It's capable of inflating or deflating the tires, adapting to the changes in weather.

ContiAdapt is a system that integrates small compressors. It's capable of inflating or deflating the tires, which reduces or expands the contact patch of the tire -- the quantity of tire which touches the earth at any certain stage -- to suit weather and driving conditions.


Stuck in some snow? Just deflate that boy a little and work your way.

ContinentalContact patches that are smaller are meant by higher pressures. This can boost efficacy and reduces rolling resistance. Pressures that are lower mean contact stains, which can assist with grip when off-roading or even trying to traverse terrain that is slippery.

Some automobiles have this type of system but they are used in very market products and expensive. Mercedes-Benz includes an identical system for its off-road vehicles, as well.

That wasn't the only new concept in Frankfurt of Continental, possibly. The company also showed off ContiSense, which uses rubber to send electrical signals from a sensor to the automobile's computer. It is thought that the system may respond to changes and punctures in tire pressure faster than current tire pressure monitoring systems. The sensors warn the driver accordingly, whether via the system or a apparatus that is connected smart and could detect changes in road conditions.

Theoretically, Continental could combine both technology to make a wheel and tire combination that could deflate or inflate based on whatever weather the sensors of the tire pick up. That way, your all-season tires will be tires, adapting to the changes in weather.

Dark web 101: What They Don't Tell Us

Dark web 101: What They Don't Tell Us Terminology And Examples  Part 1 of 3 

     Part 1: What They Don't Tell You

searching the dark web can seem like searching for an elusive creature like the loch ness or bigfoot. Anyone that searches into the dark web at one time or another will be Frustrated and captivated by it. like a modern day captain Ahab, the dark web being your moby dick. This is the reason I chose this topic for my blog because the dark web subject is not fully understood and lack of terminology could be the reason keeping you in the dark. Considering the surface web is 0.03% of the total internet, Out of the Estimated dark webs 7,500 terabytes. Based on extrapolations from a study done at the University of California, Berkeley in 2001. This 3 part series should shed some light on the matter and help your search, journey or conquest of the dark web subject. Part one will be going over some terminology and Examples of what (they) don't tell you.

dark web

So you want to know how to access the deep web? The terminology you need to get straight and learn. The deep web is just any web page or site that is not indexed by regular search engines like Google. That may, for examples, include pages of this website which are still in draft--observable to us here at Mr Jack Of All Trades, but not yet published online.What you are actually searching for in the dark web, is the hidden internet secret search engines, online black marketplaces, and even hitmen. To truly understand it, you will have to spend some time there. We ought to warn you: The deep web is large and far from boring. For each gem you'll discover on the way, there are thousands of worthless stones, dead connections and half-finished sites that provide nothing of value. But if you value your privacy or are searching for some things that you wouldn't want in your search history, let alone at the hands of a police agency, the deep web is an essential tool. It hides your tracks and anonymizes your actions, which makes it an essential tool for journalists, activists, and other people who have to share sensitive data away from prying eyes.Here's what you need to know before getting started. looking for that Dimon in the rough.continues on part two see you then please comment and share on Facebook

significantly improve your car's sound: Learn how

shopping for brand new car speakers can significantly improve your car's sound.

Is the audio inside your car incredibly dull compared with what you’re used to on your home stereo?



If so, it might be time to liven up your car rides a little by upgrading to new speakers.

installing new speakers to your vehicle can improve the sound quality dramatically. Some audio technicians say it’s the number-one upgrade you can make to improve the overall quality of your car.



“Manufacturers are not audio engineers,” says Jim Johnson, general sales manager of Portland Car Audio & Accessories in, Portland. “They don’t care how it sounds. They care about gas mileage. Speakers are usually kind of last on the list. Upgrading to new speakers gives you a fuller sound.”

vehicle speaker
There's a whole lot to choose from when thinking about car speakers.

Car/truck speaker options

“New speakers will create a higher fidelity and clarity of sound,” says Robert Kimble owner of Audio Electronics in Salem. “The music is more distinct with less distortion. People won’t get tired listening to it.”



Johnson says "customers must decide the kind of sound they like." The first thing Johnson genuinely does with a customer is sitting in the car with them to discuss their personal preference.



“Everyone’s ear is different,” he says. “What I think sounds amazing, you may think is horrible. It’s a good idea to get out and listen to what you like and don’t like about it.”

Once you have found a sound you really like you will have a better understanding when it comes to buying car speakers. There are a large number of makes and models, sizes and power levels to choose from.



Portland Car Audio & Accessories offers three types of car speakers to choose from: full range speakers, component speakers and coaxial speakers.



• Full range speakers include a tweeter to provide for the high-pitched sounds and a woofer for the lows. This option offers several different sizes.



• Component speakers, at the same time, come with separate tweeters and woofers. They're advertised as providing a more detailed sound, according to Columbus Car Audio & Accessories.

• Coaxial speakers come with a tweeter and driver.


Once you've chosen a type of car speaker, you'll need to decide how many you want. Johnson says some cars come with as little as two speakers, while larger, luxury vehicles may have as many 32. He adds a typical sedan usually has four.



“It really just depends whether you want to replace all of them,” Johnson says. “I would recommend doing all four. If you’re budget-minded, I would start with the ones in the front. That’s where you’re at. And you’re going to be in the car 100 percent of the time.”



Another option to boost the sound is adding a subwoofer to your system. Subwoofers are designed to reproduce low bass frequencies and can be included with new speakers or can be added separately to existing car speakers.


“Most speakers can’t play down low in those frequencies like a subwoofer can,” Johnson  says

MIT device is the first one to absorb more energy

MIT device is the first one to absorb more energy than its photovoltaic cell alone, demonstrating that the approach could dramatically increase efficiency.

While different analysts have been working for quite a long time on supposed solar thermophotovoltaics, the MIT device is the first to assimilate more vitality than its photovoltaic cell alone, exhibiting that the approach could significantly expand productivity.

solar panels cover a developing number of housetops, however even a long time after they were first built up, the chunks of silicon stay cumbersome, costly, and wasteful. Essential limitations keep these ordinary photovoltaics from engrossing more than a small amount of the vitality in sunlight.


In any case, a group of MIT researchers has assembled an alternate kind of solar vitality device that utilizations innovative building and advances in materials science to catch significantly a greater amount of the sun's vitality. The trap is to first transform sunlight into warmth and afterward change over it once more into light, yet now engaged inside the range that solar cells can utilize. While different specialists have been working for quite a long time on alleged solar thermophotovoltaics, the MIT device is the first to retain more vitality than its photovoltaic cell alone, showing that the approach could significantly expand proficiency.

Standard silicon solar cells for the most part catch the visual light from violet to red. That and different elements imply that they can never turn more than around 32 percent of the vitality in sunlight into power. The MIT device is as yet an unrefined model, working at only 6.8 percent productivity—yet with different upgrades it could be generally twice as effective as ordinary photovoltaics.

The key stride in making the device was the improvement of something many refer to as an absorber-emitter. It basically goes about as a light funnel over the solar cells. The engrossing layer is worked from strong dark carbon nanotubes that catch all the vitality in sunlight and change over the greater part of it into warm. As temperatures stretch around 1,000 °C, the neighboring emitting layer emanates that vitality retreat as light, now for the most part limited to groups that the photovoltaic cells can assimilate. The emitter is produced using a photonic gem, a structure that can be planned at the nanoscale to control which wavelengths of light course through it. Another basic progress was the expansion of a very specific optical channel that transmits the custom-made light while reflecting almost all the unusable photons back. This "photon reusing" delivers more warmth, which creates a greater amount of the light that the solar cell can retain, enhancing the productivity of the framework.


There are a few drawbacks to the MIT group's approach, including the generally high cost of specific segments. It likewise as of now works just in a vacuum. Yet, the financial aspects ought to enhance as proficiency levels climb, and the analysts now have an unmistakable way to accomplishing that. "We can additionally tailor the parts now that we've enhanced our comprehension of what we have to get to higher efficiencies," says Evelyn Wang, a partner teacher who helped lead the exertion.

The analysts are likewise investigating approaches to exploit another quality of solar thermophotovoltaics. Since warm is less demanding to store than power, it ought to be conceivable to redirect abundance sums created by the device to a warm stockpiling framework, which could then be utilized to deliver power notwithstanding when the sun isn't sparkling. On the off chance that the scientists can consolidate a capacity device and ratchet up productivity levels, the framework might one be able to day convey spotless, shoddy—and nonstop—solar power.

Q & A: Supply management for e-commerce businesses

Supply management for e-commerce businesses
Q & A

1. (Q)  Give one reason why dropshipping helps a retailer

(A) It helps to keep them competitive with Product selection and penetration

2. (Q) What is the difference between an Ecommerce business and an ebusiness?

           (A) E-business is about the transformation of key business processes through

                 the use of Internet technologies. Ecommerce is the process of buying and selling or

                 exchange of products, services and information via computer network

                 and Internet.

3. (Q) What is inventory distortion?

           (A)  merchandise that creates a loss in revenue annually due to deeply discounted

                  overstocks, out-of-stock inventory and losses from unstocked inventory due to a

                  lack of infrastructure to handle retail growth in emerging economies.

4. (Q) When a supplier holds inventory until a consumer sale and then ships directly

                 to the customer on behalf of the retailer it is called?

           (A) Drop shipping

     5)   (Q) Name three challenges to drop shipping

           (A)

                  The need to capture, create and share product information

                  

                   The loss of control as retailers must now rely on their suppliers to ship orders in a

                   timely and expert manner. To ensure good customer service, the suppliers will need

                   to be able to accept electronic orders and provide timely status updates directly to

                   your systems, as well as support specific fulfillment and packaging requirements.

                  Your ecommerce platform will now need to coordinate products from multiple

                  vendors and locations, to start with a consumer order and break it up into multiple

                  vendor orders and, in turn, consolidate order status updates back into a single

                  consumer view.

     6)   (Q) What does the acronym CRM stand for?

           (A) customer relation management

       

    

     7)  (Q) Enslow identified seven (7) fallacies of Web commerce fulfilment, what are

                They?

          (A)  '#1. We’re selling over the Web, so we must be making money over the

                Web, #2 Our differentiation will come from our front end processes, #3. We can

                always do back end integration later, #4 Our logistics operations can handle Web

                commerce fulfilment, #5 Our existing suppliers will support Web commerce, #6 Our

                order management systems can handle Web commerce and #7 We now sell   

                effectively to anyone around the globe'.

     9)   (Q) What are the two macro trends that are impacting the supply chain?

           (A)

                  Internet-based supply and demand.

                

                 The ability for scalable direct-to-consumer models where traditional players can be

                 removed from the equation.

   10)  (Q) Name three (3) benefits of supply chain management

(A)  

     Interoperability with Existing Systems

    

     Multi-Store Capabilities on One Platform

     Enhanced Marketing Opportunities

 

   11)   (Q) Why is supply chain management important for an ebusiness?

           (A) For the  elimination of the geographic constraints on consumer demand through

                  and the removal of the physical barriers of supply with  

                  distributed inventory and advanced supply chain strategies.

   12) (Q) How has eCommerce change how we do business?

         (A)  enhanced supply chain cycle time, speed, and globalisation productivity and has helped  

                with reaching new customers and sharing knowledge across institutions.

LOGISTICS AND WAREHOUSING: MODERN PROBLEMS IN MODERN:Q & A

LOGISTICS AND WAREHOUSING: MODERN PROBLEMS IN MODERN SOLUTIONS Q & A

CONCEPT OF LOGISTICS

1. (Q) What is logistics?

(A) logistics is the process that a commodity (or service) moves through.

                From the initial customer order to final consumption of the commodity

                (or service) by the customer.

2. (Q) What are the six rights of logistics?

           (A)

• The right product or service
• To the right customer
• At the right time
• In the right condition
• At the right place
• At the right price

3. (Q) Describe what would happen during an  order processing activity

           (A)  Order processing involves the accurate collecting, processing and

                  storage of information, which is then passed on to  the next link in the

                  supply and distribution chain.      

4. (Q) What is warehousing

                  Its monitoring the progress of products through the warehouse

                  (warehouse management) It involves the physical warehouse infrastructure,

                  tracking systems, and communication between product stations.

     5)   (Q) Name three types of warehouses

           (A)

• Overseas warehousing

• Packing warehousing
• Railway warehousing

     6)   (Q) If two possible Solutions for a warehouse Who is unorganized and

                 are running out of room For their  pallets

           (A)

• Identifying the most efficient location for all inventory, factoring in the product storage characteristics, family and supply needs.

• Utilizing a professional forklift company to complete a site evaluation will allow you to gain the best equipment for your application and will ensure you are able to maximize storage space.

      

7)  (Q) What is a  piece pick selection process?

1. Is a type of order selection process where product is picked and handled in

           Individual units and place in an outer carton, tote or other container for

           shipping.

8)  (Q) Getting rid of unnecessary steps in a business process is called?  

1. Business process re-engineering

9)   (Q) What are the six rights of logistics? (same question as no.2)                           

          

10)  (Q) Main types of warehouse storage systems

      (A)

• Pallet racking including selective, drive-in, drive-thru, double-deep, pushback and gravity flow
• Mezzanine including structural, roll formed, racks
• Vertical lift modules
• Horizontal carousels
• vertical carousels

11)  (Q) Why is choosing the correct location and type of Warehouse important?

      (A) Choosing the correct location and type of Warehouse is important because it can   

            affect the Overall value added to the supply chain.

Essentials of Supply and value chain: Q & A:

Essentials of Supply and value chain

Definitions and benefits Q & A

1. (Q) What is supply Chain Management?

(A) Supply Chain management (SCM) is the oversight of materials, information, and finances as they move in a process from supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer. Supply chain management involves coordinating and integrating these flows both within and among companies.

   It is said In today's economic environment, doing what you've always done—even if you do it very well—is no longer acceptable. Under pressure to contain costs and produce results despite challenging circumstances, you (and many other supply chain managers) must transform rather than simply improve your operation. That means adopting the philosophies, methods, and processes that will make your organization.“Best in Class”

2. (Q) Name the two main types of SCM software

           (A) Planning applications and execution applications

3. (Q) Describe what an execution application does?

(A) Execution application track the physical status of goods, the management of     materials and financial information involving all parties.

4. (Q) Give three examples of the benefits of SCM

(A)  

• With the increased visibility into the supply chain in adaptive supply chain Network, you can be more responsive. You can sense and respond quickly and changes and quickly capitalize on new opportunities.
• By offering a common information framework that supports communication and collaboration, SCM enables you to better adapt to and meet customer demands.
• You can track a monitor compliance in areas as environment, health and safety.

5. (Q) Name the five components of SCM

           (A)

• Tiers of suppliers
• OEM
• Tier One
• TierTwo
• Other Tiers

6. (Q) What is an OEM?

(A) An original equipment manufacturer or OEM refers to a company that makes a final product or the consumer Marketplace. for example Ford and General Motors are OEM companies that manufacture cars in apple is a computer OEM

7. (Q) Give an example of a build to order SCM and what they do

(A) Build to order (BTO) and sometimes referred to as make to order or made to order (MTO), is a production approach where products are not built until a confirmed order for products is received. BTO is the oldest style of order fulfillment and is the most appropriate approach used for highly customized or low volume products.
"Made to order" products are also common in the food service industry, such as at restaurants.

8. (Q) Other than build-to-order name two types of  supply chains

(A)

• Continuous replenishment
• Channel  assembly

9. (Q) What does MRP stand for?

           (A) Material requirements planning

10. (Q) What does ERP stand for?

           (A) Enterprise resource planning

11. (Q) True or false ERP software  modules can help monitor procurement, Inventory,                              Finance, product life cycle and other components of the business.

           (A) Tru

12. (Q) What system was used to monitor SCM in the 1920s?

           (A) Inventory management

13. 
    (Q) Name four issues in Supply Chain management

           (A)

• Configuration of distribution Network
• Inventory control
• Supply chain integration in strategic partnering
• Customer value

14. (Q)What is the difference between a tier 1 and tier 2 supplier?

(A) Tier 1 Is a direct supplier to OEM and Tier 2 suppliers Are the key suppliers to Tier 1  suppliers without supplying a product directly to OEM companies.  However, a single company may be a tier 1 supplier to 1 company and a tier 2 supplier to another company, or may be a tier one supplier for one product and a Tier 2 supplier  for a different product line.

15. (Q) Dell Computer company are an example of what type of  supply chain?

           (A) Build to order

16. (Q) Supply Chain management can be divided into which three main flows?

           (A)

• Bill to order
• Continuous replenishment
• Channel assembly      .