Independence Day : Security Changes for Delhi Metro

New Delhi: Security has been stepped up at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) and on the Delhi Metro in view of possible threats in the run-up to Independence Day later this week.

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), along with Delhi Police and other central security forces and agencies, have tightened their vigil for these two public facilities with additional manpower having been put on duty.

"There is no specific alert, but the security agencies have stepped up the vigil keeping in mind the Independence Day celebrations and other events in the national capital. There is no need for panic," a senior security official said.

CISF has also begun extensive passenger and vehicular checks at the domestic and international terminals at IGIA.

Both the air-side and city-side deployment of the force has been beefed up at IGIA.

Surprise security checks and profiling of passengers and commuters have also been intensified to check for possible trouble-makers, the official said.

The agencies have also deployed additional teams in civil clothes which will monitor the crowds by mingling with them, they said.

Science at the end of my arm! - ROVER!

There are 70 lbs of science at the end of my arm! Includes a drill, scoop, brush camera & X-ray tool [pic]
- The LAND ROVER x92

The Heights of Mount Sharp - Another Day up!

With the addition of four high-resolution Navigation Camera, or Navcam, images, taken on Aug. 18 (Sol 12), Curiosity's 360-degree landing-site panorama now includes the highest point on Mount Sharp visible from the rover. Mount Sharp's peak is obscured from the rover's landing site by this highest visible point. 

The Martian mountain rises 3.4 miles (5.5 kilometers) above the floor of Gale Crater. Geological deposits near the base of the Mount Sharp are the destination of the Curiosity rover's mission.

The pointy rim of Gale Crater can be seen as a lighter strip along the top right of the image. Mount Sharp can be seen along the top left. This full-resolution image shows part of the deck of NASA's Curiosity rover taken from one of the rover's Navigation cameras looking toward the back left of the rover.

The image is a cylindrical projection, which shows the horizon as flat. A cylindrical projection is created by computing the azimuth and elevation of each pixel in the original image and remapping it onto a virtual cylinder. Pixels in the same row of this image are at the same elevation, and pixels in the same column of this image are at the same azimuth.

Along with the four Navcam images taken on the 18th, each 1,024 by 1,024 pixels, this mosaic includes 26 Navcam images, of equivalent resolution, taken late at night on Aug. 7 PDT (early morning Aug. 8 EDT). Seams between the images have been minimized as much as possible.

The previously released, 26-image Navcam mosaic can be found at:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16074.html.

Mars Science Laboratory is a project of NASA's Science Mission Directorate. The mission is managed by JPL. Curiosity was designed, developed and assembled at JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

For more about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl, http://www.nasa.gov/mars, andhttp://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Interactive Mars panorama: As close as you'll get to being there

Interactive Mars panorama: As close as you'll get to being there

Get a feel for what a vacation to Mars would look like with a moveable 360-degree view stitched together from images sent back by the Curiosity rover.

Take a visual trip to Mars.

(Credit: Screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET)

My brother sometimes threatens to run away and join the eventual one-way human mission to Mars. He can get a better idea of what would await him by checking out an interactive, panoramic view of the planet as seen by the Curiosity rover.

Panographer Andrew Bodrov posted an explorable image of Mars to 360Cities. This is what it would it would look like if Google had been able to attach a Street View camera to the rover. You can have a look at it below.

You can zoom and rotate the image to get a detailed, immersive view of the rocky surface, horizon, and the rover itself. It's the next best thing to being there, but without the crushing cold and lack of oxygen.

The Curiosity panorama will also connect you to a Spirit rover panorama, where this tracks image comes from.

(Credit: Screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET)

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Take a virtual tour of Mars on your iPhone or iPad

Good morning, Red Planet! Take an interactive tour by viewing this super-sexy panorama on your iDevice.

(Credit: Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET)

If you've been following the Curiosity rover's progress even a little, you've probably seen the cool360-degree Mars panorama that hit the Web a couple days ago.

As CNET's Amanda Kooser pointed out, it's "about as close as you'll get to being there."

Now you can get even closer, virtually speaking. It turns out that the panorama works with gyroscopes, meaning that if you view it on your iPhone or iPad, you'll get a much more interactive experience.

Stop listening to me describe it and go do it:

1. Open up the Safari browser on your iDevice.
2. Point your browser to this link: http://www.360cities.net/image/curiosity-rover-martian-solar-day-2
3. Tilt your screen. Raise your screen. Lower your screen. Turn in place. See what happens.

Are you grinning like a little kid yet? Call me easily impressed (or a little kid), but this takes one of the coolest things I've ever seen and makes it even cooler.

Mars. In full panorama. Moving as I move. I'm in geek heaven.

By the way, you can still pinch in or out to change the zoom. My advice: load up Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (better known as the soundtrack to "2001: A Space Odyssey"), blast it full volume, and imagine yourself standing on Mars.

Then sit down and marvel at what we've accomplished as a species. Rockets. Mars rovers. Mars rovers with cameras. Interplanetary connectivity. And handheld devices for viewing it all. Damn.

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The photos and videos coming from NASA and the Curiosity Rover on Mars are truly stunning. It's fun, exciting, and even a little puzzling at times to see the landscape and how another planet so far away compares to Earth.

Both the official NASA and Mars Curiosity Twitter accounts are great sources to keep up on the latest news and photos coming from the brave little rover so far from home. But, we can't sit and watch Twitter all day long, making the chance of missing a photo a real possibility.

While browsing If This Then That shared recipes today, I stumbled upon a solution to this potential problem. Ifttt user lsalvador was kind enough to create and share a recipe that monitors both the Mars Curiosity Twitter account, as well as NASA's Twitter account for links to a photo in the body of tweets.

If the recipe finds an image or photo in the tweet, you'll receive an e-mail with the photo and a link to the tweet, ensuring you don't miss out on any potential Martian sightings.

To add the recipe to your account, visit this Web page and click on the Use Recipe at the bottom of the page. If you're new to Ifttt, you'll have to allow Ifttt to access your Twitter account and designate an e-mail address in order for the recipe to work.

If you're looking for a really cool view of Mars, make sure to check out this panoramic picture. It's even better when you view it from your iOS device.

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Apple - iWatch - The first Review!

So what Apple promised, they are full filling it up!
After a awesome promotion of iphone5 they have been making up a Dynamic and revolutionary change in the market. They have moved the phone from hand to wrist??
Yeah! You heared it right up!
Apple is preparing to launch iWatch that's break's down all the laws and technology that have ever made in the whole word.
This is a Watch kind of phone that has the ability to work like iPhone 5.5 (s Build 0.6.1)

This is expected to include all the features of iPhone 5 + some more additional features like :
1) On the move portability.
2) Connecting to any other Apple device like iPhone or iPC.
3) Running the JVScripts easily with the BGP functions.
4) Multi process OS control and protocol support.

We don't know more features as this information is still not out on any other network. MindFreakers Networking is (or may be) the first website publishing about the review of iWatch.

Apple iPhone 5 Features and Specifications :

• Network band: 2G (GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), CDMA 850, 1900 MHz (Sprint)
• 3G( CDMA EVDO rev.A (Sprint)) HSPA/UMTS 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz
• Design Type: Candy bar
• CPU: Apple A4 1GHz Processor
• Operating System: Apple iOS 5
• Display Screen Size: mysterious
• Input/ User Interface: Retina Display
• Multi Touch
• 3-axis Gyroscope
• Light-Sensor (Ambient)
• Fingerprint/Scratch-resistant oleophobic surface
• Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
• Internal RAM: 512MB RAM
• Internal Memory: 16GB / 32GB built-in
• Browser: HTML, Safari Browser
• Messaging: MMS, SMS, Push Mail, Email
• Camera Size: 8.0 Megapixels
• Camera Resolution: 3264×2448 pixels
• Digital Zoom, Auto focus
• Secondary Camera
• Video Calling
• LED Flash
• Geo tagging
• Video Recording
• Internet Connectivity: WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz, 3G
• Data Transfer Connectivity: Bluetooth v2.1 with EDR Stereo & USB v2.0
• GPS A-GPS
• 3.5mm stereo headset jack
• Tethering
• No FM Radio
• Digital Compass
• Video Editing with iMovie
• Skype Mobile Video Calling
• Scratch-resistant glass back panel
• Additional Microphone for Noise Cancellation
• Audio Formats Support: MPEG4, Motion JPG, MOV, H.264
• Video Format Support: MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, eAAC, Apple Lossless, AIFF, Audible
• Colors choice: Black & White
• Battery Model: Li-Ion Standard Battery

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