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Android ART: Google finally moves to replace Dalvik, to boost performance and battery life
2013-11-08 22:49:05| Extremetech
Dalvik, the virtual machine that runs almost every Android app, has remained virtually the same since day one -- and Dalvik is slow. Now, with Android 4.4, Google has revealed that a Dalvik replacement is in the works -- a replacement, called Android Runtime (ART), that should improve the performance of Android apps by a huge margin. The early version of ART in Android 4.4 already speeds up apps by around 100%, and the final version should be even better.
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Alien spotting: By 2020, well finally have the ability to locate life-harboring, alien planets
2013-11-08 17:49:02| Extremetech
The universe, as you probably know, is almost impossibly large. It is almost 100 billion light years across and consists of of billions of galaxies and trillions of stars. The latest estimate is that there are up to 50 sextillion potentially habitable planets in the universe. Now it's time to go one step further, though: The scientific community is preparing to launch a bevy of new space telescopes that can peer across the universe and tell us how many of those planets actually harbor life.
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Kepler: 20% of Sun-like stars have habitable planets, alien life Drake equation finally has a leg to stand on
2013-11-06 15:37:55| Extremetech
The Kepler space observatory says there should be about 8.8 billion potentially habitable planets in the Milky Way. That has big implications for the search for life, and much more.
Finally! 2014 US Winter Olympic Team's Ralph Lauren Uniforms Will Be Made In USA
2013-11-02 21:07:31| Apparel - Topix.net
In 2012, the world was shocked to learn that the uniforms worn by the Winter Olympic team were actually made in China .
Aeromobil takes to the skies: Is the age of flying cars finally here?
2013-10-29 14:40:11| Extremetech
Stefan Klein, an engineer for the Slovak Republic, has been working on such machines for the last 20 years. His latest concept, the Aeromobile 2.5 has some impressive specs, and seems to have little trouble getting airborne. The question that comes to mind when watching footage of the prototype is -- can it stay there?
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