In this edition of the Worldwide wrap a study has found that iPhone owners are more likely to watch porn than Android users and the BBC will stream three World Cup football matches, including the quarter final and the final, in ultra-high-definition. Get the details on these stories and more below.
iPhone porn
Smartphones and tablets have meant people can watch porn wherever and whenever they like.
According to figures released by the Montreal-based site, Safari on the iPhone and iPad is used more than any other mobile browser to watch adult content.
Apple's iPad was the most used tablet by quite some margin, the group said, with Safari claiming 73% of the porn site's tablet visitors. Google's Chrome, which is available on the iPad and Android tablets, came a distant second used by 13.6% of visitors.
The least popular device for viewing porn on was the BlackBerry tablet, which made up exactly 0.69% of all tablet consumers.
Via: Daily Mail
Cow manure becomes water
An anaerobic digestion and filtration system can take large amounts of cow manure and turn it into water clean enough for the animals to drink, and fertiliser.
The snappily-named McLanahan Nutrient Separation System - developed at Michigan State University - involves putting waste into an anaerobic digester and then pairing it with ultrafiltration, air stripping and reverse osmosis.
Via: Wired
World Cup in UHD
The BBC will stream three World Cup football matches, including the quarter final and the final, in ultra-high-definition (UHD).
UHD - also known as 4K because it has nearly 4 000 horizontal pixels - offers four times the resolution of 1 080p high-definition video. It has been hailed as the 'next big thing' in TV broadcasting.
This will be the first time a live event has been streamed over the air in UHD in the UK. The streams will be transported from Brazil by satellite to the UK where they will be decoded and distributed to a limited number of TVs at BBC sites.
The aim of the exercise is to better understand the latest UHD distribution technologies and standards in a live outside broadcast, paving the way for more widespread use of the technology in the future.
Via: Telegraph
Streaming gets energy-efficient
Streaming movies is more energy efficient that watching DVDs according to a study by researchers in the US.
The research was carried out by a combined team from Northwestern University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The team studied five different ways of viewing movies using a method called "life cycle analysis" - which looks at the process of consumption from data centres to end-user devices, as well as product manufacturing, transportation and building energy use - to estimate the energy used and carbon dioxide emissions produced by each.
They looked at viewing estimates for 2011 and found that by shifting all DVD viewing to video streaming, it would be possible to save enough electricity to power almost 200 000 US households each year.
Via: Wired
Egypt to police social media
Police in Egypt want to build a computer system that helps them track what the country's citizens are discussing on social media.
To do this, police are considering proposals from seven unnamed international companies to help them monitor messages of government dissent, calls to protest or strike, immoral or obscene behaviour and anything that advocates crime or terrorism, according to a recently leaked document. Multiple reports say Egyptian interior minister Mohammed Ibrahim believes the system would not affect freedom of expression.
The government said it needs the ability to monitor Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and Viber in real-time to protect its citizens from those looking to incite terrorism, The Guardian reported.
Via: Mashable
Robot feels breasts
A multi-fingered haptic interface robot has been created by scientists from Gifu University, Japan.
The device lets users feel breasts virtually, could have useful medical applications and potentially improve breast cancer detection.
According to researchers, the robot accurately simulates the sensation of coming into contact with a real breast tissue which could serve as a training tool for medical students learning to recognise potentially cancerous lumps.
Japanese researchers developed the haptic device that attaches to a person's hand and can simulate the softness of different materials by producing realistic tactile sensations on individual fingertips, IEEE Spectrum reported.
Via: Daily Mail
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