Development of Technology - DJ Robots

Thanks to the development of technology, humans are slowly being replaced by robots in certain cases, but what if a human is replaced by artificial intelligence? If you’re considered whether artificial intelligence can do the job as well as human, well, Denise is here to prove that.

Denise is a non-human DJ or artificial intelligence program to be precise that was developed by Guile 3D Studio. Denise was designed as a virtual assistant to answer phone calls, check email, perform Web searches, and perform appointments, but Dominique Garcia, a radio personality from San Antonio had different plans for Denise. He purchased Denise for $200, and reprogrammed it in order to work as a live DJ on radio. So far, Denise cannot work on its own, and it needs a talented writer to write script for that will be performed during the talk breaks.

Denise is almost useless without a writer, but Denis already had its first radio show on August 24th from 1pm to 4pm CST on KROV.

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Glass memory can preserve data for thousands of years

When it comes to storing data, DVDs currently provide the best solution for it, but problem with DVDs is that they cannot store your data for long periods, but luckily, scientists have found a new way to store data for long periods.

After hard drives and DVDs, the new medium for storing data might be glass. British researchers have managed to rearrange atoms in glass using laser, so your data will be stored even on 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit, or even under water. Although your data can survive in extreme temperatures, it can also survive for long periods of time as well. By storing data into glass, your data will live for thousands of years, which means that 10 generations after you will have access to it when you’re gone.

This special laser can write, delete, and rewrite data into the molecular structure of the glass, and a piece of glass that is large as a cellphone screen can hold 50GB of data. Although this sounds amazing, we wonder when we will see it in action.

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Millenniata M-Disc will store your data forever

Storing our data can be a problem since DVDs aren’t that durable, but luckily for us, Millenniata has successfully developed the M-Disc, that lasts much more longer than other DVDs.

According to Millenniata, the latest technology M-Disc is the first ever ‘permanent disc’ and it can literally last forever. It is designed for business people, photographers, and all users that want to protect and store their data properly. M-Disc provides long-lasting storage by storing your data into rock like material that won’t be scratched or easily broken like other DVDs. In addition, M-Disc won’t degrade over time and it will be usable on daily basis without any problems. As for capacity, M-Disc currently can store 4.7GB of data, but Millenniata is working on a Blu-ray version that should become available someday in the future.

As for ordinary M-Disc, it will become available on October 2011 and it will be priced at $2.99. Of course, there will be M-Disc 5-packs available for $13.89 and M-Disc 10-packs for $26.59.

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Mozilla to Implement New User Interface in Next Firefox [PICS]

It is believed that Mozilla has been constructing a new user interface for next version of Firefox, since some screenshots of Firefox were released online. Released screenshots shows the integrated Home Tab app, as well as new Firefox Menu,with drag & drop add-ons.
In recent months, Firefox is losing its market share with Google Chrome. And as competition is heating up in the browser market, browser’s new versions are being released frequently. Mozilla has drastically changed its UI from Firefox 3.6 to Firefox 4.
Here are some screenshots of new UI, which may come with Firefox 7 or 8 later this year.

Firefox For Mac

Firefox For Windows

Firefox Menu

Drag and Drop Firefox Add-Ons

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