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Monday, November 21, 2016

Voyager 1 Dipastikan Telah Meninggalkan Tata Surya

Ilustrasi menunjukkan Voyager 1 telah sampai di wilayah antarbintang. Ruang antarbintang didominasi oleh plasma, gas yang terionisasi (digambarkan dalam rupa kabut coklat) yang dilemparkan oleh bintang raksasa jutaan tahun lalu. | NASA
KOMPAS.com - Ilmuwan pada Kamis (12/9/2013) memastikan bahwa wahana Voyager 1 telah meninggalkan Tata Surya.
Wahana yang tampak seperti piringan satelit dan televisi kuno dengan antena mirip telinga kelinci itu diluncurkan pada tahun 1977 untuk menyelidiki planet-planet di Tata Surya.
Menantang semua risiko, Voyager terus melaju dan kini sampai pada jarak 19 miliar kilometer dari Matahari, di sebuah tempat yang dingin dan gelap, wilayah antarbintang.
"Kita berada di ruang antarbintang untuk pertama kalinya," kata ed Stone, ilmuwan dalam program Voyager.
"Kita sampai di sana. Ini sesuatu yang kita semua harapkan sejak kita memulai misi 40 tahun lalu," imbuhnya.
Voyager 1 sendiri memiliki kembaran, yakni Voyager 2, yang diluncurkan 36 tahun lalu dengan misi utama menyelidiki Jupiter dan Saturnus.
Wahana kembar tersebut menangkap citra detail cincin Saturnus serta mengungkap adanya gunung berapi di bulan Jupiter, Io.
Voyager 2 melaju menuju Uranus dan Neptunus sebelum misi wahana itu dan kembarannya diperpanjang untuk menyelidiki batas luar Tata Surya.
Selama ini, posisi Voyager 1 menjadi perdebatan. Pasalnya, ilmuwan tidak tahu pasti apa yang bisa jadi parameter bahwa Voyager telah keluar dari Tata Surya. Alat deteksi perubahan sudah lama rusak.
Namun, kini ilmuwan setuju bahwa Voyager 1 telah keluar dari gelembung pelindung di Tata Surya yang dikenal dengan heliosfer.
Penemuan ilmuwan itu dipublikasikan di jurnal Science. Dalam publikasi, ilmuwan menyatakan bahwa Voyager 1 telah meninggalkan Tata Surya pada Agustus 2012.
NASA menyatakan, Voyager 1 "berada di zona transisi tepat di luar gelembung Tata Surya, dimana efek dari Matahari masih bisa dilihat."
Voyager 1 pada 25 Agustus 2012 lalu sebenarnya telah mengirimkan data yang menunjukkan penurunan secara tiba-tiba partikel bermuatan dengan energi tinggi yang ada di heliosfer.
Dengan terkirimnya data itu, ilmuwan memprediksi ada pembalikan arah medan magnet di wilayah batas Tata Surya yang disebut heliopause.
Pembalikan arah medan magnet serta berkurangnya partikel bermuatan dengan energi tinggi itu merupakan tanda Voyager 1 telah memasuki Tata Surya.
Ternyata, pembalikan arah medan magnet yang diharapkan tidak terjadi. Ilmuwan saat itu berhati-hati untuk menyatakan bahwa Voyager 1 telah meninggalkan Tata Surya.
Namun, analisis data yang ditangkap instrumen gelombang plasma Voyager 1 antara 9 April - 22 Mei 2013 mengungkap bahwa wahana itu berada di area dengan kerapatan elektron 0,08 per centimeter kubik.
Astrofisikawan mengatakan bahwa kerapatan elektron di ruang antarbintang adalah 0,05 - 0,22 per centimeter kubik.
Karena data tersebut, ilmuwan kemudian yakin bahwa Voyager 1 telah menjadi wahana pertama yang meninggalkan Tata Surya.
"Langkah bersejarah ini bahkan lebih menarik karena menandai era baru eksplorasi Voyager, eksplorasi ruang antarbintang," kata Stone seperti dikutip AFP
, Kamis.
Meski tim Voyager yakin bahwa Voyager 1 telah meninggalkan Tata Surya, tak semua ilmuwan menyetujuinya.
David McComas dari Southwest Research Institute di San Antonio, Texas, mengatakan, "Saya tak yakin Voyager sudah di luar (Tata Surya) sekarang."
McComas masih meragukannya sebab belum ada data adanya pembalikan arah medan magnet.
Misi Voyager hingga kini telah menelan biaya 988 dollar AS. Instrumen wahana ini dijadwalkan akan mati pada tahun 2025.

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Gunung Api di Bawah Laut Bengkulu, Apakah Memang Ada?

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — Gubernur Bengkulu, Junaidi Hamsyah, seperti diberitakan Kompas.com, Rabu (11/9/2013), meyakini bahwa ada gunung api di bawah laut Bengkulu.
"Gunung berapi tersebut saat ini masih aktif dan menjadi ancaman bencana alam yang sangat dahsyat bagi masyarakat Bengkulu. Serba salah kalau diumumkan kepada masyarakat menjadi resah dan tidak diumumkan ditakutkan benar-benar meletus, nantinya jadi repot juga," kata Junaidi.
Asisten II Pemprov Bengkulu, Ir M Nasyah, MT, mengatakan bahwa gunung api tersebut berada di antara Pulau Enggano dan Pulau Mega serta merupakan salah satu gunung bawah laut tertinggi di dunia.
"Itu kan sudah ada penelitian dari Perancis dan memang benar ada gunung berapi bawah laut, hanya saja posisi keaktifannya rendah atau tinggi belum diketahui. Untuk itulah, kita minta datanya kepada peneliti Perancis tersebut sebab ada potensi bencana yang sangat besar," katanya dikutip Kompas.com
, kemarin.
Ia meminta peneliti dari Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia untuk meneliti gunung api tersebut.
Benarkah apa yang diyakini Gubernur Bengkulu tersebut? Apakah memang ada gunung api aktif di bawah laut Bengkulu yang bisa memicu bencana?
Masalah adanya gunung api di bawah laut Bengkulu ini dimulai dari hasil penelitian yang dilakukan lewat kerja sama antara Badan Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi (BPPT), LIPI, Institut de Physique du Globe (IPG), dan lembaga lainnya.
Seperti diberitakan Kompas.com
, 28 Mei 2009, peneliti dari BPPT, Yusuf Surachman, memang pernah mengatakan, "Gunung api ini sangat besar dan tinggi. Di daratan Indonesia, tak ada gunung setinggi ini kecuali Gunung Jayawijaya di Papua."
Ia mengatakan, puncak gunung tersebut berada di kedalaman 1.280 meter di bawah permukaan laut.
Namun, segera setelah penelitian itu dipublikasikan di media massa, perdebatan tentang kebenaran hasil penelitian sebenarnya telah muncul. Para geolog dan vulkanolog mempertanyakan hasil penelitian itu.
"Saya sudah memberi komentar waktu itu. Kalau memang ada gunung api, apa buktinya," kata Surono dari Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG) saat dihubungi Kompas.com
, Kamis (12/9/2013).
Surono mengatakan, jika memang ada gunung api aktif, aktivitas gunung pasti diketahui, misalnya dengan adanya asap dan lava yang keluar dari gunung tersebut.
"Kalau memang ada gunung api di sana, mana bukti aktivitasnya. Pasti ada sejarah letusannya. Paling tidak kalau gunung api tipe A, dari tahun 1600 pasti ada letusannya," imbuh Surono.
Surono mengatakan bahwa apa yang ditemukan di bawah laut Bengkulu sama sekali bukan gunung api aktif.
Sementara itu, Danny Hilman Natawidjaja dari Geoteknologi LIPI mengatakan bahwa yang ditemukan di Bengkulu memang gunung api.
"Tetapi, sekarang sudah tidak aktif lagi. Kemungkinan sudah tidak aktif dari jutaan tahun lalu," katanya.
Irwan Meilano, pakar tektonik dari Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), mengatakan bahwa apa yang ditemukan di bawah laut Bengkulu "lebih pas disebut seamount
(bukit laut)".
"Karena busur vulkanik di Sumatera berada di dekat sesar Sumatera. Mulai dari Gunung Seulawah, Toba, Sinabung, Talang, Marapi, dan lainnya, semuanya ada di dekat sesar Sumatera," papar Irwan.
"Jadi, busur gunung apinya tidak di kepulauan luar (fore arc
), tetapi di tengah Pulau Sumatera," tegasnya.
Irwan mengungkapkan, mungkin saja ada hotspot
gunung api di luar busur gunung api. Namun, peluangnya kecil.
"Gunung api di Indonesia kebanyakan terbentuk sebagai proses subduksi sehingga areanya dapat kita perkirakan. Peluang adanya gunung api yang terbentuk dengan mekanisme lain (hotspot
) mungkin saja, tetapi peluangnya kecil," jelasnya.
Surono mengatakan bahwa otoritas menetapkan aktif atau tidaknya gunung api dan bahayanya berada di tangan PVMBG. Ia mengimbau kepada kalangan peneliti ataupun pemerintahan agar tidak menyebarkan kepanikan.
Danny mengatakan, masih banyak gunung api aktif di darat yang jelas punya ancaman. Jadi, tidak perlu memikirkan ancaman dari gunung api yang sudah tidak aktif lagi, atau malah yang belum pasti merupakan gunung api.

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Ikan Invasif Dominasi Perairan Darat

Ikan aligator yang kepalanya mirip buaya, beberapa kali muncul di Waduk Jatiluhur, Kabupaten Purwakarta, Jawa Barat. Di kalangan pembudidaya ikan keramba jaring apung Jatiluhur, jenis ikan ini cukup besar dan galak serta pernah menggigit manusia. | KOMPAS/Dedi Muhtadi
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — Berbagai jenis spesies invasif mendominasi ekosistem-ekosistem perairan darat di Indonesia. Kondisi ini mengkhawatirkan dan perlu upaya pemerintah menghentikan introduksinya serta mengendalikan berbagai spesies yang telanjur masuk perairan.
Selain mengancam keberadaan spesies-spesies endemis atau asli perairan itu, kehadiran spesies invasif juga mengganggu perekonomian masyarakat pemanfaat sumber daya perikanan.
Gadis Sri Haryani, peneliti Pusat Limnologi LIPI, mengatakan, peneliti tak menyarankan introduksi ikan asing. ”Saran kami merevitalisasi populasi ikan asli,” katanya saat dihubungi dari Jakarta, Selasa (10/9/2013).
Di Waduk Sermo, Yogyakarta, introduksi ikan merah (red devil
) memangsa wader, mas, tawes, dan nila. Ikan mas dan nila termasuk ikan introduksi yang menjadi bagian ikan konsumsi di Indonesia. Ikan mas berasal dari China dan nila dari Afrika.
Sepuluh tahun sejak ikan itu diintroduksi, tangkapan warga menurun dan sekitar 75 persen tangkapan adalah red devil. Kini, spesies red devil mulai menyebar ke Cirata dan Jatiluhur.
Ikan nila (Oreochromis niloticus
) dari Afrika, sejak 1969, yang dimasukkan ke Danau Laut Tawar Aceh mendesak populasi depik (Rasbora tawarensis), ikan endemis. Di Danau Ayamaru, Papua Barat, ikan mas (Cyprinus carpio) yang diintroduksi dari Jepang/China pun invasif, memangsa ikan pelangi (Melanotaenia ayamaruensis), endemis.
Di Kali Brantas, Jawa Timur, saat Arung Hayati Keanekaragaman Hayati 2013, Lembaga Kajian Ekologi dan Konservasi Lahan Basah (Ecoton) menemukan 85 persen jenis ikan didominasi sapu-sapu dan nila. Ini mengalahkan spesies endemis, seperti ikan belida, tawes, keting, baung/rengkik, dan jendil.
Prigi Arisandi, Direktur Eksekutif Ecoton, yang dihubungi sedang menyusuri Brantas di ruas Tulungagung-Kediri, mengatakan, ikan sapu-sapu awalnya diintroduksi untuk mengurangi lumut di badan sungai. Perkembangannya justru tak terkendali.
”Kami berkonsultasi dengan para pakar dari perguruan tinggi untuk pengendalian atau penanganan,” kata Muhammad Ridwan, Kepala Pusat Karantina Ikan Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan. (ICH/KOMPAS CETAK)

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Kartun Pesumo di Perancis Picu Protes Jepang

Seorang warga Jepang tengah membaca harian lokal yang memuat kartun di media Perancis, Kamis (12/9/2013). Kartun itu mempersoalkan pemilihan Jepang sebagai tuan rumah Olimpiade 2020 dengan menampilkan kartun satire berlatar PLTN Fukushima yang mengalami kebocoran radioaktif setelah dihajar gempa dan tsunami pada 2011. | KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFPTOKYO, KOMPAS.com — Jepang memprotes kartun yang dimuat sebuah media cetak Perancis. Kali ini untuk kartun yang menggambarkan dua pesumo Jepang bertarung di depan pusat pembangkit listrik tenaga nuklir (PLTN) Fukushima yang hancur. Serangkaian kartun muncul di Perancis, menyusul penetapan Tokyo, ibu kota Jepang, sebagai tuan rumah Olimpiade 2020.
Dikutip dari AP
, Kamis (12/9/2013), Menteri Kabinet Yoshihide Suga mengatakan, Tokyo berniat mengajukan keberatan resmi kepada mingguan Le Canard Enchaine melalui Kedubes Jepang. Menurut Suga, kartun ini menghina dampak bencana gempa bumi dan tsunami yang melanda Jepang pada Maret 2011 dan keliru menampilkan kondisi PLTN itu.
Kartun tersebut dimuat pada Rabu (11/9/2013). Digambarkan, dua pesumo yang masing-masing mempunyai tangan dan kaki ekstra panjang, sementara badan mereka kurus kering, bertarung di depan PLN Dai-ichi di Fukushima. Di bawah kartun sumo ini, digambarkan pula kartun lain yang memperlihatkan dua pekerja di depan sebuah kolam air mengenakan pakaian anti-radiasi nuklir.
Dalam kartun itu, kedua pekerja memegang alat penghitung radiasi Geiger. Mereka lalu berkata, fasilitas olahraga air sudah selesai dibangun di Fukushima.
PLTN Fukushima mengalami kebocoran yang tak kunjung tuntas, setelah gempa dahsyat diikuti tsunami menghajar Jepang pada Maret 2011. Kalangan internasional dibuat marah ketika pengelola PLTN mengalirkan air pendingin reaktor yang masih mengandung radioaktif ke lautan karena pertimbangan teknis.
Namun, Perdana Menteri Jepang Shinzo Abe memberi jaminan kepada Komite Olimpiade Internasional (IOC) bahwa kebocoran radioaktif tersebut masih "dalam kontrol". Jepang terpilih menjadi tuan rumah Olimpiade 2020 dalam pemungutan suara pada Sabtu (7/9/2013), mengalahkan Istanbul dan Madrid yang juga menginginkan posisi itu.
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Warga AS Anggota Al-Shabab Tewas Dibunuh Rekan Sendiri

Omar Hammami, warga AS yang menjadi anggota kelompok militan Somalia, Al Shabab. | AP Photo/Farah Abdi WarsamehMOGADISHU, KOMPAS.com — Seorang warga negara AS yang bergabung dengan kelompok Al-Shabab dan menjadi salah satu buron FBI yang dihargai 5 juta dollar AS, Kamis (12/9/2013), tewas dalam sebuah penyergapan di Somalia.
Omar Hammami, asal Daphne, Alabama, yang dikenal dengan nama Abu Mansoor al-Amriki, tewas di wilayah selatan Somalia setelah dalam beberapa bulan terakhir dalam pelarian akibat berselisih dengan pimpinan Al-Shabab.
Sebelumnya, Hammami sudah berulang kali dikabarkan tewas, tetapi setiap kali dinyatakan tewas Hammami justru muncul dalam keadaan hidup.
Namun, seorang pakar terorisme yang mengikuti perkembangan Al-Shabab mengatakan, kabar kematian Hammami kali ini tampaknya akurat.
"Saya kira kabar kematiannya kali ini benar dari sejumlah sumber yang saya peroleh," kata JM Berger yang mengelola situs intelwire.com
.
Sementara itu, kelompok militan Al-Shabab belum memberikan bukti terkait kematian Hammami.
Seorang anggota Al-Shabab yang mengaku bernama Sheik Abu Mohammed kepada Associated Press
mengatakan, Hammami tewas dalam sebuah penyergapan.
Mohammed mengklaim sejumlah pengikutnya ikut melakukan penyergapan terhadap Hammami.
Bersama dengan Adam Gadahn di Pakistan —mantan juru bicara Osama bin Laden—, Hammami adalah satu dari dua warga AS yang bergabung di kelompok militan itu.
Hammami lahir dan besar di Daphne, sebuah kota kecil berpenduduk 20.000 orang di luar kota Mobile, Alabama. Hammami dilahirkan dari ibu yang seorang Kristen dan ayah seorang Muslim keturunan Suriah.
Pada 2006, Hammami berangkat ke Somalia dan bergabung dengan Al-Shabab. Dia ikut bertempur bersama Al-Shabab, hingga terjadi perpecahan antara warga Somalia dan pejuang asing dalam tubuh Al-Shabab.
Dalam video yang diunggah ke internet pada Maret 2012, Hammami sudah menyatakan kekhawatiran akan keselamatan jiwanya sekaligus menyatakan adanya perselisihan dengan Al-Shabab.
Perselisihan dimulai saat Hammami menuding para pemimpin Al-Shabab hidup dalam kemewahan lewat pajak yang dikumpulkan dari warga Somalia.
Hammami juga kecewa karena Al-Shabab hanya memikirkan perjuangan di Somalia dan tak pernah berpikir untuk berjuang secara global.

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Thunderbolt Kini Bisa Transfer File 20Gb per Detik

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KOMPAS.com - Intel mengumumkan generasi berikutnya dari interface Thunderbolt. Kini, kecepatan transfer teoritisnya ditingkatkan hingga mencapai 20 Gigabit per detik atau dua kali lebih besar dari sebelumnya.
Angka itu juga empat kali lipat lebih besar dibandingkan interface USB 3.0 (5 Gigabit per detik).
Seperti dikutip dari Engadget
, selain penambahan bandwidth terserbut, teknologi next-gen Thunderbolt yang berkode nama "Falcon Ridge" itu juga memungkinkan transfer file video 4K ke perangkat display eksternal. Itu bisa dilakukan sambil mempertahankan kecepatan transfer 20 Gbps.
Selain itu, standar Thunderbolt yang baru ini akan kompatibel dengan interface Thunderbolt versi sebelumnya sehingga bisa dipakai dengan perangkat yang sudah ada.
Produksi standar Thunderbolt tipe baru rencanaya akan dimulai pada 2014.
Interface Thunderbolt pertama kali diperkenalkan pada awal 2011. Jenis interface ini bisa digunakan untuk mentransfer data dengan cepat ke perangkat storage maupun menyalurkan video ke display eksternal
Thunderbolt banyak dipakai di komputer Mac karena memang merupakan hasil kolaborasi antara Apple dengan Intel.
Di sisi lain, generasi berikutnya dari port USB 3.0 sudah pula diperkenalkan pada Januari lalu. Interface ini akan ditingkatkan kecepatannya dari 5 Gbps menjadi 10 Gbps atau setara dengan Thunderbolt generasi pertama.

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The rise of shared offices

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European cities have embraced the co-working concept. Zonaspace (pictured) in St Petersburg, Russia, is said to be the largest co-working place in the country.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"A different working environment"}This space, located in a high-rise office building, includes a large outdoor terrace.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"The Hive, Hong Kong"}CoCoon occupies a sprawling14,000 square feet and has a ping-pong table and meditation room.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"CoCoon, Hong Kong"}As with most co-working space, Xindanwei offers open working areas as well as enclosed offices.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"Xindanwei, Shanghai"}This space, which includes a small library, was converted from garages.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"OpenSource Cafe, Tokyo"}Citizen Space, founded in 2005, is seen as the first co-working space that spawned a global trend.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"Citizen Space, San Francisco"}Gangplank opened its first collaborative space in Chandler five years ago and has since established two more branches in Arizona.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Gangplank, Chandler, Arizona"}This striking space is a co-working studio specifically for those in the creative industries.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"Jellyfish Cartel, Los Angeles"}This space is in the neighborhood of Kreuzberg, a center of creative culture in Berlin.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"BCN, Berlin"}HIDE CAPTIONA different working environmentThe Hive, Hong KongCoCoon, Hong KongXindanwei, ShanghaiOpenSource Cafe, TokyoCitizen Space, San FranciscoGangplank, Chandler, ArizonaJellyfish Cartel, Los AngelesBCN, Berlin<<<

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Hong Kong (CNN) -- Starting a company can feel like a lonely business. But for a little more than $100 a month, Hong Kong resident Ken Chan can develop his start-up, network with like-minded people and relax with a game of ping-pong -- all under the same roof.
He is one of a growing number of go-it-alone entrepreneurs and freelancers in Asia leaving their apartments and cafes, and settling into "co-working" spaces.At these shared offices, they get to work in what is usually a laid-back but professional environment. However, almost just as important for these nomadic workers are the social and emotional benefits of mingling with their own kind."Coming here, you can feel supported by other people working on their businesses and feel less alone," said Chan, who goes to the co-working space CoCoon, where he works on his Internet start-up, wholedaybuy.com."There's definitely this emerging segment of people who don't want to project a corporate image, but they want a comfortable space to work."
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Co-working: Like your office but better But Chan says not to underestimate the practical advantages of having actual office space in Hong Kong, where high rent makes a permanent office out of reach for many who are just starting out. "If you want to meet a client, you want to have the space. It's a physical location to gather people," he says.Thought to have first started in San Francisco in 2005 with Citizen Space, co-working spaces are now widespread in the U.S. and Europe and are making headway in Asia, courting mostly people in their 20s and 30s working on projects solo or in small teams.There are now dozens of such places in Tokyo, and a handful have opened in Shanghai and Hong Kong. The congested cities seem ready-made for co-working, with cramped apartments that could make working from home unpleasant -- and unimpressive for investors or clients.And going it alone is just starting to catch on in Asia, where people traditionally strive to work for large corporations."It's only becoming acceptable to take the risk of starting tech start-ups or being a freelancer," says Constant Tedder, the British founder of The Hive in Hong Kong, a co-working space that opened in May.The cost of going to The Hive ranges from $40, for a day pass, to over $750 per month for a dedicated desk. Tedder sees the demand throughout Asia and is looking to expand to other cities in the region.For freelancers, who often work in creative industries like design, stuffy cubicles just do not cut it, Tedder said."There's definitely this emerging segment of people who don't want to project a corporate image, but they want a comfortable space to work," he says.The Hive touches all the hallmarks that make co-working an attractive alternative to sitting in a coffee shop with a laptop: The space is open, desks equipped with power outlets are meant for sharing, members each get their own lockers, and enclosed meeting rooms provide privacy when needed. And, it hosts informative talks and networking events.Most co-working spaces have a heavy component of building community and encouraging entrepreneurship -- some operators say breaking even is nice but not the primary goal.At CoCoon, which occupies a sprawling 14,000 square feet and has a ping-pong table and meditation room, members must pass an application process, showing that they have something to offer the co-working community, whether it be a solid start-up idea, programming skills, mentorship or investment potential."We think Hong Kong can use another place to foster entrepreneurs, and we hope talent can collaborate amongst themselves," says Erica Ma, one of CoCoon's founders.CoCoon charges $125 per month, which is unusually low, but the founders see the program as a kind of social enterprise to support start-ups and smaller businesses.The space organizes regular events, including a recent talk on brand licensing and BarCamp, a technology conference that originated in the U.S.Entrepreneurs say in the daily grind, which often means hours sitting in front of a laptop, it helps to know that others are doing the same thing. Yet people working on Internet start-ups do not get much support, as the field is still seen as unconventional in Hong Kong.So for Jah Ying Chung, who is starting launchpilots.org, a site that helps young people get involved in social causes, going to CoCoon provides motivation."It's different when you're always seeing people doing stuff that's cool. It's a big impetus," she says.0Comments »SHARE THISPrintEmailMore sharingRedditStumbleUponDelicious/* push in config for this share instance */cnn_shareconfig.push({"id" : "cnn_sharebar2","url" : "http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/20/business/co-working-spaces-asia/index.html","title" : "Spaced out: As rents rise, cool shared work spaces boom"});var OB_permalink='http://edition.cnn.com'+location.pathname;var OB_langJS='http://widgets.outbrain.com/lang_en.js';var OB_widgetId='AR_1';var OB_Template="cnnedition";if (typeof(OB_Script)!='undefined'){OutbrainStart();}else{var OB_Script=true;var str="cnnad_createAd("708083","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/site=cnn_international&cnn_intl_pagetype=mmst&cnn_intl_position=607x95_adlinks&cnn_intl_rollup=world_business&page.allowcompete=no&params.styles=fs","95","607");cnnad_registerSpace(708083,607,95);

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CNN's Jim Clancy found that life is going on as normal in Seoul, South Korea. He detected no fear or anxiety about the stream of threats emanating from North Korea. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"Life in Seoul, South Korea"}Most South Koreans seem to find it entirely normal that there are threats of nuclear war, Clancy found.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"Life in Seoul, South Korea"}Seoul's residents in the downtown business district of Gwang Hwa Moon are focused on daily life, not the threat from the north.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"Life in Seoul, South Korea"}In Seoul, the prospect of war is unthinkable. Business goes on as usual in places like the Gangnam district, the "Beverly Hills" of South Korea. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"Life in Seoul, South Korea"}The majority of South Koreans say they don't want to live through fear, and very few residents remember the dark days of air raid drills, Clancy reported.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"Life in Seoul, South Korea"}The Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul is a mere 30 miles from the demilitarized zone dividing North and South Korea. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"Life in Seoul, South Korea"}In the event of missile strikes, the subway system would be the closest shelter, Clancy found. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Life in Seoul, South Korea"}HIDE CAPTIONLife in Seoul, South KoreaLife in Seoul, South KoreaLife in Seoul, South KoreaLife in Seoul, South KoreaLife in Seoul, South KoreaLife in Seoul, South KoreaLife in Seoul, South Korea<<<

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Nowhere is there the slightest inkling that anyone in this second largest metropolitan area in the world -- is fearful or even anxious about the stream of threats emanating from North Korea.Just as sure as spring is coming, most seem to find it entirely normal that warnings of thermonuclear war, annihilation and utter devastation punctuate this, the season of joint U.S., South Korean military maneuvers.Opinion: Why North Korea regime is scaryvar currExpandable="expand15";if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);}var mObj={};mObj.type='video';mObj.contentId='';mObj.source='bestoftv/2013/03/28/exp-erin-clancy-north-korea-orders-rockets-on-standby.cnn';mObj.videoSource='CNN';mObj.videoSourceUrl='cnn.com/OutFront';mObj.lgImage="C:\Program Files\ABS\Auto Blog Samurai\data\Another of Rdp Blog\cnn asia\130328203320-kim-jong-un-3-26-story-body.jpg";mObj.lgImageX=300;mObj.lgImageY=169;mObj.origImageX="214";mObj.origImageY="120";mObj.contentType='video';CNN.expElements.expand15Store=mObj;

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North Korea cuts last military hotline"We are post-war, we don't worry about that," a journalist specializing in local news told me. "We take it for granted." He was just one of about 30 reporters I met in a session discussing news in the South Korean capital this week.Seoul is a scant 30 miles from the demilitarized zone dividing North and South Korea -- one of the most militarized places on the planet. If a full-scale war were to break out, the South Korean capital would be Pyongyang's prime target. It might only be minutes before artillery or rockets would come raining down.North Korea has an array of artillery and other conventional arms that make its military a credible threat, especially to South Korean. Pyongyang is also believed to possess thousands of tons of chemical agents, although it has denied possessing such weapons.I wondered aloud if South Koreans really weren't afraid or simply felt there was nothing they could do about it anyway?"We're insensitive," one offered in reply.It's not the futility of fear in their predicament; it's that they have lived their entire lives under a cloud of threats and warnings from the North.READ: Timeline of North Korea's escalating rhetoric"We know North Korea doesn't want war," said another. "They want money and food," adding that Pyongyang has tried it all -- missiles, the nuclear threat, its million man army -- to try to blackmail the South.READ: Five things to know about North Korea's threatsFormer U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell visited this week and told hundreds of people gathered for the Asian Leadership Conference that North Korea knew well an attack on South Korea, much less the United States, would mean a "regime ending" retaliation.var currExpandable="expand115";if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);}var mObj={};mObj.type='video';mObj.contentId='';mObj.source='international/2013/03/29/nr-north-korea-missiles-striking-distance.cnn';mObj.videoSource='CNN';mObj.videoSourceUrl='';mObj.lgImage="C:\Program Files\ABS\Auto Blog Samurai\data\Another of Rdp Blog\cnn asia\130328205030-nr-north-korea-missiles-striking-distance-00005528-story-body.jpg";mObj.lgImageX=300;mObj.lgImageY=169;mObj.origImageX="214";mObj.origImageY="120";mObj.contentType='video';CNN.expElements.expand115Store=mObj;

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U.S., S. Korea defense agreementHe encouraged his mostly South Korean audience to be optimistic because they were part of the world that has grown more democratic and wealthier, as opposed to the road chosen by the Kim family dynasty. Rather than being burdened by the dark clouds of threats, Powell urged them to pursue jobs and human dignity, to focus on the environment and poverty reduction.What's Kim Jong Un up to?South Koreans seem overwhelmingly willing to take that advice. In the week I've been here, I have only found one woman who remembers participating in civilian air raid drills. "It was 30 years ago," she told me. Today, Seoul's 25 million people have absolutely no ambition to live in constant fear.But Seoul isn't all of South Korea."It's different for us than people on the islands," one told me, recalling the attack in 2010 that killed four South Koreans on Yeonpyeong island barely outside North Korea's territorial waters. In Seoul, the prospect of war is unthinkable. But in a select few flashpoint areas, the threat of armed provocation is very real, indeed.Korean nightmare: Experts ponder potential conflictI paused on a street corner near CNN's Seoul offices and looked up at the jagged peaks rising behind the Blue House, which is the South Korea's presidential office. If missiles ever did come streaking toward the South Korean capital, they would likely arc above those mountains. The nearest shelter, I thought, would be the subway system. I considered how long it would take me to get there, even if I were lucky enough to see them still short of their targets. My calculations weren't at all comforting.Then, like about everyone around me, I decided to think about something else.iReport: What are your views on North Korea's threats?0Comments »SHARE THISPrintEmailMore sharingRedditStumbleUponDelicious/* push in config for this share instance */cnn_shareconfig.push({"id" : "cnn_sharebar2","url" : "http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/29/world/asia/south-korea-clancy-reaction/index.html","title" : "Threats of annihilation normal for South Koreans"});var OB_permalink='http://edition.cnn.com'+location.pathname;var OB_langJS='http://widgets.outbrain.com/lang_en.js';var OB_widgetId='AR_1';var OB_Template="cnnedition";if (typeof(OB_Script)!='undefined'){OutbrainStart();}else{var OB_Script=true;var str="cnnad_createAd("272938","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/site=cnn_international&cnn_intl_pagetype=mmst&cnn_intl_position=607x95_adlinks&cnn_intl_rollup=asia&page.allowcompete=no&params.styles=fs","95","607");cnnad_registerSpace(272938,607,95);cnnad_createAd("49277","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/site=cnn_international&cnn_intl_pagetype=mmst&cnn_intl_position=336x850_rgt&cnn_intl_rollup=asia&page.allowcompete=no&params.styles=fs","850","336");cnnad_registerSpace(49277,336,850);

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