60% of the entire world's population can be found in Asia; the region also boasts the fastest growth rate of the middle class. While that alone would be enough to convince a global business to pay close attention to the region, president of Asia Pacific & Japan, Global Digital Cities at Dell Technologies, Amit Midha, said the region is also one to watch when it comes to innovation."Asia is the fastest growing business for us, we're continually investing here, but the innovation is even more exciting," he said, addressing media at the Dell Women Entrepreneur Network (DWEN) Summit in Singapore on Monday."No global company can actually ignore what's happening in Asia. Particularly, China has really come about, but India is the single largest, untapped market from a consumption perspective that exists globally -- so we're pretty excited about what can happen."Touching on a few specific areas of innovation, Midha pointed to 5G, calling it the "one game-changer that is here and now", … [Read more...] about Why the Asia-Pacific region is high on Dell Technologies’ radar
Alexa items top Amazon Prime Day’s best-seller list so far
We're halfway through the first day of Amazon's Prime Day mega-sale, and on Monday afternoon the internet retailer revealed some of its best-selling items so far. Devices with Amazon's Alexa voice assistant built in are proving especially popular, with millions sold in the past 15 hours, Amazon said.Some of the best-selling items so far include the Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote and the Echo Dot, the Alexa-enabled smart speaker. The Fire TV Stick is selling for $15, more than 60% off, and the Echo Dot is selling for $22, more than 50% off list price.The $15 Fire TV Stick, for example, briefly went out of stock, but appears to be back for the moment.Other popular items at the start of the two-day sale also include the Instant Pot Duo Plus 60 and the LifeStraw Personal Water filter. Toys, kitchen and beauty items are also proving popular, as well as items from celebrity-backed brands, such as Hilary Duff's Uki The Unicorn Cubcoat.Prime Day 2019 started at midnight Monday and … [Read more...] about Alexa items top Amazon Prime Day’s best-seller list so far
Watch a lunar eclipse live to celebrate Apollo 11 launch day
It's almost like the cosmos knows we're about to celebrate a big space anniversary. On July 16, 1969, NASA's Apollo 11 crew launched on the mission to land the first humans on the moon. Fifty years later, some of the planet will get to see a partial lunar eclipse. The eclipse action will be visible in Africa, most of Europe, Australia and parts of Asia and South America. North America is out of the running for this one. Eclipse action See the 2019 solar eclipse from Earth, orbit and even the moon NASA Mars rover captures two stunning solar eclipses We're just a couple weeks removed from a spectacular total solar eclipse seen in Chile and Argentina. A solar eclipse happens when the moon casts its shadow onto Earth. On Tuesday, Earth will return the favor. "The Moon is full, moves into the shadow of the Earth and dims dramatically but usually remains visible, lit by sunlight that passes through the Earth's atmosphere," the Royal Astronomical Society … [Read more...] about Watch a lunar eclipse live to celebrate Apollo 11 launch day
SpaceX finds surprising cause behind Crew Dragon explosion
On April 20, a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule unexpectedly exploded during a ground test at Cape Canaveral in Florida. After an investigation, NASA and SpaceX now say a leak led to a surprising chemical reaction that destroyed the spacecraft.An accident investigation team involving SpaceX, NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, US Air Force and National Transportation Safety Board collected debris from the explosion and the Dragon's SuperDraco thrusters and transported it to the company's development facility in McGregor, Texas, for testing.On Monday, SpaceX released a statement outlining how a leak in the spacecraft's pressurization system allowed a liquid oxidizer -- nitrogen tetrozide, or NTO -- to make contact with a titanium valve. The resulting explosive reaction between the two substances was the subject of a leaked video of the Dragon's final fiery moments that made headlines in late April."It is worth noting that the reaction between titanium and NTO at high pressure … [Read more...] about SpaceX finds surprising cause behind Crew Dragon explosion
Mars could sustain life under thin layer of ‘frozen smoke’
SpaceX is preparing to head there in a few short years and NASA's moon missions are seen as a stepping stone to the red planet, but the cold, hard truth is this: Mars wants to kill you. Its gravity is detrimental to bones and muscles, it provides little protection from radiation and it's incredibly cold. If humans ever want to colonize Mars, they'll have to come up with unique ways to survive there.Enter "frozen smoke." An international team of scientists is proposing the use of silica aerogel, sometimes dubbed frozen smoke because of its appearance, to warm up the surface of the red planet enough to support life and melt frozen water. The aerogel is an incredibly lightweight material already being manufactured on Earth and is currently used in NASA's Mars rovers as insulation.The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy, essentially created Mars-in-a-box, simulating the light that hits the planet's surface in the laboratory and placing a layer of aerogel, around an inch … [Read more...] about Mars could sustain life under thin layer of ‘frozen smoke’