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Scientists propose to treat alcoholism with laser brain stimulation
Anyone who has ever abused alcohol or cigarettes, he knows that to get rid of this kind of dependency is sometimes very difficult. Unfortunately, addiction to harmful substances while you can't just turn off one button, but resear...
The U.S. army is developing a system for training soldiers in a virtual reality
During the fighting, anything can happen, and to consider all strategies of the enemy is almost impossible. Nevertheless, the United States intends to give his soldiers the ability to handle combat scenarios, dozens, or even hundr...
This helicopter will be able to control even you. The first attempt!
When looking at the control panel of the helicopter, eyes run in different directions — no wonder training takes a few months of theory and practice. Sikorsky company, which in 2015 was purchased by the American military-industria...
Bill gates has compared artificial intelligence to nuclear weapons
co-Founder , billionaire, and now philanthropist bill gates thinks artificial intelligence is a very unusual and controversial technology which can help mankind and to hurt him. At the conference of the Stanford Institute for huma...
for several years, developers from around the world demonstrate neural networks, which can either enhance your photos or to draw pictures from scratch. At the California conference GTC 2019 group NVIDIA Research found something tr...
News high-tech: artificial Sun in China
In the world of high technology is constantly going on so much that even we sometimes difficult to choose the most interesting. But we were still able. So the next few minutes will hold together! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o...
10 big global challenges that can be addressed by technology
the impression is that together with the progress of human civilization progress and its problems. The industrial revolution led to climate change: the oceans are clogged with plastic, and the planet is gradually turning into Venu...
Soon you won't have to wear a pass to get into the subway
Authentication system face recognition is becoming more and more popular: we, for example, when was the , came to the event with its help. But what if you install such a system in place with a much larger flow of people — fo...
The first device based on graphene will be on the market "in the next two months"
Natives of Russia, working in Britain, Konstantin Novoselov and Andrey Geim have created a graphene – translucent layer of carbon one atom thick in 2004. From this point almost immediately and everywhere we began to hear laudatory...
The drones, which "cling to the branch" as birds can fly much longer
It's a bird! That's a drone! No, actually it is a drone that can cling like a bird. Bats can hang upside down, clinging to something; the birds cling to the perch and just sit on it all night. And so the new drones could use this ...
Hackers can kill people with pacemakers, but there are
We already know how hackers can harm computers, smartphones and other technology. Few people is aware that under the threat of hacking and there are other devices that are directly connected to health and even life of people. Thes...
New Goodyear tires can turn into propellers for flying machines
what will be "shod" car of the future? It seems that the U.S. tire manufacturer Goodyear knows the answer to this question. Moreover, engineers and designers have even created a demo video that provides a sneak peek into the futur...
Possible: a device that mutes the music without blocking air
Concert halls and recording studios are covered with thick veneer with large cavities that effectively muffle external noise. As sound waves travel through the air, acoustic materials significantly hinder its circulation. Research...
Artificial intelligence has learned to look for the robbers to patterns of behavior
Finding commonalities between crimes committed in different districts of large cities, the police quickly find and arrest the criminals. According to Digital Trends, to recognize the "handwriting" of the robbers, investigators had...
News high-tech: the first production flying car
How much is the picture painted by the neural network? Is created the first production flying car? We already know the answers to these and many other questions from the world of high technologies and is ready to share them with y...
Norway recycles 97% of the plastic bottles. Her technique is impressive
what Norway has succeeded better than any other country, so it is in the processing of plastic waste. If the U.S. level of reuse of plastic reaches only 30%, in the Nordic country, this figure reaches unimaginable 97%, and in the ...
China will complete the construction of the "artificial sun" this year
In the Chinese city of Hefei in 2006 the development of the "artificial sun" to simulate the process of nuclear fusion, which now generates energy. To get alternative and unlimited source of energy, scientists heated plasma to rec...
In the US tested an unmanned fighter Valkyrie
In late February revealed details of the drone , which is designed to support manned aircraft. He will be ready for its first flight only in 2020, while the same drone "Valkyrie XQ58-A" from the USAF and Kratos company has already...
Scientists have learned how to create a cheap infrared camera: why they are needed?
Cameras that catch invisible to the human eye, infrared radiation can be extremely useful both in scientific equipment and consumer technology. For example, they can be used in smartphones, adding the function of imager, and also ...
The laboratory mouse will be able to pass the test when you want
typically, new technologies that somehow , tested on laboratory mice. Usually they are given a certain task that you want to perform in a specially equipped cage for a long time. The process requires constant monitoring of researc...