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Gyroscopes are devices which help cars, drones, portable and stationary electronics to understand its position in three-dimensional space. They can not do without the most sophisticated technologies on which we rely in everyday life. Initially, the gyroscope consisted of a set of nested wheels, each of which rotates on a separate axis. But if you…

If you look at the sky at night, being in the southern hemisphere, you will see two luminous clouds, standing aloof from the milky Way. These clouds of stars are galaxies satellites of the milky Way: Small and Large Magellanic Clouds (SMC and LMC). Using the latest data represented a powerful new space telescope, astronomers…

Scientists from rice University are looking for films of carbon nanotubes to create high-power fast charging a Li-metal batteries that can replace traditional lithium-ion batteries. Laboratory of chemist James Tour has shown that thin films of nanotubes effectively inhibit the appendages that sprout naturally from unprotected lithium metal anodes in batteries. Over time, these dendrites,…

A visual approximation of Julian Assange asking for a translator who speaks Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is suing Ecuador, the country that has been protecting him ever since he jumped bail in London on sexual misconduct charges in 2012. Assange claims that Ecuador is violating his rights of asylum by limiting his internet access…

The T.B. Converse Building in Valdosta, GeorgiaPhoto: Michael Rivera (Wikicommons) It’s not unusual for construction workers to find historical objects inside of walls. But the team renovating the T.B. Converse Building in Valdosta, Georgia, were caught off guard when they found an estimated 1,000 teeth buried in a second-floor wall. The weirdest thing is that…

Figure of the day: 1 000 000 000 trips made by the users of Yandex.Taxi. The Yandex company boasted of achieving great milestone in Yandex.Taxi. Service was seven years old and just in time for seven years, the number of trips in the entire history of Yandex.Taxi reached one billion. Yandex.Taxi launched on 26 October…

Apple began retail sales of new smartphone iPhone XR in more than 50 countries and regions, including Russia. iPhone XR available in white, black, blue, yellow, coral buildings and red (PRODUCT)RED memory 64, 128 and 256 GB for the price of 64 990, 990 68 and 77 990 rubles. For comparison, in the US prices…

26 October 1976 launched the first television of the Soviet Sputnik , the world’s first TV-satellite direct TV. It is necessary to clarify the idea a signal of “Screen” caught not the ultimate audience for the personal antenna (although not impossible), special receivers, repeaters. And they have, in turn, broadcast on the town. But, due…

The Chinese marketplace Tmall working in Russia on the basis of AliExpess, will begin work on the principle of the marketplace, instead of trading their own goods. This was told to the newspaper “Vedomosti” with reference to the representative of the site. In Russia Tmall give up their own procurement. Instead, earnings will be at…

The company Meizu unveiled today at China’s new low-cost smartphone Meizu Note 8. He received a frameless design without the cut-out, double main camera and a capacious battery. The smartphone is enclosed in a metal enclosure. He’s 6-inch IGZO display with a resolution Full HD+ (2160 x 1080 pixels), a fingerprint scanner at the rear,…