48 horas de retraso para la llegada de la cápsula de carga Cygnus a la EEI

Antares Cygnus Cargo Resupply (201309180012HQ): Próxima parada, la Estación Espacial Internacional

Una discrepancia entre los sistemas de navegación de a bordo de la Estación Espacial Internacional y de la cápsula de carga Cygnus de Orbital Sciences que hacía que esta rechazara algunos de los datos que intercambiaban ha obligado a posponer la maniobra de aproximación de la Cygnus a la Estación.

#Cygnus rendezvous with @ISS_research waived off for 48 hours due data link issue between the spacecraft and station during #cotsdemo

— Orbital Sciences (@OrbitalSciences) September 22, 2013

De todas formas el problema parece estar localizado y sólo es necesaria una actualización del software de a bordo de la cápsula para corregirlo.

Este parche de software se está probando ya en un simulador y si todo va bien será enviado a la Cygnus el lunes, por lo que la maniobra de aproximación podría ser retomada el lunes por la noche.

Una vez superadas las comprobaciones pertinentes la captura tendría lugar el martes 24 de septiembre, lo que convertiría a la Cygnus en en segundo vehículo creado por una empresa privada en atracar en la Estación Espacial Internacional.

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Sondeo demográfico rápido

Hace años realizamos algunos sondeos rápidos entre los lectores para hacernos una mejor idea de cómo son quienes nos leen; con el paso del tiempo los datos habrá cambiado y hemos pensado en actualizarlos. También aprovechamos que el antiguo sistema de encuestas/votos dejó de existir, así que de paso lo vamos a hacer con PollDaddy que es de los más completos y fiables.

El sondeo requiere dos segundos y dos clics; está abierto durante una semana y va dirigido a los lectores habituales.

El dato de 2006, por si a alguien le interesa la comparación (que no tenemos ni idea de cómo saldrá) fue este:

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Blippar AR Advertising App Launches Social Sharing, Improves Image Recognition Time

Blippar, the AR-advertising company that lets users scan real-world objects to bring up extended augmented reality content, has today released a huge update that not only increases the speed of the technology, but allows for enhanced social sharing features for users.

Blippar was launched in 2010 in the UK, and has since expanded to the U.S. as well. The technology works by letting users scan things like a magazine page, a ketchup bottle, or anything that has the Blippar tag to see all kinds of extra content, like promotions, suggested recipes, coupons, and more. In fact, it’s entirely up to the brand what kind of Blippable content they’ll include in their campaign.

According to founder and CEO Rish Mitra, the update has made the image recognition technology ten percent faster. But perhaps more important to the brands Blippar is working with, the app now allows users to share Blippar content.

Before, Blippar users were only able to like or follow a brand’s social media pages on Twitter or Facebook. With the udpate, users can sign in to their own Facebook and Twitter accounts to spread the Blippar content virally.

The update also includes an in-app catalog, allowing users to browse through Blippable content that is trending, but may not be accessible at the moment without access to that Blip tag on the real-world object.

On the brand side, Blippar is offering more in-depth analytics. Alongside location, dwell time, overall blips, and in-app interactions, brands will now receive analytics on anonymized demographic data thanks to the new integration with Facebook and Twitter.

Blippar has been cash-positive since three month’s after its 2010 launch, but Mitra tells TechCrunch that Blippar has “a strong lead velocity and over 70 percent client retention as a business proving value of the medium.”

The UI has also gotten a revamp, allowing for 3D modeling, which will be identical across all platforms, including iOS, Android, and BlackBerry Z10.

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Fly Or Die: The UpDesk UpWrite

The human body wasn’t meant to sit. Chairs are an invention of our own laziness.

That said, UpDesk is here to swoop in and give you a nice, comfortable desk to both sit and stand at without a whole lot of extra effort on your part. The UpWrite is quite similar to UpDesk’s Standing Desk, which has an electronic lifting system and three preset heights, ranging from 25 inches to 50 inches.

However, the UpWrite also comes with a nice white surface, which just so happens to play nice with dry erase markers. Artists, obsessive planners and list lovers should get a kick out of this thing.

But what do John and I think?

John has previous experience with UpDesk, and believes that this is possibly the smoothest running and best looking model yet. Still, he’s not convinced that the dry erase surface is quite necessary.

I have to side with him, knowing in my heart of hearts that my drawings would soon end up on my forearms and shirt sleeves.

The UpWrite costs $1,149, plus $129 shipping within the U.S., but it’s simple to assemble and get cracking. It’s a high price to pay, but it should pay off in the long run. Using a standing desk has made me feel generally more energized throughout the day, and if possible, my posture might even be improving.

It’s a long-term investment, and that’s why we both give the UpDesk UpWrite a fly.

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Lagoa Acquires 3D Editor 3DTin

Montreal-based Lagoa has acquired in-browser 3D editor 3DTin. The company announced its acquisition on its blog. 3DTin is used for 3D model and 3D printing.

3DTin, like competitors TinkerCAD and Sketchfab, allows you to make 3D models inside your browser window. These models can then be exported for 3D printing or further editing. The service will remain a separate entity and complement Lagoa’s photorealistic rendering solution.

The details of the acquisition are undisclosed. 3DTin founder Jayesh Salvi started the company in 2010. The 3D modeling space is heating up and these browser-based solutions – which rely on backend processing that many home computers may not be able to handle – are some of the most interesting tools in this market.

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Carisma cero

El Dungeon Master más cabestro de este mundo es el protagonista de Zero Charisma , una película independiente altamente friki con el humor inherente a los juegos de rol como temática. Buscaban financiación colectiva y la consiguieron finalmente.

El bajo, bajísimo carisma del protagonista parece deberse a que como amo del calabozo trata a los jugadores de forma inmisericorde, destrozando sus personajes con todo tipo de monstruos raros, situaciones anómalas y artimañas… hasta que llega un novato que –casi sin quererlo– le pone las pilas. Esto desencadena la ira del Master, algo que en estos juegos es algo así como desencadenar la ira del Kraken y de Dios a la vez.

En varios sitios la reseñan como muy recomendable, en la IMDB está bien puntuada y además ganó el premio de la audiencia en el festival SXSW, así que algo bueno debe tener – especialmente a nada queas un poco friki del rol.

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BitWall Allows Publishers To Make Money Through Bitcoin Micropayments

Here’s another way that digital currency Bitcoin could have a big impact (at least according to startup BitWall) — it could give online publishers a real alternative to putting up paywalls or relying solely on ads for revenue.

The argument for micropayments is probably familiar to most of you: Readers may not want to pay a big subscription fee, but they might be willing to shell out a little bit of money to read an article that interests them. Yet the idea has never really taken off with online publishers.

How is Bitcoin supposed to change that? BitWall argues that with traditional payment systems, there’s a significant transaction fee, so small payments don’t make sense. With Bitcoin, where the fees are lower, so the startup says publishers “can finally unlock the untapped world of micropayments.”

At the same time, co-founder and CEO Nic Meliones said the team is open to adding other payment options in the future. He also noted that readers who just want to pay in US dollars can do so, since BitWall is integrated with digital wallet system Coinbase, which allows easy conversion between USD and Bitcoin.

Meliones gave me a quick demo of how the system works. After a site has integrated with BitWall, users who try to read an article will be presented with a new kind of paywall, a “bitwall”, which offers a menu of options. The obvious one is making a small payment (as little as 1 cent), via Bitcoin, to access that specific piece of content. But readers can also pay a daily subscription fee, prepay for a larger sum of credits, or even get access by just tweeting or watching an ad (since publishers are usually paid per impression, “an ad is essentially a micropayment as well,” Meliones said).

The point is, the publisher gets something in exchange for the content. The exact mix of payment options (as well as which content is bitwalled) is up to the individual site. You can see this in action for yourself with the first BitWall integration, which went live earlier this week at Bitcoin news and data site ZeroBlock. If you click on the headlines in the ZeroBlock News section, you’ll be asked to pay for the article, watch an ad, or tweet.

BitWall was part of Boost VC, an incubator for Bitcoin startups, which had its first demo day on Thursday.

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