How do humans age in space?

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How do humans age in space?

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A long trip in space might leave this astronaut feeling like his great-grandfather.

Because astronauts like the ones on the International Space Station (ISS) are moving so quickly, they're also aging a bit more slowly than the rest of us. Due to a principle of physics known as time dilation, after a six-month stint on the ISS, returning astronauts are just a tiny bit younger than the rest of us. But before you book a ticket that'll take you literally out of this world, understand this isn't exactly a fountain of youth we're talking about. Your six-month effort at age reduction will only garner you about 0.007 seconds of extra life, according to the calculations of one ISS astronaut [source: Lu].
But that's not really the issue we're talking about when we discuss how humans age in space. Let's start with a rundown of how the aging process typically proceeds on Earth. Until scientists muster up a way to make us all immortal, most of us will go through the process of aging. This typically involves metamorphoses like bones becoming brittle, blood vessels hardening, muscles wasting away, joints stiffening up, bowels turning irritable, bladders becoming unpredictable, teeth decaying, vision growing dim, skin wrinkling up, and so on.
While for most people, it takes decades to really start to feel the effects of the aging process, humans stationed in space experience some of them in fast-forward. They're often reversible once an astronaut returns home, although sometimes a few of the changes can be permanent.

Yahoo messenger coming to iPhone and Android with cross-platform 3G video calls

via Engadget by Sean Hollister on 10/9/10

You'll be seeing a lot more of the good ol' Yahoo smiley on front-facing cameraphones soon -- the web portal's VP of Mobile David Katz says that a new Yahoo! Messenger with cross-platform video chat is headed to Android and iPhone. Originally confirmed for the new T-Mobile myTouch, it's presently been submitted to the iTunes App Store for review. It'll reportedly work over both 3G and WiFi connections and freely conduct video calls with any other device running Yahoo! Messenger, including webcam-equipped PCs. Look out Qik, Fring and Tango -- there's a new sheriff in town.

Google Kembangkan Mobil Kemudi Otomatis

source: Fino Yurio Kristo - detikinet

Mobil Google (bussinesinsider)

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Adobe AIR Available for Android

If you area a fan of internet apps and games, then you will certainly love this (and quite possibly have been expecting it too if you are a dev). XDA member Neo3D points us to a little something that he found in Androlib. Apparently, Adobe finally released the much anticipated Adobe AIR runtime for Android. What this will do for you is basically allow you to use many internet apps and games that you normally would only be able to use in your computer.

Anyone Can Have A Digitally Enhanced Body Now

If you dislike the way you look on video, a new kind of image-manipulation software could make you feel better about yourself.
Developed by Christian Theobalt of the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, Germany, and colleagues, it allows professional and amateur movie-makers to dramatically alter how muscular, leggy or heavy people appear on film. Until now this could only be done by laborious frame-by-frame retouching.
Theobalt's team began by generating 3D scans of 120 men and women of varying size and shape in a range of poses. By merging the scans, they were able to create a single model that could be morphed from any body shape or pose to any other.

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[NEW] Mobil-mobil super di dunia.

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