Archive for January, 2010
Real Time Vehicle Tracking
Posted by ariyes in Technology on January 27th, 2010
The phrase real time vehicle tracking relates to the GPS tracking systems installed in many commercial fleets of vehicles around the world. It is now true that many vehicles are being tracked for a variety of reasons and benefits.
These benefits include:
1) Lower insurance premiums.
2) Lower diesel and petrol costs.
3) Increased security.
4) Greater control over staff costs.
5) Greater control over mobile workers.
6) Increased efficiency.
7) Increased safety of your staff.
Complete overview of multiple factors relating to your vehicles and plant equipment.
9) The ability to make your fleet more environmentally friendly.
These benefits are all possible via tracking systems. The systems are often referred to as real time vehicle tracking systems due to the fact that they monitor and display the whereabouts and other information about vehicles in real time. In other words live.
Tracking relies on satellites and the mobile phone network to bring you this information. A GPS vehicle tracking device fitted in each vehicle communicates with the satellites to ascertain the exact location of the device. This information is then communicated to a central computer via the mobile phone network.
The most common use of GPS tracking is to track cars, vans and trucks, but another increasingly popular use of tracking is to track plant equipment. Plant equipment has always been a target for thieves and this trend is not slowing down. Plant tracking considerably increases the chances of you recovering such equipment in the case of it being stolen.
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Genetic Technology the Buzz of the 21st Century
Posted by ariyes in Biotech, Technology on January 27th, 2010
Presently the term Genetic engineering today is no longer a new one for the whole world. Almost every single day in the newspapers, TV, latest magazines the newer inventions of the genetic engineering are found. Genetic engineering can be termed as the practice which manipulates the organism’s genes with a view to produce an expected outcome. Some other methods which falls under this particular category are the: DNA technology, the genetic modifications (GM) and last but not the least the gene splicing.
Major Applications of Genetic Engineering
Almost each and every field of life is affected by Genetic engineering. To name a few: agriculture, food industry, medicine industry and so on.
A. Applications in Agriculture
By making use of genetic engineering it is even possible to prepare the clones of the genetically manipulated plants and the animals that are also of agricultural significance having the expected characteristics. This would enhance the nutritive values of the plant and the animal food. As a matter of Genetic engineering is capable of leading to the development of the plants which would fix nitrogen straight from atmosphere, instead from the fertilizers that are expensive. Genetic engineering is also having the power to create microorganisms that could be utilized for the purpose of biological control of the harmful insect’s pests etc.
B. Environmental Applications
The genetically modified microorganisms can be utilized for the purpose of degradation of the wastes, in the sewage or even in oil spills, etc.
C. Industrial Applications
In the industries and pharmacies it is used for the preparation of substances of commercial significance. Genetic Engineering is also used for the enhancement of the prevailing fermentation processes and then the manufacturing of the proteins from the wastes.
D. Medicinal Applications
Of the medical applications of the genetic engineering; the production of the hormones, the vaccines, required enzymes, the antibodies and vitamins, and in case of the gene therapy for a number of the hereditary diseases.
E. Gene therapy for the Purpose of Treating the Hereditary diseases
The previous experiments on gene transplantation were mainly concerned with the transplanting genes in vitro into the isolated cells or may be into the form of bacteria. The good news is that the Gene transplantation experiments are now been extended to the living beings.
Tips on Upgrading Your PC
Posted by ariyes in Computers, Customizing PC, Upgrade on January 13th, 2010
The chances of degradation in the performance of the same PC for a number of years is quite high. Sluggish nature of PC is also a major concern with an old PC. One main reason why PCs turn sluggish with time is the fact that the advancements in the field of technology are converting the software and the hardware requirements to go up.
Basing on the parts you wish to upgrade upgrading your present system is certainly the most cost effective thing. For majority of the people, adding more cache memory i.e. RAM can offer your system a major boost. They arrive in three type viz. DDR3, DDR2, and DDR. Currently, DDR2 are the most usual one found in the market and are comparatively a lot cheap costing $50 or less. Select the kind of module that your computer usually accepts; remember a system can accept only one of three types.
If you’re one of those gamer types, then you can consider of upgrading the video card. Majority of the customized computer systems are having integrated graphics that share the exact RAM along with the CPU, offering the system a cut down in performance. The dedicated video cards are having their very own memory and the processor, allowing the main memory and the CPU to perform other stuffs, hence offering your system with a boost in the performance. With a view to get decent performance, a cost around $100-$200 will be adequate.
Upgrading your CPU is in fact never a cost effective idea. Basing on what you utilize your system mainly for, minimal performance boost are obtained. If you’re thinking of upgrading the CPU, then consider purchasing a new pre-built computer.
Deciding the fact of whether you should be upgrading your system or buy a customized PC is quite easy. Identify which upgrade is the most cost-effective for you, and also falls under your budget. This might even teach you a thing or two about the functionality of a computer.
Ins and Outs of Portable Hard Disc Drive
Posted by ariyes in Computer Hardware, Computers on January 13th, 2010
Additional storage for the digital information storage is indeed an expensive game, whether it is for an upgrade for iPod, a larger MMC for the camera, or for an additional hard disc drive for your Computer.
Advancement in technology is quicker than ever before. Portable or mobile external hard disc drives that once used to cost around hundreds of pounds are now offered at a quite cheap price.
The increase of gigabyte has ushered in ways to an increasing array of diversifying products that are equipped to deal with the enormous stored information, and of late, the term TB or terabyte has got its share of use, meaning one thousand Gigabytes, indicating simply how much storage we need for the residential and businesses goals. An average album is generally 80MB worth of data storage. The memory capability of a DVD is generally around 4GB. The Blu-Ray discs and the HD files will be a lot larger.
Of the available external hard discs the Freecom Classic 1Tera Byte external hard drives can be bought for approximately £120 online, a just £12 for every 100 GB, which is in deed a fantastic value for the money. This particular model is having an USB connection for simple linking to your PC, and eliminating any sort of conflicts within the PC or the OS. Owing to its fan free design this very model is too quiet.
The classic is on offer in various storage sizes, but with time, you will be prone to accumulating more data, which really makes sense of buying an affordable item, and hence save all the hassle of more than one external drives, and thence purchase a 1TB drive. However, the prices do fall continually, and you should not be surprised to purchase them at a lot lesser price than mentioned in the near future!
Nano Technology and Human Biosystem
Posted by ariyes in Batteries & Power, Biotech on January 6th, 2010
It is largely speculated and a lot of the people in the health related profession and the research field opine that it is indeed inevitable that in the very near future the nano-machines will enter right into the body with a view to fix issues at cell level, thence kill the cancer sells and eradicate toxins. Now, the question is that whether is this real or is it just a Science Fiction? Certainly, but the problems are more acute with the blood cleaning and also the liver cleaning first and all of these nano-machines will aid by permitting the system to perform its job.
It is possible to that the machines would be removed by the blood filtration and the immune system would do the rest of the job. A seasoned scientist predicted that an aged woman could be in her youth again and hence reappear to her age within the shortest possible time? The period might be in mere weeks, days or even hours; but is it even possible? A lot of people say yes it is possible, but also realize it would really be getting noticed upon the very next cycle of the “change-over” of the body cells, which could eventually take as long as 2 years to see the changes. Also comprehend that the gene therapy would also be required.
A section that opposes this particular believe that the females self immune system would be attacking the nanomites or nano-machines. But as a matter of fact, is this really true? Wouldn’t it be a major war inside her body? Well the answer is affirmative; the young immune systems thence require to be downplayed while the process runs. Probably, the “Blocker food supplements” such these, which gets bind with fat content, they might even bind with some of the nutrients, that eventually super charge the overall immune system.
But at the end of the day the fact is that such statements can never be made; as we don’t know about this yet. So, better wait for a real confirmation then go for it.