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Den 4 maj 2012 startade PTS en ny tävling inom Innovation för alla. Temat denna gång är Begriplighet och interaktion - kommunikationslösningar för personer med kognitiva funktionsnedsättningar.
PTS söker i denna tävling projektförslag som kan öka den digitala delaktigheten för personer med någon typ av kognitiv nedsättning. Projekten ska dock vara inom området elektronisk kommunikation och lösningarna ska bidra till en större självständighet i vardagen för målgruppen Begreppet kognition kommer från det latinska ordet ”cognoscere”, som betyder att lära.
En kognitiv nedsättning kan yttra sig på många sätt. Man kan ha svårt att planera, minnesproblem, koncentrationssvårigheter eller brister i språkförståelsen.
När ansökningstiden har gått ut kommer PTS att utvärdera samtliga ansökningar och välja ut vilka projekt som får finansiering från myndigheten. De vinnande projekten har möjlighet att få upp till cirka 1 850 000 kronor.
Precis som i tidigare tävlingar efterlyser PTS särskilt förslag på kommunikationslösningar som kan användas av så många som möjligt – oavsett funktionsförmåga.
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Om du har frågor kring tävlingen kan du kontakta PTS kontakttelefon för innovationstävlingen, tel. 08-678 55 52, e-post:
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Inspired by nature's beauty, Samsung has tried to recreate that kind of awesomeness with the design of the S III. The body of the device resembles a smoothly-curved pebble, while the interface features ripple-like lock screen animation. But it's not only that - some of the new features related to how you interact with the device are also inspired by nature, but more on that later.
The shape of the device is curved - a radical departure from the S II's rectangular appearance. The back side is still plastic - none of the ceramics stuff that was rumored, although it still feels quite decent to the touch. It's a firm, glossy plastic – nothing out of the ordinary.
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 The charcoal used to heat tobacco in the hookah increases the health risks by producing high levels of carbon monoxide, metals, and cancer-causing chemicals.
Even after it has passed through water, the smoke produced by a hookah contains high levels of toxic compounds, including carbon monoxide, heavy metals, and cancer-causing chemicals.
Hookah tobacco and smoke contain numerous toxic substances known to cause lung, bladder, and oral cancers. Irritation from exposure to tobacco juices increases the risk of developing oral cancers.
The irritation by tobacco juice products is likely to be greater among hookah smokers than among pipe or cigar smokers because hookah smoking is typically practiced (with or without inhalation) more often and for longer periods of time.
 Other Health Effects of Hookah Smoke Hookah tobacco and smoke contain numerous toxic substances known to cause clogged arteries and heart disease.
Infectious diseases may be transmitted by sharing a hookah. Babies born to women who smoked one or more water pipes a day during pregnancy have lower birth weights than babies born to nonsmokers and are at an increased risk for respiratory diseases.
Hookahs and Secondhand Smoke from hookahs poses a serious risk for nonsmokers, particularly because it contains smoke not only from the tobacco but also from the heat source (e.g., charcoal) used in the hookah.
Using a hookah to smoke tobacco poses a serious potential health hazard to smokers and others exposed to the smoke emitted.
What are the long-term health effects of hookah smoking?
Does it cause impotence like cigarettes? It can damage your lungs, making it painful to breathe. It can cause cancer of the mouth, lungs and bladder, or a heart attack.
Cigarette smoking causes impotence, wrinkling of the skin plus many other diseases. Scientists are just now starting to investigate all the harms that hookahs can cause.
What is Herpes?
Herpes simplex is a viral disease caused by both Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2). Infection with the herpes virus is categorized based on the site of infection.
Oral herpes (HSV-1) – are colloquially called ‘cold sores’ or ‘fever blisters’ infect the face and mouth. Oral herpes is the most common form of infection. Genital herpes (HSV-2) – known simply as ‘herpes’, is the second most common form of herpes.
According to research carried out by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the volume of smoke inhaled in an hour-long shisha session is estimated to be the equivalent of smoking between 100 and 200 cigarettes.
The estimated findings go on to show that, on average, a smoker will inhale half a litre of smoke per cigarette, while a shisha smoker can take in anything from just under a sixth of a litre to a litre of smoke per inhale.
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Mass is a measure of how much matter an object has. Weight is a measure of how strongly gravity pulls on that matter. Thus if you were to travel to the moon your weight would change because the pull of gravity is weaker there than on Earth but, your mass would stay the same because you are still made up of the same amount of matter. Just remember that the weight of an object depends on where it is, while its mass stays the same.
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 IKEA introduces now UPPLEVA, a completely new range that integrates smart TV and sound system with furniture. UPPLEVA brings beauty and functionality to the living room, solving the problem of cable clutter and miss-match between TV and furniture.
Ingvar Feodor Kamprad.
Born on March 30, 1926, on a small farm called Elmtaryd near Agunnaryd in southern Sweden. Kamprad established IKEA, on 1943 in Älmhult in Sweden.
Ingvar Kamprad is world's wealthiest person at 5th place and richest person in Europe.
As of October 2011, IKEA has 332 stores in thirty-eight countries.
Revenue: $30.0 billion USD.
IKEA's employees: 120,000 in 36 countries.
As a youg boy Ingvar Kamprad had learning disability dyslexia and he has admitted that his dyslexia played a large part in the inner workings of the IKEA .
For example, the Swedish-sounding names of the IKEA is an acronym comprising the initials of the founder's name (Ingvar Kamprad) and the farm where he grew up (Elmtaryd), and his home parish (Agunnaryd, in Småland - southern Sweden).
Ingvar Kamprad began to develop a business as a young boy, selling matches to neighbors from his bicycle. He found that he could buy matches in bulk very cheaply from Stockholm, sell them individually at a low price and still make a good profit. From matches, he expanded to selling fish, Christmas tree decorations, seeds and later ballpoint pens and pencils.
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YOTEL hotel in NYC. If you're looking for a hip new place to stay in NYC be sure to check out this great hotel video to get a feel for this unique property, including a look at the hotel's wild robot, aka the YOBOT!
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The original Google Art Project, introduced last year, featured mostly painting from Western masters, as found in 17 museums in nine countries. Google beefed up the project since, and the updated site now includes more than 30,000 high-resolution artwork and Street View images from 46 museums.
Visit http://www.googleartproject.com/
Google has massively expanded its Art Project, making visiting a museum on the other side of the world much easier. Armchair tourists can now explore paintings, sculptures, street art and gigapixel photographs of artwork from 151 museums in 40 countries across the world, the company announced. |
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RMS Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, and sank on 15 April 1912, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.
The Titanic wreck was rediscovered in 1 September 1985. It was 100 years ago that the Titanic set sail from Southampton, England. The wreck of the Titanic remains on the seabed, gradually disintegrating at a depth of 12,415 feet (3,784 m) in a location where the water pressure is over 6,500 pounds (2948 Kg) per square inch (2,54 cm2)
For the first time we can see Titanic video in HD-format. After setting sail for New York City on 10 April 1912 with 2,223 people on board, Titanic hit the iceberg four days into the crossing, at 11:40 pm on 14 April 1912, and sank at 2:20 am the following morning.
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 Professor Nima Arkani-Hamed
Associate Professor of Physics at Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey where Albert Einstein served from 1933 until 1955.
Associate Professor of Physics at Harvard University.
Advanced Physics scientist at University of California, Berkeley.
Winner of the 'Phi Beta Kappa' award for teaching excellence!
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC).
Einstein Drive, Princeton.
NJ 08540
USA
Phone: (609) 734-8078
Email: arkani(at)ias.edu
Professor Arkani-Hamed's Curriculum Vita.
Born: April 5, 1972 in Houston, Texas to Iranian parents who both were immigrant physicists from Tabriz, Iran in 1967.
Professor Nima Arkani-Hamed is one of the world's most influential senior research scientist in the area of theoretical physics. He earned his B.Sc. in physics and mathematics from the University of Toronto in 1993 and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1997.
Professor Arkani-Hamed is one of the leading particle physics phenomenologists of his generation.
Formerly a professor at Harvard, Arkani-Hamed currently sits on the faculty at the prestigious Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, where Einstein served from 1933 until his death in 1955.
Professor Arkani-Hamed’s research in theoretical physics is driven by attempting to address these mysteries. Much of his work has centered around addressing the hierarchy problem.
Together with Savas Dimopoulos and Gia Dvali, he suggested that the extreme weakness of gravity can be attributed to the existence of large extra dimensions of space, perhaps as large as 100 microns in size, with the scale of quantum gravity lowered to the electroweak scale.
The 29th Jerusalem Winter School in Theoretical Physics - Nima Arkani Hamed (IAS Princeton)
Arkani-Hamed was born on April 5, 1972 in Houston, Texas and lived in Boston. His parents were both physicists from Tabriz, Iran. His family briefly returned to Iran after the 1979 revolution, then left again and moved to Toronto.
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One of Iran's and also world's most influential senior scientist and Director of the FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction. He earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from Wayne State University. He also worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
William Knox D'Arcy was granted a concession by the Shah of Iran to search for oil in Iran, which he discovered in 26 May 1908 at 1,180 feet (360 m). And one of United Kingdom's largest companies British Petroleum with $220 billion in market value become established. 
John Davison Rockefeller, born 1839 was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was born in Richford, N.Y. He moved with his family to a farm near Cleveland. And at age 16 went to work as a bookkeeper. He died with a capitalization of $329.9 Billion!
Marina Bay Sands is an integrated resort fronting Marina Bay in Singapore. Developed by Las Vegas Sands, it is billed as the world's most expensive standalone casino property at S$8 billion, including cost of the prime land. The resort features a 2,561-rooms.
