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Woman Died In New York Tests Negative For Ebola

November 19, 2014 By Jason Leathers Leave a Comment

According to the New York health officials, an Ebola test of a person who expired of an apparent heart attack Wednesday returned negative for the virus.

The expired, who was not recognized, had as of late gone to the United States from West Africa, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said in an announcement. The individual had been in one of the countries hardest hit by the epidemic only 18 days prior, the announcement said.

The department said, “Before death, we haven’t observed any symptoms of Ebola. Then again, because of travel history in the 21-day incubation period and a profusion of vigilance, an Ebola test will be performed on the person’s body.”

Levi Fishman, department representative told Reuters on Wednesday that the test returned negative.

Moreover, Fishman refused to give any information about the individual, including gender, region and the time of death.

“The individual was a woman and that she was announced dead at a Brooklyn hair salon at around 2:30 p.m. EST Tuesday,” the New York Times reported.

Last Tuesday, Dr. Craig Spencer, who worked with Ebola patients in Guinea, was released from a New York City hospital after recuperating from Ebola after his 23^rd Oct. diagnosis.

Ebola can be transmitted just through the bodily fluids of a sick person with symptoms, medical specialists said.

On Friday, The World Health Organization stated that the Ebola outburst, which is the deadliest on record, has brought about 5,177 deaths out of 14,413 cases, generally in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

Alan Eustace, Google Executive Break Sound Barrier, Sets New Sky-Diving Records

October 26, 2014 By Jason Leathers 3 Comments

Google Executive, Alan Eustace, broke the sound barrier and sets the world record for the highest -altitude jump this Friday by jumping off from near the top of the stratosphere — some 135,000 feet, or 41,000 meters high, reports revealed.

The New York Times reported, Alan Eustace, 57, senior vice president of knowledge at Google rose above Roswell, New Mexico for about two hours using a balloon filled with 35,000 cubic feet of helium.

Eustace’s supersonic jump was part of a project by Paragon Space Development Corp. “Eustace hung below the balloon wearing a spacesuit along with the life-support system and the GoPro cameras. After reaching 135,908 feet, Eustace cut the cord and began a 15-min fall that reportedly hit peak speeds of more than 800 miles/hour,” Paragon Development Corporation stated.

“Ascending at about 1,000 feet per minute, Alan achieved his target altitude in about two and a half hours. He spent a short time, around a half hour, experiencing the wonders of the stratosphere before being released from the balloon. In rapid free fall, Eustace experienced a short period of near weightlessness and within 90 seconds exceeded the speed of sound,” NYT reported.

Certainly, the free-fall of Eustace into the atmosphere lasted about 5 minutes, and he deployed his parachute at around 18,000 feet “and floated gently to the ground,” the statement said.

The recovery systems for the project were produced by Paragon, designed by the engineering firm ILC Dover with assistance from several other consultants and companies.

Humans cannot survive at that altitude without special equipment, according to Paragon, which says that “besides being unable to breath, exposure to the vacuum of space will cause fluids in the body to boil.”

The space suit was similar to those used for the Apollo missions and on the International Space Station, the company revealed.

Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner set the previous record way back in October 2012 by jumping off 128,100 feet using a sophisticated capsule and was backed by millions of dollars in sponsorship money. Although, Eustace avoided taking support from Google because he didn’t want the jump to become a marketing event.

Eustace told the New York Times, “It was a wild, wild ride. I hugged on to the equipment module and tucked my legs and I held my heading.”

Alan Eustace, Google Executive Makes Record Sky-Dive

October 25, 2014 By Brian Galloway 2 Comments

Alan Eustace, a Google executive sets the world record for the highest -altitude jump this Friday. He jumped successfully from near the top of the stratosphere — some 135,000 feet, or 41,000 meters high, his project website said.

Alan Eustace, 57, senior vice president of knowledge at Google rose above Roswell, New Mexico for about two hours using a balloon filled with 35,000 cubic feet of helium, The New York Times reported.

Paragon Development Corporation stated, Eustace hung below the balloon wearing a spacesuit along with the life-support system and the GoPro cameras. After reaching 135,908 feet, Eustace cut the cord and began a 15-min fall that reportedly hit peak speeds of more than 800 miles/hour.

“Ascending at about 1,000 feet per minute, Eustace achieved his target altitude in about two and a half hours,” the statement said.

“He spent a short time, around a half hour, experiencing the wonders of the stratosphere before being released from the balloon. In rapid free fall, Eustace experienced a short period of near weightlessness and within 90 seconds exceeded the speed of sound.”

Certainly, the free-fall of Eustace into the atmosphere lasted about 5 minutes, and he deployed his parachute at around 18,000 feet “and floated gently to the ground,” the statement said.

The recovery systems for the project were produced by Paragon, designed by the engineering firm ILC Dover with assistance from several other consultants and companies.

The recovery system has wide-ranging applications for the study of the science of the stratosphere, which includes the “development of means for spaceship crew egress, the study of dynamics of bodies at Mach 1, new high altitude aircraft suits, and setting of records for space diving, sailplaning and ballooning,” Paragon stated.

This space suit was similar to those used for the Apollo missions and on the International Space Station, the company revealed.

Eustace told the NYT, “It was a wild, wild ride. I hugged on to the equipment module and tucked my legs and I held my heading.”

The previous record was set by Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner in October 2012 by jumping off 128,100 feet using a sophisticated capsule and was backed by millions of dollars in sponsorship money. However, Eustace avoided taking support from Google because he didn’t want the jump to become a marketing event.

Alan Eustace, Google Exec Broke Sound Barrier, World Record With 25.7-mile Fall

October 25, 2014 By Germaine Hicks Leave a Comment

After setting the world record for the highest -altitude jump this Friday, Alan Eustace is now one of the higher-ups at Google for sure. He breaks the sound barrier before opening his parachute in an almost 25.7-mile fall.

Alan Eustace, 57, senior vice president of knowledge at Google rose above Roswell, New Mexico for about two hours using a balloon filled with 35,000 cubic feet of helium, The New York Times reported.

He hung below the balloon wearing a spacesuit along with the life-support system and the GoPro cameras. After reaching 135,908 feet, Eustace cut the cord and began a 15-min fall that reportedly hit peak speeds of more than 800 miles/hour.

During the dive, observers reported hearing a small sonic roar, but Eustace said he didn’t hear any such thing, The New York Times reported.

Eustace told the NYT, “It was a wild, wild ride. I hugged on to the equipment module and tucked my legs and I held my heading.”

US Security Agencies Worried Due To Apple iPhone 6’s Encryption Technology

September 28, 2014 By Rebecca McGhee 25 Comments

As per the official reports, the latest Apple iPhone range, which is coming with an encryption technology, is geared up to create numerous problems for the government and law enforcement agencies to access its information.

Certainly, the email related user data, address book, photos, pass codes, bank account information, and lot more highly confidential data would be encrypted in iPhone in such a way that the NSA (National Security Agency) along with other several law enforcement agencies wouldn’t be able to access it without the user’s permission, New York Times reported.

Moreover, if Apple gives an open access before the authorities then the new Apple iPhone 6 algorithms would possibly enable access to the nonsense user data until the law enforcement agencies use up lots of their time to decrypt it, technology experts revealed.

On the other hand, a renowned Cupertino based company stated that they will also unable to keep the unique algorithm, which could help in breaking the code for each specific iPhone.

James Comey, FBI’s director criticized the new Apple’s encryption algorithm in the press conference by stating that, such technologies eventually enable people to take actions beyond law.

Furthermore, he said that such kind of privacy protection technologies could create serious problems for the law enforcement agencies to investigate crimes such as kidnapping, robbery, murder and lot more.

Though, the new Apple’s iPhone 6 would enable the user to download the security app to hide them from being visible to the third person. This scenario ultimately create severe problems for the security agencies including FBI & NSA, as they are highly concerned that such privacy protection would lead to bad doings by the users.

Apple’s Encryption Utility Made It Difficult For The Agencies To Spy Data, US Government

September 28, 2014 By Deborah Nielsen Leave a Comment

The latest iPhone has encryption technology that will create it very complicated for government agencies to entrance its information and according to the New York Times “all the activities and personal data such as emails, address book, images, phone call records and more will be encrypted to the point that the NSA and further law enforcement agencies will have a very tough time accessing that detail.

It is just because Apple launched the new operating system to its all latest gadgets such as iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch device and once consumers put a pass code, Apple will no longer be capable to unlock your gadget even if ordered to do so by a court, That means if a court order Apple to disclose the contents of a cell phone, all it will be capable to turn over is a set of senseless data.

Apple declares that cracking the code that is exceptional to each user’s phone could take more than five years, although specialists say that underestimates how rapidly agencies can break codes, but it is a fact that that Apple isn’t the first cellular company to encrypt information on a phone, Google’s Android has been capable to do that for years, even if it is not the default setting. But due to the demand of customers the next version of Android will have the encryption as the default.

The director of FBI held a press conference to declare the facts about Apple new operating system, he said that this sort of technology will let people “hold themselves beyond the law and he also states that having such superior privacy protections could obstruct investigations associated with the criminal cases such as murder, kidnappings and more.

Several consumers across the world use virtual personal network apps that make it so their internet use cannot be checked by anyone and the NSA, FBI and other agency’s concern that these types of secretive apps will become very famous soon and make it hard for them to do their investigation jobs.

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