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10 futuristic versions of familiar places
Architects, technogiant, road engineers, builders, technicians, merchants and many others are working together to present their futuristic versions of these usual places like Church, pedestrian crossings, homes, doctors ' offices,...
Sana Sleep Mask – fancy glasses, allowing you to defeat insomnia
I Think that some of our readers are probably faced with the phenomenon of insomnia. Most often it is a sleep disorder caused by stress we face on a daily basis, various diseases, or frequently changing time zones due to constant ...
Fluctuations of space and time: the proposed new explanation of dark energy
In the new study, scientists at the University of British Columbia suggested that the universe is expanding due to the fluctuations of space and time. At the moment around the mysterious dark energy has crowded a lot of confused t...
A review of theBit player OPUS#3 — bull's-eye again
it Seems that the Koreans from theBit already came down from the mountain and, like the bulls of the popular joke, do something. Starting with a and continuing , they did not rest on its laurels and has rolled out a model especial...
Xiaomi Hybrid headphones, which many were waiting for
Xiaomi — awesome in every sense. It produces a variety of devices, including cameras, smartphones, even humidifiers. And it would be strange if she spared such an attractive segment, as headphones: successfully releasing to ...
The flight of the ship "Federation" are going to move for 2022
Earlier it was reported that a new spacecraft «Federation», which leads the development of RSC Energia, with our partners, will be issued and fully ready to fly already in 2021. But as it turned out, the timing of delive...
Russian MS-21 aircraft made its first test flight
In early may, 2017 the Corporation «.» responsible for the development of the Russian aircraft MS-21, that the first flying prototype has already been released and is ready to test in the air. Three weeks later, the airc...
10 changes that will forever transform the familiar space
Many of us remember from childhood mnemonic the mnemonic "We'll Meet Tomorrow, My Young Companion, a New Planet", with which you can easily determine the location of the planets in the Solar system. In school we learned that the e...
Will artificial intelligence ever President?
as automation continues to penetrate into new aspects of life, some see the possibility that AI will take over presidential duties. It will be open-minded, constructively solve problems, and may well be the leader you deserve peop...
The chances of your appearance was not so small
in order For you have existed, a lot of incredible events had to unfold in a certain way. The right egg and sperm were to meet, to create you with a specific DNA sequence, and breathe in you life; one sperm's chance of 1 to 250 00...
Created by the generating and conducting electricity fabric
to make ordinary fabrics that can generate energy, scientists at the University of Massachusetts inflicted on ordinary material special polymer layer. Due to this method of friction they were able to produce the amount of electric...
AlphaGo again defeated the champion of the game of go
a Few days ago, the artificial intelligence program has already won the victory over Ke Jie, the best player in the th, and again last night has strengthened its leadership once again beating the champion — The Verge. Ke J...
Review game Injustice 2: Superman vs all
There is in the gaming industry man, whose name is ed boon. And he lives by the fact that since 1992 makes the same game — Mortal Kombat. With varying success the games of this wonderful series has won the hearts of gamers a...
Can human consciousness affect the physical world?
Perhaps one of the most intriguing and interesting phenomena in quantum physics that Einstein called "spooky action at a distance", also known as quantum entanglement. This quantum effect is the basis of quantum computers as quant...
Print stem cells biorock tested on sheep
Experts of the Australian Centre for medical research of Aikenhead developed a special «3D biorock» printing with stem cells last year, but only now got the chance to test it properly. As a material for printing in the h...
Engineers from Faraday Future go to Tesla
When Faraday was not a serious Future funding problems, many speculated that the company will be able to compete with Tesla. A couple of years ago the staff of Elon musk have just moved into a Faraday Future, but now engineers hav...
Review game Sexy Brutale detective in the best traditions of Agatha Christie
Today I'd like to tell you about a very unusual video game called Sexy Brutale. In today's gaming industry often happens that a great game, lacking a big marketing budget behind the popularity and national recognition. Simply put,...
Technoexpert widely differing views on the problem of the development of AI
When it comes to artificial intelligence, our technological prophets speak the language of magic, of gods and monsters (who have not had time to read our translation of a series of articles by Tim urban: «Neuralink Elon musk&...
Robotic Falcon started to work in one of the airports of Canada
Protection of certain areas from aerial flying birds not so useless as it might seem. For example, for the safety of takeoff and landing of aircraft in the airports use the sound a special tone and even laser systems. Some airport...
#video | the drill vs Smartphone: who?
If we were talking about ordinary smartphone, then the answer to the title question would be obvious. But today, in the hands of the knacker with a power tool got a new Chinese smartphone OUKITEL K10000 Pro, protected by a new gen...
New Tesla Model 3 is gaining "hundreds" of 5.6 seconds
Some technical characteristics of Tesla Model 3 electric car whose mass production is scheduled to begin in July this year, was published on the official website of Tesla. According to available information, the new model with a s...
The atmosphere of Jupiter surprised scientists
the NASA Mission Juno ("Juno") has already surpassed all possible expectations. When it arrived at Jupiter last July after a five-year journey, the probe was the most distant from the Earth object, a solar powered and also flew fa...
HTC has released another unusual VR headset
it Seems that the Taiwanese company HTC intends to cover each of the segments of the young emerging market of virtual reality. If you think about it, premium headset they already have, together with Google, they are fully independ...
The algorithm AlphaGo became world champion at the game of go
No, the official championship on the game was conducted, but this time, the algorithm managed to beat Ke Jie, the world's best player in th, by as much as half a point. the Head of Google Deep Mind of Demis, Hassabis explained t...
Artificial synapse, which can be a component of an electronic brain
Despite the fact that we often talk about neural networks and artificial intelligence, is still what we call «electronic brain», its structure is fundamentally different from the structure of the human brain. But there a...
Physicists are studying the strange power, possessing attraction and repulsion,
If you follow the news about the physics of the Universe, then surely at least once, but faced with the term "power absolute black body". In 2013 a group of scientists announced the discovery of the existence of unusual forces, wh...
The new Zealand startup has carried out the first launch of its space rocket
Founder and CEO of Rocket Lab's Peter Beck next to a rocket Electron to Follow the first launches are always interesting. We have already written about the new Zealand company Rocket Lab, which built the rocket and Electron has lo...
Russian robot manipulators will travel to the ISS in 2021
the First prototypes of the robots designed to work outside the International space station, will be presented by developers from the Central research and experimental design Institute of robotics and technical Cybernetics (TSNII ...
In today's issue of the scientific-educational programs «How does it work?» we'll talk about the SSD. Pleasant viewing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg9qRyCKbN4...
Hand from the point of view of science: how to wash them properly?
Hot water or cold? Solid or liquid soap? Towels or dryer with hot air? This ritual for many of us was the most important — we have resorted to it several times a day. But how to do it, you know? Wash hands — it would seem that can...
Omnicopter: drone, which has no "top" and "bottom"
Most modern drones are designed effectively which allows you to move only in one or two directions. For example, the usual location of the screws in the upper part of the aircraft gives a good lift, but allows you to move only in ...
Review headphone Sound Warrior SW-HP10s — warriors of the budget segment
that in itself has developed so that in the initial segment of a full-size headphone reigns Supreme and not the best sounding model. Ambitious, news that can please lovers of it audio, are lost against everything else. Therefore, ...
The Star Wars franchise celebrates 40th anniversary
Yes. All is well. 25 may 1977 on the big screens out the first film in the cult sci-Fi series "Star wars" with the subtitle "a New hope". It is difficult even to imagine how long ago it all was. Initially, the success of films nob...
Scientists have discovered a few secrets of the most mysterious planets in the system TRAPPIST-1
TRAPPIST-1h in the representation of the artist the planetary system TRAPPIST-1 is now clearly can not complain about lack of attention. Astronomers from around the world flock to his gaze in her direction and trying to find out m...
For smartphones has developed a printer with augmented reality
the Company Prynt has created a printer augmented reality for the smartphone, so now any owner of a fashion gadget will not just be FOTA on the phone yourself and friends, but also instantly print good pictures on photo paper with...
EDIT — modular electric drone with individual design
the Company showed their vision of the car of the future, embodied in the concept EDIT, modular unmanned electric car that the buyer can choose their own. The development of hard to call it a car, rather, it is the platform upon w...
Open new genes responsible for the development of coronary heart disease
known for the development of many diseases «responsible» our genetics. And scientists from all over the world already not the first year engaged in research of the human genome in order to successfully detect, treat and ...
DJI introduced its cheap and a tiny drone
Over the past six months in the industry of unmanned drones has developed a powerful trend: reducing the size of the apparatus to be more compact and affordable. Today, DJI unveiled its latest drone Spark, baby weighing 220 grams....
Stan – a robot that can Park your car
car Parking is one of the first exercises included in the courses novice drivers. But are you able to trust the process – integrated in the car or outside? Stan is an unusual robot, simplifying the Parking process, developed by en...
Can the universe one day collapse?
One of the greatest achievements of the 20th century was the precise definition of how big, broad and massive is our universe. With about two trillion galaxies, enclosed in a volume with a radius of 46 billion light years, our obs...
#trends | the Internet of things
Internet of things — another fashionable phrase in recent years can be heard more and more often. Actually, it appeared much sooner than you think, but only now the potential of this phenomenon seriously wonder about his pro...
In China earned the world's largest floating solar power plant
China for many years developed its production in order to secure a leading position and to bypass the rest of the state on volumes of the produced goods. In the end, the country began to suffocate from the smog of the giant factor...
Launched the first in Russia multi-node quantum network
Scientists from the Russian quantum center (RCC) managed to launch the first in Russia multi-node quantum network intended for data transfer. In the development of domestic experts used two methods of encrypting information that m...
The new "frameless" smartphone "lit up" in the video
First shown at the exhibition of Chinese Global Source Fair frameless smartphone BLUBOO S1 caused a serious stir. But details about him then was too small — you can evaluate it except that the original stylish design. But to...
Expert opinion: the world after automation?
the Soft, flexible fingers are extended to delicately remove the Apple from the shelf and gently place them in the basket. The task is then repeated with lemons, then with pepper. Fingers never complain and never tire of. More and...
Artists have tried to imagine how could look like an extinct civilization
Despite the fact that our portal writes mainly on science and high technologies, we understand that in the world of inventions and discoveries must always be a place for imagination. American site ArtStation organized a very inter...
Microsoft creates cloud-based storage system based on DNA
Research in the field of new media are now almost all large corporations. But the research group Microsoft Research went, I think, the farthest. Last year, the developers have stated that the storage of information. And according ...
A rare type of supernova is able to explain the mystery of astrophysics 40 years ago
Most of the antimatter that fills the space of our milky Way galaxy may be the remnants of dead stars, say the results of a new study. According to scientists, their work is able to solve the riddle of astrophysics, existing for m...
Announced drone-a heavyweight with a capacity of up to tons
it Seems that a major Chinese online store serious about drone delivery of orders, including large. Courier delivery drones the company is already practiced, but so far applied only to small orders. Meanwhile, representatives of t...
The air of Beijing has proposed to clear through the power of bicycles
Inventor and designer Daan, Rostgaard known for developing air pollution control , continues to be concerned for clean air in Beijing. In the Netherlands, the home of Daan, the problem with pollution is not as prevalent, so the de...
The human intellect is limited, therefore we need artificial intelligence
Some people take the drug levodopa every day for three times. Accept because their brains don't produce enough dopamine. Without him, their arms and legs are shaking and the body is hard to get to do what I want. That is Parkinson...
Microsoft introduced a laptop The New Surface Pro
Hybrid laptop Corporation from Redmond have provided us with in 2015. Since the Network is constantly floated rumors about the impending announcement of the new model . It is true that in the end, Microsoft announced the Surface P...
The release of the game Red Dead Redemption 2 postponed to 2018
nowadays nobody is surprised by the postponement of the release of any games for a year, and then for a couple of years. With the rapid development of technologies, complexity of graphics engines, as well as with the increase in p...
What if the Earth started to spin faster?
In this life there are enough things to worry about. Nuclear war, climate change, whether you brush your teeth. Of the earth, which is spinning too fast, simply can not be in this list, because it will happen soon, certainly not —...
Android Pay in Russia: all we need to know
At the beginning of this week in the Russian Internet, has observed the curious process: the application of "Aeroexpress" for Android, there were hints to support Android Pay, Android users are 7.0 and later began to receive notic...
Began testing the rapid-fire railgun weapons
recently we wrote about the fact that General Atomics first RC shells of the railgun cannon. And here now it became known that scientific research office of naval the U.S. Navy in conjunction with the BAE Systems lead test railgun...
Began construction of the world's first cargo ship robot
Recently, the company Kongsberg Maritime of Norway has announced the beginning of work on the world's first automated cargo ship at the request of the Corporation YARA Porsgrunn. The ship will be used to automatically transport th...
Scientists from the UK test method of treatment of brain tumors using the zika virus
Not long ago, the epidemic of zika virus was a real problem which, fortunately, managed to cope. But a group of scientists from Cambridge University have suggested that a dreadful virus, you may be able to use for the treatment of...
Every Monday in the new issue of «News high-tech» we summarize the previous week, talking about some of the most important events, the key discoveries and inventions. This time we will focus on creating the analogue of a...
The world's first robot police officer started to work
the Robot-policeman named Robocop received a badge and were officially enrolled in the Dubai police. In his first day of work the robot has taken up a post in the corridors of the exhibition, Gulf Information Security Expo and Con...
In Loсkheed Martin came up with the concept of research bell-spider
specialists of the Corporation Loсkheed Martin introduced the concept of the spacesuit, which will help researchers to study the satellites of Mars. It differs from conventional spacesuits is that Loсkheed Martin variant has eight...
How to get the coolest smartphone at half price and gift bargain
the Company OUKITEL has long been known for producing smartphones with unprecedented capacious batteries. In early may, the company announced the release in June of the monster called K10000 Pro with a stunning battery 10 000 mAh....
Switzerland have renounced nuclear energy
Many countries are still not ready to abandon the benefits of the "peaceful atom", but the people of Switzerland decided on a very serious for their state step. In a recent vote the majority of the Swiss voted for stopping the gov...
Five reasons why the 21st century will be the heyday of astrophysics
For many centuries, we arrogantly believed that he had found almost all the answers to the deepest questions. Scientists thought that Newtonian mechanics describes everything, until he discovered the wave nature of light. Physics ...
Is it possible to learn how to play video games, if you were born without eyes?
Today's video games – most of them represent a fascinating and rather complex works that can easily be compared with movies or even good books. But video games are primarily visual entertainment that requires the player to look at...
Microbiologists seem to have solved the mystery of the "chicken and egg"
In science, a popular theory that the first life on Earth appeared in the so-called "primary soup". The broth elements on the basis of carbon were joined together in simple molecules, while not ultimately laid the Foundation for t...
Google has found an effective way to teach the AI to build even more powerful AI
Google has announced the next big step in the development of artificial intelligence, describing a new approach to machine learning, by which neural networks can be used to create more efficient neural networks. In fact, we are ta...
What is known about the ninth planet at the moment?
last year, the two astronomers studied the most distant object orbiting the Sun that we find in all time, when suddenly he saw something interesting. This ultra-long objects in the Kuiper belt, instead of having a randomly oriente...
As brain-computer interface Elon musk could change the world?
In March, Elon Musk announced the ambitious project to merge humans and machines with the help of brain-computer interface called Neuralink. This is what we . The technology will be in the form of input to the brain "neural lace" ...
Kazan aircraft upgraded heavy UAV "Altair"
the Specialists of the Kazan experimental design Bureau «Falcon» for six years working on the creation of a heavy unmanned aerial vehicle «Al». Last year they created the first version of the device and started...
The Japanese company began developing jet fuel from algae
Experts of the bioenergy company Euglena effort with five partners to 2019 to build and run in test mode first plant of biofuel. If all goes well, then a year later Euglena is about to start deliveries of the new fuel for cars and...
10 places in the Universe where we are likely to find life
the Question about the possibility of the existence of extraterrestrial life, scientists and ordinary people are asking more than a dozen years. Literally in everything, from works of art to the level of Spielberg in "E. T" and en...
Cultured ovaries were successfully implanted sterilized mice
the Technology of creating artificial organs in recent years have made headway, and it gives hope that in the future it will be possible to replace the person of any authority. For example, we recently wrote about creating . And n...
"Alien megastructure" again riveted the attention of astronomers
It's almost definitely aliens, but incredibly strange behavior of the stars Tabby once again forced astronomers to think about this possibility. A real obsession for the researchers, this star first started in the fall of 2015, wh...
Japanese unmanned platform will turn into a drone anything
Many developers are creating a drone capable of carrying people and cargo. They are often unmanned tractors have an impressive size and performance, but to transport such devices becomes quite difficult due to the large weight and...
Enthusiast made a transformer out of the car Lada
To create the giant transformer stuntman Gennady Poker inspired ordinary toy robot, bought for his son on holiday in Singapore. Once home, Gennady decided to create something similar independently and was not shy with the size, ba...
A review of the game Prey: all is not what it seems
In 2006, there appeared the game Prey, which tells the story of a Cherokee Indian named Tommy, confronts the evil alien invaders. The plot of the game ended the most interesting place, so many were looking forward to the sequel. T...
Created technology that allows you to listen to the bacteria and cells
Engineers from the University of California San Diego have created a nanoscale optical fiber that has an incredible level of sensitivity: it is capable of detecting fluctuations produced by the turbulence created by the moving bac...
The Boring Company Elon musk going to produce the bricks from the excavated earth
To combat exhausting drivers tubes Elon Musk created a company digging a network of underground tunnels. Now one mile of tunnel costs as well as other builders about a billion dollars, but Musk intends to reduce costs by approxima...
Presented neuromorphic learning chip, able to compose music
At a recent forum IMEC ITF2017 the representatives of the Belgian research and education center demonstrated the first of its kind self-learning neuromorphic chip, the principles of which imitate the principles of operation of the...
SKOLKOVO has developed a universal analogue of the Powerwall.
the System , created by Russian developers, consists of separate units, able to supply electricity to anything. Charge the system from solar panels, windmills, generators, and even electric outlets. A charged battery can provide p...
Human activity has led to the creation of an artificial barrier around the Earth
Scientists say that we are moving towards a new era of activity of mankind is already so high that we have begun to change even the cosmos. Running on the orbit space probes NASA has determined the existence of a huge man-made "ba...
Why is the AI condemning criminals is dangerous?
Artificial intelligence is already in some way helps to determine your future. When you are looking for something in a search engine, using a service such as Netflix or the Bank evaluates your suitability for a mortgage. But what ...
Google Seurat – a revolutionary graphics rendering for mobile VR
the Problem of mobile virtual reality is that smartphones or any other mobile iron, due to low power, just not able to provide detailed and realistic 3D graphics. This problem is particularly acute now, when a major player like Go...
Artificial intelligence will reinvent drugs ten times faster people
to create a new drug today, scientists have to test tens of thousands of components to understand how they interact. And that's not the hard part. After a substance found effective against the disease, he will undergo three differ...
Five applications of ultrasound that will change the world
Ultrasound can do more than just creating images of unborn babies. Since in the 1930s he became almost indispensable medical instrument, the production technology of sound waves that people cannot hear, has found application in al...
Found a way to create blood from stem cells
Despite the good development of the blood transfusion service, inventory, it is not always enough for medical needs, and scientists from around the world trying to find a solution to this issue. And, according to an article publis...
Technology MIXHalo will help to improve the sound at concerts
Not all venues can boast excellent equipment and high-quality acoustics. Often visitors to the festivals and bands or orchestras have to deal with mediocre sound, the quality of which is influenced by many factors, therefore , dev...
Developed eye drops for the treatment of age-related blindness
these or other impairments, according to the who, suffers almost every fifth inhabitant of our planet. Diseases associated with visual impairment can be fairly harmless (for example, all known myopia) and difficult therapy, and ev...
Created an artificial intelligence, solving crimes
It would be just great if Sherlock Holmes from Arthur Conan Doyle a real person. This detective, easily was studying the most ingenious crimes, probably would have brought our society many benefits. But it is just fiction writer, ...
Review headphones Oriveti New Primacy — leaps and bounds
the Company Oriveti immediately demonstrated that they know how to create stylish headphones and good sounding. They proved that the developers have their own, quite an interesting vision of the sound and they can implement it. As...
Became known in fact, Elon Musk has decided to dig tunnels
Elon Musk finally said why he founded a new company Boring Company. Yes, to solve the problems of excessive traffic, but it is not limited to the conventional digging of a tunnel for cars. A few hours ago it became known that the ...
#video | Nokia 3310 (2017) — return of the legend?
In 2000 the world saw the Nokia 3310. Whether it was necessary to wait seventeen years to release what they showed us at MWC in Barcelona in 2017? There is no certainty, but the deal is. the year 2000 was interesting and rich. O...
How does it work? | 5G network
In today's issue of the scientific-educational programs «How does it work?» we will talk about how the 5G network. Pleasant viewing! ...
The first test of the engine BE-4, Blue Origin has failed
recently the American company Blue Origin began bench tests of the engine BE-4, designed to be similar to the Russian RD-180. After a series of tests representatives of the company said that the trials ended with damage of equipme...
Budget headphones Dunu and player Astell&Kern. What happens?
When in conversation mentioned company Astell&Kern, some horrified, others — in an indescribable joy. In the first case because of the price, which many still consider to be unreasonably high, while in the second —...
HTC and Lenovo are working on VR helmets, or the PC and smartphones
We already told you about the conference , during which was announced the news that the search giant is working to create VR headsets collection Daydream, completely independent from the smartphone and even the PC. Simply put, eve...
The controversy surrounding the potential habitability of the planet Proxima b continue
Scientists say that Proxima b – closest to our Solar system, earth – like planet is still could be inhabited, which gives us a hope that is literally under our side might be a world with conditions for maintaining the existence of...
Is it possible to travel in time from the point of view of science?
Never wanted to go somewhere another time? No, not with the usual speed at which we are "bored" going forward — second by second. Either: the the faster to be able to get far into the future, remaining in the old age; the slower,...
The results of the opening of the Google I/O 2017 — the name of the Android O has not become known
the Opening of the conference Google I/O traditionally belongs among the most interesting technology events of the year. Although the conference is intended for developers, its announcements and informative for users, as reveal a ...
Specialists of the U.S. air force has developed a "liquid" armor
Cadet Hayley Weir received the assignment for the course work, the essence of which was to improve the quality of the materials from which to create armor. Haley decided that to create a good armor, you need to create the material...
In OpenAI Elon musk taught robots to repeat for people
a New algorithm, developed by specialists of the laboratory , founded by the head of SpaceX and Tesla, greatly facilitates the learning process of robots. If earlier in order to program the robot, it was necessary for him to write...
Voice assistant Cortana got a holographic avatar
Voice assistants like Microsoft Cortana or Siri from Apple has long been firmly established in our lives. Despite the still imperfect technology of communication, for a full perception of voice assistants is not enough «reali...
Sony has developed high-speed optical sensor for robots
the Japanese company Sony is famous not only for its game consoles and TVs but also high-quality for camcorders, cameras and smartphones. But if the new camera was designed to track moving objects with a frequency of 20 frames per...
NASA has solved the mystery of hundreds of mysterious flashes near the Ground
space Agency NASA has recorded more than hundreds of flashes, flickering on the planet, and have figured out the riddle that tormented astronomer Carl Sagan more than two decades. These flashes are so powerful that they can be see...
cancer does more and more scientists around the world. We constantly create new treatments and improve existing ones. And recently, as reported by the domestic edition «Biophysics», Russian scientists were able to succes...
We enter the next era of drones
These automated flying robots — tiny, cheap and they do not mind to break. In large groups they can save your life or become the most deadly weapon since the advent of the machine gun. What are you when you think about unmanned ae...
AMD has introduced a 16-core processor Ryzen Threadripper
AMD to please the fans of its production with new announcements. The new processor of the company called Threadripper and contains , able to handle 32 data flow. This product will have to compete with Intel in the market segment o...
Seven predictions for the future from bill gates
the Nostradamus of the 21st century, bill gates, has repeatedly been right in their predictions concerning global trends, social changes and technological advances. What, in his opinion, will happen in the next 20 years? In their ...
Deep Blue vs Kasparov: twenty years of revolution, big data
On the seventh during the crucial final game in the black did what is now considered a critical error. When black messed up the moves in the Caro-cann defense, white took advantage and organized the attack, sacrificing his knight....
Japanese scientists have unraveled the secret of ladybugs
In the world there are more than 4,000 species of ladybugs. These amazing beetles in different countries are named differently, but what unites all of these names and their relation to cattle. The Serbs are God's sheep, and in Fra...
Startup Solar E-Cycle started testing velomobiles solar
Founder Roger Christens was born and raised in Canada, but nearly thirty years of living in Africa, so all the problems of the local population it is well known that many people are not only deprived of access to electricity, but ...
Astronomers have discovered a giant planet out of "foam"
Astronomers have discovered a giant exoplanet is larger than Jupiter, but has extremely low for this class of planets mass. But first and foremost interest to the object's composition, density similar to Styrofoam, which allowed h...
General Atomics conducted the first firing guided projectiles from a railgun cannon
More recently, the railgun cannon or railgun, can be found only in science fiction films and video games. But science does not stand still, and scientists and then realize the impossible before technology. And General Atomics has ...
NASA is holding a contest to 3D print houses on other planets
In the competition of 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge involves teams from various universities, but at the end of one of the stages of the event, the judges noted the two teams. The winners of startup Technology Branch has allocated ...
After defeating Facebook company ZeniMax has decided to sue Samsung
Not so long ago that publisher ZeniMax, which owns such studios as Bethesda and id Software, came out the winner in a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the VR-helmet Oculus, owned by Facebook. The lawyers of ZeniMax decided not ...
Presents "heart on a chip" to develop and test drugs
large-scale clinical studies of new drugs, as a rule, are accompanied by a host of difficulties. And even after passing the laboratory tests and animal experiments, human trials do not guarantee 100% safety for the volunteers. To ...
How to buy a powerful smartphone for only 9000 rubles
High capacity and solid performance of the Autonomous work does not always mean high price. Chinese manufacturer OUKITEL long time to prove it and again today, offers to buy for budget price device with flagship specs. Starting ...
For the past 10 years, the author drew illustrations for his novel in Microsoft Paint
I Think that a lot of graphic editors started with MS Paint. The first version of this legendary application came to light with the operating system in 1985. Since Paint and Windows became inseparable friends. You probably think t...
China will start developing mimicking the brain AI
the First artificial intelligence lab, which will simulate the human brain, has opened in Anhui province, — China Daily, citing the press service of the Chinese University of science and technology. In developing the partic...
A group of scientists from the UK plans to create an analogue of the Matrix
Recently, the British company Improbable, which specializiruetsya on the development of software for the simulation of virtual worlds has received from a Japanese Corporation SoftBank grant in the amount of 502 million dollars. Th...
Every Monday in the new issue of «News high-tech» we summarize the previous week, talking about some of the most important events, the key discoveries and inventions. This time we will focus on the solar plane SolarStrat...
What do people that never feel pain?
pain is the body language which tries to warn us. But in the world there are people who live their lives and never feel any pain. Whether or not their "symptoms" to discover a new way to cope with chronic pain? At the Institute of...
Novosibirsk programmer has installed compass-implant
a Year ago we had about startups Cyborg Nest in the development of the compass-implant. Mounted on the body of the user, it vibrates when a person turns to the North. It turns out that a couple of months ago, the chip went on sale...
Game genre is quite popular. And this is not surprising. Many gamers do not have enough in a life of thrills, and with the help of video games-horror movies to get a dose of adrenaline with no real threat to their health. Great ga...
NASA introduced the Mars Rover combined with a mobile laboratory
Very often, large companies collaborate with smaller contractors for the joint creation of something new. Not an exception and NASA, according to the order of which the experts of Parker Brothers Concepts has developed the concept...
Windows Store — the future center of Windows?
In recent weeks, Microsoft has made a lot of announcements. Among them Windows 10 S Surface Laptop, a significant update to Windows 10 and more, at Microsoft Build conference in 2017. Users, the question arises, what, in the conte...
Neuralink Elon Musk. Part seven: the great fusion
Eccentric in the best sense of the word entrepreneur, playboy, philanthropist Elon Musk known around the world. He decided to bring humanity into space, to colonize Mars, to abandon a disposable rockets. He decided to make the w...
Study: a supernova Explosion dangerous to all living things within a radius of 50 light years
If people could look at the sky, about 2 million years ago, he would witness a fantastic spectacle – the incredible beauty of the death star. Scientists have long debated the topic of how close must be the supernova, to be able to...
How to ensure the astronauts sleep?
In one of the laboratories of the German volunteers pay for what they help to explore one of the most serious problems of space travel: how to ensure astronauts have the best sleep at night? Underground research laboratory surroun...
A Latvian thrill-seeker jumped on the drone parachute
While various companies are developing safe and effective drones are able to easily and quickly transport people through the air, the Latvian Ingus Augstkalns decided not to sit idle and take off on a big cargo drone higher, then ...
Drill machine, Elon musk began to dig the tunnel
At the end of last year, the head of SpaceX and Tesla announced that it plans to build tunnels that will help get rid of the annoying traffic jams. All this time the Musk and staff he founded The Boring Company has been preparing ...
If we become super-strong mentally?
When people are given the opportunity to see what's going on inside their heads in real time, they quickly learn to suppress pain, self-control and improving mental abilities. If most of us had access to such technology, the world...
Before the flight to Mars, NASA will hold the annual manned mission to the moon
the Upcoming space missions to Mars have attracted the lion's share of the attention of media headlines in recent years, but before to visit the Red planet requires a lot more research. And that is why the space Agency NASA announ...
Israeli battery for electric car recharges in 5 minutes
the Company StoreDot has developed a technology that allows you to fully charge a battery electric car in just a few minutes. Such a speed provides proprietary company development substantially different from commercially availabl...
Neuralink Elon Musk. Part six: dawn of the magicians
Eccentric in the best sense of the word entrepreneur, playboy, philanthropist Elon Musk known around the world. He decided to bring humanity into space, to colonize Mars, to abandon a disposable rockets. He decided to make the w...
Computers, many countries were attacked virus-the extortioner
Today, the Network began to appear reports that in the internal computer system of the Ministry of interior raging virus ransomware, encrypting data and demanding money for decryption. If you do not buy «pick» at the app...
Scientists first managed to obtain images of electron motion in graphene
Such material, graphene represents a two-dimensional carbon lattice with a thickness of only 1 atom, has recently become increasingly popular. And study its properties by specialists from around the world. Just recently a group of...
SpaceX can send to Mars two spacecraft
Future flight to Mars is fraught with great risk, therefore, to prepare such a complex mission was not easy, even for SpaceX. Initially, the company planned to send a spacecraft to Mars next, 2018, but later postponed dates to be ...
With antibiotics was able to block the ability of cancer cells to obtain energy
according to the news Agency TASS, a group of researchers from Russia, Spain and the Czech Republic with antibiotics were able to block the mitochondria of cancer cells, as well as starting the process of inhibition of autophagy a...
Review of Brainwavz headphones B200: a "rebar" is good, but two?
it Seems that Brainwavz found a new niche, you are going to take care of, in — ear headphones with balanced armature. The company has been nothing presented in this segment, and there were just three models, identical in everythin...
National search engine "Sputnik" has not met expectations
Newspaper «sheet» , created in 2014, the Russian search engine «Satellite» going to close or fundamentally change, adapting it for other tasks. According to the source Newspapers, a national search engine has g...
Gravitational waves: the key to unlocking new dimensions?
If we want to find extra dimensions in our Universe, that is, the existence of what we are trying to explain the so-called string Theory, we should turn our attention to gravitational waves. Because they may be the key to their di...
Microsoft has decided to abandon the interface in the Metro style
Many of us have grown accustomed to the "tile style" graphics of the Windows operating system. Metro was founded on the principles of the Swiss style. First of all, this is a great typography, large text, clean and framed in a sim...
Microsoft introduced two models of mixed-reality headsets
As you already know, right now in Seattle is hosting the conference , in which renowned Corporation to share with the developers their plans for the near future. Among other things, Microsoft finally introduced the first two model...
In Kazan was held the first Russian session quantum "phone" connection
As the press service of the ITMO University, Russian scientists successfully launched the Tatarstan capital of Kazan the first in Russia multi-node quantum network. Has been recently verified in the regime of «quantum phone&#...
Rostec has begun to develop adaptive traffic lights
As the press service of rostec state Corporation holding "shvabe" together with "Roselektronika" currently working on a new adaptive traffic lights. Traffic lights are installed at regulated crossings of a number of Russian cities...
Paint turns any surface into a touchpad
No, regular paint that is not suitable, but the one that is created by specialists of the American University Carnegie — Mellon, exactly amiss. A team of researchers of the Future Interfaces Group has developed a new paint E...
Affordable luxury: headphones Master&Dynamic MW50
Headphones by Master&Dynamic completely undeservedly little known in Russia, while in USA and Europe they are used by thousands of students, and not all of them are seasoned audiophiles. What did they do to deserve such glory...
How does it work? | Wi-Fi in the plane
In today's issue of the scientific-educational programs «How does it work?» we will talk about how Wi-Fi on the plane. Pleasant viewing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytmb6jmjOXI...
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