Fantastic Plugins to enhance the functionality of WordPress

Plugins could be of immense help for websites on WordPress and handy plugins could prove to be helpful in enhancing its capabilities with great functionality without much strain though one would wonder which of these plugins would be useful for their site. It is essential to understand its need for specific site and add them depending on their requirements with the WordPress installation, most of which tend to become very useful on any WP site. Viewers could check on these plugins and opt for the ones most essential in running their website according to their requirements. At times, some of the functions in WordPress are not recommended for usage and the Log Deprecated Notices plugin provides a list of functions in the plugin or theme with suitable alternatives for usage.

Theme Check

Theme Check is one of the essential and most important plugins for WordPress developers which measures against the prevailing WordPress coding standards as well as its practices. While creating the theme, it helps in verifying the code making sure that it meets the review standard of the WordPress themes directory and creates a fresh menu item under the setting of Appearance. Its capabilities are that one can run over 8000 tests on any installed available themes resulting in a list of recommendations, errors and information messages. If the user has the inclination of submitting the theme to WordPress.org repository, the need to eliminate the errors is essential since Theme Check which is active during submission does not proceed any further, even if a single error is detected.

Besides this, Theme Check’s recommendations can also help in providing ideas for the theme with the maximum advantage on its functionality such as post formats and thumbnails and by eliminating all the recommendation the user can benefit with the latest features to turn off the same. If showcasing themes to clients or for colleague’s feedback and testing, the Theme Demo Bar enables a single WordPress installation, presenting more than one theme where these plugins are common on theme market places and theme shops. These are much easier than setting different environment for various themes though it does not have the flexibility of different content for different theme.

Beta Tester and Regenerate Thumbnails

Updating to WordPress Beta, Nightly version or Release Candidate (RC) with Beta Tester enables to test the compatibility of the theme or plugins, with the latest upcoming versions while Regenerate Thumbnails can be useful in setting a new size of image thumbnail which enable the user to regenerate the thumbnail images in the library according to the size of one’s choice with a single click though the process may take its time depending on the number of images especially from a live site.

Debogger

Debogger helps in dealing with debug messages, warnings and notices in WP, helping in showing the debug notices at the bottom of the page with the query counts, page load time and peak memory usage making it easy for performance tuning. It also checks the markup for W3C validity and for its function, one need to run on the server which is accessible by the W3C validation service. Another alternative is the Debug Bar that adds a Debug menu to the admin bar for easy access to cache, queries as well as other useful information. The two useful plugins which are alongside each other are the Debug Bar and Debug Bar Extender where the former give information about memory, request etc. while the later gives a better insight on what is prevailing under the hood, inclusive of cache hits or misses, clear profiler with back trace of all functions as well as SQL queries.

User Switching

One can switch between registered users without the need of repeating the usernames and passwords with the User Switching which, once activated will give a new menu named Switch off in the admin bar and if a plugin to create new role with a set of new capabilities is needed, this plugin would be of great help.

Disable Core Updates

Users often working with plugins and themes and probably testing them in various versions of WP of different set of plugins as well as setup configurations come across new versions available which can cause interruption in their working system. The Disable Core Updates plugin thus helps in turning them off.

Backup to Dropbox

Back up of the content is very vital and offsite backups are essential when one would not have the time to download a backup and reload the same to a cloud storage service. WordPress Backup to Dropbox helps in saving the same to the dropbox account instead of downloading a backup using the OAuth, keeping the details safe with its simple and sleek UI, customizable backup settings and cross browser compatibility.

Better WordPress Security

This plugin provides various WP security features and techniques which are essential for securing a WP site combining them into an easy to use plugin by working in obscuring sensitive information, increasing security of passwords, blocking unauthorized users and detecting attempts in finding vulnerabilities. Moreover it also makes regular backups of the site enabling the user to be online quickly should they face any kind of an attack Mono-live is a great eye opener on some fantastic latest technology information which provides immense insight to the user.

KO- TAG; New system warns drivers of pedestrians

An embedded system alerts the driver about the risk of collision and automatically activates the brakes of the vehicle of its own. Through Wi-Fi waves that the embedded the system identifies the presence of pedestrians equipped with tag (transponder). KO- TAG It is through Wi-Fi waves that the embedded system identifies the presence of pedestrians equipped with the tag. It is equipped with an automatic detection and tracking of ultra- sophisticated pedestrian spotted the child while he was still walking on the sidewalk, hidden behind parked vehicles.

The car stops instantly, avoiding the collision. This is a scene that going to takes place in a few years as the technology is still in the prototype stage. It has been submitted by Erwin Biebl team at the Technical University of Munich (Germany). Its principle is based on the wave communication between pedestrians or cyclists and the car in motion. The latter has an embedded system consisting of a set of antennas that emit a radio signal. The advantage of this technology is that it is not hindered by the presence of obstacles like cars, bus etc. Pedestrians are the ones equipped with a transponder.

 The transponder, a kind of beacon and when it receives signals from the car, it immediately sends back a similar signal indicating its presence. This signal is then picked up and located by the embedded antennas. The transponder comprises in addition a small inertial unit which measures in real time the movements of the person. Valuable information continuously feeds to the car. The onboard computer can calculate precisely the movement of the individual and define when there is a risk of collision.

If the time before the impact is greater than a second, the system sounds an alarm to warn the driver of imminent danger. If this time is less, this is the car that makes the decision to apply brake to avoid the collision, even if the pedestrian is not yet visible to the driver in the seat. It is this anticipation that makes the difference with existing detection technologies.

The technology available now is based on the use of a camera which identifies the pedestrian or cyclist and steps to monitor its behavior to initiate, if necessary, an emergency brake. “But if the pedestrian is hidden behind an obstacle, such as a parked car, it cannot be detected by the camera," said Erwin Biebl. But in this prototype model of Erwin Biebl the pedestrian and his movement can be identified and monitored by the on board system accurately. It will take some time before you see the new technology into the catalog of manufacturers. According to Erwin Biebl it will be marketed in 2020.

Lotus C-01 Superbike: Science Fiction Comes To Reality

The famous futuristic Superbike from the movie Tron was recently made but it is still in the prototype stage, this beautiful vehicle will be produced in only 100 in numbers and those lucky hundred discover this marvel of technology and design!

Lotus British brand has partnered with designer Daniel Simon to develop a model of bike very much inspired by the film Tron. The C-01 superbike looks like a fantasy designer, yet the concept is now a reality. Lotus has even planned to make a hundred aftershocks in partnership with the German manufacturer Kodewa.

The two companies have collaborated in the past on racing cars projects. Mr. Simon told that the creative process of the C- 01 has been borrowing a lot of love. They worked hard to create a motorcycle with very special features, such as highly refined body, a very low profile, sleek position, unique air intakes and with a clean design.

The super bike is available in three colors, the classic British racing green and Martini colors, the car develops 200 pounds in a stroke and it is a 200 horsepower four-stroke engine. At the moment, no price was given, but it is likely that the C-01 will not be affordable for everyone. We believe this bike clearly deserves to be in the list of most beautiful cars ever made. Of course, we are under no illusions about its price certainly likely to be exorbitant.

3D Printing Can Create Human Tissue To Heal Wounds

3D printers are able to manufacture spare parts for satellites, food and even human organs. Today, the world of fashion began to use 3D printing and designs luxurious rooms also. 3D printing is diversified more. This is explained by the improvement of materials incorporating different metals and materials such as plastic, wood or nylon. Jewelry and accessories 3D printed are already marketed. An Atlanta entrepreneur currently testing a printer that allows you to create unique garments from fabrics polymer material based on carbon.3D printers never cease to amaze us!

After the ability to print food, dentures or even houses, a new stage has been reached, that of bio-printing In other words, the creation of human tissues in 3D. The bio-printing is a matter of well-known research for the scientists and functional technology is already exists with pre-established patterns. The latter is however very demanding and allows no margin of error or modified during printing.

The apparatus used consists of two tanks containing stem cells bathed in culture medium. This method may be about to be replaced by another discovery by laboratories of Carnegie Mellon and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. It is based on the micro -robot capable of assembling different materials, in order to repair human tissues. Researchers led by Savas Tasoglu and Utkan Demirciont developed a hydrogel material a liquid portion and a solid portion similar to contact lenses which are found in living cells.

It is then necessary to control micro- robot remotely using magnetic fields capable of moving between different hydrogels to build cell structures. It is very difficult to realize that human tissue is composed of many types of cells operation. Scientists have still managed to catalog several materials they need to print in 3D to develop these structures such as copper rods, polystyrene beads, silicon chips and the famous hydrogels. The whole is dipped in a liquid to maintain the cells to be alive.

This approach is more accurate than the old method used previously when it comes to print components. It also makes it possible combining flexible and rigid materials together, all at a scale of the order of tens of microns of size, which is adjustable by the micro- robot. Metin Sitti, the professor of Mechanical engineering head of the Laboratory Nanrobitcs Carnegie Mellon told that their work will revolutionize the precision assembly of blocks of complex and heterogeneous tissues in three dimensions and facilitate the understanding of tissue engineering systems.

The encoding method and manipulation developed here may find wide applications in areas such as diagnostics, regenerative medicine, engineering micro physiological systems, pharmaceutical and biological research, and manufacture microscopic according to Utkan Demirci.

 The micro- robot can analyze cells, manipulate eliminate targets or change direction on a scale that we could not reach before and it can be regarded as a microscopic clamp capable of gripping and moving individual cells or groups in a 3D environment.

Samsung Announces New Chromebook 2 Series in Leather Finish

The new entry-level notebooks from Samsung with Google's operating system, called Chrome books, will provide housing cover with leather. Samsung has done away with all the internet rumors and his second Chromebook Series announced: The new models with Chrome OS available in two sizes 11.6 and 13.3 inches, and they stand out by their cover in leather look.

The devices cost 230-290 Euros and come in April in the U.S. market. The Samsung Chromebook 2 with a 13.3 -inch display has a 1920x1080 Full HD resolution. Inside the model tinkers an Exynos -5- Octa- processor from Samsung with four cores and 2.1 GHz. Four gigabytes DDR3L memory ensures a brisk speed with low power consumption. Samsung indicates that the batteries of the Chormebooks can support 8.5 hours backup.

The unit has been marked with the price tag of 290 euros, comes in gray in color and weighs around 1.4 kg. The smaller of the two new Samsung Chromebook has a HD resolution of 1366x768 on 11.6- inch display. It has the same memory and processor as the 13.3- inch version, but the processor has a lower clock speed of 1.9 gigahertz. The laptop battery lasts up to eight hours of operation according to Samsung. The Chromebook is available in black and white, it weighs 1.1 kg and costs around 230 Euros.

Both Chormebooks Series 2 are Chromebook typically equipped with a meager 16 gigabytes of storage, and it can be expandable by cloud storage. The other features are an HDMI, USB 2.0, USB 3.0 port, microSD slot and a 720p webcam. Samsung is the leading manufacturer in the market for Chromebooks in the United States and in 2013 alone 60 percent of the Chromebooks originated from the South Korean manufacturer, the first laptop with Chrome OS released in 2011.