CES 2015: digitization of the physical world – The Economist

LAS VEGAS A digital thermostat automatically regulates the temperature of a room; a camera detects if a person is at home, alone or with friends, whether it’s a quiet meeting or at a party; and an intelligent clock measures the user’s vital signs to determine your mood.

These devices send the data over the network and Netflix do a comprehensive analysis to customize the recommendations of movies and TV series for subscribers, based on sensory experiences, not just algorithms demographic, social and history titles reproduced user data.

This is just one of many scenarios posed by the new era of Internet where objects are no mails are equipped with connectivity and computing power, and are paving the way for the digitization of physical spaces.

Shawn DuBravac, chief economist of the Association of Consumer Electronics (CEA, for its acronym in English) ensures that technologies will remain alive are those who through scanning using sensors and network connectivity, have an impact on the physical world, and in turn develop a cycle where information collected by the devices allow an impact again. And the potential is promising.

“Approximately 2,000 new products are launched at CES, some will succeed but most fail. The question is do we have to scan later. Approximately 4% of all objects in the world are digitized so there is a huge opportunity, “he said during a conference call with media prior to the official opening of the International CES 2015 electronics fair largest global consumer organized by the CEA.

The phones will be the drivers of digitization to become platforms for interaction and control of connected devices, says DuBravac, but other technologies have proven their potential to generate large impacts on physical environments such as 3D printers , smart watches and drones that have strong growth in the coming years.

According to the CEA, drones industry recorded a growth of 50% in overall revenues for 2015 to reach 130 million dollars and in 2018 are expected to reach 1,000 million.

While this year is expected to send the smart watches reach 10.8 million units worldwide.
The scenario looks promising but the industry is still in a state of experimentation, especially when challenges like privacy and cybersecurity are added in a world of connected things and interact.

“The Privacy and security are key differentiators and that experience, components and are working on it to solve problems when the experiment fails. What they want access to what others want access? These are questions that will define the market, “DuBravac said.

julio.sanchez@eleconomista.mx

CES unveil major stakes in the electronics sector … – ABC Color

LAS VEGAS. The most important in the world of consumer electronics, CES, will open its doors on Tuesday in Las Vegas, Nevada, where the main technological showcase proposals for 2015.

The event of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) US shall establish the unstoppable phenomenon of what has been called the internet of things, ie the stream of what “smart” aimed at changing the interaction of humans with their environment by connecting any object internet from a lock a butane gas.

The installation of sensors in the most diverse devices is called to energize the electronics business for years with the proliferation of 3D printers, drones and the gradual renewal of televisions in homes. Screens HD to 4K Ultra HD resolution four times.

“The year 2016 will be the turning point for 4K TVs,” said Steve Koenig , Director of Industrial Analysis CEA in its presentation Sunday reporters already reached the city of casinos to take the temperature at the electronics sector over the next few days.

CES will host, as is usual, televisions large, curved ones, other very thin, and all with high prices, although increasingly affordable to the average consumer only in the US will cease in 2015 nearly 5,000 million in 4K screens.

No shortage of new computers like the Acer Chromebook 15, the first on the market with 15.6 inches, and will be an opportunity to see the evolution of virtual reality systems led by Oculus VR.

Koenig clung to the data to make sure the “smartphone” is still the king technological product -the best sellers- thanks to pull demand low-end devices in emerging countries towards the slowdown in developed countries, where the user is more likely to spend more on your phone.

It is expected that this year the average price per smartphone sold fall for the first time below $ 300 (per $ 440 in 2010), thanks to the success of the models of brands such as Chinese Xiaomi.

In any case, spending on phones and tablets will, according estimates, 46% of the total technology in 2015.

In 2014, according to provisional data, the technology sector revenue amounted to more than $ 1 billion, 1% more than in 2013 and a figure similar to that reached in 2011, the last year of remarkable growth (9% yoy).

The phones will be very present at CES, but will be more as a necessary tool to manage products you really will be protagonists such as smart watches, sports bracelets and home automation, although it is expected that LG and other manufacturers Samsung- perhaps unveil new “smartphones”.

CEA notes that in 2015, Watch the Apple debuting, the business of smart watches will generate 3,100 million, 474% more than in 2014, 1,800 million bracelets that record physical activity.

The sale of drones, which become popular as devices for private use will grow in 2015 by 50% to over $ 100 million, and CEA predicts that these aircraft will definitely take off in 2018, when they generate annually over 1,000 million.

The automotive industry with Ford, Toyota, General Motors, Mercedes, Hyundai, Audi, BMW and Volkswagen, among others, new integrations CES show in their vehicles and sensors applications and cars with autopilot, analysts said.

The CES will be held from 6 to 9 January and will host more than 3,600 companies from 140 countries in an exhibition area of ​​over 250,000 square meters distributed between the Convention Center and Las Vegas several hotels in the city.

Scientists discovered a frog tadpoles giving birth – Pueblo online

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Keywords: tadpole, frog

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Berkeley, USA, 05/01/2015 (The People’s Daily Online) – Most amphibians reproduce by eggs, although there are some species that stop frogs.

However that of a frog tadpoles born mother is something completely new for scientific knowledge.

The mysterious species in question lives in Sulawesi, an island of Indonesia.

Zoologists have followed for decades because they suspected their particular reproductive behavior.

This is one of the 10 or 12 species of frogs that have developed internal fertilization, although it is the only one who gives birth to tadpoles.

It was Dr. Jim McGuire, of the University of California, Berkeley, United States, the first witness this unexpected birth.

In fact, until I witnessed believed he had in his hand a male frog.

But he soon realized that he was holding was a pregnant female, because suddenly left her a bunch of tadpoles.

The nearly 6,000 species of frogs in the world use external fertilization.

That is, the females lay eggs and males fertilize with his sperm.

Although there are other species of frogs that use internal fertilization, this is the only one stop tadpoles.

But how do males to fertilize the eggs inside the female remains a mystery, as the frogs do not have conventional sexual organs to transfer sperm.

two species found in California have developed a cola penis with that perform this task, but it is not the case of Indonesian frog tadpoles stop.

Professor Djoko Iskandar, TECHNOLOGICAL Institute of Bandung in Indonesia and contributor McGuire, was the first scientist to sight this frog with fangs in 1990, but has now been described as a distinct species.

Scientists named Limnonectes larvaepartus.

The characteristic of the species belonging to the family Limnonectes are the two bumps that have in the lower jaw, which resemble two tusks and used to fight.

It is believed that there are over 25 species of Limnonectes in Sulawesi, one of the four largest the Sunda islands, Borneo and Maluku.

However, only four have been described, including occupying this article, the larvaepartus, and little is known about the biology of them all.

Discover a new species is not uncommon, but finding a new form of reproduction yes it is.

Robots, cars and houses connected, the promise of CES 2015 – FORTUNE

MEXICO CITY (CNNExpansión) – With the start of the year also come technological developments that will shape the next 12 months; robots that will complement everyday life, cars that run themselves along with a series of gadgets most wearable aesthetic and functional quality as well as new forms of consumption of the media will be the dominant trends in the 2015 CES technology fair, from 6 to 9 January in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Unlike other editions of the fair, it is expected that the 48th CES to focus on gadgets that exploit the capabilities of the Internet of things, beyond a smartphone or computer, but brands like HTC and LG are profiled to unveil new devices.

These are the five trends that will dominate CES 2015.

1. Cars online

Although it has grown the presence of the engines in this scenario in the last two years, had focused on technology to synchronize my or gadgets with stereo or certain controls of the car, known as infotainment; however, this year the presence of companies such as Ford, Chrysler, Mercedes Benz and BMW will relieve most sophisticated automotive technology, that will go from autonomous cars to park the car assisted with smartwatch, presented BMW function. During 2015, the market for technology included in cars will grow 3% to reach a value of 11,300 million dollars, according to CEA.

2. Robots with us

In humanoid form, dedicated to liven cleaning or focus on health, robots will have greater presence during this year’s CES. According to the president of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Gary Shapiro, robots will have 25% more presence at this year’s event and even have a space dedicated to them called Robotics Marketplace, in which 18 firms submitted novel in this market.

3. More and better on your wrist wearable

Since 2014 the presence of watches, sunglasses and even smart clothing began to be present at the forum of casinos; however, in 2015 the smart watches lead the way in the industry, with improvements that make them more interactive with other items such as appliances and even cars. “As improve their design, smartwatches are already a piece of fashion and the most wanted accessory to have in 2015,” said the vice president of international strategic business CEA, Karen Chupka. In 2014, these gadgets generated $ 177 million in revenue.

4. Home online

From the kitchen to the bathroom, the machines connected to a smartphone or computer will Queens home, according to vice president of international strategic business CEA, Karen Chupka. Through sensors, this type of connected devices will contribute to better management of everyday actions of individuals. It is expected that firms like Intel, LG and Samsung are put in front of the massification of this trend.

5. Virtual reality to bring

The presence of virtual reality viewers during CES has been a constant for a couple of years ago; however, since Facebook bought Oculus VR, in 2013, the trend has grown and is expected to various brands like Vuzix, Sony and Samsung show improvements to this reality during the show in Las Vegas. The aim of these brands as CEA is to convert the massive trend in 2020.

The official opening of CES 2015 will be handled by an inaugural conference Ford CEO Mark Field, besides lectures CEO of Intel, Brain Krzanich, CEO Diamler AG and Mercedes Benz, Dieter Zetsche.

For the first time the flag of entrepreneurship Eureka Park, will hold rounds of presenting companies, which hope to attract capital from investors present. Apart industry issues such as the future of television and new technologies such as 8K, eight times the HD, or net neutrality will be discussed.

The fair organized by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) will have an estimated 150,000 people and 3, 500 exhibitors from over 140 countries assistance.

‘Smart Socks’ and ultra HD: Which offers the largest fair … – RT in Spanish – International News

On January 6 thousand people attend the opening of the largest technology fair in the world , the CES 2015 (‘International Consumer Electronics Show), to be held in Las Vegas, USA. The portal PC World has highlighted the most anticipated projects that will be presented throughout the event.

crucial year for television 4K

The 2015 will be a year in which television with maximum resolution of 1080p will be replaced by 4K . Gradually comes audiovisual material in this definition and most tech giants bet on this technology. In addition, large enterprises and develop ultra-high-definition 8K, however, still remain inaccessible to users for some years.

The ‘smart home’ becomes even smarter

If in 2014 the focus of the show was technology ‘wearable’, ie devices that are incorporated in some way our body to perform specific functions, this time is the concept of ‘smart home’ . For the first time related devices ‘intelligent’ home will have their own room. The developers claim that this type of system opens a new era in the entire run of the house (lighting, security, door locks, etc.) no longer depend on a single central axis. Check all home sooner you can do with a mobile phone or ‘tablet’

‘Wearable’. Another successful year

The devices’ wearable ‘ continue to advance next year . Among the most anticipated are a project of Thync you can change the mood you want, either quiet or excitement. Moreover, the public will know the Sensoria Fitness modified socks, able to monitor in real time all biometrics to run without injury or Vert, a device that records the jumps during a game of basketball or volleyball.

Phones and computers

Like any other year, the ‘traditional’ devices also have their news. It is expected that this year is very productive for Android based technology . In fact, Samsung, Sony and LG could present their new generations of smartphones. On the other hand, one of the most anticipated events of the fair is related to the market for computers: Intel will introduce its new processor Broadwell-U

Devices to control your car.

At the fair in Las Vegas will also spotlight three technologies will present their new updates: Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and MirrorLink . The first gives drivers a more intelligent, safe and fun way to use the iPhone with just a word or a touch with your finger. Auto Android, Apple’s biggest rival CarPlay also allows developing onboard entertainment from a simplified interface and following voice commands. Finally, fairgoers can learn more about MirrorLink, which reveals the touch screen car configured to mobile screens.

Frogs who give birth instead of laying eggs – LaRed21

STRANGE KIND

January 4, 2015 at 02:20 h

Frogs with internal fertilization give birth to frogs, miniature replicas of the adults.

“Almost all frogs in the world, more than 6,000 species, have external fertilization , whereby the male expels sperm as the eggs are released by the female” herpetologist Jim McGuire said.

“But there are a lot of strange modifications to this standard pairing mode. This new frog is just one of 10-12 species that has evolved internal fertilization, and of them is the one who gives birth to tadpoles or frogs instead of putting fertilized eggs. “

Frogs have developed an amazing variety of reproductive methods . Indeed, most male frogs fertilizes the eggs after the female lays them. But about a dozen species, including frogs tailed California, developed ways to fertilize the eggs inside the body of the female.

Mechanisms unfamiliar

However, internal fertilization mechanisms are poorly understood least two species of frogs tailed California , one of which has developed a kind of penis-shaped tail that facilitates the transfer of sperm. Tailed frogs lay their fertilized eggs under rocks in streams, but other frogs with internal fertilization give birth to frogs, miniature replicas of the adults.

Although internal fertilization is extremely rare among frogs, there are many other strange reproductive variations. Some frogs carry eggs in bags in the back, tadpoles in bags, or tadpoles transported in holes in the back. The two known species of gastric brooding frog, now extinct, were famous for swallowing their fertilized eggs, which were developed in his stomach, and gave light frogs mouth. Two genera in Africa are also involved in internal fertilization and giving birth to frogs without going through a tadpole stage free life.

Apple faces lawsuit for not reporting memory iOS8 – Terra Peru

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Sued Apple for not reporting memory required by iOS 8

The iOS 8 can occupy up to 23.1% of the available memory of some Apple devices, depending on demand.

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Apple is facing a lawsuit for not informing users the amount of memory required for its flagship operating system, iOS 8.

The legal complaint, announced Friday, revolves around the amount of memory that the system reserves for itself on iPods, iPhones and iPads.

The complaint has been filed in California by residents of Miami Christopher Paul Orshan Endara and those who say that iOS 8 can occupy up to 23.1 % of available memory on some devices of Apple.

In addition, updating iOS devices 7 to 8 can make people lose up to 1.3 gigabytes of memory, according to filings with legal action

Apple has yet to comment on the lawsuit

What is CES and we can expect from him this 2015? – WebAdictos

probably have read or heard about CES in recent days as from Monday January 5 will take place this great event that will last one week. But all this What is CES?

What is CES?

The Consumer Electronic Show, or Consumer Electronics Show in Spanish , is an event held every year now in the city of Las Vegas, in which the major technology brands around the world gather to present new and innovative products that will be launched this year.

The CES is considered one of the most important technology fairs in the world due to the great path leading back when was conducted the first CES in June 1967 in the city of New York. Since then thousands of products have been announced at this annual event including many that have transformed our lives as the VCR (VCR), digital audio technology, plasma TVs, Blu-Ray DVD, 3D TVs, Ultrabooks, Ultra HD, printers 3D among many others.

For CES 2015 more than 3500 exhibitors will be presented, including manufacturers, developers and suppliers of consumer technology hardware and content worldwide. It will also have the participation of more than 150,000 attendees from 140 countries.

This international event is presented by the Association of Consumer Electronics (CEA), in which . the trade association of Technology represents for the industry of consumer electronics 208 billion

The CES 2015 will include various product categories that will be presented as:

• Printers 3D
• Accessories
• Audio / Video
• Automotive Electronics
• Infrastructure and Communications
• Services / software / hardware Computer
• Create content and distribution
• Photography and Digital Imaging
• Video
• Sports and Fitness
• Health and biotechnology
• Internet Service
• Online Media
• Robotics
• Sensors
• Smart Home
• Startups
• Wearables
• Services and wireless devices

What can we expect from CES 2015?

Many new products are expected to be presented at the Consumer Electronic Show 2015 , some of which already progress so that only the official announcement is expected to know, but here we present a preview of what we can expect that CES 2015.

Smartphones

The Smartphones are already for several years one of the main products of consumer electronics CES, brands hoard as Samsung, HTC and Sony are expected to give the surprise. Desire As new terminals will surely be announced in Vegas, or it would not be unreasonable to think of a Sony Xperia Z4 or a new Sony Xperia Tablet Z4. ASUS also plans presenting their new ZenPhone in this event. And perhaps one of the more recently notorious would be a smartphone by the company Kodak, which highlights more than anything would be his first attempt to surprise in mobile telephony.

Wearables

Speaking of CES 2015 will surely be talking about wearables, these wearable devices that increasing strength as in the case of smartwatch we can surely see several new models with Android Wear taken in this fair.

Internet of Things

This year can be the jump to the new trend known as the Internet of things. Household devices, game consoles, tablets, Bluetooth speakers, smart plugs or smart car now connected thanks to new technologies, so surely see autonomous driving cars, or integration and connection of intelligent devices with the car, and perform functions automobile through a smartwatch among others.

Television

Nor can miss TVs that both have drawn attention in Vegas, so it is expected important announcements related to OLED technology, curved screens and 4K Ultra HD.

It is also expected that this year LG surprised us with a WebOS 2.0 operating system for these screens, some new Android TV could also presented at the event.

Drones and Robots

One area that will surely give much to talk about is robotics, with the arrival of the headline-grabbing ” drones “and its various applications. Surely we will see the presentation of these UAVs.

For more information CES 2015

Mystery of a frog tadpoles gives birth to not lay eggs – El Diario 24

Scientists discovered a frog that gives birth tadpoles directly without having laid eggs. Most amphibians reproduce by eggs, although there are some species that stop frogs.

However that of a frog tadpoles born mother is something completely new for scientific knowledge. The mysterious species in question lives in Sulawesi, an island of Indonesia.

Zoologists have followed for decades because they suspected their particular reproductive behavior.

And finally been able to testify and then describe a study published in the journal “PLoS One”.

It was Dr. Jim McGuire, of the University of California, Berkeley, USA, the first witness of this unexpected birth. In fact, until he thought he had witnessed in his hand a male frog. But he soon realized that he was holding was a pregnant female, because suddenly came out of it a handful of tadpoles.

mysterious mechanism

The nearly 6,000 species of frogs in the world use external fertilization. That is, the females lay eggs and the males fertilize them with sperm.

“But there are a lot of strange modifications of this form of standard mating,” says McGuire.

” This is one of the 10 or 12 species of frogs that have developed internal fertilization, although it is the only one who gives birth to tadpoles “qualifies.

But how do males to fertilize eggs inside the female remains a mystery, as the frogs do not have conventional sexual organs to transfer sperm.

two species found in California have developed a cola penis with that conduct that task, but it is not the case of Indonesian frog tadpoles stop.

Professor Djoko Iskandar, TECHNOLOGICAL Institute of Bandung in Indonesia and contributor McGuire, was the first scientist to spot this frog fangs in 1990 but has now been described as a distinct species. Scientists named ‘Limnonectes larvaepartus’.

The characteristic of the species belonging to the family Limnonectes are the two bumps that have in the lower jaw, which resemble two fangs and they use to fight.

“Great Discovery”

Ben Tapley, the team leader of herpetology (who studies reptiles) of the Zoological Society London, UK, said the finding “out of nowhere”, as it was not known anything like that.

“In fact, the frogs are relatively boring,” said the expert on the BBC .

“So find something totally amazing about a frog who can barely identify in a jungle is really great.”

It is believed that there are over 25 species of Limnonectes in Sulawesi , one of the four largest of the Sunda islands, Borneo and Maluku.

However, only four have been described, including occupying this article, the larvaepartus, and little is known about the biology of all of them.

“Discovering a new species is not rare, but finding a new form of reproduction yes it is,” Tapley said.

“There are more than 40 reproductive forms between the amphibians, but the frog Limnonectes larvaepartus is totally unique. “

He added that the region in which it was found has one of the highest levels of deforestation in the world.

” Such discoveries are really valuable, especially in Sulawesi, where most of the forest has disappeared, “he said.

” It’s great that we are learning about these species before it’s too late. ”

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Apple Sued by omitting data on iOS 8 and storage … – Caracol Radio

The class action was filed on December 30 before a court of the state’s northern district of California for users Paul Orshan and Christopher Endara, Residents Miami .

The two customers requested the court to bring to justice based company Cupertino (California, USA) for to repair the damage caused to its customers, which the complainants were subjected to false advertising.

Users claim that Apple did not inform its customers that to 23.1 percent of the storage capacity of your iPhones, iPads and iPods would be occupied by the new iOS 8 operating system so that this memory could be exploited by users.

They claim that the Company provides customers with less capacity and announced that also sells “aggressively” a monthly fee for users to store their files in iCloud , the system cloud storage company that works similarly to Dropbox or Google Drive .

When the internal capacity appears as “full”, a popup window offers the opportunity to buy more internal memory iCloud for a price ranging between 0.99 and $ 29.99 per month, the lawsuit said.

In the brief, attorneys branded as “ironic” that Apple advertise your iOS system 8 as “the biggest launch of iOS in history” and base their complaint on the experience of the two complainants and complaints from other Internet users.

They refer to the experience a blogger who complained that the iPad could only hold 13 gigabytes of capacity after the system iOs had been installed, although the company had advertised a memory of 16 GB.

The plaintiffs argue that the company Tim Cook has violated several articles of three state laws: one that protects the right to competition between companies, one that protects the rights of consumers and more to combat misleading advertising.

In this regard, they argue that the company “knew or should have known, that their distortions and omissions led to the omission of relevant facts and the likely reasonable consumer deception” .

Therefore, they requested the court that Apple brought to trial on these charges and requested an immediate halt to the “wrong behavior” carried out by “unfair business and outlaws “.

In addition, the plaintiffs are asking the court to compel the company’s bitten apple to repair damage caused to customers and undertake a campaign to correct the alleged error.
 

Apple was sued for its iOS 8 – El Universo

Apple is facing a lawsuit for not informing users the amount of memory required for its flagship operating system. IOS 8

The complaint has been filed in California by residents of Miami Christopher Endara and Paul Orshan who say iOS 8 can occupy up to 23.1% of available memory on some devices of Apple.

The company has not ruled on the request. (I)

Apple Sued by omitting data storage iOS 8 – Informador.com.mx

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The new operating system occupies a large percentage of memory of mobile devices

WASHINGTON, USA (02 / JAN / 2015) .- Two consumers sued Apple for omitting data on” the unexpectedly large percentage ” memory occupied by the new iOS operating system 8 on iPhones, iPads and iPods of 8 and 16 GB capacity and, according to the complainants, the company did not inform its users.

The class action was filed on 30 December before a court of the State of California by users and Christopher Paul Orshan Endara, Northern District residents in Miami.

The two customers requested the court to bring to justice the company based in Cupertino (California , EU) to repair damage to their customers, which the complainants were subjected to false advertising.

Users claim that Apple did not inform its customers that up to 23.1 percent of capacity storage of their iPhones, iPads and iPods would be occupied by the new iOS operating system 8 so that this memory could be exploited by users.

They claim that the company offers customers less able to the announced and also marketed “aggressively” a monthly fee for users to store their files in iCloud, the cloud storage system company that works similarly to Dropbox or Google Drive .

When the internal capacity appears as “full”, a popup window offers the opportunity to buy more internal memory to iCloud for a price ranging between 0.99 and 29.99 dollars a month, the lawsuit said.

In the brief, attorneys branded as “ironic” that Apple advertised its iOS system 8 as “the biggest launch of iOS in history” and base their complaint on the experience of the two complainants and complaints other users on the Internet.

They refer to the experience of a blogger who complained that the iPad could only support 13 gigabytes of capacity after the iOS system had been installed, although the company had advertised one . memory of 16 GB

The plaintiffs argue that the company Tim Cook has violated several articles of three state laws: one that protects the right to competition between companies, other than protects the rights of consumers and more to combat misleading advertising.

In this regard, they argue that the company “knew or should have known, that their distortions and omissions led to the omission of facts likely relevant and reasonable consumer deception. “

Therefore, they requested the court that Apple brought to trial on these charges and requested an immediate halt to the” wrong behavior “that leads to out by “unjust and lawless business.”

In addition, the plaintiffs are asking the court to compel the company’s bitten apple to repair damage caused to customers and undertake a campaign to correct the alleged error.

Frog discovered ‘gives birth’ – Newspaper Zócalo

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Cd. of Mexico, MEXICO: herpetologist Jim McGuire, University of California Berkeley, has found the first direct evidence of a frog tadpoles gives birth instead of laying eggs. The new species was discovered decades ago on the island of Sulawesi (Indonesia). It had been speculated that gave direct light tadpoles, but never observed or mating frog or the ‘birth’

“Almost all frogs in the world. – Over 6,000 species – have external fertilization by which the male sperm ejected as the eggs are released by the female, “McGuire says. “But there are a lot of strange modifications to this standard pairing mode. This new frog is just one of 10-12 species that has evolved internal fertilization, of which he is the one who gives birth to tadpoles instead of frogs or putting fertilized eggs. “

McGuire and Ben Evans of McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, named the species Limnonectes larvaepartus and described in the journal PLoS ONE.

Frogs have developed an amazing variety of reproductive methods. Indeed, most male frogs fertilizes the eggs after the female lays them. But about a dozen species, including frogs tailed California, have developed ways to fertilize the eggs inside the body of the female.

However, internal fertilization mechanisms are poorly understood least two species of frogs tailed California, one of which has developed a kind of penis-shaped tail that facilitates the transfer of sperm . Tailed frogs lay their fertilized eggs under rocks in streams, but other frogs with internal fertilization give birth to frogs, miniature replicas of the adults.

Although internal fertilization is extremely rare among frogs, there are many other strange reproductive variations. Some frogs carry eggs in bags in the back, tadpoles in bags, or tadpoles transported in holes in the back. The two known species of gastric brooding frog, now extinct, were famous for swallowing their fertilized eggs, which were developed in his stomach, and gave light frogs mouth. Two genera in Africa are also involved in internal fertilization and giving birth to frogs without going through a tadpole stage free life.

In the puddles

The frogs with fangs so -called by two appendices as canines of the lower jaw that used in the struggle-may have evolved in a maximum of 25 species in Sulawesi, although L. larvaepartus is only the fourth to be described formally. With a weight ranging from 3.2 grams to 900 grams, L. larvaepartus is in the range 5-6 grams.

The new species seems to prefer giving birth to tadpoles in small pools or away currents, possibly to avoid the frogs with heavier tusks. There is some evidence that males can also protect tadpoles.

McGuire first encountered the frog just described in 1998, the year began studying the incredible diversity of reptiles and amphibians in Sulawesi, one island east of Borneo and the southern Philippines. The island is a geographical hodgepodge, having been formed from the merger of several islands about 8-10 million years ago.

“Sulawesi is an amazing place from the point of view of diversity of endemic species “he says, as most parts of the island are home to at least five species of fanged frogs living next to each other.

The fanged frogs are special, according to McGuire because they seem to represent an adaptive branching virtually unexplored with many species found in the same places, but adapted to occupy different ecological niches.

Discover the first frog giving birth – Debate

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United States.- A herpetologist at the University of California watched the first frog able to give birth to tadpoles instead of laying eggs.

This is a species discovered on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It was speculated that the animal was able to give birth, but never observed the “birth”.

The frog is just one of 10 or 12 species in which an internal fertilization takes place, as in most frog species the male fertilizes the eggs after the female lays, but this is the only one who gives birth to tadpoles or frogs instead of putting fertilized eggs.

McGuire and Ben Evans of McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, named the species Limnonectes larvaepartus and described in the journal PLoS ONE.

Cyber ​​attacks perpetrated against companies in 2014 were the … – Latest Technology News

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• In 2014 a total of 4,400 attacks were recorded in 55 countries, compared to 1,800 that were carried out in the previous fiscal year.
• were affected by advanced organizations cyberthreats at least twenty sectors, including telecommunications, construction and health.

The number of cyber attacks businesses and corporations in 2014 was more than double that in 2013, totaling 4,400 of them in 55 countries around the world , compared with 1,800 detected the previous year, according to data released Friday by security firm Kaspersky.

By 2015, the forecast is that attacks on ATMs evolve thanks to sophisticated techniques that allow access to the “brain” of bank tellers. The next step in the threats will see the “attackers compromising the bank networks and use that level of access to manipulate ATMs in real time”, as noted in a press release.

In the last twelve months, the Global Research and Analysis Team at Kaspersky Lab has reported seven seasons of cyberattacks advanced persistent (APT), while campaigns against corporations, governments and institutions are those that have excelled in terms of impact and scale

In 2014, they were affected by advanced cyberthreats calls or APT organizations at least twenty sectors.; including public administration, energy companies, research, industry, health , construction, Telecommunications , computer, military, etc.

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The mystery of the frog tadpoles gives birth to not lay eggs – BBC

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• January 2, 2015

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The mysterious species lives in Sulawesi, an island of Indonesia.

Scientists discovered a frog that gives birth tadpoles directly without having laid eggs.

Most amphibians reproduce by eggs, although there are some species that stop frogs.

However that of a frog tadpoles born mother is something completely new for scientific knowledge.

The mysterious species question lives in Sulawesi, an island of Indonesia.

Zoologists have followed for decades because they suspected their particular reproductive behavior.

This is one of the 10 or 12 species of frogs that have developed internal fertilization, but is the only one that gives light tadpoles

Jim McGuire, expert

And finally been able to testify and describe later in a study published in the journal Plos . One

It was Dr. Jim McGuire, of the University of California, Berkeley, USA, the first witness of this unexpected birth

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In fact, until I witnessed believed he had in his hand a male frog.

But he soon realized that he was holding was a pregnant female, since suddenly left her a bunch of tadpoles.

mysterious mechanism

The nearly 6,000 species of frogs in the world use external fertilization.

That is, the females lay eggs and the males fertilize them with sperm.

“But there are a lot of strange modifications of this form of standard mating,” says McGuire.

Although there are other species of frogs that use internal fertilization, this is the only one stop tadpoles.

“This is one of the 10 or 12 species of frogs that have developed internal fertilization, although it is the only one who gives birth to tadpoles” qualifies.

But how do males to fertilize the eggs inside the female remains a mystery, as the frogs do not have conventional sexual organs to transfer sperm.

found in California two species that have developed a cola penis with which to carry out this task, but it is not the case of Indonesian frog tadpoles stop.

Professor Djoko Iskandar, the Bandung Institute TECHNOLOGICAL, in Indonesia and contributor McGuire, was the first scientist to spot this frog with fangs in 1990, but has been now when described as a distinct species.

Scientists named Limnonectes larvaepartus .

La characteristic of the species belonging to the family Limnonectes are the two bumps that have in the lower jaw, which resemble two tusks and used to fight.

“Great Discovery”

Ben Tapley, the team leader of herpetology (who studies reptiles) of the Zoological Society of London, UK, said the findings ” It came out of nowhere “, as it was not known anything like that.

Most amphibians reproduce by eggs.

“In fact, the frogs are relatively boring,” the expert told the BBC.

“So find something totally amazing on a Frog hardly be identified in a jungle is really great “

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It is believed that there are over 25 species of Limnonectes in Sulawesi, one of the four largest of the Sunda islands, Borneo and Maluku.

However, only four have been described, including occupying this article, the larvaepartus, and little is known about the biology of them all.

There are more than 40 reproductive forms among amphibians, but the frog Limnonectes larvaepartus is totally unique

Ben Tapley, zoologist

“Discovering a new species is not rare, but finding a new form of reproduction yes it is,” Tapley said.

“There are more than 40 reproductive forms among amphibians, but the frog Limnonectes larvaepartus is totally unique. “

He added that the region in which it was found has one of the highest levels of deforestation in the world.

” This type of discoveries are really valuable, especially in Sulawesi, where most of the forest has disappeared, “he said.

” It’s great that we are learning about these species before it’s too late. “