Explosion in the Boston Marathon

Google is betting apps for your glasses

Investors in Silicon Valley search engine associated with Google to create a fund Wednesday support businesses that want to develop applications for futuristic glasses connected to the Internet , developed by the U.S. company. The fund Horowitz venture capital and investment section of Google baptized the background as " Glass Collective". The glasses come with a camera and a microphone  connected to wifi or Bluetooth internet through voice commands. A mini display in the glass to read text messages or emails. The idea of the company is that " Google Glass "cost less than $ 1,500. 

The DNA can it be patented?

DNA as a product of nature or the result of a scientific finding, does can be patented? Is the question asked the Supreme Court of the United States on a judgment on two genes linked to breast cancer and ovarian cancer. During an audience of just over an hour, the nine members did not seem to reach a concrete decision on this case, which could have a significant impact on biotechnology and genetic research. Examined, one by one, the gold example, natural product that is extracted from the soil with commercial, a baseball bat, which is cut from a tree trunk, or even a plant native to the Amazon that is used with medicinal purposes. "Extract a natural product simply is not enough" ; these products, all from nature can not be patented, the Supreme Court said Christopher Hansen , an attorney for the Association of Molecular Pathology together with researchers, doctors and patients criticize the decision of the company Myriad Genetics to patent two genes that identify breast cancer and ovarian cancer. On the other hand, counsel for Myriad, Gregory Castanias, said genes are "human constructions "and can not be compared with human organs such as the liver or kidneys, which could not be patented. The company filed patents for isolated two genes, BRCA 1 and 2, which inherited mutations are linked with an increased risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Gathered before the Supreme Court, doctors and women who suffer or have suffered these diseases estimated that Myriad's monopoly on these patents from moving forward with new medical evidence and is an obstacle to research.

Israel turns 65

He said the U.S. journalist Larry King that "Israel's best definition I heard is that in a discussion among ten people, there are at least 11 different opinions."  The sectoral fragmentation, current diversity, pluralism of ideas, encounter disagreement origins and atomizes the Knesset interest (Parliament) to the point that today in its 65th anniversary, Israel assumed (or regrets) have had 33 governments.  The  formula of "more ideas than people" is the cause of scientific and technological success but also the usual tension in the public debate and the inability to reach a consensus for a peace agreement with the Palestinians. 65 years later, Israel has become the first place in the world where Jews live longer. More even than the U.S.. 6,042,000 Jews living in the "national home" that Herzl envisioned. Six million. A figure to be dramatically also symbolic of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust. 65 years later, Israel for the first time overcomes the barrier of 8 million inhabitants. From 806,000 inhabitants in 1948-8018000 in 2013 . 1,658,000 Israelis are Arabs (mostly Muslim) and 318.0000 are Arab Christians and other religious-mostly-immigrants and their families from the former Soviet republics. Israel "bends" to the U.S. and keeping France in third place. "Today in the world there are 13,800,000 Jews," says Professor Sergio Della Pergola (Hebrew University of Jerusalem). The increase of Jews in Israel contrasts with the decline in the rest of the world due among other reasons to mixed marriages and the fact that there are more deaths than births. Israelis commemorate today the "Day of Remembrance" which pay tribute to the 25,578 dead (23,085 personnel of the security forces and 2,493 civilians) in wars and attacks. Israel began the day crying in cemeteries, froze for two minutes at 11 am with the wail of sirens and ends tonight with the start of 24 festive hour "Independence Day". Within weeks, the Palestinians commemorate with pain and anger what they consider "Nakba" (Catastrophe) that led to the creation of Israel in 1948. And they will, once again, immersed in the daily frustration occupation and settlers in the West Bank increased (more than 350,000), the absence of the rule itself and the internal division between Hamas (Gaza Strip) and Fatah (West Bank ). Israel, "the only place in the world with more trees than it was 100 years ago" - as highlighted by a recent local report-is ambushed in a political conflict, territorial and historical while the nearby valleys of the Middle East on fire.Further down from his powerful military, firefighter support Israel principal (USA) which gives three billion dollars a year in military aid. On its 65th anniversary, Israel borders with thick walls about cement and fine technology before some increasingly unstable neighbors . On the one hand, military leaders recognize that it has reduced the possibility of a conventional war with Arab Army . On the other, warn against the increasing number of terrorists linked to Al Qaeda a few meters from Israel taking advantage of the dramatic regional changes. Beyond the fear of the Shiite group Hezbollah arsenal in Lebanon and the Islamist Hamas in Gaza, Israel sealed its borderline with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and a Syrian violent disintegration. Notes with concern about what may happen in neighboring Jordan and especially faces what he considers "existential threat" Iran's nuclear project whose regime reiterates that only civilian purposes. However, Israel is the eighth happiest country in the world, according to several international indices. Panels A survey of Politics shows that 83% of the population feels "proud" to be Israel while 71% say that "Israel is a good place to live ". The exporting country born romantic oranges and collective idea of kibbutzimhas been delivered to the creation of chips and cameras to smartphones .Agricultural inventions, scientific research and ten prestigious Nobel Prizes for innovation over 4,000 Start up whose products, applications and ideas are used in some form or another in all five continents. The biblical land today is a technology incubator. 's Tables of the Law sophisticated compete with tablets in a country where major multinationals have installed tens of Research and Development centers to renew their products . As Bill Gates said, "Israel is part of Silicon Valley". According to local media, the camera Samsung Galaxy 4 was developed almost exclusively in central Ramat Gan and visual identification system that automatically stops a clip on the mobile if the user looks away from the screen.The Israeli resort Microsoft is the largest outside the U.S. Or the stunning Apple center in Haifa.  Shimon Peres, who is 25 years older than the presiding country, believes that the future lies not governments but by the great technology centers . In an interview with The Marker supplement, said: "Governments are designed for a world order that no longer exists. Were more appropriate to a world where the economy was based on the ground and had to be defended, distribute and create armies. When world begins to be based on science, the old order is no longer in effect. Prior governments had a monopoly on knowledge. now need only iPhone ".

China urged to continue the dialogue with North Korea 'whatever happens'

The Chinese government has called on the parties to the conflict on the Korean peninsula that "whatever happens, remain committed to peace, stability, and solution denuclearization through dialogue" in another day of tensions in the region by Fears of a new North Korean ballistic test . "We maintain communications with the parties involved and urge them not to take actions that lead to an escalation of tensions," stressed the spokesman of Chinese Foreign Ministry Hua Chunying at a press conference. Hua has insisted that dialogue to six, with China as the host in addition to the two Koreas, Japan, Russia and the U.S. (but paralyzed for over five years by Pyongyang ) remains the appropriate channel for "lasting peace in Northeast Asia ". "Continue to communicate with stakeholders and making strenuous efforts to achieve that goal," added the official source. South Korea fears his neighbor today conducted missile test , on the occasion of the celebrations for the anniversary of the birth of the founder of the North Korean regime, Kim Il-sung. However, despite the frequent provocations in recent weeks, the South Korean government has also ensured that there are no indications that North Korea is preparing to launch a war on a large scale.

The game, as one of the creators of Angry Birds

The psychedelic pigs never imagined that steal bird eggs for lunch would cost them so dear: now everyone joins the clan of the hacks to get revenge-a clean header. Peter Vesterbacka is the vice president of Rovio, the company that markets several games but shot to stardom with Angry Birds. As a marketing specialist, what the future of gaming and why the advent of the smartphone has created a revolution for the niche. "I think you did well to smartphones the game industry because they are now more accessible. A lot of people now playing. My mother, for example, is not a 'gamer' but playing Angry Birds like many others that did not have any approach to the game and now I "says Vesterbacka. While preparing to give a talk at the Argentine Cultural Industries Market (MICA), it takes a while for journalists and share their experiences in the world of video games. Uniformed a Angry Bird, this is happy. Displays the merchandising of the brand, which includes a can of soda, and yummy gummy type cover for your iPad. "We are on all screens. The difference between mobile and consoles is the same difference between a landline and a cell phone . When was the last time you used a fixed?Long ago, right? So we are designing games for devices that people actually use every day, all the time, "says the vice of Rovio. In that vein, he said that the success of the Angry Birds is larger in countries with greater interference from phones and tablets and argues that "television is no longer the 'main screen' for young and old, the tablet became the more important." Vesterbacka thus places the cards on the table and predicts: "Making great games, great pieces of entertainment, is the challenge of the game industry. You have to do something that people really like and want to play. Something fresh and new. You must call and preserve your fans all the time ".

Two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon

Two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon would have caused injuries. This was reported by the Boston Globe on Twitter.The goal of the ride is in the central Copley Square. The Boston police have said that as a result of the explosions near the finish of the marathon three people died. This was stated by Fox News. According to the U.S. media there would be "tens of wounded," some treated on the spot. E 'was evacuated the stage of the public to the finish line. It is not clear at the time the nature of explosions that would have occurred in rapid succession from one another. The Boston Police confirmed that two explosions at 2:50 local time at the finish line of the marathon, is investigating the possibility that a bomb has been identified at the Mandarin Hotel, a five star hotel in Back Bay. This was reported by CNN. The explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon would have caused "tens of serious injuries," according to a photographer from the Boston Globe. Scenes of terror and panic among the public. A show are some images transmitted by the American TV at the time of one of the explosions near the finish line of the Boston marathon. CNN says at least 6 injured, but many other people may have been victims overwhelmed by the crowd of people fled in fright. TV images show that at the time of the explosions some athletes who were about to cross the finish line and some photographers fall to the ground, while behind rises a cloud of thick smoke from which after a few seconds out of a crowd of people on the run. Part of the stands where he had thronged the public is destroyed. A reporter from a local TV station in New England near the site of the explosion that occurred at the finish line of the Boston Marathon has seen one of the victims who lost both legs. "I was so close, it was scary. I felt the force of the explosion. People fled. Victims I saw projected everywhere," said NECN's Jackie Bruno