May 19, 1980 Apple Computer introduced in Anaheim, CA the new Apple III, which was the first failure in the history of the company. This computer was intended as a business-oriented personal computer and the successor to the Apple II, but failed. It is noteworthy that this is the first computer, the creation of which is paramount for marketing purposes. Steve Wozniak was in charge of the Apple II and thought that anything new do not need, because the ideal, in his opinion, the computer has already been created. Apple III departed to the mercy of the marketing Department and personally to Steve jobs. Then he held the position of Vice-President for research and development. Jobs has rigidly set the size and shape of a new computer, and forbidden to install the fan and heat sink problem had to be solved by using a heavy aluminum case. For a new computer has been created has its own operating system and programs from an Apple II for her did not fit, but in order not to lose fans of the previous generation, left the ability to boot to the old regime. The Apple III was accompanied by a huge advertising company, and all work on the Apple II were closed and the resources transferred to the new project. Alas, it turned out very quickly that the Apple III break down because of overheating, excessive-density areas and bad connectors. The reason for the failure of the product was also the fact that high-quality software for a new computer, but in the mode of Apple II machine full cannot be used, because the developers have blocked the connection of external boards. The computer, of course, modified, but Apple’s reputation was ruined and in 1983 the IBM PC came in first place in terms of sales, and the Apple III was discontinued in 1984.
Unsuccessful Apple III
19 may 2008 the first flight of the Russian short-haul passenger aircraft Sukhoi Superjet 100. This unit was developed by company “Sukhoi Civil aircraft” with the participation of several foreign companies and has certificazione the name of the RRJ (Russian Regional Jet). The project aircraft was the winner of the competition in 2003, and after 3 years started to assemble the first sample. In 2007, he was taken to the Moscow region town of Zhukovsky for carrying out statistical tests in TSAGI (Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute). 14 may 2008 it experienced on the runway (acceleration up to 162 km/h) and after 5 days, exactly 3 years ago this aircraft first took to the skies from an airfield in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, after the sky 1 hour 5 minutes. to date, built 92 aircraft, of which 8 is the pre-production samples or test models, and the 60 already delivered to customers. 19 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft are now used in Aeroflot.
The first flight of Superjet 100 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
May 19, 2013 U.S. and Chinese physicists reported the creation of a fully transparent and flexible metal electrode. As stated in an article published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, these materials can be used as a basis for transparent and flexible electronics. Scientists, as a result of experiments with nanoparticles of indium-tin oxide (ITO) managed to make a material that conducts current not worse than regular wires, but it is a semiconductor transparent to visible light. The inventors have been able to get rid of the main drawback and eliminating the loss of properties in any flexion, having developed a special technique of weaving wires. First microsite made of a thin polymeric threads, which then napyljajut ITO particles. After that, the polymer is removed from the grid by the solvent and only the flexible material of indium-tin oxide. Technology is good because the quality of the source material, you can use cheaper copper or aluminum. Over the past few years, scientists have introduced a transparent lithium-ion batteries as well as lenses with an integrated display and even transparent transistors from graphene, so that before the mass appearance of transparent and flexible technology is quite a bit.
Scheme of production of flexible and transparent electrodes