Auftragsfertiger: TSCM möchte neue Fab für 16FF-Technik bauen

Die TSMC hat bei der chinesischen Investitionsbehörde einen Antrag auf eine neue Fertigungsanlage gestellt. Dort sollen 300-mm-Wafer mit 16FF-Technik belichtet werden. Die TSMC geht von Projektkosten von bis zu drei Milliarden US-Dollar für die Fab aus. (TSMC, Prozessor)

Die TSMC hat bei der chinesischen Investitionsbehörde einen Antrag auf eine neue Fertigungsanlage gestellt. Dort sollen 300-mm-Wafer mit 16FF-Technik belichtet werden. Die TSMC geht von Projektkosten von bis zu drei Milliarden US-Dollar für die Fab aus. (TSMC, Prozessor)

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 12/07/15

The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.’ tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Goosebumps’ ‘Another World’ completes the top three.

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mazeThis week we have four newcomers in our chart.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is the most downloaded movie for the third week in a row.

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are BD/DVDrips unless stated otherwise.

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Ranking (last week) Movie IMDb Rating / Trailer
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1 (1) Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials 6.8 / trailer
2 (…) Goosebumps (Webrip) 6.8 / trailer
3 (…) Hate Story 3 (DVDscr) 5.0 / trailer
4 (…) Absolutely Anything 6.0 / trailer
5 (5) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 7.5 / trailer
6 (4) Criminal Activities (Web-DL) 5.8 / trailer
7 (2) Ant-Man 7.7 / trailer
8 (3) Another World (Web-DL) 5.3 / trailer
9 (9) Inside Out 8.4 / trailer
10 (…) The Walk (Webrip) 7.7 / trailer

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Lattepanda: Windows-10-Bastelcomputer in Raspberry-Pi-Größe

Per Crowdfunding soll ein Intel-basierter Bastelrechner verkauft werden. Auf der Platine sitzt auch noch ein kleiner Atmega32u4. Windows-10-Home wird vorinstalliert. (Windows 10, USB 3.0)

Per Crowdfunding soll ein Intel-basierter Bastelrechner verkauft werden. Auf der Platine sitzt auch noch ein kleiner Atmega32u4. Windows-10-Home wird vorinstalliert. (Windows 10, USB 3.0)

The new Cessna 172p

by Gilberto Agostinho

FlightGear’s default aircraft, the Cessna 172P, went through a major makeover. This post will show some of these improvements.

The aircraft exterior is now much more detailed, with new higher resolution liveries (as well as several cockpit and interior themes).

The cockpit is now fully textured and fully functional. All switches, buttons and levers are operable (try pulling out some circuit breakers!). When using ALS, the new interior shadow effect is very immersive.

There are six variants avilable now (default, two bush tire variants, amphibian, pontoon and skis) as well as two types of engine (160 HP …
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by Gilberto Agostinho

FlightGear’s default aircraft, the Cessna 172P, went through a major makeover. This post will show some of these improvements.

The aircraft exterior is now much more detailed, with new higher resolution liveries (as well as several cockpit and interior themes).

The cockpit is now fully textured and fully functional. All switches, buttons and levers are operable (try pulling out some circuit breakers!). When using ALS, the new interior shadow effect is very immersive.

There are six variants avilable now (default, two bush tire variants, amphibian, pontoon and skis) as well as two types of engine (160 HP and 180 HP). Below, the amphibian variant at San Francisco bay.

The cockpit has now a glass effect, making the windows reflective. The instruments can also be illuminated if the sunlight is getting weak.

If the conditions are just right, the cockpit glass will get foggy or display some frost, as in the image below. To control that, use the air vent and air heat levers (as well as cracking the windows!).

Pre-flight inspection has now been implemented. It’s possible now to add and remove tie-downs, wheel chocks and the pitot tube cover. On top of that, one has to keep an eye for the oil level and possible fuel contamination. The plane has a tutorial explaining how all these new features work.

The aircraft can now get damaged. Land too hard and the front wheel will collapse; dive and pull the yoke at once and the wings will break. But there is no need to worry if your plane gets damaged: a repair button has been added to the aircraft menu.

Regarding sounds, some major improvements have been done: these include not only new cockpit sounds (switches, levers) but also environment sounds: water sounds for the amphibian and pontoon variants, new wind, rain and thunder sounds for all of them.

The aircraft comes with two flashlights (one white, one red) for night flights, allowing one to start the plane from cold and dark regardless of the amount of sunlight.

Among other improvements, we have now a better flight dynamics model, with better stall and spin behaviour, and new hydrodynamics for the float variations.

If you run the FG development version and want to track the latest developments for this plane, you can find the development repository here. There is also a forum thread for discussion and feedback.

4,5G Mobilfunk: Vodafone Deutschland will 1,2 GBit/s einführen

Vodafone wird in Kürze die Mobilfunktechnologie 4,5G in Deutschland einführen. Livebetrieb mit 1,2 GBit/s ist nach Angaben des Unternehmens bereits 2017 geplant. (Vodafone, Mobilfunk)

Vodafone wird in Kürze die Mobilfunktechnologie 4,5G in Deutschland einführen. Livebetrieb mit 1,2 GBit/s ist nach Angaben des Unternehmens bereits 2017 geplant. (Vodafone, Mobilfunk)

Kickstarter: Vallerret-Fotohandschuh mit SD-Kartenslot

Für im Winter draußen arbeitende Fotografen ist der Vallerret-Fotohandschuh entwickelt worden. Er besitzt abklappbare Spitzen für Daumen und Zeigefinger sowie ein Fach für SD-Karten. (Kickstarter, Foto)

Für im Winter draußen arbeitende Fotografen ist der Vallerret-Fotohandschuh entwickelt worden. Er besitzt abklappbare Spitzen für Daumen und Zeigefinger sowie ein Fach für SD-Karten. (Kickstarter, Foto)

Smartwatch: Große Nachfrage nach TAG Heuer Connected

Der schweizerische Uhrenhersteller TAG Heuer muss Sonderschichten einlegen, weil die Nachfrage nach der Luxus-Smartwatch Connected Watch größer als erwartet ist. Dem Unternehmen liegen Bestellungen für 100.000 Geräte vor. (Android Wear, Mobil)

Der schweizerische Uhrenhersteller TAG Heuer muss Sonderschichten einlegen, weil die Nachfrage nach der Luxus-Smartwatch Connected Watch größer als erwartet ist. Dem Unternehmen liegen Bestellungen für 100.000 Geräte vor. (Android Wear, Mobil)

Commercial space station resupply launch success—Cygnus blasts off

Orbital ATK’s capsule headed to ISS with food, parts, and science stuff.

HOUSTON—After days of delay, Orbital ATK's CRS Orb-4 (for “commercial resupply services”) launched successfully from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida this afternoon. The Cygnus spacecraft took flight atop a ULA-produced Atlas V rocket—an older launch vehicle with a relatively high success rate.

The launch is the first for Orbital since their disastrous CRS-3 launch last year, where a turbopump fault in one of the Soviet-built NK-33 engines powering the rocket’s first stage triggered an explosion that destroyed the launch vehicle and its cargo and also caused significant damage to the launch pad at Wallops Island, Virginia. Orbital switched its launch plans over to utilize an Atlas rocket (which uses more modern, but still Russian-sourced, RD-180 engines) while retrofitting its Atlas rocket design.

Sunday’s successful launch was the fourth attempt this week to get CRS Orb-4 into space. Three previous launch attempts—one per day since Thursday—were scrubbed due to foul weather at Cape Canaveral. The CRS-4 Cygnus capsule is currently en route to the ISS, carrying about 7300 pounds (about 3300kg) of food, hardware, and scientific equipment for the Expedition 44 crew on board the ISS (which includes US astronaut Scott Kelly, who is more than halfway through a year-long stay aboard the station).

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How nerve cells end up in the right place

Redundancy and cross talk boost the accuracy of cell guidance.

(credit: UC Berkeley)

The human nervous system is a complex network of cells, all working together. The intense specialization of this network starts during development, when cells must talk to each other to carefully coordinate wiring up neural circuitry.

The wiring relies on the neural cells themselves. They have rounded cell bodies surrounded by short spines called dendrites, and longer tails, called axons. Each neuron only has one axon, which connects to dendrites on other nerve cells.

Sending that axon to the right place—a process called neural pathfinding—is the subject of an entire field of study. Researchers have identified a variety of specialized signaling molecules that instruct neurons on where they should go. It's not always clear, however, how these signaling networks interact to send axons to the right place. A recent paper published in Science helps to clarify some of these unknowns.

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