Remember the Emotion Engine from back in the PS2 days? Well, Sony's still on about the emotional connection its consoles will bring to gamers -- specifically, that of the PS4. And to showcase the console's graphical sophistication, Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida played a 12-minute tech demo of Quantic Dream's upcoming PS4 title, The Dark Sorcerer. The majority of the demo focused closely on the sorcerer in question, giving gamers an early glimpse of the nuance and hyper realistic expression capable in characters' eyes and faces. Only a short snippet was shown on stage here at E3, but if you want to digest the entire thing, Sony's planning to unveil the full 12-minute demo tomorrow afternoon.
Gallery: Sony E3 2013: The Dark Sorcerer
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Electric vehicles still have a few obstacles that prevent them from going fully mainstream. These typically center on the price of the vehicle itself (though this is changing), and its range. One other barrier has also been the price of home-based chargers. Now, Bosch is offering a level 2 (quicker than the usually cheaper, and slower level 1) home charging system for just $450. For that price you get 16 amp charging and a 12 foot cord. There are two other options that increase the amperage to 30, with a choice of 18 or 25 foot cables -- costing $593 and $749 respectively. These don't include any additional networking features and so on, but for this price, and reduced reliance on external charging networks, it'd be worth clearing out the garage for.
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There's a more efficient way to harvest energy from the backyard than by wiring up hapless critters. Researchers at the University of Georgia have proof: they've discovered a way to generate electricity from plants through hijacking the photosynthesis process. By altering the proteins inside a plant cell's thylakoids, which store solar energy, scientists can intercept electrons through a carbon nanotube backing that draws them away before they're used to make sugar. While the resulting power isn't phenomenal, it's still two orders of magnitude better than previous methods, according to the university. The protein modification method may have a rosier future, as well: the team believes that it could eventually compete with solar cells, producing green energy in a very literal sense.
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TIPS PERAWATAN POWER STEERING
Posisi Roda Saat Parkir
Pada waktu parkir usahakan roda lurus, karena akan mempengaruhi terhadap jenis Power Steering Rack Pinion (kebanyakan tipe sedan dan Kijang) yang sering terjadi kebocoran. Prosesnya, jika roda tidak lurus anak pelindung As Rack Steer (Bootsteer) satu bagian akan mengembang dan satu bagian lagi akan merapat. Selanjutnya akan terjadi perubahan suhu dari kendaraan/mesin setelah digunakan, secara tidak langsung perubahan suhu ini berpengaruh terhadap Bootsteer.
Jika hal ini dilakukan berulang kali maka Bootsteer akan cepat robek/alot sehingga air/kotoran debu dapat masuk ke dalamnya sehingga As Rack Steer dan Seal/Gasket hidroliknya akan cepat rusak/aus.
Cek oli Power Steering
Jika sudah berubah warna segera ganti dengan oli yang baru. Perubahan warna ini terjadi karena adanya perubahan suhu oli PS. Suhu yang tinggi disebabkan adanya tekanan yang tinggi dari pompa oli. Ditambah adanya pengikisan dari Selang (Hose) yang menghubungkan Pompa dengan sistem hidrolik PS.
Kalau hal ini dibiarkan maka akan merusak Seal bagian dalam Pompa oli dan sistem PS juga akan cepat rusak. Disarankan untuk penggantian olie P/S sebaiknya 1 tahun sekali bila tidak ada keluhan lainnya.
Saat berbelok atau menikung
Jika pada saat berbelok/menikung diusahakan jangan menahan kemudi dalam posisi terlalu mentok atau patah terlalu lama.
Karena ditakutkan akan memberikan efek dorongan yang cukup kuat serta suhu yang tinggi pada satu bagian sisi Rack Pinion Steer, sehingga daya tahan Seal/Gasket yang ada tidak kuat juga dan menyebabkan kebocoran atau jebolnya Seal/Gasket
Spare Part (Kaki-kaki kendaraan)
Pada bagian ini juga memegang peranan penting dalam sistem kemudi PS. Antara Balljoint roda, Tie rod dan Long Tie rod bekerja berkesinambungan dengan sistem PS. Karena Rack Pinion/Worm Steer bekerja bergerak yang kemudian diteruskan gayanya oleh Tie rod atau Balljoint tadi.
Sehingga apabila komponen tersebut bermasalah, kemungkinan besar juga sistem kemudi Power Steeringnya juga akan mengalami masalah. Selain itu yang harus diperhatikan lainnya adalah spare part (kaki2) jangan sampai kaku atau berat karena dapat menyebabkan kemudi juga akan terasa berat.
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Kaki-Kaki Dan Power Steering Corolla Altis
Corolla Altis ini memang yahud buat harian. Kabin penumpang luas dan nyaman serta mesin tipe 1ZZ-FE yang bandel, kerap juga jadi andalan pejabat dan pengusaha untuk dinas kantor maupun keluarga. Selain lincah, konsumsi BBM juga irit (1 liter :10 km).
Karena bandel, justru membuat pemilik lengah. Apalagi keluaran pertama yang sudah berusia 9 tahun, waktunya berbenah komponen.
?Namanya mobil berumur, komponen sudah mulai lelah,?
Bushing Arm
Corolla Altis enak diajak ngebut tanpa body roll di jalan tol sangat dipengaruhi dari tugas bushing arm belakang, selain dari sistem suspensi. Altis yang sudah uzur dipastikan memiliki bushing arm yang sudah afkir, apalagi kalau selama pemakaian lebih sering menghajar lubang dan jalan rusak.
Pilihan pengganti bisa 2 macam, versi assembly yang dipaket dengan ?tulang? alias arm set atau hanya membeli karetnya saja. Versi pertama adalah untuk suku cadang genuine Toyota sementara karet bushing untuk paket hemat versi aftermarket.
As Roda
Terlahir penggerak roda depan, as roda pegang peran vital sebagai rangkaian drive train. Ditambah joint yang kerap dipakai roda depan untuk belok. Umumnya Corolla Altis memiliki konstruksi as roda solid karena memang dirancang tahan banting.
Toh, tetap tak bisa menjadi patokan bila rute sehari-hari banyak menghantam jalan berubang atau bumpy. Belum lagi kebiasaan belok patah saat parkir. Bila sudah ada indikasi bunyi gluduk..gluduk saat setir belok, bisa jadi as roda mulai afkir.
Power Steering
Perangkat ini juga rawan bocor untuk Altis tua. Apalagi sistem masih hidrolis. ?Sil menahan beban tekanan besar sehingga berakhir dengan kebocoran,? jelas Budi.
Bila as steering rack tak ?luka?, berarti kebocoran dari sil yang sudah melar. Di sentra onderdil tersedia kit power steering versi asli atau KW.
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Neuron Controlled Clemson University engineer Kumar Venayagamoorthy with his neuron-controlled power plant simulation. Clemson University
Living neurons are coming up with better solutions for electricity distribution than people can.
Talk about a mind meld. Researchers have hooked up living brain cells, grown in a petri dish, to a computer.
The computer runs a simulation of a power plant and sends the neurons problems about electricity distribution. Scientists then take the solutions the brain cells come up with as possible equations for controlling the U.S. electrical grid in the future. (Actual solutions for controlling electricity around the U.S. wouldn't use living neurons; they would just use computer code written after scientists studied what the neurons came up with.)
"In a lab, in simulation studies, we have shown that we can intelligently control a power plant with such biologically inspired neural networks," Kumar Venayagamoorthy, one of the project scientists, tells Popular Science. Venayagamoorthy is an engineer at Clemson University in South Carolina. A lab-grown network of neurons, he says, "learns the dynamics of the power plant and based on the learned dynamics, it's able to predict future states."
Venayagamoorthy and his colleagues, including engineers at Clemson and neuroscientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology, are trying to create new equations that will make the U.S. more energy efficient. Right now, power plants around the U.S. are linked to each other and to buildings and houses. That whole network is called the power grid.
That infrastructure is getting old, however, and many researchers are hoping to replace it with more sophisticated connections that can do things like go around a transmission line downed by a storm, or give homeowners more detailed stats about their hour-to-hour electricity use. Such sophisticated features will need complex computer code to control them.
Venayagamoorthy says he's specifically looking for equations to control power generation and transmission. He and his colleagues started their research into neuron-controlled power plants in 2008.
He thinks he'll have a system ready to demonstrate to utility companies in two or three years. After that, if the companies like what they see, the scientists will have to do more research to make it commercially viable before it goes into the actual grid that hooks up to Americans' homes-a process that may take more than a decade.
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When a company wants a green data center, it often has to build its own energy sources. Google knows that's sometimes not practical, even for a company its size. To that end, it's partnering with Duke Energy on a proposed business model that would let companies explicitly purchase renewable electricity: companies could demand eco-friendly power sources, whether or not they're the most cost-efficient. The Duke approach goes to a state commission for approval within 90 days, and it might let Google expand a Lenoir, North Carolina data center (above) with a clearer conscience and minimal costs. The real challenge may be getting other utilities to follow in Duke's footsteps -- even if there are no legal hurdles, local power providers still have to implement clean energy on a large enough scale. If they do, however, environmental responsibility may be within reach to those businesses more interested in building server farms than solar farms.
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Kenaikan angka penggunaan ponsel pintar terutama di Indonesia, tentunya menjadi peluang tersendiri bagi Panasonic dalam melakukan penetrasi untuk pasar power bank.
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