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Yu Yureka is an attractive dual-SIM Android smartphone based on the customizable Cyanogen 11 OS. The device comes with LTE bands for faster connectivity, 13-megapixel back shooter to capture vivid images and an octa-core Snapdragon processor for effortless multitasking.The smartphone features a 5.5-inch HD capacitive touchscreen having (1280x720 pixels) screen resolution which results in a pixel density of 267 PPI. The device has a bright display and hosts great viewing angles. Further, the screen also has a coating of Corning’s Gorilla Glass 3 to protect it from scratches. The device runs Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box based on the customizable Cyanogen 11 OS. At its heart, the device has a 1.5GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor with Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB DDR3 RAM. The device also has an internal storage capacity of 16GB which can further be expanded up to 32 GB via microSD card slot present on the device. The Yu Yureka boasts a 13-megapixel autofocus rear camera w...

With its all-electric  i3  urban car hitting the road in 2013, BMW is now going bigger – much bigger. The Bavarian automotive giant has just announced that as part of a one-year pilot project, a 40-ton (36-tonne) all-electric drive truck will begin making deliveries on public roads in Munich from mid-year. In an odd way, trucking companies and truck manufacturers are at the leading edge of environmental technology. Sure, you think of them as the big, slow-moving things holding up traffic, or the conveyance by which your Amazon purchase ends up at your door, but the people that build trucks and the people who use trucks are seemingly just as concerned about fuel efficiency and lowering pollution as your average granola-munching environmental activist. A person doesn't have to think too long or hard to realize that fuel costs are going to be both a big concern for trucking companies, and also one of the areas where improved efficiency will reap great benefits. This is ...

New software based on an algorithm developed in an open competition hosted by NASA improves the detection rate of potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroids. The software comes in the form of a free-to-download application, capable of being run from most laptops or desktops, transforming any amateur astronomer into a seasoned asteroid hunter. The standard method of asteroid detection is carried out by imaging a single patch of sky at multiple occasions over a period of time, and searching for asteroids that appear as star-like objects in the images. This technique pre-dates the 1930 discovery of Pluto, however nowadays there are too many eyes in the sky, collecting too much data for the task to be tackled by hand. To keep on top of the problem, specialized computer algorithms were created in order to efficiently search through images, highlighting asteroids that could constitute a threat to Earth, or possibly even present an attractive target for redirection into a lunar orbi...