Yesterday (11 / 3), precisely at 14:45 local time, Japan was rocked by 8.9 magnitude quake. Where the earthquake caused a tsunami as high as 4 meters and a lot of casualties. As a result of existing buildings in Tokyo and surrounding areas to move erratically due to earthquake shocks. The quake shook some 400 KM from Tokyo to a depth of 20 miles.
With this natural disaster news quickly spread to the internet, Google the right to launch applications swiftly Person Finder. This application can help to find and rescue victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Available in two languages that are English and Japanese, this application allows Internet users to submit detailed information regarding the details of their whereabouts. Typing the name of someone on this application will provide the information received about the person you are looking for. Flow of information about the victims of natural disasters will be accommodated by this Google service.
In just two hours alone, more than 2000 reports have been entered in the search services of victims of natural disasters, this time alone, the number of search and the information stored in them has reached the 29,200 reports (12 / 3).
Parties Google also provides APIs for developers who want to install this application on their respective websites. Besides Google’s service is connected to various sources of current information. This includes a warning about the tsunami and some natural disasters that are expected to happen next after the earthquake in Japan.
Not only for Japan only, but the Google has launched a similar service after the earthquake that occurred in New Zealand and now there are at least 11,500 reports. Parties Google first Person Finder service has been offered since the earthquake that occurred in Haiti in January 2010 of last year.
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Aldebaran Robotics companies in France, the maker of the cute little robot Nao, has returned with robot caregivers for elderly / seniors who nicknamed Romeo. Humanoid / Humanoid gray and stand far greater than the Neo 1.4 meters (slightly more than four and a half feet) wrapped in a gunmetal Speedo-style costumes and weighs 40 kilograms (88 pounds). Romeo Robot features the 37-degrees of freedom, the backbone of the four-segment, articulated legs, exoskeleton legs composite and revised actuators that provide a more secure control of robot limbs. Robot with a clean smooth coating also has a soft torso. Robots interact through natural speech and gestures to perform tasks like taking out the trash, picked up the cup with four fingers, or take food from the kitchen.
