Last week, Berchtesgaden, Germany played host to the euRathlon, an outdoor robotics competition where 14 teams tested the intelligence, autonomy and grit of their robots that competed in mock emergency-response scenarios.
Three disaster scenarios tested the robots’ mettle: Mobile handling of hazardous materials, underground rescue from a smoke-filled environment and urban reconnaissance and surveillance. Robots also competed in a fourth category: Autonomous navigation using GPS.
The “reconnaissance and disposal of explosive devices” competition was open to the public and held at the Berchtesgaden train station. Visitors got to watch robots find and pick up duffel bags or suitcases from lockers and deactivate a mock explosive device.

Emergency Response Robots Battle For Honors

'Eyes gouged out, bodies hanging from hooks, and fingers removed with pliers

Most of the defeated terrorists, meanwhile, were reportedly discovered ‘burnt to ashes’, set alight by the last extremist standing to try to protect their identities.

The horrifying details came yesterday as the first pictures emerged from within the wreckage of the building, showing piles of bodies left strewn across the floor.

A third of the mall was destroyed in the battle between terrorists and Kenyan troops.
Lying in the rubble are feared to be the bodies of as many as 71 civilians who have been declared missing by the Kenyan Red Cross.

With detectives, including the FBI and the Metropolitan Police, still unable to reach the wrecked part of the mall for fear of setting off explosives, it could take up to a week to determine exactly who is still inside.
'Eyes gouged out, bodies hanging from hooks, and fingers removed with pliers

Most of the defeated terrorists, meanwhile, were reportedly discovered ‘burnt to ashes’, set alight by the last extremist standing to try to protect their identities.

The horrifying details came yesterday as the first pictures emerged from within the wreckage of the building, showing piles of bodies left strewn across the floor.

A third of the mall was destroyed in the battle between terrorists and Kenyan troops. 

Lying in the rubble are feared to be the bodies of as many as 71 civilians who have been declared missing by the Kenyan Red Cross.

With detectives, including the FBI and the Metropolitan Police, still unable to reach the wrecked part of the mall for fear of setting off explosives, it could take up to a week to determine exactly who is still inside.

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He notes that mastery-based classrooms value learning over time, affording him more time to talk to his students about learning and less time worrying whether his class will “get through” all the material--a profound shift in mindset for both teacher and students.
Students need much more feedback to set goals and keep pace. Shane helps students keep pace through a Candyland-type game board on the wall that lays out all the course modules (see below). Each student has a marker on the board to display his or her progress. They can judge their progress by comparing it with an Einstein head that travels at the pace necessary to complete all the material during the semester. Rapid feedback and goal-setting tools are critical in environments where students control their learning.

Spotting Schools’ Version of "Bigfoot"

Wearable gadgets are popping up on store shelves and crowdfunding sites tend to focus on physical activity. But two startups presenting this week at digital health accelerator Rock Health’s fifth demo day gave a little window into how wearable devices could make a difference in a broader range of day-to-day activities.
“The average American spends 16 percent of his day moving around. And we’ve gotten good at measuring, gamifying and using technology to help [that],” said Jonathan Palley, co-founder of Spire. “But what about the other 84 percent of the day?”

Rock Health startups Spire and Augmedix show wearable tech’s applications beyond fitness

Though a little late to the party, Google's search engine has finally embraced #hashtagmania, albeit in a totally self-serving way.
The search giant announced Wednesday that it's letting people in the US and Canada query its engine for hashtags, meaning now they can type in something like "#emmys" or "#nfl" or "americascup" on Google.com to see related status updates appear to the right of regular results.

Google supports hashtag search, emphasizes Google+

Welcome to another day of the Nairobi mall siege, with still no confirmation that attackers have been cleared from the the Westgate complex, despite repeated claims from Kenyan ministers that a resolution is imminent.
The interior minister Joseph Ole Lenku said on Monday night the evacuation of hostages had gone "very, very well" and officials were "very certain" there were few if any left in the building.
The ministry said late on Monday night on Twitter it was "in control" of the complex.

Kenya mall siege: operations declared over by country's president

Gemalto’s new M2M development kit boosts innovation in the Internet of Things

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is again simplifying Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology and expanding the Internet of Things (IoT) with the launch of the Cinterion® Concept Board for developers. The IoT gives physical objects the ability to automatically transfer information over a network, which creates a platform for smart decisions and continuously improved process and interactions. With the Internet of Things’ ubiquitous intelligence, people can be alerted to the nearest parking space, available taxi or cycle path all with a simple app. The Cinterion Concept Board is designed to expand these IoT possibilities through speeding up the creation of innovative solutions in digital signage¹, automated building applications, remote monitoring and control of devices² and more.
    Gemalto’s new M2M development kit boosts innovation in the Internet of Things

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is again simplifying Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology and expanding the Internet of Things (IoT) with the launch of the Cinterion® Concept Board for developers. The IoT gives physical objects the ability to automatically transfer information over a network, which creates a platform for smart decisions and continuously improved process and interactions. With the Internet of Things’ ubiquitous intelligence, people can be alerted to the nearest parking space, available taxi or cycle path all with a simple app. The Cinterion Concept Board is designed to expand these IoT possibilities through speeding up the creation of innovative solutions in digital signage¹, automated building applications, remote monitoring and control of devices² and more. - See more at: https://m2mworldnews.com/2013/09/23/19877-gemaltos-new-m2m-development-kit-boosts-innovation-in-the-internet-of-things/#sthash.FxezRCrR.dpuf

Anonymous injected DDoS to Yahoo & WWE, It’s time to help Syria anonymous says

Yesterday Afternoon, World Wrestling Entertainment website (wwe.com) was taken down by Anonymous hackers,they took down the website to raise awareness about the Syrian civil war.
One of the Anonymous hacker tweeted about this which reads:
World Wrestling Entertainment Down https://www.wwe.com/  Time To HELP SYRIA By #Fr0styFr0ze #OpSyria #Anonymous
Similar tweets show the claims of Anonymous & an Individual hacker to take down groups.yahoo.com, breach onto American Choral Directors Association and leak 600+ Login details (Hack Read reported)

 Anonymous injected DDoS to Yahoo & WWE, It’s time to help Syria anonymous says

Looking beyond Google Glass: the future of wearable tech

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What if we told you that Google Glass and Galaxy Gear were just the beginning? That the impending arrival of Google's super-futuristic wearable computer and Samsung's wrist-based wonder were simply the commencement of our ascent into the realms of science-fiction cyborg-dom?
Beyond the AR specs spearheaded by Google and the smartwatches in the works from Apple, Samsung and others, there are countless minds creating wearable solutions that will revolutionise health and fitness, the workplace and everything in between - from our socks to our sex lives.
 Looking beyond Google Glass: the future of wearable tech

Transparent, flexible speaker runs on ions

A research team at Harvard has created a remarkable proof of concept device: a thin, transparent speaker powered by ions instead of electricity. Such "ionic devices" could lead to artificial muscles, telescopic contact lenses, and more.
A thicker, stronger ionic device could replace a damaged muscle. A thinner, smaller one could be a contact lens that adjusts for distance or eye trouble. Another could be wrapped around a heart, ready to make up for weak or missed beats.

Transparent, flexible speaker runs on ions