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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Dennis Tito to announce private mission to Mars

Space tourist millionaire Dennis Tito, who in 2001 paid $20 million to visit the International Space Station, is planning a privately funded trip to the Red Planet.

By Clara Moskowitz,?SPACE.com / February 27, 2013

Dennis Tito became the first space tourist when he launched toward the International Space Station in April 2001. Here, he shares his experiences at a space conference in 2003.

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A millionaire space tourist plans to make a major announcement today (Feb. 27) about launching a trip to Mars in 2018.

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American businessman?Dennis Tito?paid about $20 million to visit the International Space Station in 2001 aboard a Russian spacecraft. Now, Tito is launching a new nonprofit organization called the Inspiration Mars Foundation to plan another private trip to space.

Details about the?private Mars voyage, including whether it will be manned or robotic, are set to be revealed during a press conference today at Washington, D.C.'s National Press Club. Speakers at the 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT) event will include Tito, as well as longtime space journalist Miles O?Brien, former NASA flight surgeon Jonathan Clark, a professor of space medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Taber MacCallum, chief executive officer and chief technology officer of Paragon Space Development Corporation, and Jane Poynter, Paragon's president and chairwoman.

The Inspiration Mars Foundation plans to mount a mission to "take advantage of a unique window of opportunity to launch an historic journey to Mars and back in 501 days," project officials wrote in a media advisory.

"This 'Mission for America' will generate new knowledge, experience and momentum for the next great era of space exploration. It is intended to encourage all Americans to believe again, in doing the hard things that make our nation great, while inspiring youth through Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and motivation," they added.

Tito, an engineer who once worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., founded the investment firm Wilshire Associates, which eventually made him a millionaire. [Photos: The First Space Tourists]

Tito's eight-day trek to space in 2001 made him the first-ever space tourist. Since his trip, six others have followed in his footsteps, paying between $20 million and $35 million through the American firm Space Adventures, which brokers deals with the Russian Federal Space Agency.

No private company has yet launched people to space on commercially built vehicles, though numerous firms, such as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., are working toward that goal.

NASA itself is also pursuing the goal of?sending humans to Mars. The space agency is developing a new capsule called Orion, and a new heavy-lift rocket called the Space Launch System (SLS), to take astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit and to new destinations in the solar system, including asteroids and the Red Planet.

To watch Tito's announcement live at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT), visit:?http://www.inspirationmars.org/.

Follow Clara Moskowitz on Twitter?@ClaraMoskowitz?or SPACE.com?@Spacedotcom. We're also onFacebook?&?Google+.?

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/science/~3/NyL7S9vzHxk/Dennis-Tito-to-announce-private-mission-to-Mars

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Trash Talkin? Tuesday

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Top Ten Cities For Women Entrepreneurs

Nerd Wallet:

Happy women?s history month! Although women now make up a majority of those enrolled in college, women are still underrepresented in some fields, including business and entrepreneurship. Many successful businesswomen shared their thoughts in our recent compilation of tips from small businesswomen, and they cited a lack of female mentorship and networking opportunities for women as barriers. Although female entrepreneurs are less common than male entrepreneurs, there are plenty of innovative, inspiring women in the business industry.

Read the whole story at Nerd Wallet

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Inside View from Ireland: The Value of Open Data

Bernie Goldbach in Cashel | Tony Clement in Canada.

I TRY TO ensure our creative multimedia students understand the importance of sharing data points through simple things like online photos. And I listen to strategic thinkers like Tony Clement explain why our world is better with Open Data in it.

I wish anybody in charge of State money in Ireland had to certify (1) Open Data compliance and (2) API end point access for public data they gather or maintain. In my mind, it's a matter of accessibility. We hear the accessibility standard discussed in every developers' conference. Public servants have to be concerned with accessible internet resources and they're graded accordingly. We need to impose the same kind of public expectation on all the data that's culled and presented online by State agencies.

All the smartphone ecosystems have exceptionally useful?apps available for download that build on top of information created and collected by government sources. My phone has more accurate information about transportation and venues now than ever before. And if governments were more forward-thinking we could boost business, civic engagement and cultural interactions.

This?Friday, on the first of March 1st at 4PM Irish Time, I'm going to listen to a Hangout on Air about Canada's Open Data portal. The Hangout is with the Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board of Canada and Member of Parliament for Parry Sound-Muskoka. Tony is leading the redesign of the Government of Canada?s?Open Data?portal.

I've put the Hangout onto my Google Calendar. If Open Data interests you, here's what you might consider this Friday:

Props to Mark Blevis and Colin McKay

Source: http://www.insideview.ie/irisheyes/2013/02/the-value-of-open-data.html

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OPTiM outs wireless smartphone-to-smartphone screen sharing and remote control app for Android

One of the more notable features of BlackBerry 10 is built-in screensharing, but here in Barcelona at MWC 2013, OPTiM has just one-upped Waterloo with a new app for Android. It not only lets users share screens, but it also allows them to remotely control devices over WiFi. Called Optia for Android, it works with handsets running Android 2.3 and up, and has a built-in chat function for facilitating communication while screensharing. Naturally, the app's a boon to IT pros who manage devices from afar, but it should also prove useful for helping you teach mom and dad how to use the fancy new smartphones you got them for Christmas. The app's currently free from Google Play, though only for a limited time. Head on past the break for a video of Optia in action, and you can grab the app at the source link below.

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Interview: Hugh Bonneville star of Downton Abbey | The Cambridge ...

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Harry Peto talks to the Downton Abbey star about his role as Lord Grantham, the Footlights and Maggie Smith....

Hugh Bonneville, a sort of new Colin Firth figure in his own right, will put you at immediate ease should you ever meet him, just like all those swooning middle-aged mums would like to believe. In spite of his oozing charisma, he remains touchingly modest throughout my meeting with him; I ask about his experience of student drama and the Corpus alumnus tells me, "I wrote a terrible sketch for the Footlights. I wasn't in the Footlights." Many current actors will empathise with the fact that he "tended to do more play than work", and left Cambridge with a 2:2 in theology.

I'm keen to know if he aspires to any particular roles, Shakespeare or otherwise - the modesty once again shines through as he remarks that "maybe I'm getting too old and slow for Benedict but I love that play [Much Ado about Nothing] very much". Whilst he's never had a yearning for a specific role, he'd "love to do some Chekov", so perhaps that's where Lord Grantham is destined to head next.

What really gets Bonneville going, it seems, is a real challenge, in which he's forced to face up to his fears. His examples are playing John Bailey in Iris (2001) and Philip Larkin- "who I felt I had nothing in common with at all, but I thoroughly enjoyed a) researching him and b) developing as a character"- as well as Mr Pooter in Diary of a Nobody (2007), "which was a challenge in its own right because it was a one-man piece to camera. So it was me talking to the camera for two hours, which presents challenges of its own. So I suppose those sorts of roles, where it's outside your comfort zone, and yet you try and push yourself into some sort of representation, I find those exciting."

The success of Downton Abbey has catapulted Bonneville to stardom. "A couple of people last time I was in America said to me, 'oh, you must have been very grateful when Downton Abbey came along' like I hadn't been doing anything for 25 years!" The ubiquity of the show's success is evident as well: "I was in Thailand just after New Year and I was just walking down the street and my wife said, 'gosh, isn't it refreshing to be somewhere where no-one recognises you?' At which point someone leapt out of a shop and said 'I LOVE Downton Abbey!!' It's nice, it's lovely that people like the show, etc. but it's peculiar. It's a strange thing."

Stressful though? "It's a shrinking world, and everyone has camera phones, and everyone thinks nothing of coming up and sticking a camera in your face, so it's not just the paps anymore. It's everyone. But I can't complain, it's part and parcel of modern-day life", he explains light-heartedly.

Not many people are aware that 'Bonneville' is a middle name and Williams is his actual surname. I'm curious as to whether this is in part to give himself a separate identity for the public eye. "No, not at all, no, no, it's simply a practical one"; namely that his first audition involved a director wasting time explaining he shared a name with a famous actor from the 1940s. "So it's all very confusing but I answer to everything. There's no clever reason behind it." Never mind!

Does he think one can be simply 'right' or 'wrong' for a part? He cites the film Tootsie, where Dustin Hoffman "is desperately auditioning on Broadway, off Broadway, everywhere, and audition after audition they say no, you're too tall, you're too short, you're too whatever, and eventually one of the directors shouts 'we just don't want you'. It's not about your intrinsic talent. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I think the hardest thing, and the most essential thing, is not to take it personally", and with that he laughs very cheerily.

I want to know whether there are common characteristics of actors, then. "We are vagabonds and rogues! There is something magpie-ish about actors. I don't mean they go round thieving but they do thieve traits of personalities.

"I love the company of actors: they're irreverent, deeply loyal to each other. People always say actors just bitch about each other. I'm not entirely sure that's true. They care deeply about each other actually. I think, if we're lucky enough to be in a profession which is about expression of any sort of artistic form, yes of course there's bitching and cliques and all the rest of it but the true actors, or the true artists, in the entertainment industry I've found very compassionate people and I love their company."

Is working with the likes of Maggie Smith totally different from working with other less well known actors/actresses? "No, not in the least, no- I mean, what's different is you're working with the best actors in the world! She's gonna deliver so you'd better damn-well be prepared. You can't put your finger on why they are different, like watching Mark Rylance on stage: you simply can't take your eyes off him. And people say the same of (Lawrence) Olivier and (John) Gielgud and they all have their particular qualities. But Maggie is one of our current great actresses and it's amazing that I'm playing her son six months of the year."

Does he look up to anyone in particular? "I'm a huge fan of Philip Seymour-Hoffman. I think the range he displays is enviable. He can play light comedy and he can play very, very dark, sinister characters and I adore watching that sort of metamorphosis in an actor. I don't possess it myself necessarily but I admire it in him. I'm nervous of meeting one's heroes or, in fact, turning into jelly when I do meet them."

Maggie Smith recently said she never watches Downton. "Yeah I know some actors don't... because they find it weird and compellingly horrible. Or rather, I do watch and find it compellingly horrible! Also, the first time I watch something I will learn from it and think, 'ooh that's odd', and 'why did they cut that scene?' and that sort of thing. And then the second time, hopefully, if it's good, I'll enjoy the story. I'll just watch it like anybody else... Not that I queue up to watch my own films or anything like that! But I don't run and hide behind cushions; sometimes I do. But I find it quite instructive actually."

I acknowledge his recording of an audiobook version of Goldfinger and ask him if he's a Bond fan- only an "armchair" one apparently. He (rightly) guesses that I want to ask which his favourite Bond is. "I have to say Daniel Craig. I think Daniel Craig has brought an incredible new depth to the character and verges on menacing at times, particularly in Casino Royale, which I thought was a wonderful, wonderful film. But I'm afraid I've got to go back to Connery. Connery's MY Bond", and again he sounds off that wonderfully charming laugh, and I can't help but agree with him.

Finally, I ask him which series of Downton Abbey is his favourite. "The one we're shooting at the moment actually", chuckling again, perhaps in amusement that I'm now desperate to know why- alas, he can say nothing more! I suppose we'll just have to wait and see what Lord Grantham has in store for us...

Source: http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/issue/interviews/interview-hugh-bonneville-star-of-downton-abbey/

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Monday, February 25, 2013

Samsung HomeSync Android TV box hands-on (video)

Yesterday, Samsung announced the HomeSync Android TV box, and as expected that device is making an appearance here on the MWC 2013 show floor. Boxy media hubs can only be so attractive, but the HomeSync's grey-and-black aesthetic is sleek, and the brushed-metal finish will look familiar to anyone who's used a Sammy handset or laptop. There's a pair of USB 3.0 inputs, an HDMI port, optical audio and Ethernet connections on the rear, and buttons for power and settings on the front, but you can easily hide the console deep inside your home theater rig -- it can be controlled exclusively with a Android 4.2-equipped smartphone or tablet.

The Jelly Bean-powered HomeSync runs a 1.7GHz dual-core processor with 1TB of storage, and it supports up to eight accounts for uploading, downloading and sharing content between devices. Those with a Galaxy device will be able to wirelessly stream content to their TVs in full 1080p, and Play Store access is on board for downloading additional media. It worked well during our hands-on, but as with any WiFi-equipped streaming device, there was noticeable lag when mirroring the smartphone display on the connected HDTV. Still, assuming the price is right, we can see this being a solid component within any home theater setup. Take a closer look in our hands-on video after the break.

Gallery: Samsung HomeSync hands-on