Fire Meets Metal

In today’s modern age we heavily rely on stable architecture and well-built structures to handle our everyday lives and tasks. From skyscrapers that soar above the clouds, to bridges that provide safe roadways to vehicles. The importance of safety and stability in our man-made creations is vital in their success. It’s not only wood, brick, and mortar that create our structures these days. Thanks to modern technology and science we can control, modify, and use various metals to our advantage when constructing new structures. The job of a metalworker is arduous and dangerous. Welding, brazing, and cutting are all necessary tasks in the creation of metal works and should be taken with extreme caution and seriousness.

Welding Techniques
Applying heat to metal in order to join parts is the most common method of metal working. There are over 100 different types of welding techniques. Some of the most common types are smoldering, brazing, and arc welding.
When a metal worker decides to flip down his helmet and begins brazing copper, he or she is imposing a wide variety of health and safety risks onto themselves. These risks affect more than 500,000 workers per year and are a rigorous part of the job at hand. In a job such as this, many safety precautions are taken and legal standards are created to be followed. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) has created rules and guidelines specifically for metalworkers in the welding, cutting, and brazing industry.

Training and Education

In order to take on this career you must first become a certified welder. Programs for welding and metalwork are offered at colleges, trade schools, and through specific training programs. In some cases, on-the-job training is offered for low skilled positions. Most jobs prefer to hire people who have prior experience, or professional training. Training for welding also includes blueprint reading, study of mathematics, chemistry, physics, and, in some cases, an understanding of electricity is beneficial. If a facility wants to certify an employee to become a welder, they can send them to an institution and have them weld test specimens to see if they’re applicable enough to handle such tasks on the job. Some employers have been known to send their workers to a training program free of charge in order to become certified in metal welding/work.

Employment

Employment in the welding industry is prominent in the automotive repair and building industry, shipbuilding, machinery manufacturing, aerospace building, and many other manufacturing industries. The job outlook for ambitious welders is positive, as most employers state that they cannot find enough qualified people to fill the specific job title. Job openings also rise in this industry as many older workers find themselves reaching the retirement age. The vast spike in technological advances is creating more job opportunities for welding positions. These same technologies have also improved upon the current use of welding and create new methods of work.

The idea of getting to work with fire and metal all day long makes for a very exciting career path. This skill is being sought after by companies everywhere who need qualified metalworkers. It takes proper training, job research, and the right set of safety skills in order to work with this industry. If welding is something that you’re interested in pursuing take the necessary steps to becoming formally certified. In no time at all you’ll be contributing in the creation of some of today’s finest machinery and mechanical structures.

Ashely is a recent college graduate with a degree in Science. She likes to share tips and ideas. To see more, check out her Twitter @ashelymarie1985. 

Asus Fonepad Note FHD6

Fonepad goes Smartphone. All are making their Smartphones larger and larger but Asus only shrinks their Fonepad from the 7- inch tablet additionally with phone function, a fancy Phablet in six inch Full HD on an Intel platform. The competitor is Samsung Galaxy Note 2.

In April of this year, Asus came out with the first Fonepad on the market - judging by the name and the size of seven inches, a tablet to make phone calls. Therefore, we have tested it as a tablet. Now the inventor of the Eee PC to set and have presented the Fonepad FHD note 6 to the IFA. The idea to put everything in the name is, though certainly well-intentioned, it sounds a bit bumpy sort of.

The new Fonepad has a six inch display with full HD resolution and a stylus. Because of the shrunken dimensions of the 6 Series now fits exactly into the modern category of Phablet and therefore runs at us as a Smartphone. Thus, it must also prove against the self-proclaimed rival, the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. In terms of cost Asus introduces the much larger screen and with the 349 Euros significantly it is a lower price in the field.

This time, instead of traditional chip from Intel, the dual-core Atom Z2580 comes with up to two GHz clock frequency used. Graphic calculations take an Imagination PowerVR SGX 544MP2 with up to 533 MHz operating clock. Measures, a whopping raise of two GB of RAM and the internal memory amounts to 16 GB. In the market a model with 32 GB is already announced.

Each one can expand the memory via microSD card. You can choose your colour from any of the two namely “Soft Charcoal Gray" and " Glaze White". . The Asus Fonepad Note FHD6is almost eleven millimeters and 214 grams not only the thickest Phablet, but also the heaviest The Galaxy Note 3 ( 8.3 mm , 168 g), the Xperia Z Ultra ( 6.5 mm , 212 g) and the Ascend Mate ( 9.9 mm , 200 g) are in some cases considerably slimmer. 

Nevertheless, dimensions and weight of the device does not seem oversized, but give the Phablet a solid impression. The six -inch display is covered by a scratch resistant mineral glass and is designed to protect the input medium. The upper area is visually dominated by the comparatively large stereo speakers than the lower part.

The entire front is surrounded by a metal frame; making the 6 FHD gives a trivalent face. This is further substantiated by the torsional stiffness of the device. Moreover, the presented Fonepad is absolutely insensitive to pressure. The back is made of a soft plastic, which gives a very pleasant view. It is quite smooth and grippy.

Fully inserted, the stylus fits well into the design and sits very tight, so do not worry must be to lose the stylus. The features of the Asus Fonepad 6 are quite simple. The USB 2.0 connection is used both for charging the device and the data exchange with a computer. MHL is not supported. Also Asus USB OTG makes no details, but it works perfectly.

The card reader is hidden under the side cover, next to the micro-SIM slot. It takes on microSD cards and supports the SDXC format to 64 GB. An outfit is certainly highlighting the digitizer pen, which can be easily removed. For the operating system, Google’s Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean is used. The adjustments on the Fonepad 6 are mostly graphical in nature and very discreet. Asus also donated a couple of widgets and numerous in-house apps.

The Super Note program is optimized for pen input, and easy to use. With practice also achieves a good recognition of handwriting, so that the handwritten notes are implemented directly in typescript. With the App Locker individual apps can be secured with a password entry. There are Splendid (color calibration) and Audio Wizard (EQ) are the other two more useful tools. Bloatware is unfortunately also on board, but has its limits and can be uninstalled easily.

In addition, you get 5 GB of free cloud storage. The Asus Fonepad Note FHD6 is indeed almost as big as a small tablet, but it should be as versatile as a Smartphone. This Taiwanese Phablet mainly offers a powerful mobile communication and connectivity as well as the job of a Phablet. It dominates quad -band GSM and can thus be used in all voice networks in the world. The connection to the mobile data traffic is possible at a brisk WCDMA / HSPA + (upload up to 5.76 Mbit / s download up to 42 Mbit / s).

A broad frequency coverage, hence there should be no problems in connectivity. The integrated Wi-Fi module supports the IEEE 802.11 standard a / b / g / n and transmits in the frequency ranges of 2.4 and 5.0 GHz. That sounds pretty decent considering the price range, even if compromising on the modern ac - standard. Bluetooth version 3.0 is on board. The webcam of the Fonepad Note 6 is of 960 pixels x 1,280 with up to 1.2 megapixels.

It is well suited for video calling and deals with ordinary recordings. The main camera on the back features a BSI sensor from Sony, which with 8 MP (3,264 x 2,448 pixels, 4:3). The fixed aperture with a guide number of f / 2.0 is to enable ordinary shots even in low light. In fact, sharp shots even succeed, but which are a bit dark. The image noise is very limited. However, if the lighting is too difficult. The touch screen of the Asus Fonepad Note FHD 6measures six inches and offers exceptional sliding properties. It recognizes up to ten inputs at a same time and converts them precisely.

Display rotations are also carried out expeditiously. In addition, the included digitizer can be used for input. When the pen is removed from its holder, there is both a visual and an audible alert. If it is not used more than five minutes, a warning message appears, ensure that the stylus. The digitizer supports different pressure levels, so that it can be used for drawing. With the cropping function screen contents can be cut and saved as screenshot. Likewise, the stylus dominated the contactless flip if he remains on the screen.

The keyboard is predictably lush oversized and offers plenty of space even in portrait mode, and sufficiently large input spaces. In landscape is little to see from the screen content, for the keys are all the greater. In terms of user, there is therefore nothing to complain about. The Fonepad grade 6’s doing really well, even connected via USB mouse were easily identified.

The six inch screen of the Asus Fonepad Note FHD6 resolves 1,080 pixels x (Full HD) 1920. This corresponds to an aspect ratio of 16:9 and a pixel density of 367 PPI. As the Taiwanese panel technology rely on Super IPS +. Subjectively, the display is a real eye-catcher and shines with a high brightness and deep colors. The external use provides the Fonepad Note FHD6 no challenge too great.

The Phablet benefits from its high brightness and good contrast ratio. Only the reflective surface makes it difficult to read the panels in direct sunlight. A bright ambient light conditions or even darker mastered the instrument effortlessly.

The viewing angle stability is excellent because of the Super IPS + technology used and leaves little to be desired. Even at extreme viewing angles, there can only be guessed color changes. Only the reflective surface may complicate the side view in bright ambient light.

Scientists unveil energy-generating window

For the last few months, researchers had worked for designing a windows that let through the air, but no sound. Today, a new window called "intelligent" that would regulate the heat, but also to collect energy. A team of Chinese researchers has just published its latest advances in the journal Nature Scientific for a new glass surface.

Most of the surfaces that fitted in the more modern buildings are often the cause of poor insulation in both winter and summer, despite the progress made in double or triple glazing. Smart windows have developed the ability to adapt to external climatic conditions etvitre 2 and provide insulation adapted to the situation: confining the heat inside the building in the winter, and removing the heat of summer.

Gao Yanfeg of Shanghai University said "The main innovation of our work is to have developed a concept of smart window to simultaneously generate and save energy.” This window component is a film composed of vanadium oxide particles, partitioned and sandwiched between two sheets of polycarbonate which allows this feat. Vanadium Oxide (VO2) has its chemical properties vary depending on the temperature.

Under 68 degrees Celsius, it is insulating and completely transparent to infrared light. Above 68 ° C, it becomes conductive and reflects infrared light. Ideal properties of this window make it to fit the seasons. But the expanded window can also generate electricity through solar panels positioned on the peripheral.

As part of a building large-scale solar energy production could afford to run a part of the activity of the latter. Currently, the technology presented is viable and suitable to industrialization; no cost has yet been shared.

Nokia 1020: Awesome features

Everyone dream of having a phone with best camera option; for those people here it is Nokia 1020. It has a best camera quality with a 41 megapixel. Its display is of 130.4x71.4x10.4mm in size with a weight of 158g. It has an amoled capacitive touch screen with a protection of corning gorilla screen 3.

And the best part of the phone is that it has an inbuilt of 32 GB memories with a 2 GB ram with no memory card slot just as in IPhone. Next is the major feature that is it works on Microsoft windows phone 8 OS, It is upgradable to windows phone 8 amber and the camera 41 MP (38 MP effective, 7152 x 5368 pixels), Carl Zeiss optics, optical image stabilization, auto/manual focus, Xenon & LED flash. And the video features are 1080p@30fps, 4x lossless digital zoom, video light.

This is not like other phones it has a full HD display we can even watch videos like watching it lively. The windows 8 operating system on the 1020 is simple and amazingly easy on our eyes. It lets your fingers flit around on it.

With more Live Tiles, tethering support, custom ringtones for different notifications, rotation lock and more nifty features, the OS takes the streamlined Windows experience to the next level. Powered by a 1.5 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Dual Core processor, the Lumia 1020 allows you multitasking without any lag when you switch apps.

Alienware X51

Alienware ambition is to reduce the size of the PC game. Everyone wants a compact gaming console which fits in small places perfectly. Presenting the Alienware X51, we have already known that Alienware is best for gaming. What is certain is that its design which is more successful. Respected contract, the head of the backlit alien eyes is present in front like other Alienware products, and the pace of the X51 is no doubt as to its target.

But still, this console will fit easily in a room under the TV without stain. Rectangular in size 34.3 x 31.8 cm, 9.5 cm thick, the Alienware is more bigger than a Xbox 360 or a PlayStation 3 first generation, with a weight of about 5.5 Kg skillful blend of glossy plastic, with lines between contrasting curves and beveled return. As always with Alienware who said LEDs said to choose its color .X51 can be installed either horizontally or vertically with the possibility to rotate the logo on.

On the front, there is the strictly necessary buttons, i.e. integrated into a rounded corner button ignition, access to player / DVD burner slot-in, two USB ports and the usual Jack. At the rear, six USB, two USB 3.0, HDMI 1.4 output, a Gigabit Ethernet port, audio input / outputs and a Wi-Fi module 802.11 n . On the edges, the plastic is perforated by numerous openings to allow air circulation and help the cooling system that expels hot air out the back of X51. In carton box of X51, there is also a keyboard and a mouse.

The keyboard is already more fun with a small attractive design surrounded by white border black keys. However, it is not equipped with an adjustable backlight. We know that the X51 is too compact to integrate a traditional power supply. Alienware has decided to offers an external power supply of 330W, the same kind as those which accompany the laptops but bigger.

 The Interesting stage is that discovering how it is arranged inside the X51. To open it, nothing tougher, a single screw to remove the back and just drag the top to open, as a classic case of wall panel. At the beginning we see that the cooling system processor modules and two steel behind which we guess the graphics card and the optical drive then again remove three screws to see the motherboard.