Goodbye Nexus — Hello Silver — Google's new "pure Android" programme

http://androidandme.com/2014/05/opinions/ill-miss-the-nexus-line-but-android-silver-sounds-even-better/

http://www.stuff.tv/android/android-silver-everything-you-need-know-about-google-s-upcoming-range-premium-smartphones/fe

http://www.techradar.com/au/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/google-reportedly-looks-to-more-devices-line-with-the-android-silver-program-1246122

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/553209/20140522/google-android-silver-samsung-touchwiz-htc-sense.htm#.U4wXo9B_W2c / Google's Silver program replace Nexus Android Silver devices tailored Google experience software interface features compete custom user interface UI's Samsung TouchWiz HTC Sense Nexus Google Play Edition devices pure Android experience programme programs Android Open Source Project AOSP Nexus 5 Android 4.4 KitKat Google's shifting focus applications Google Now launcher Google Dialer software hardware partner create Android source code partners Google services Amazon Nokia OEMs tailor Android system user experience fragmentation problem Android Silver program Google Experience Android interface notification shade home screen recent integration integrate Search Chrome under Android Google Launcher focus multitasking working with other applications Google Now provide a more convenient UI user dismiss applications swipe official announcements company I/O conference this June /

Elon Musk on 60 Minutes (video)

"Only 4 entities have put a capsule in space & brought it back: The United States, Russia, China ... Elon Musk." — 60 Minutes

After a tussle with Ford, the Tesla "mass market car" (200 mile range, $30,000), will no longer be called the Model E, but whatever it is called, Elon Musk's says it will be unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show in January 2015.

/ Tesla lithium ion LiIon battery charge recharge recharge Supercharger CEO important try probable outcome failure profile entrepreneurs financial financially succeed real world changing solar city solar panels roof transportation oil capsule space United States Russia China Elon Musk SpaceX cheaper Tesla unveiled early 2015 third platform Detroit Auto Show January 2015 on sale 2016 or 2017 inexpensive batteries planned Gigafactory Tesla /

Scientists have pinpointed why batteries lose capacity over time

Now if they can just do something about it ...

http://www.dvice.com/2014-5-30/scientists-have-pinpointed-why-batteries-lose-life-over-time

http://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=24805 / charger smart phone smartphone top up battery single charge battery longevity LiIon litihum ion lithium-ion battery batteries easy replacement removeable scientists charge fully breakthrough paper papers published publish scientists U.S. Department of Energy positive lithium ions move across the anode battery causing irregular degradation anode surface Huolin Xin materials scientist Brookhaven Lab Center for Functional Nanomaterials CFN degradation unevenly resulting irregularities anode surface crusty deposits rock salt build up on the surface insulate insulation insulating electron flow diminishing diminish capacity source of the problem next step develop solution stops crusty buildup more resistant charging ability loss atomic deposition process crystallization resistant coating on the anode cellphone industry upgrade to a new phone end contract Brookhaven National Laboratory /

Emptying the oceans — trawling leading to deep ocean deserts

Credit: Gewin 2004

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/science-sushi/2014/05/30/emptying-ocean-trawling-leading-deep-ocean-deserts/#.U4mCF9B_W2d / research trawl trawler trawling allowed high seas bottom trawling dredges up twice the area of the United States every year terms unregulated study published Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences mounting evidence protein laying waste planet permanent lasting changes in the sea floor prevent recovery method of fishing boats nets drag nets through the water along the sea floor catching catch sustainability high-efficiency fishing method abundance small fish boats designed drag larger and larger nets deeper and deeper engineering prowess empty our oceans devastation of trawling United Kingdom UK unrestricted freedom of fishing high seas world world’s oceans ban bottom trawling modern technology bottom trawlers drag nets corals top predators surface habitats living sea floor corals sponges other marine life net’s massive weight dragged surface dying or dead deep gouges seabed rubble deep sea organisms slower growing scars on the sea floor seafloor greed /

How to continue getting free security updates for Windows XP — until 2019

Approach with caution.

http://betanews.com/2014/05/26/how-to-continue-getting-free-security-updates-for-windows-xp-until-2019/ / Microsoft XP security updates forcing upgrade another newer operating system gamble security safety latest usage figures large proportion portion users moving away from XP user hack trick receive security updates aging OS operating system five years April 2019 workaround updates Windows Embedded Industry formerly known as Windows Embedded POSReady WEI based on Windows XP Service Pack 3 security updates release released Microsoft pushed out XP install the updates version mismatch error simple registry tweak fix that create a text document XP.reg .reg proper extension not XP.reg.txt registry file open any folder Tools > Folder Options select View uncheck Show hidden files and folders fix the problem right-click the file select Edit paste Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady] "Installed"=dword:00000001 Save it double-click change registry automatically fetch updates designed for POSReady 2009 XP remains protected foreseeable future trick only works 32-bit editions of XP workaround 64-bit versions installing updates system Windows XP updates /

Cool roads (podcast)

Credit: City of Sydney, 2009

What is a cool road? A road that's not hot. Its a road that can reduce your electricity bills, ameliorate climate change, & reduce mortality rates in heat waves.

In the thermal image above (Chippendale, a suburb of Sydney, NSW, Australia), the hottest bits are in orange-red, coolest bits in blue, & intermediate temperatures in yellow.

Hottest bits? Roads.

Why are they hot? Because they are black, & heated by sunlight.

And there are a lot of them. Twenty four percent of the land area of Chippendale is covered with black roads. Some other Sydney suburbs run to 36%.

On average, Chippendale is 6 Celsius degrees hotter than it would otherwise be, but for its black roads.

Problems:
● air conditioning use is increased with obvious climate change & cost impacts
● mortality rates, particularly among the young & the old, rise during heat waves

Something similar is happening in your town or city.

Simple solution: pale roads. This means concrete.

Concrete roads are more expensive, but last longer & have lower maintenance costs.

A New York study found that an investment of $58 million in cool roads in that city would reduce annual electricity bills by $57 million. I.e. one year payback, ignoring other benefits.

In Australia, a study indicated that by replacing black roads with cool roads, as they come due for replacement, cities could be cooled by 1 or 2 Celsius degrees by 2020. This is equivalent to taking a high cost, peak load power station off line in each state.

A trial is to begin in chippendale next month.

Other measures include:
● grow trees to shade suburban streets
● pale roofs
● pale parking lots & driveways

Pocast can be found here:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/first-trial-of-cool-roads-to-combat-warming/5485844

More about sustainability in Chippendale:
http://sustainablechippendale.com/ / cool roads combat climate change Australian sustainability expert light coloured colored colour color pale heat reflective roads pale roofs more trees reduce temperatures big cities six degrees improbable first trial cool road pale more reflective media black tar laid down Sydney concrete cement /

Tesla Modle S pricing in Australia

Credit: Tesla Motors

Prices for the Model S in Australia have previously been reported on these pages. Tesla has now published figures on its website.

At this time, prices for standard vehicles on the Tesla website are:

60 kWh model

$91,400 plus luxury car tax & local registration.

85 kWH model

$103,400 plus luxury car tax & local registration.

85 kWh Performance model

$119,900 for the car, plus taxes.

A loaded 85 kWh Performance model, registed in WA, is quoted at $189,110.

Supercharger is standard on both 85 kWh models, optional on the 60 kWh.

http://www.teslamotors.com/en_AU/models/design / P85 battery lithium ion LiIon charge recharge Supercharger network super charger Model S Tesla Motors price official release date variants pricing with pricing register registered interest Signature Reservation slots stock 60kWh Tesla Model S charge comes Australia Tax per Australian taxes 10 per cent Goods and Services tax GST Luxury Car Tax Stamp Duty price compared BMW M5 total-cost-of-ownership Supercharger network 2015 Model S charge their cars for free what the Tesla Model S will cost in Australia /