+ - Google, Linaro develop custom Android edition for Project Ara
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rtoz (2530056) writes "Google is working with open-source development organization Linaro to develop a special edition of Android for the Project Ara customizable smartphone.
A special edition of Android had to be created for the unique customizable design of Project Ara, said George Grey, CEO of Linaro.
Android can already plug and play SD cards. But Grey said additional OS functionality is needed for storage, cameras and other modules that are typically inside smartphones, but can now be externally added to Project Ara.
A lot of work is also being done on UniPro transport drivers, which connect modules and components in Project Ara. UniPro protocol drivers in Android will function much like the USB protocol, where modules will be recognized based on different driver “classes,” such as those for networking, sensor, imaging, input and others.
Some attachable parts may not be recognized by Android. For those parts, separate drivers need to be developed by module makers through emulators. “That will be need to be done in a secure system so the device can’t do damage to the system,” Grey said.
Project Ara is a very disruptive concept, and it turns around conventional thinking on how to build phones, Grey said."
A special edition of Android had to be created for the unique customizable design of Project Ara, said George Grey, CEO of Linaro.
Android can already plug and play SD cards. But Grey said additional OS functionality is needed for storage, cameras and other modules that are typically inside smartphones, but can now be externally added to Project Ara.
A lot of work is also being done on UniPro transport drivers, which connect modules and components in Project Ara. UniPro protocol drivers in Android will function much like the USB protocol, where modules will be recognized based on different driver “classes,” such as those for networking, sensor, imaging, input and others.
Some attachable parts may not be recognized by Android. For those parts, separate drivers need to be developed by module makers through emulators. “That will be need to be done in a secure system so the device can’t do damage to the system,” Grey said.
Project Ara is a very disruptive concept, and it turns around conventional thinking on how to build phones, Grey said."
+ - SpaceShipTwo flies again->
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schwit1 (797399) writes "The competition heats up: For the first time in six months SpaceShipTwo completed a test flight today.
The article above is from NBC, which also has a deal with Virgin Galactic to televise the first commercial flight. It is thus in their interest to promote the spacecraft and company. The following two sentences from the article however clearly confirm every rumor we have heard about the ship in the past year, that they needed to replace or completely refit the engine and that the resulting thrust might not be enough to get the ship to 100 kilometers or 62 miles:
The article above is from NBC, which also has a deal with Virgin Galactic to televise the first commercial flight. It is thus in their interest to promote the spacecraft and company. The following two sentences from the article however clearly confirm every rumor we have heard about the ship in the past year, that they needed to replace or completely refit the engine and that the resulting thrust might not be enough to get the ship to 100 kilometers or 62 miles:
In January, SpaceShipTwo blasted off for a powered test and sailed through a follow-up glide flight, but then it went into the shop for rocket refitting. It’s expected to go through a series of glide flights and powered flights that eventually rise beyond the boundary of outer space (50 miles or 100 kilometers in altitude, depending on who’s counting).
Hopefully this test flight indicates that they have installed the new engine and are now beginning flight tests with equipment that will actually get the ship into space."
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Comment: Re:I don't see the problem. (Score 1) 667
Not that a Ukrainian error of identification would have been any more or less tragic, although it's less plausible since the separatists are not operating any air assets that I'm aware of so the Ukrainians are much more likely to be very conservative with regard to their anti-air grid.
Yes, but...
Malaysian Airlines MH17 plane was travelling almost the same route as Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s jet shortly before the crash that killed 298, Interfax news agency reports citing sources.
And the planes look almost identical. Have a look. http://rt.com/news/173672-mala...
Comment: Re:Wait for it... (Score 1) 752
There seems to be an unusual amount anti alternative media sentiments here lately. Maybe the NSA is manipulating the moderation system.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-...
Comment: I LOVE begin alone with my thoughts (Score 1) 333
It calms me and it clears my head. Being in a with people exhausts me.
Comment: It's a distraction! (Score 5, Informative) 158
The mainstream media is distracting you from what's really going on is Russia.
Anyhow, before condemning their new laws, have a look that what the FCC says.
Obscene Broadcasts Are Prohibited at All Times
Obscene material is not protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution and cannot be broadcast at any time. The Supreme Court has established that, to be obscene, material must meet a three-pronged test:
- An average person, applying contemporary community standards, must find that the material, as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest;
- The material must depict or describe, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable law; and
- The material, taken as a whole, must lack serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.
Comment: Re:ah (Score 1) 228
If you're not agreeing with them, but just rolling over, then you deserve what you get.
Will you be paying their legal bill? No? Then STFU.
Comment: Re:Btrfs (Score 1) 396
There are varying degrees of stability and I felt that after 7 years of development, official inclusion into the Linux kernel, Facebook deployment and the default fs on OpenSUSE that it's good enough for my laptop, workstation and a few other systems. Having that said, I've not migrated by backup drives yet, they're still on XFS. It may be a while until I migrate those.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.p...
Comment: Btrfs (Score 1) 396
I've slowly been moving all my systems to Btrfs from least important to most important and have had no problems so far.
Comment: Re:What's lost in the rhetoric and internet rage (Score 1) 112
They do but arming their own men is a poor investment compared to using Government services.
Comment: Re:Even higher! (Score 1) 1040
I was going to mod you up but it seems pointless. When it comes to economics, the crowd here is so out of touch that anyone who brings up a reasonable argument gets burried. The illusion that we can get stuff for free has bamboozled the vast majority of people but the rude awakening is near and anyone who's paying attention knows it. You'll need hard assets to ride the next imminent downturn.
Comment: "Emerging Space" (Score 1) 147
Is "emerging space" a synonym for "didn't go anywhere?" As it stands, there is the Ouya, which is dying, a bunch of android consoles dying on the vine, and a Playstation Vita TV, which hasn't caught on enough in Japan to bother shipping elsewhere. As it stands, the only microconsole-like object that is doing OK is Chromecast, and that has nothing to do with games.
Comment: Re:It's one of many reasons why Adblocking is mora (Score 1) 174
On the other hand, if your site can only survive by being paid for with ads, you need a new business model.
Google needs a new business model?
Comment: Duck! (Score 3, Interesting) 105
The first time I experienced this affect was a few year ago while I was walking in some local trails. All of a sudden my body ducked and only after did I realise that I was about to hit a low hanging tree branch. Our mind is living in the past.