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The GPS faces in April to its particular effect 2000

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The GPS faces in April to its particular effect 2000 They will be obliged to carry out a transition in the date format just as it happened at the end of the last millennium  On April 6, GPS devices face their particular effect 2000 and manufacturers of GPS devices work for a transition that entails certain risks. The first week of April, these devices will have to make a transition in the date format they use to measure time, because the measurement system that is still used, inherited from its origins in the seventies, reaches limit of weeks you can count.   The method was born in the 70s in the United States for the military, but is currently one of the most widespread geolocation systems in the world, used to regulate land, air and naval traffic, among others. The GPS system uses the satellite network as a basis for the positioning of the devices. However, the communication with the satellites is not in danger, since the communication is unidirectional, and it is on...
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'Guerrilla', el malware que burla Google Play

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'Guerrilla', el malware que burla Google Play This fake application allows cyber attackers to carry out suspicious promotion campaigns using infected devices to download apps    Experts from Kaspersky Lab have discovered an Android Trojan called 'Guerrilla', which tries to overcome the anti-fraud protection mechanisms of the Google Play store through a fraudulent application that behaves as if there was a person behind it. This fake application allows cyber-attackers to carry out suspicious promotion campaigns using infected devices to download, install, vote and comment on publications on Google Play. However, this malware is not only capable of abusing the mechanisms of infected devices.    With millions of users and software developers, Google Play is an attractive platform for cybercriminals. Among other things, cybercriminals use Google Play to carry out the so-called Shuabang campaigns, which are widespread in China. These fraudulent advertising activities are ...
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Samsung sells its printing business to HP for 1,600 million

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Samsung sells its printing business to HP for 1,600 million This decision responds to the intention of the South Korean firm to focus on its main lines of business such as televisions and smartphones    Samsung Electronic.s will sell its printing business in the US to the printer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard (HP) for approximately 2 billion South Korean won (1,600 million euros), the Seoul Economic Daily reported Friday. The decision of the company, which according to the South Korean head will be made official during the next week, responds to Samsung's intention to focus on its main lines of business such as televisions and smartphones.   In this sense, the South Korean firm leads the sales market for telephones, televisions and memory cards, while it is behind HP, Canon and Epson in the printing market. In 2014, the company began a divestment process in which it withdrew its interests in four chemical and defense sector subsidiaries for which it obtained a total of 1.9...
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Gas Biker, the app that monitors the safety of motorcyclists

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Gas Biker, the app that monitors the safety of motorcyclists It has a system that allows to send signals to emergencies if the driver suffers an accident    Since mid-September, bikers with Android smartphones can download the Gas Biker app on their devices and travel "accompanied" and "more secure". In this app, developed by Andrés Muñoz, lovers of two-wheeled vehicles can create travel groups where you can share routes with family, friends. Thanks to this function, all bikers can be reached at any time thanks to their location on the map.   In case of accident or any other type of incident with the Emergency Call Travel System (ECTS) system, created by the company, the app contacts the emergency services when an accident is detected during the trip. The system formed by a series of algorithms automatically activates the call to an Emergency Call Center when suffering a mishap after being registered by the sensors of the smartphone. In addition, this notice is sent...
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Twitter makes the limit of 140 characters more flexible

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Twitter makes the limit of 140 characters more flexible Photos and videos will no longer be counted in the content of the messages    The social network Twitter relaxed this Monday the rule that limits its 'tweets' to 140 characters, announcing that the photos will no longer be counted in the content of the messages. "Say more with your 140 characters! Photos, videos, GIF, questions and quotations will no longer be counted," the company tweeted, which seeks to expand its audience and achieve benefits. Amid rumors that Twitter would be looking to cut costs or even be acquired, the company based in San Francisco has added services, including live videos.    The latest decision makes it more flexible, although it does not completely eliminate the 140-character limit, which had been established because of the limitations for text messages transmitted by mobile phones when Twitter was launched in 2006. Analysts warn that Twitter needs to find ways to attract users beyond ...
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Autonomous boats will arrive in Europe in 2017

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Autonomous boats will arrive in Europe in 2017 The waters of the canals of Amsterdam will receive the first robots ships    If the autonomous cars begin to accumulate kilometers by the highways of the United States, to the other side of the Atlantic Amsterdam prepares to receive the first boats without captain. "Imagine a fleet of autonomous boats for the transport of goods and people," Professor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carlo Ratti said in a statement from this research center. The Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions is working on a project that will culminate in 2017 with the first trips through the capital's canals with robot ships.   The scientific director of the Dutch center, Arjan van Timmeren, said that these boats "offer enormous possibilities" and could have application in environmental and health issues, such as detecting diseases in advance once progress is made in relation to underwater robots. The project wil...
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Spanish researchers develop a microsensor to detect respiratory problems

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Spanish researchers develop a microsensor to detect respiratory problems It self-harnesses energy and is able to detect respiratory problems such as sleep apnea or pneumonia    Researchers at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), the Microelectronics Institute of Barcelona (IMB CNM - CSIC) and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) have developed a thermoelectric sensor based on silicon nanotechnology, which is self-sufficient in energy and is able to detect respiratory problems such as sleep apnea or pneumonia. "Its particularity is that it does not consume external energy, but uses the residual heat for its self-supply, which makes it autonomous, easily integrated into wireless networks and significantly less expensive than other devices on the market," says Sebastián Moreno, CEO of FutureSiSens, the technology-based company that researchers have created for commercialization. The sensor is extremely sensitive for the detection and measurement of very small v...
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