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news | May 13, 2019 | Gadgets | 4

Robotics is an area that is changing right before our eyes, with standard anthropomorphic robots being replaced by flexible devices that are much more manoeuvrable than their unwieldy counterparts.

Buchla Thunder: the new best friend of gamers and musicians

news | May 13, 2019 | Business & Startups | 3

Sensel announced plans to build the multifunctional Morph interface back in 2015. Funding for the project was collected two years later, and the company has just released the Buchla Thunder controller, which was created as an overlay for Morph.

Nua Electrica – a self-charging electric bike

news | May 12, 2019 | Gadgets | 3

Nua Bikes is a Spanish company that has recently presented an electric bike that is completely different from its analogue counterparts. Lightweight and compact, it doesn't need to be charged at all - it does everything on its own.

Scientists Find a New Species of Millipede

news | May 11, 2019 | Science & Education | 4

Amber is a unique material where a lot of interesting things can be found. Scientist of the Bulgarian National Museum of Natural History discovered in a piece of amber a millipede that lived on our planet about 99 million years ago.

Dinosaur Robot Demonstrates How Birds Learned to Fly

news | May 10, 2019 | Gadgets | 3

Scientists have long argued that birds are distant descendants of dinosaurs. However, there seems to have been a transitional species between them, which is called Archeopteryx by the scientific community. Archeopteryxes could not fly, but they made their first attempts to do so.

Protein molecules help to store a Japanese artist’s engraving

news | May 09, 2019 | Science & Education | 4

Researchers from Harvard and Northwestern University of Chicago have come up with a new way to store information which involves depositing data in protein molecules.

Scientists Create a Sensor Turning Blood Tests into a Thing of the Past

news | May 08, 2019 | Med & Bio | 3

Scientists at Fluid Interfaces Group organization have created a sensor that collects data on biological composition of saliva. The device that is fixed to a patient’s cheek can completely replace blood tests.

Scientists create amazing laser capable of evaporating matter

news | May 08, 2019 | Gadgets | 4

In 2014, when a 1-petawatt laser was created, media compared it to the Death Star from Star Wars. A more recent development made in Europe has yielded a laser that is 10 times as powerful as the previous one.

DroneBullet: the drone that kills other drones

news | May 08, 2019 | Tech & Security | 5

Military budgets of most leading countries already include expenses on building drone fighting machines. There are many ways to disarm them. But what better way to fight a drone than with another drone?

Arsenic breathing microbe discovered in the Pacific Ocean

news | May 07, 2019 | Science & Education | 4

Arsenic is a toxic and carcinogenic chemical, but the Earth is home to a diverse number of species which includes organisms that not only remain unharmed by it, but need it for survival.

ISS Specialists Find a Way to Maintain Astronauts’ Health

news | May 07, 2019 | Med & Bio | 5

Space flights adversely affect astronauts’ health. Particularly affected are their muscles and bones, therefore astronauts have to undergo long courses of rehabilitation after space expeditions. However, ISS specialists have developed a method to make them considerably shorter.

How to install Wi-Fi in a natural disaster zone

news | May 07, 2019 | Tech & Security | 4

Insufficiently rapid reactions to natural disasters often lead to many deaths which could be reduced by setting up better connection within the area. Weather, a subsidiary of IBM, predicts that up to seven hurricanes will hit the United States in 2019. There are currently plans to develop quick Internet installation technology to deal with these disasters.

Borophene vs Graphene

news | May 06, 2019 | Science & Education | 7

Borophene is a two-dimensional monoatomic material first synthesized in 2015. Its properties are still being studied, but it is already called the “killer of graphene”, for the production of which fantastic amounts of money have recently been allocated.

BAE Systems tests unique plane

news | May 06, 2019 | Gadgets | 4

BAE Systems is a UK-based defense company launching a real revolution in the aircraft industry. One of their innovations is a plan to get rid of mechanical manoeuvring units on aircraft.

Samsung offers a new look at familiar objects

news | May 06, 2019 | Gadgets | 4

Public consciousness has long grown accustomed to the idea that televisions need to have a rectangular shape with a long base, or at least be represented as a square. But Samsung has another opinion on this topic.

Drones Learn to See Aircraft

news | May 03, 2019 | Tech & Security | 1 | 4

Iris Automation has developed an automated course correction system for drones. It will enable safe use of UAVs at high altitudes facilitating their implementation and expanding their scope of application.

Drone makes first kidney transplant delivery

news | May 02, 2019 | Med & Bio | 1 | 4

Scientists from the University of Maryland have transported a human kidney using a drone, followed by successful transplantation into a critically ill patient. This is the first such case in history.

English premier league football club to launch own fan tokens

news | May 01, 2019 | Crypto & Blockchain | 2 | 3

London-based football team West Ham United is partnering with blockchain platform Socios.com to launch their own ecosystem of tokens for fans. This was revealed in a press release on April 30.

HTC plans blockchain smartphone launch this year

news | Apr 30, 2019 | Crypto & Blockchain | 1 | 6

Taiwanese household electronics giant HTC has announced plans to release a second-generation blockchain-oriented smartphone this year. The news was shared by local media.

Russian scientists record pulsar ‘voices’

news | Apr 30, 2019 | Science & Education | 5

Pulsars are dead stars characterized by their constant rotation and emission of strong impulses. Scientists love them for this, as pulsars are perfect beacons that can be used for navigation in space by calculating the distance between objects.

How to perform a crash test with minimum damage to the car

news | Apr 30, 2019 | Tech & Security | 9

Before a new car goes on sale, the automaker needs to know how it will behave in an accident. To this end, the manufacturer performs a series of crash tests that inflict severe damage to the vehicle. But when it comes to high-end cars, even the richest company can’t afford such luxury...

Modern Motorcycle Security System Presented by Taiwanese Company

news | Apr 29, 2019 | Tech & Security | 3

Security systems extensively employed in motor vehicles are hardly ever used in the motorcycle industry leading to a large number of accidents. Taiwanese company Senzar has decided to change this situation.

NASA shows boulders on Asteroid Bennu

news | Apr 29, 2019 | Science & Education | 5

At present, Asteroid Bennu is being rigorously studied by interstellar station OSIRIS-REx. Its approach will happen next year, which is why NASA is currently creating a detailed map of the object. The agency has made several photos of the asteroid and posted them online.

Airtop: a computer for emergencies

news | Apr 29, 2019 | Gadgets | 3

Israeli company CompuLab has released the third generation of Airtop mini computers. The new computers are particularly resilient and can be used even under the most difficult circumstances.

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