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Mars-bound Helicopter Passes First Tests

Mars-bound Helicopter Passes First Tests

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The mission called upon to find out whether life has ever existed on the red planet is scheduled to start out in 2020. It will be carried out by Mars 2020 rover accompanied by a small helicopter. NASA recently announced that the helicopter had passed its first tests.
Samsung demonstrates the Galaxy Fold smartphone testing by robots

Samsung demonstrates the Galaxy Fold smartphone testing by robots

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The official Samsung channel on YouTube has released a video showing the endurance tests of the new flagship Galaxy Fold smartphone with robots involved in the folding mechanism testing.
Handle from Boston Dynamics: robot with wheels and a suction arm

Handle from Boston Dynamics: robot with wheels and a suction arm

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The first version of the Handle robot was presented in 2017, and already then the innovation made a great impression on the public. The company has worked on the device for two long years recently unveiling its updated version.
PSR J0002+6216 - "sprinter" among the stars

PSR J0002+6216 - "sprinter" among the stars

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The rotation speed of stars around the galaxy centers does not usually exceed 100 km/sec. But in recent years, scientists have found increasingly more objects with significantly higher speeds and PSR J0002+6216 is one of the fastest recently- discovered stars.
Drones to help mankind colonise Mars

Drones to help mankind colonise Mars

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Using the Martian cavities to house colonisers’ first bases is one of the most popular concepts today. This is where drones come into play to help mapping the intricate alien mazes on the far-off planet.
Xiaomi to Launch a Super Charger

Xiaomi to Launch a Super Charger

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Information about the project was posted on the page of the company’s representative Lou Weibin in Weibo social network. It shows a comparative test of Oppo 50W SuperVOOC charger vs Xiaomi’s new device that proved to be one-third faster than its opponent.
Lego supercar: like the original, but half a tonne heavier

Lego supercar: like the original, but half a tonne heavier

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Sports cars are produced in limited editions. For example, there are only 500 McLaren Senna ones in the world. However, number 501, made entirely of Lego parts, has recently appeared.

Finalists for the best flying motorcycle contest named

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Boeing has announced the second stage of the GoFly contest completed. The finalist startups will receive $50,000 apiece to create full-size motorcycles to compete in the contest’s finals for a $1.5-million prize.\n

Worst storm in history hits Africa

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The city of Beira in Mozambique suffered twice: it was recently hit by a massively destructive storm, but there was nothing left to destroy as the city had been demolished by the Idai Cyclone just a week earlier. The tragedy has been called the ‘worst disaster to strike the Southern hemisphere’.

Robot avatars to take over ISS by 2020

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A new Japanese development will make space flights cheaper and safer. To solve this problem, robot avatars will take on the most difficult and dangerous types of work on the ISS.

Real flying saucer invented in Romania

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According to the creator of the project, an engineer named Razvan Sabie, his device represents today’s shifting paradigm in aircraft construction. The invention is called ‘ADIFO’. \n

Mars on Earth: where it is and what it looks like

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Devon is one of the largest uninhabited islands in the world, located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. But this isn’t the only thing that makes it unique: the island’s special climate and landscape make it practically identical to Mars.

Try a Cup of Coffee Brewed by an Amazing Robot Barista

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The robot by Briggo, a US-based company, was specifically created to make perfect coffee. The machine is very fast – it can make up to 100 cups per hour.

Huawei unveils the flagships P30 and P30 Pro

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New Huawei flagships were presented in Paris. The main feature of the gadgets is a great emphasis on the camera. Smartphone P30 Pro – Huawei’s first phone that boasts 4 cameras and 10x zoom without loss of quality.

Scout Pro: A Fully Featured Mountain E-Bike

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E-bikes are today’s trend being explored by more and more manufacturers. The championship title within this group of transportation means deservedly belongs to Scout Pro capable of hitting 72 km/h off-road.

Excavators to be controlled by the joystick

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Baltimore is an industrial city in the east of the United States. Local researchers have recently created an excavator control system using Stanley Black & Decker’s gaming joystick.

The first unmanned plywood drone created

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Metal or plastic are usually selected as aircraft material. But drone production is not cheap, so sometimes engineers find rather extravagant solutions.

“Marker” Platform: Russia prepares an army of robots

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The Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects posted a video clip demonstrating the truly amazing g capabilities of the "Marker" experimental platform.\n

HELIOS laser weapon to be in service by 2021

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The U.S. Navy Command spokespersons shared plans to install the system on an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, which will serve in the Pacific Ocean.

“Under” – Europe’s First Underwater Restaurant

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Company Snøhetta has built “Under” Restaurant in Norway. The building - the first one of this kind in Europe - is unique in that most of it is under water.

Mercury Found to Be the Closest Planet to Earth

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The newly created model of the Solar System makes it possible to accurately determine the positions of the planets while they move around the Sun. It turned out that most of the time the planet closest to the Earth is Mercury.

The Lazareth flying motorcycle lifts off into the air

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Lazareth, a French motorcycle brand, has recently posted a video featuring the flight of the Moto Volante model presented last year. With this, the company has dispelled the skeptics’ assumption that the bike is not destined to fly.

Robot interpreters enable communication between fish and bees

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EPFL is a project focused on creating devices to control animals. Several years ago, the team created an artificial fish that its real peers mistook for one of their own, even choosing it as the leader of their school. The group’s most recent development is a system for controlling bees.

Liquid terminator not far off – a new generation alloy is created

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US chemists have developed a new type of liquid metal, which can be manipulated with magnetic field. Previously, such materials moved only horizontally, but they can now move vertically as well.
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