Category: English
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Quadcopters taught to fly in flocks without GPS
The Internet is full of videos where swarms of drones fly nice and smoothly, while performing various tricks. So what? Because they rely on data obtained by the GPS, but what to do when no GPS to use it? Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania decided to teach the drones to do without them. To…
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Singapore cyclists will make mine cryptocurrency on bikes
OBike is a Singaporean company that rents bicycles, said that from now on all guests of the city who used its services, will mined yourself during Cycling cryptocurrency a little pocket money. To implement the idea of company is going to launch its own coins under the name oCoin — you can rent a bike…
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Japanese insurance company will pass on to the shoulders of the AI 90% of administrative tasks
Japanese insurance company Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance decided to charge to 90 percent administrative work artificial intelligence, freeing employees from routine tasks. It is noteworthy that the company does not plan on downsizing, and you’re going to take the released employees in the sales Department, writes Asia Nikkei. The benefits of automation for the insurance company…
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Battery based on graphene will charge your smartphone in 5 minutes
Despite the fact that modern smartphones have become very functional and useful devices, they still have one drawback: the operating time of the battery. And if to create and introduce to the market a new type of high-capacity battery is difficult enough, why not invent a device that would be charged the existing battery for…
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Apple has officially apologized for that deliberately slows down your iPhone
Not so long ago in the Network broke a serious drama, when the company’s specialists GeekBench empirically found that as the degradation of the batteries of some models of smartphones iPhone, they begin to work noticeably slower than before. Apple tried to defend himself, explaining that this is done in order to avoid sudden shutdowns…
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Archaeologists have discovered that the first Chinese Emperor tried to find the elixir of immortality
No surprise the fact that people in positions of authority are constantly looking for a way to extend his life. It seems that it always has been, even thousands of years ago. Take the first Emperor of a centralized Chinese state of Qin Shi Huangdi, founded the Qin dynasty and ruled until 210 BC. Archaeologists…
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Panasonic has introduced a unique exoskeleton
Exoskeletons have long ceased to be the lot of science fiction movies and video games, and many companies are already developing a variety of models of such devices. But if most of the developments used in military training or for training athletes, the new brainchild of Panasonic, is designed to help ordinary people. We are…
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The Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation introduced a bill to regulate cryptocurrency
The Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on Thursday at the meeting of the Public Council under the Ministry of Finance presented a bill on regulation of the use of digital technologies in the financial sector. The current bill is mainly concerned with the ICO and the rules of circulation…
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How does it work? | Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a technology for wireless data transmission between devices at a distance up to 100 meters. Work on the creation of Bluetooth was started in 1994 by a manufacturer of telecommunication equipment Ericsson as a wireless alternative to cables RS-232. In the result, Bluetooth was developed by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, founded in…
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What happens to your body while flying on a plane?
Tiny screen jumps in front of you, the sound quality is terrible, constant interruptions. To watch a movie during the flight — not pleasant. However, constant “flyers” must have been in a situation or seen with my own eyes — how the most innocuous movies during the flight, turn into masterpieces of cinema. Even a…