this way the system poses provide technology in order to produce environmentally friendly fuel in the future, and to complement renewable energy systems we have today.

"Solar and wind Renewable energies are effective in reducing electricity, so only the transport sector is to complete the puzzle," said Geoff Holmes, director of Business Development Engineering carbon.

The challenge now process will discover the best way that emissions of atmospheric carbon dioxide feed systems economically viable. Since one of their major constraints are overcome it is the high cost of CO2 temperature (about 400 ° C), so that the process takes place as expected.

At present, the project is designed to capture only about 450 tons of CO2 per year, a figure that barely cover the carbon emissions of about 33 Canadians. However, the creators say could become 20,000 times more convenient time.

At present, cars, trucks and airplanes constitute approximately 60% of CO2 emissions. According to experts, the only way to absorb this gas would be via direct air capture. "This system requires 1,000 times less space than the trees to suck and can be installed on the ground, as the desert plains where not worth cultivating."

Earlier this year, the meeting of the American Physical Society of the United States, Klaus Lackner, of Arizona State University, said: "I think we've reached a point where it's really important for public research and developing direct air capture to collect carbon negative ".

"Scientists are increasingly convinced that we will need large disposal systems to combat climate change. I'm excited direct air capture. It could be a very important technology add to the list, "he said.

Google launches a router that prioritizes the use of devices

US giant Google launched a new router that promises to respond to the proliferation of networked objects within households for the most important activities benefit from a better connection on Tuesday.

The object, shaped like a cylinder and baptized OnHub serves to optimize the use of domestic wireless network. I work combined with a compatible mobile application Apple iPhone and iPad and other smartphones and tablets numerous brands that use Google's Android operating system.

The application lets see what bandwidth used each connected household objects, check the status of the network connection or recover passwords. "You can even make a device is that the most important priority for its activities, such as watching a television for line- speed (connection) faster," says the group.

OnHub be available starting Tuesday by reservation for $ 199.99 in the United States, several online trading sites like Google Store, Amazon and Walmart.com. Google promises arrival "in coming weeks" to physical stores in the US and Canada.

The connected objects are considered by analysts as the niche market with the greatest growth potential in the technology industry today. IDC Research Center estimated in June that its sales could reach 1.7 trillion dollars worldwide in 2020, compared to 656,000 million in 2014.

Google is present in this market with its specialist in home automation and alarms connected Nest, which bought last year by more than 3,000 million.

MICRO CAR can run up to 10 km / h

Kinuiako Sato, a Japanese engineer of 26 years, designed the "WalkCar" a kind of skate the size of a notebook, made of aluminum and powered by lithium battery. Sato, defined it as the first "car that comes in a bag."

The WalkCar, weighs between two and three kilos (depending whether it is the outdoor or indoor version), can withstand a weight of 120 kg. and, according to Sato, he has enough strength to move a wheelchair with ease.

Although the creator boasts that his invention is better than other devices like Segway or Winglet Toyota it is unfit for forward vehicle: the maximum speed reached is 10 mph and can travel a distance of up to 12 kilometers with one battery charge three hours. The WalkCar the person just starts up and shuts down when lowered. To operate you just have to tip your weight to the side you want to go.

Sato which at that time was doing a specialized control systems for engine of cars Eléctricos- was based on an idea to create this team expertise. "If we could bring our transportation in a bag, that would mean that we would always have a shuttle with us," said the Japanese to Reuters:

The WalkCar be available on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter from October and will have a price of approximately U $ S 800.

UNDERLINES hacking CAR HAZARD OBJECTS CONNECTED TO INTERNET

A glitch that allowed hackers to control a moving Jeep Cherokee is just a glimpse of the dangers that lie ahead objects connected to the Internet.

The ability to access data or take control of former 'fools' artifacts, now become 'intelligent' through internet connections, it was one of the central themes at the start of the Black Hat cybersecurity conference held Wednesday in Las Vegas.

Researchers described how they took control remotely from a moving car or sniper rifles. Several warned at the meeting that the ramifications and consequences of this could be very large and serious.

For starters, many companies do not even have computers that control their intelligent appliances are safe. "Almost none of the manufacturers of devices connected to the Internet has real safety equipment", he told AFP the founder of Black Hat, Jeff Moss Hat.

Moss believes the problem will grow as hackers more experts looking to expand their scope. "The Jeep hacking is just the beginning," he said. "Criminals are geniuses when it comes to figuring out how to misuse these things," he said.

Fiat Chrysler decided to recall 1.4 million vehicles in the United States after two researchers demonstrated that they could remotely control the vehicle.

From home, with laptops, cybersecurity experts Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek managed to impose on the driver, a journalist from Wired magazine, it did not control maneuvers. Their goal: to demonstrate the vulnerability of electronic systems of vehicles. Experts said it was a relatively simple job.

"We can be good at what we do, but this was a weekend project," Miller said. "What would happen if we did this full or if we pay for that? Time," he said.

Miller, a security researcher Twitter, and Chris Valasek, who works for the company IOActive cybersecurity, say they have investigated problems connected cars because the dangers are obvious. "Car manufacturers spend millions of dollars on security and now this is part of security, like it or not," Valasek said.

- Entrance door -

Jeff Moss imagines a scenario in which a connected domestic appliance, a toaster, for example, is hacked and becomes a gateway to a computer attack that extends wirelessly to other devices such as entertainment systems. A hacker could then jump to the neighbor's house through wireless internet to take control to turn their household appliances.

The possibilities for hackers are multiple ... and chilling.

Intelligent information appliances can be used to learn about the lifestyle and daily routines of people. They could even activate some artifacts cameras to spy intimate moments that victims would prefer to keep private.

At about the fact that smart appliances such as ovens or washing machines are designed to last but not usually receive software updates adds. Thus it is only a matter of time before hackers find system vulnerabilities.

"We are running into a future in which everything is connected, nothing is upgradeable and will last 10 years," said Moss. "Then it's a matter of numbers. A million of anything is a problem, one hundred million is a disaster."

What especially worries Moss is the ability to hack electric meters connected to the Internet. Hackers could well aim not only to homes but cause problems in electricity networks of neighborhoods or even cities.

The Internet of Things could also generate responsibilities that have so far not achieved software manufacturers, as Jennifer Granick, civil liberties director of the Center for Internet and Society at the law school of the University of Stanford.

Most people do not think to sue a manufacturer of software when a computer fails, but it probably will not happen if a car crashes, Granick said. "The responsibility of software developers is inevitable and necessary," he said.

THAILAND ECONOMY

Last week FEDECAMARAS organized in conjunction with the trade office the diplomatic representatives of Thailand in Brazil, a business conference to promote trade relations between Venezuela and Thailand.

Thailand has an economic system of mixed economy that most countries in the world have. The state can participate in various parts of economic activities, however, most are private sectors with competitiveness in the manufacturing sector and the free trade system.

The main important sources of income of the country is on agriculture, industry, tourism, services and natural resources. The export of agricultural products and by higher revenue remains the country from 2010 to the present. Although industry revenue and tourism are increasingly becoming more important in recent years, the Government has also been focusing on giving priority to the development of agriculture, especially rice production, achieving rank among the leading exporters of this cereal in the world.

According to official figures of the country, GDP grew 6.4% in 2012. And in 2013 a similar performance is expected. These data confirms the consolidation of the growth of the economy after the slowdown that caused the 2011 floods, the worst in 70 years flooded two thirds of the land area.

The government has had to spend more than 11,000 million dollars to the reconstruction of infrastructure; It has also implemented radical measures to boost domestic demand and raising the minimum wage in many areas of the country.

In 2012, Thailand has faced on one side to the fall in exports caused by the slowdown in the world economy and on the other to the serious problems caused by the floods in agriculture and industry.

 Most industrial parks where multinational electronics installed or were flooded car were stopped and causing production losses in Thailand and abroad. The assembly of many companies are affected by the lack of supplies of parts which are manufactured in Thailand and the price of many products, especially computer components, prices on the international market have doubled since about 30 % are made there.

However, Thailand has had a strong economic base in combination between fiscal policy and monetary policy, which has made its economy has grown since 2010; both in exports, tourism and growth in domestic spending.

Despite various setbacks, such as the volatility of capital flows, natural disasters and delayed economic recovery in some advanced economies, given its strong growth momentum and solid economic fundamentals, the Thai economy expected to achieve solid growth results.

Thailand strongly supports international trade, to ensure sustainable economic growth. Thailand will continue to support free and fair trade. The basic strategy of the government will remain a progressive economic liberalization policy to introduce changes gradually. The country will continue to promote bilateral and multilateral agreements to attract foreign investment and increase opportunities of access to markets for their goods and services.

The transformation that Thailand is making in recent years goes beyond the recovery of the main macroeconomic values: the country has used the crisis to transform its economic structure, he looked exhausted. If in the seventies and eighties growth was based on the arrival of foreign companies in the sector of light industry textile-especially attracted by cheap labor, the development and opening of China it has made it impossible to compete in that segment, so the government has selected a list of sectors in which Thailand can be competitive, offering interesting investment advantages: one, the automobile sector where already about a million units are produced by the arrival of Japanese and Korean manufacturers seeking not only supply the local market, but leverage the advantages of the Free Trade Agreement of the ASEAN, the food industry is very traditional fashion sector, taking advantage of the influx of wealthy Asian tourists, eager to make purchases, or tourism, are some of the most relevant.

In addition, within each sector, Thailand has sought interesting niches: in the automotive sector, the tourism sector and also making inroads into the financial sector and business center of Southeast Asia, Singapore to the limitations in their physical expansion and sometimes onerous costs means Square Hong Kong. Its location midway between Europe and the Far East make Bangkok an increasingly attractive place, to which we must add competitive prices and friendly environment for executive expatriates and their families.

Thailand's natural resources, dynamic industrial setting, a productive agricultural sector and strong tourism industry seem to be logical drivers for continued growth potential. Exports, including machinery and electronics, agricultural raw materials and jewelry, dominate the country's economic graphs and represent more than half of GDP. Although still imports a significant amount of energy to supply its needs, the country has significant reserves of natural gas offshore.

GERMANY: ECONOMICS FOR YOU

The German economy has started well 2015 and the figures suggest that after a very positive first quarter growth will continue. He said a few days ago the Ministry of Finance in its monthly report, the Bundesbank confirmed, employers and the vast majority of economists.

"The basic industrial indicators and optimism among businesses and consumers suggest that the economy should continue to expand in the first quarter," says the latest bulletin issued by the ministry led by Wolfgang Schäuble. The paper, published a few days ago, shows that the number of unemployed decreased in the first months of the year, whereas cheap oil and increased purchasing power of families have boosted domestic demand. The latest data provide a largely positive image of the greatest economic power in Europe, where the private sector is gaining momentum, unemployment has fallen, and both retail sales and industrial production are increasing.

After touching the recession in mid last year, the German economy rebounded with growth of 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014 thanks to strong domestic demand, which is being driven by a historically low rate of unemployment, rising wages and cheaper oil prices. The government and the Bundesbank expect growth of 1.5 percent for 2015, and even some economic institutes have revised their forecasts upward to more than 2 percent.

Keep in mind also that these economic data comes in a context of few public investments. Merkel's government has approved this year's first balanced budget since 1969 and has set itself the objective of maintaining a zero deficit over the next five years.

"Vigorous" rise
"We expect the economic situation also continued with intense upward movement in the second quarter," he announced last week the German federal bank said in a statement. Bundesbank experts see this sustained growth on several pillars: "The main driving forces are external demand, private consumption and to a lesser extent, the construction of flats."

In addition, they are signs of a certain revival of the investment activity of the companies added. Thanks to the good prospects of the labor market and strong wage growth, the consumer situation in Germany continues to run on track in the opinion of the central bank.

The Bundesbank also emphasizes that households have a greater margin of expenditure not yet fully used. "In the fourth quarter of 2014 not only significantly up private consumption, but also the share of household savings." The president of the Bundesbank, Jens Weidmann, recently said he is confident that the economy will increase 1.5 percent in 2015 due to low oil prices and the devaluation of the euro.

Another sign of strengthening the perception of German businessmen on the US economy, which improved in March for the fifth consecutive month. The business sentiment index Ifo research center, based on a monthly survey of about 7,000 companies, went from 106.8 to 107.9 points in February this March, its highest level since July 2014.

The Ifo survey shows that German companies are increasingly optimistic about the current situation and its prospects for the next six months. "Strong growth in the fourth quarter of 2014, combined with low energy prices and the weak euro have boosted confidence in the economy," said ING economist Carsten Brzeski.

According to the German Economic Institute DIW, the German economy did not grow at such a high pace since 2011. Analysts expect this financial institution this year 300,000 new jobs were created and that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will grow by 2.2 percent, seven tenths above government forecasts. As explained last week the president of DIW, Marcel Fratzscher, fears of employers before the entry into force in January minimum wage of 8.5 euros per hour are not fulfilled yet. Companies strongly criticized the new measure and warned that it could cause massive job losses.

The minimum wage has improved the purchasing power of the Germans and encouraged them to buy. Most experts agree in pointing to domestic consumption as one of the keys to the current prosperity.