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In a major shift, Microsoft has jumped into the hardware business, launching the "Surface," a tablet that competes with the iPad.

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We don't know how much it will cost, or when it will be released. We know Microsoft is working on it.

plactic has become the major problem for us as it is in-biodegradable so cause the pollution. It is the main cause of pollution,as plastic does not breakdown on a reasonable timescale. so need a quick solution for it , otherwise it may hamper our world indirectly or may be directly !!!






And here is the sucess!!

Students from Yale discovered a new type of fungus, called Pestalotiopsis microspora, while on aRainforest Expedition and Laboratory trip to the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador. While there, the students were tasked with collecting microorganism and plant cell samples, and the fungus became one such sample.

When the students returned, it was discovered this fungus loves eating plastic, more specificallypolyurethane, which we use millions of tons of every year. Popular uses include foam for inside furniture, building insulation and flooring, as a sealant, varnish, or paint, for making surfboards and inflatable boats, and it even gets used to make watch straps and garden hoses.

The fungus is able to grow on polyurethane in both oxygen-filled and oxygen-free environments. It then breaks the plastic down into liquid or solid forms. And because it doesn’t require oxygen to eat, it’s possible Pestalotiopsis microspora could work at biodegrading the plastic buried deep within our landfills around the world. It could also provide a new solution for dealing with plastic before it reaches the landfill.

Plastics	World 2005	AARG W %	World 2015	Europe 2005	AARGEU %	Europe 2015
Commodity	189350	6,3	349350	42870	2,6	55425
PVC	29000	4	43000	7000	1	7700
PELD /LLD	39000	5	63000	7600	3	10200
PEHD	28600	5	47000	6400	2	7800
PP	42000	10	109000	9500	4	14000
PS	12000	3	16000	2750	1	3000
EPS	3700	6	7500	1270	3	1700
ABS	6900	5	11300	850	2	1030
Other styrenics & alloys	800	5	1300	150	3	200
PET bottles	8500	10	22000	2500	5	4000
PET films and other	2250	3	3000	500	2	610
PUR	10800	5	17600	2900	2	3500
PMMA	1200	5	1950	350	1	390
UP	2500	4	3700	700	2	850
Thermoset moldings	1000	4	1500	150	1	170
Epoxy	1100	3	1500	250	1	275
Engineering	6880	7,7	14390	1990	4,5	3100
PA	2500	7	4900	750	4	1100
PC, including in alloys	2600	9	6200	700	6	1250
POM	760	7	1500	220	4	320
PBT PET	670	7	1320	220	4	320
PPE PPO	350	3	470	100	1	110
Specialty	265	7,2	529	80	2,6	103
PTFE	80	3	107	35	1	39
Other FP, PVDF	40	7	80	11	2	13
PPS	65	8	140	15	3	20
PSU	22	7	43	6	3	8
PES, PPSU	11	10	28	3	5	5
LCP	27	12	84	5	7	10
PAEK PEEK	2	9	5	1	8	2
PEI	11	10	28	2	6	3
PI	6	7	12	2	5	3
Other specialty	1	7	2
Grand total	196495	6,4	364269	44940	2,7	58628

Now to be protected you do not need the bullet proof jacket or any bullet proof media. Because A Dutch team created a piece of "bulletproof" skin from special, U.S.-made spider silk and human skin cells and found that it indeed can repel bullets -- as long as they're not traveling too fast. The project is called “2.6 g 329m/s” which is the standard weight and velocity that a Type 1 bulletproof vest can protect against.Jalila Essaidi, of the Forensic Genomics Consortium in the Netherlands, along with contributors from other research institutes in the Netherlands and the U.S., have developed a "bulletproof" skin that was originally an art project that demonstrated the "relative concept of safety."

bullet proof skin

The skin is mixed with goat 'milk' from goats 'tweaked' to produce the same protein found in spider silk. Woven spider silk is four times stronger than Kevlar, the material used in bulletproof vests.
The spider silk and human skin cells were combined to create the "bulletproof" patch of skin. While this piece of skin is somewhat bulletproof, it cannot repel fast-moving bullets. For instance, it was pierced by a bullet shot at normal speed from a .22 caliber rifle, which is the standard level of protection for a Type 1 bulletproof vest. However, the patch of skin was able to prevent the penetration of a bullet shot at lower speeds (the researchers conveniently didn’t report the how fast the “lower speeds” were).

Bullet proof skin

Such skin is still a long way from adding practical protection to humans, but it gives a glimpse of what future soldiers or would-be superheroes might expect. After all, the U.S. military and other armed forces have continually sought new ways to bulletproof their warriors on the battlefield, and also have shown interest in discovering the ultimate warrior genes.
For now, anyone can check out the bulletproof skin in Leiden, Netherlands; it's on display at the National Natural History Museum Naturalis until Jan. 8, 2012.