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Ehrlich Architects came in ahead of Foster + Partners, Massimiliano Fuksas Architects, and Zaha Hadid Architects in Phase 2 of the design competition to win the FNC Parliament project. The stunning design is centered around a 100-meter dome structure with a “flower-of-the-desert” design to cover the main assembly building constructed from white marble. Light will filter through the screen of the dome onto the building and courtyard below creating a micro-climate and increasing energy efficiency of the building. FNC’s new parliament complex is located right on the water and at night, the assembly hall will glow dramatically at night.Ehrlich’s design will “will balance Islamic Heritage with U.A.E.’s global contemporary aspirations, where modernity and tradition are in harmonious balance,” said Design Principal, Steven Ehrlich, FAIA, RIBA. Sustainability and energy efficiency are at the core of the design and the project is expected to achieve a 5 Pearl Rating in the Estidama Initiative, a sustainable design program led by the emirate of Abu Dhabi (estidama means sustainability in Arabic).
When you first launch the app, it asks if you’re trained in CPR and would be willing to help a stranger in an emergency. Once you accept this, the application uses the iPhone’s GPS technology to find your location. The next time a 911 dispatcher receives a call that an emergency is happening near you, you receive a notification saying where help is needed and where the closest automated external defibrillator (AED) is located.“Providing actionable, real-time information during a sudden cardiac arrest emergency, including mapping the victim and rescuer locations, along with the nearest AED locations is the quintessential use of GPS technology on a mobile phone today,” San Ramon Fire Chief Richard Price said in a press release.The application, which has existed as a less sophisticated version for some time, is being developed by interns at Northern Kentucky University’s Center for Applied Informatics, and Workday is helping to develop the app for other platforms. The app could work very well in San Ramon, mainly because the city’s fire department is more advanced than many others across the country. The department has a very detailed list of AED locations, like “at the Customer Service counter in Home Depot,” while many regions …….
Cybertecture integrates technology, multimedia, intelligent systems and user interactivity to create customizable living and working spaces that focus on experience. The Cybertecture Egg takes this principal working theme a step further with ‘cybertecture health’ – interactive features that monitor occupant’s vital health statistics, like blood pressure and weight. In keeping with the focus on health and wellness, users can customize their views with real time virtual scenery.The oblong office building incorporates passive solar design to decrease heat gain and lower energy loads. An elevated garden also moderates temperatures by using natural vegetation to assist with cooling the building envelope. The Cybertecture Egg will use solar photovoltaic panels and rooftop wind turbines to generate onsite electricity. Water conservation will be managed with a greywater recycling system that will harvest water for irrigation and landscaping.
has just announced the availability of HTTPS/SSL all the time on the Facebook. If you enable HTTPS mode, all the data beginning from the password you type at the login page would be encrypted when it travels between the browser and the Facebook server, offering a more sophisticated security for your stay on Facebook. HTTPS mode isn’t new, you might have seen this while doing any transactions on the internet. A similar HTTPS/SSL mode is also optional on Gmail and Hotmail.# Who Should Consider HTTPS Secure Mode For Facebook?Facebook suggests that if you frequently use your account at public internet access enabled places coffee shops, restaurants, airports, libraries and schools etc.# How To Enable The HTTPS Mode In Facebook?Open your account settings page and click on the “Account Security” section. You will find the “Secure Browsing https” option and check against “Browser Facebook on a secure connection https whenever possible” and click Save.Can’t find the option in your account? You may have to wait! Facebook will rollout the option for all the users in the coming weeks starting from today.When you enable the HTTPS mode and log back into the Facebook, you will see this in the address bar.# What Are The Downsides?While you press hard for enabling more secure HTTPS mode, you might have to compromise on the page load speeds part. Facebook alerts users that enabling encryptions mode means that pages take longer than usual time to load. Also many third-party applications are currently not supported in HTTPS mode.# Social AuthenticationBesides this, Facebook has one more interesting feature announcement about using Social authentication. Facebook is now testing this feature which now lets users to authenticate by using pictures of their friends like the one shown in the screenshot:
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