Emerging Technologies In 2015

Emerging Technologies – Most of the global challenges of the 21st century are a direct consequence of the most important technological innovations of the 20st century.

New technology is arriving faster than ever and holds the promise of solving many of the world’s pressing challenges such as food and water security, energy sustainability and personalised medicine.

Lighter, cheaper and flexible electronics made from organic materials have found endless practical applications and drugs are being delivered via nanotechnology at the molecular level, at the moment just in medical labs.

However, outdated government regulations, inadequate existing funding models for research and uninformed public opinion are the greatest challenges in effectively moving emerging technologies from the research labs to people’s lives.

1) Robotics 2.0

Collaborative robotics can accelerate time-to-market, improve production accuracy 

and reduce rework.

A new generation of robotics takes machines away from just automating the most manual manufacturing assembly line tasks and orchestrates them to collaborate in creating more advanced assemblies, subassemblies and complete products. Collaborative robotics can accelerate time-to-market, improve production accuracy and reduce rework. By using GPS technology that is commonly available in smartphones, robots can be used in precision agriculture for weed control and harvesting.

We’ve seen robots that can walk like an ape and run like a cheetah, robots that can mix a perfect martini, help the disabled, or drive you to the store. Robots could replace soldiers on the battlefield. In Japan, robots are being tested in nursing roles: they help patients out of bed and support stroke victims in regaining control of their limbs.

Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and computer vision are constantly developing and perfecting new technologies that “enable the machine” to perceive and respond to its ever changing environment. Emergent AI is the nascent field of how systems can learn automatically by assimilating large volumes of information. An example of this is how Watson system developed by IBM is now being deployed in oncology to assist in diagnosis and personalised, evidence-based treatment options for cancer patients.

2) Neuromorphic Engineering

IBM’s million “neurones” TrueNorth chip, revealed in prototype in August 2014, has a power efficiency for certain tasks that is hundreds of times superior to conventional CPU’s

Neuromorphic engineering, also known as neuromorphic computing started as a concept developed by Carver Mead in the late 1980s, describing the use of very-large-scale integration (VLSI) systems containing electronic analogue circuits to mimic neurobiological architectures present in the nervous system.

A key aspect of neuromorphic engineering is understanding how the morphology of individual neurones, circuits and overall architectures creates desirable computations, affects how information is represented, influences robustness to damage, incorporates learning and development, adapts to local change (plasticity), and facilitates evolutionary change. Neuromorphic Computing is next stage in machine learning.

IBM’s million “neurones” TrueNorth chip, revealed in prototype in August 2014, has a power efficiency for certain tasks that is hundreds of times superior to conventional CPU’s and comparable for the first time to the human cortex. The challenge here remains creating code that can realise the potential of the TrueNorth chip, an area IBM continues investing in today.

3) Intelligent Nanobots – Drones

Ambulance drones that can deliver vital medical supplies and 
“on screen” 
instructions.

Again, Emergent AI and Computer Vision will provide drones with human like capabilities allowing them to complete tasks too dangerous or remote for humans to do like checking electric power lines or delivering medical supplies in an emergency for example.

Autonomous drones will improve agricultural yields by collecting and processing vast amounts of visual data from the air, allowing precise and efficient use of inputs such as fertiliser and irrigation.

Ambulance drones that can deliver vital medical supplies and “on screen” instructions. Drones with mounted camera to “learn” about surroundings – with no information about the environment or the objects within it- by using reference points and different angles, it builds a 3D map of surroundings, with additional sensors picking up barometric and ultrasonic data. Autopilot software then uses all this data to navigate safely and even seek out specific objects. Autonomous. Intelligent. Swarming. Nano Drones.

4) 3D Printing (yes, we can’t get enough of it)

A future in which we can have tangible goods as well as intangible services delivered to our 

desktops or high-street shops over the Internet.

Imagine a future in which a device connected to a computer can print a solid object. A future in which we can have tangible goods as well as intangible services delivered to our desktops or high-street shops over the Internet.

And a future in which the everyday “atomisation” of virtual objects into hard reality has turned the mass pre-production and stock-holding of a wide range of goods and spare parts into no more than an historical legacy.

Emerging Technologies in 3D printing that eventually lead to lighter, more efficient plane parts that could save fuel on your flights, replacement body parts, from printed knickers to 3D printed pills and from synthetic hearts to 3D printed homes on Mars and other planers.

5) Precision Medicine

From heart disease to cancer, all have a genetic component. Cancer is best described as a disease of the genome. The ability to sequence a patient’s whole genome is close to entering the clinic in cancer hospitals.

 
With digitisation, doctors will be able to make decisions about a 
patient’s 
 cancer
 treatment 

informed by a tumour’s genetic make-up.

We’ve come a long way in technology since we sequenced the first genome, and as it gets faster and cheaper we will be able to both personalise treatments and learn more about the enormous number of genetic changes that lead to each type and subtype of cancer.

With digitisation, doctors will be able to make decisions about a patient’s cancer treatment informed by a tumour’s genetic make-up.

This new knowledge is also making precision medicine a reality by enabling the development of highly targeted therapies that offer the potential for improved treatment outcomes, especially for patients battling cancer and finally by combining whole-genome sequencing (or transcriptome sequencing) with advancing sequence-based drug technology the future really looks amazing!

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The MiG-29 V4 “SPEEDMASTER” + Patented Dual-Path Signal Redundancy

 

Introduction
Man are parkjet speed planes popular these days! More and more guys are finding just how simple and inexpensive it really is to build and fly a plane that can get up to the 100 MPH mark! Wow, can you imagine telling your friends you built an RC plane in an evening that goes 100 MPH? The new MiG-29 V4 SPEEDMASTER is just scary fast and this time it’s no longer the new guy to the 100 MPH club. I’d like to share three big changes here with you. First, it has redesigned control surface system to handle the high speeds. Second, the proportions of the plane and surface have been improved to give greater strength at the higher speeds. And third, We put alot of work into the new MiG-29 V4 frame to basically be able to keep up with itself. It’s more sturdy and stable which means you can hammer on it harder, fly faster, and land safer. The new MiG-29 V4 is no longer a speed plane, it’s a “SPEEDMASTER”. Let me give you a little context first and then get into some of the details:

What Else Is Out There?
It sure seems simple enough to make a speed plane, right? That’s what I first thought when I started designing and here’s what I ran into. If you can get a super fast motor (which is easy these days) and you bolt it onto a fast looking foam jet (also pretty easy) and hit full throttle you have yourself a speed plane... right? Well, let me put it this way... it’s like crashing without hitting the ground. The plane can’t take the stresses and just explodes and then hits the ground and explodes again. Then you take your speed plane home in a bag and show your wife how much money you lost today and she explodes at you again.

Ok, so strengthen it up, that will do it, and it does! But now you can’t fly the thing when trying to take off, turn, land, you know all those other parts of flying. Your plane is “too fast” and now too heavy for its sleek aerodynamic size (your wing loading is too high) and now it’s unstable. Here’s the saddest part, most RC designers know this and just live with it and expect you to as well. “Come on, you can’t have a sturdy, fast plane that’s also stable at slow speeds.” Oh yes you can, and we got it. The new MiG-29 V4 masters the important speed issues that other speed planes can’t.

Ok, so let’s get down to it, here is where the MiG-29 V4 had to be better than the V3. First, the V4 had to be at least as fast, or faster. Second, it had to be stronger. This is the biggest area of improvement needed in my opinion. Third, the V3 was surprisingly stable so let’s figure out more of what happened and how we can improve stability even more with the V4. After many months of research, consulting a few of the top guys on the Forum, and good old fashion field testing, here is what we came up with:

New Features And Benefits
The new MiG-29 V4 feels and flies more like an EDF or even turbine RC plane at high speeds. “That’s a foamie?” is what you are going to hear the most from your buddies at the field. The new MiG-29 V4 can take more of a payload (for those heavy speed motors), has more strength where it needs it most, and get this, is even more stable at slow speeds! This means you can calmly loiter at slow speeds, just casually cruising around like everyone else, and then rocket your plane out of sight! And then right back to a calm, easy approach pattern into a soft landing at your feet! Yes, everyone is very impressed when they see what this simple speedmaster can do. Let me show you the three things I mentioned above that are really contributing to the improvements:

Redesigned Control Surfaces. If you read up on our new F-18 V4 we talk alot about this new aileron design that has really changed things for us. The design allows you to have greater roll control, less over correcting, and keeps the wing from stalling because it’s channeling the air from the inside out to the tips of the wing. You know where we got this idea? From the wing of the MiG-29 V3! We stared at that plane trying to figure out why it was so stable at slow speeds even when it was super heavy and should be stalling and falling! What we saw was the swept back wing (and swept back trailing edge of the wing in particular) was naturally creating this effect. So for the V4s we did this on purpose on all the planes in the fleet. The MiG-29 V4 has an enhanced stable new aileron design. This means it was already going to be stable for you (we did that on accident) and now it’s going to be super stable (we did that on purpose).

The elevators on the MiG-29 needed quite a bit of improvement as they were having a hard time keeping up with the structural forces at high speeds. We saw how much the guys loved the MiG-29 V3 as a speed plane first and aerobatic plane second. After much debate and testing we installed the “half elevons” on the new MiG-29 V4. The idea here is just the back half of them hinge which provides much greater strength and stops them from hitting the ground in hard landings. This gives us the increased strength we are demanding without adding parts and weight. What we were worried about was the decrease in control though. But get this, with the increase in efficiency due to the proportions and weight distribution, you now get as much control authority with less control movements! It’s another surprise win-win that we are so happy with.

Improved Proportions. When messing with the size of a successful airplane, you now have other factors coming into play. Now your rudders may cause a bit too much drag, your horizontals have a bit too much flex, your wings are getting better lift, but now too much drag. It’s not as easy as just hitting the “scale up button” huh! So how did we sneak in 6% more wing area without paying for it in flex, flutter, and drag? We increased the size of the wings but not the wingspan of the plane. We did this by increasing the size of the wing slightly and then sloping it back so it keeps its current wingspan. Pretty good huh? I know, you wouldn't have even noticed when looking at it. So what you got in the air is more wing area with the same wingspan and therefore greater lift and stability. And because the wing is sweeping back you can’t notice any increase in drag but you do notice the increase in stability. This is what we were going for. Because the new verticals and elevons are so efficient, we were able to scale them down slightly. This gave us an increase in strength by once again, taking parts away, not adding to it. I just love it when that happens!

Increased Stability. We did a few more clever things to really amp up the stability on this one. A pretty basic change was inching the motor up a bit more to help cancel out the torque and inertia. Alot of forces coming off these motors and the closer we can sneak them to the center of gravity the more the plane feels like it’s on rails. The big tricky improvement here is the angling out of the vertical stabilizers. We actually did this slightly on the MiG-29 V3 and didn’t say anything! We wanted to see how it performed on a large scale blind test. The results we got back was, “Wow, why is this thing so stable?” What’s happening with the verticals kicked out is the plane starts to yaw slide to one side a bit (say the left). The left vertical is now exposed to more wind resistance (because it’s angled out more) and this then forces it back to center. And if it slides to the right, it’s forced back to center. This slight “wedge shape” in the verticals ensure your MiG-29 V4 is always tracking straight! “Wow, what a clever idea!” everyone says, “But doesn't this create more drag?” We thought so too so we tested several MiG-29 prototypes against each other and what we found in testing (and even blind testing) is that it’s not noticeably slower (though it is a bit). What is noticeable is the ones with the verticals angled out feel like they have a gyro on them vs those that have standard verticals. You are going to love this and it’s also alot of fun to show off to the guys at the field when they ask, “How does that fly so good?” The new MiG-29 V4 is a Speed Master because it has magic in the tails!

Summary
If you were a fan of the MiG-29 V1, and were surprised by the MiG-29 V3, then you are going to be happy with the strength, stability, and speed of the new MiG-29 V4 SPEEDMASTER. The all new control surfaces is like having power steering for the first time. The clever increase in proportions gives it a calm, floating feeling even when it breaks 100 MPH. And the slow speed stability means you can even put a 2 cell on it and float around in the yard. Does it get much better than all that? No dude, it doesn't. The MiG-29 V4 is a SPEEDMASTER because it doesn't just “go fast” it’s mastered all the details to do it right.

How To Get Your MiG-29 V4 “SPEEDMASTER”
If you were designing and selling parkjets, what might be a really good way to promote them? What we believe is if we make it easier for everyone to build, fly, and promote our planes the better our business does. But as you know, having a good plane in the air is just part of the story. We see it as our responsibility to make it easy for everyone during the whole process. This means easy ordering, easy access to your downloads, easy to print, easy to build, easy to get parts, easy to transport in the car, and hard to wipe that silly smile off your face at the field. The V4 Pro Pack includes our best instructions ever, wiring diagrams, links to all the parts you need, where to get the best deals, and optional upgrades. The MiG-29 V4 is one of the four parkjet plans that come in the V4 Pro Pack. We’ve been producing parkjets since 2004 and this year is our best year yet. Please see the RCPowers Homepage Here for more info and ordering. 

 

Patented Dual-Path Signal Redundancy

Every 2.4GHz receiver, DSM-based or not, has to deal with two technical problems common to all 2.4GHz signals - reflected signal fading and polarization blind spots at long range from the transmitter. Both of these problems, if not properly addressed, could mean the end of a model. Only patented Spektrum MultiLink™ receiver technology provides you with the best way to deal with both.

Eliminates Reflected Signal Fading

Reflected signal fading occurs when a 2.4GHz signal is cancelled out at the receiver by its reflection bouncing off a conductive surface. If the signal reflection arrives at the receiver exactly 180 degrees out of phase from the original signal the result is the same as a noise cancelling headset - silence. That's a real problem if you're only using one receiver.

  Only Spektrum MultiLink receivers give you the protection of a main receiver connected to one or more satellite receivers. By mounting the smaller satellite receivers away from the main receiver in different orientations, the odds of all of them experiencing signal reflection at the same time are reduced to a statistical impossibility. No single receiver can come close to providing that kind of protection.

Eliminates Receiver Blind Spots

The farther a 2.4GHz receiver operates from its transmitter the greater the chances of signal loss when its antenna is pointed directly at the transmitter. This is referred to as a polarization blind spot. By using multiple receivers with different antenna orientations, the dual path diversity of MultiLink ensures that one or more will always be able to clearly "see" the signal.

About Single Spektrum Receivers

Spektrum single receivers are designed exclusively for use in smaller RC aircraft such as parkflyers and ultra micro aircraft that use materials which create little, if any, signal reflection. Also, these models are almost always flown close enough to their transmitters that the size and effect of antenna blind spots are minimal.