A live stream cam has caught something that not many people have been able to witness; the birth of some loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings on a Florida Keys beach. About one hundred of the turtles were born.

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The baby turtles – which measure at approximately three inches long – emerged from a mound on the Florida Keys beach and then proceeded to head towards the ocean, all while caught on camera. After they had entered the ocean, they disappeared from the camera’s view.

The camera – which films in high definition – was set up on the beach in order to capture some footage of the new hatchlings. The camera also films by utilizing infrared lenses so that any lights that would be needed otherwise would not affect the new hatchlings. Any artificial light that would be needed otherwise would have adversely affected the hatchlings, and would possibly have interrupted the process of them emerging from the mound and entering the sea.

The camera feed also helps in raising awareness for the efforts currently underway in Florida Keys to help raise awareness about the need to protect sea turtles. Loggerheads – the type of turtles that emerged from the mound on the beach – are among five different types of sea turtle that are currently considered either endangered or threatened, and that nest on Keys beaches and other Florida shorelines.

The webcam is currently funded by the Florida Keys tourism council, and was approved by both the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Nissan is recalling over two hundred and twenty thousand more cars due to potentially faulty airbags, according to an announcement by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The announcement comes after more than one million cars were recalled after a separate recall was announced in March.

According to Nissan, they are:

“…recalling certain model year 2002-2003 Nissan Maxima, Pathfinder and Infiniti I35 and QX4; 2002-2004 Nissan Sentra and 2003 Infiniti FX vehicles to address a safety defect in the passenger side frontal air bag which may produce excessive internal pressure causing the inflator to rupture upon deployment of the air bag. This recall addresses both the passenger side frontal air bags that were originally installed in the vehicles, as well as replacement air bags that may have been installed as replacement service parts.

“A replacement air bag may have been installed, as one example, if a vehicle had been in a crash necessitating the replacement of the passenger side frontal air bag.”

Nissan also went on to say that:

“In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger’s frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking and potentially seriously injuring the passenger seat occupant or other occupants.

“Owners of all vehicles on which a defective air bag may have been installed either as original equipment, or as a replacement, will be notified. Dealers will inspect vehicles, and where a defective air bag inflator is identified, the inflator will be replaced, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin August 11, 2014. Owners may contact Nissan Customer Service at 1-800-647-7261.”

The current recall is an extension to the recall in March, and Nissan has said that they are currently unaware of any injuries resulting from the faulty airbags. Nissan also noted that you can check whether or not your vehicle needs to be recalled by visiting their website.

A live stream cam has caught something that not many people have been able to witness; the birth of some loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings on a Florida Keys beach. About one hundred of the turtles were born.

The baby turtles – which measure at approximately three inches long – emerged from a mound on the Florida Keys beach and then proceeded to head towards the ocean, all while caught on camera.  After they had entered the ocean, they disappeared from the camera’s view.

The camera – which films in high definition – was set up on the beach in order to capture some footage of the new hatchlings. The camera also films by utilizing infrared lenses so that any lights that would be needed otherwise would not affect the new hatchlings. Any artificial light that would be needed otherwise would have adversely affected the hatchlings, and would possibly have interrupted the process of them emerging from the mound and entering the sea.

The camera feed also helps in raising awareness for the efforts currently underway in Florida Keys to help raise awareness about the need to protect sea turtles. Loggerheads – the type of turtles that emerged from the mound on the beach – are among five different types of sea turtle that are currently considered either endangered or threatened, and that nest on Keys beaches and other Florida shorelines.

The webcam is currently funded by the Florida Keys tourism council, and was approved by both the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The ‘Fire’ phone – Amazon’s newest unveiling and first foray into the smart phone market – has seen its launch, and, currently, AT&T have the exclusive rights to sell the phone. The unveiling took place on July 25, where AT&T announced two deals which can be taken advantage of alongside the purchase of the new smart phone.

As AT&T have said, you can purchase the phone – which is available both online and in stores – as part of a two year contract for $200, or $27.09 a month for the next two years with their Next instalment plan. This plan has the phone locked as a 32GB handset. Alternatively, you can purchase the 64GB handset for $299 or $31.25 a month with AT&T Next.

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Before its release, it was known as the 3D Phone because word on the street was that Amazon was implementing some sort of innovative 3D technology into the handset, although, as the new phone shows, this never materialized. The phone has also integrated five front cameras, four of which are used for the Dynamic Perspective.

Amazon has also noted that the phone has a 4.7-inch HD LCD display with 1,280-by-720 resolution at 315 pixels per inch as well as runnig a 2.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, Adreno 330 GPU, and 2GB of RAM. The company has also noted that the phone has a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera, and records in 1080p at 30 fps from the front- and rear-facing shooters. Although the phone comes with all this integrated fairly well, it does not include a microSD card slot.

Amazon has also said that:

“Firefly lets you instantly discover helpful information on over 100 million movies, songs, and products. Simply press and hold the Firefly Button on the side of Fire Phone to quickly capture and launch Web addresses, send emails, or make phone calls without typing addresses or phone numbers.”

The phone received a three and a half stars out of five from PCMag, based on the features mentioned above, as well as how well these features were integrated.

McLaren, the British Formula One racing team, is set to unveil its concept model for its newest car, the P1 GTR concept design. The new design will be shown off for the first time at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in California August 16.

The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is considered to be one of the most competitive events in the auto industry, and this year, there will be approximately 200 of the rarest cars will be on show at the once a year event.

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Since first opening its doors, McLaren has prized itself on its objective of creating the world’s best track-focused drivers’ car, and this new design is set to be no different.

McLaren only plans to build 375 of the P1 GTR models, and to ensure that the cars go to what seems to be the best possible person – or more likely, those most loyal to McLaren – as well as to ensure exclusivity, only owners of McLaren P1 models will be able to purchase the GTR version when McLaren starts production in 2015.

The car is billed as being “track focused”, and as such does not need to meet road car regulations. McLaren have said that, to ensure the car is as good as possible, they have focused on “aggressive aerodynamics and styling, a widened track and slick tires” when designing the car. They car is also purported to have a mid-mounted engine, and, according to reports, McLaren are intending to have the engine give a power output of 1,000 PS.

The debut of the car will take place at the McLaren Brand Centre at the 18th Fairway at the Pebble Beach Lodge, on August 16 for exclusive viewers, and a public viewing will be taking place on the following day.

McLaren are intending to sell the car for $3,360,384.

Current theories of water levels on what are called Jupiter-Class planets may have taken a big hit with some recent discoveries. These theories suggest that a certain amount of water is needed in order for a planet to form.

The results of some recent examinations on these so called Jupiter-Class planets – i.e, planets that are somewhat similar to Jupiter – has shown that the heat of these planets is unexpectedly dry, a lot drier than experts have previously predicted.

The size and heat levels of these planets make it fairly easy for astronomers to examine the water levels – as well as other data – on these Jupiter-Class planets, which means that astronomers are currently working on several examinations of these planets, similar to one that examined the planets’ water levels.

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Due to the fact that these planets are suffering from a dry heat, water levels are much less than planet formation theories have predicted. If the abundances are substantially less than theories predict, as a growing body of evidence suggests for some of these planetary systems, fully characterizing the atmospheres of these planets would warrant a newer, and better, telescopes that are much more sophisticated than the ones we currently have, as well as telescopes that are currently in development.

The examinations of the three Jupiter-Class planets showed water concentrations well below solar abundances – something which previous theories have relied on. The measurements were only 1 percent of solar abundance for one of the planets examined, while another planet had .7 percent of solar abundance. However, these measure weren’t extremely precise, which means that the reality may be closer to what the theories have previously predicted.

Nikku Madhusudhan, who led the team that made these observations, has said that him and his team “are working on several scenarios of planet formation that can make hot Jupiters close to their stars that explains the low abundance that we see.”