GLONASS ground stations may appear in Nicaragua and Vietnam

The Russian government approved a bill on ratification of Nicaragua and Vietnam agreements necessary for the development of bilateral relations in the field of space activities , in particular to be installed on their territories ground stations GLONASS (GLONASS), said on Saturday the press service of the Cabinet .Agreements provide for the installation of Nicaragua and Vietnam stations GLONASS system and are also designed to give impetus...

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Apple plans to buy Beats Electronics fans received with bewilderment

Apple's plans to acquire well-known manufacturer of headphones and other audio Beats Electronics were received with bewilderment. News of the impending deal provoked a lively discussion among fans on the internet both companies, writes USA Today.On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that the U.S. company Apple is close to buying a California -based company Beats Electronics. According to the agency , the amount of the transaction is $ 3.2 billion,...

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At the UN will debate on killer robots

Future killer robots will be discussed at a meeting of experts under the auspices of the UN in Geneva.The panel will include two well-known expert - Professor Ronald Arkin of Computer College Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Sheffield professor Noel Sharkey .The main issue they intend to discuss - how effective can be killer robots and how justified the existence of such technology.The discussion will take place in the framework of discussions on the development of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use ...

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Israel introduced a new unmanned patrol boat

Israeli developers presented the latest development - an unmanned combat patrol boat capable of solving a wide range of tasks for the needs of national security.Unmanned system, dubbed " Katana " , can be used for tracking, patrol along the coast, in the territorial waters and exclusive economic zone beyond the territorial sea . " Katana " can also be used for electronic warfare and protection of offshore oil and gas has platform.Sudno dual...

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Start of production Tesla Model X again moved

Just a few hours ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said about the next start transferring production crossover electric Model X. At this time, a model that was supposed to appear at dealers later this year , will be placed on the conveyor belt in the second quarter of 2015 .When asked why the transfer Musk told reporters carsecology.ru, that they are rooted in some of the problems with the supply of batteries to the car. Because of this, recently...

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Why we are always behind. On the first Soviet computer

Few people know that the mathematical foundations of computer science and computer engineering have appeared in the Russian Empire. Who invented the first Russian computer that is BESM who benefit from machine instead of the proletariat in the country and why there is no significant producer computers answers to these questions gives Lauren Graham in his book " Will Russia - compete ."Russian and were pioneers in the development of computing...

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Smartphones for $ 20 will be available in the coming months

According to the forecast the company's representatives ARM, which develops processors , which are used in most smartphones in the coming months, the market should see devices with single-core processors , the price will not exceed $ 20 , according to AnandTech.It will be Android-smartphone with network support 2.5G, equipped with chip Cortex A5, for the first time will be equal to the price of conventional push-button phone...

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Scientists have discovered another hypervelocity star

Over the last decade scientists counts about twenty open hypervelocity stars . Another discovery was named LAMOST-HVS1.Regarding our star system is traveling at 2.3 million km / h A new star is closest to the planet , even though the distance between us is not so little , and is about 42 thousand light years . In terms of brightness , it is located at the second position, and the mass took place in the top three.Assumptions scientists say that a black hole at the center of our galaxy , leads to the appearance of this type of objects. It can...

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Researchers have developed a recovering material

Scientists from Illinois were able to develop a material that can not only " medical treatment ", but also to recover.Until now , self-healing materials may seal only tiny microscopic cracks. New materials are capable of regenerating fill large cracks and holes . One of the developers , Professor Moore: " We have shown recovery of synthetic materials so what there is in some living systems ." Using special fibers , the researchers created a...

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The reason for refusal "Pinocchio" could become the old shell

President Vladimir Putin during a routine training on management of the Armed Forces on May 8 instructed the commander of the CVO Nicholas Bogdanovsky deal with the problems identified in the heavy flamethrower system of " Pinocchio ." According to experts , the failure occurred due to failure of the ammunition produced in Soviet times .Tank expert , chief editor of the " Arsenal of the fatherland" Victor Murakhovski told "Izvestia" that...

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Apple acknowledged the possibility of transferring user data to U.S. authorities

Apple has publicly acknowledged that it has the technical capabilities for disclosure on request of U.S. authorities a wide range of information about the user - from his name and contact information to photos and e-mail content . Information contained in this list of recommendations for government agencies Apple U.S. drafting requests user data devices iPhone, iPad, iPod or Mac.The document on the Apple site are the types of data that...

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Google and Facebook see "mortal threat" in the introduction of payment for their traffic

Major technological and Internet companies in the world , including Google, Microsoft and Facebook, in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission United States (FCC) required to comply with the previously accepted principles of network neutrality , the failure of which they called " a deadly threat to the Internet ." This writes the agency Bloomberg. Internet giants are concerned about possible introduction of fees for a guaranteed...

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Why schools need lessons in robotics

Technology markets , which not only claimed to be an economic breakthrough , but could fit the interests of educational programs , not so much. Robotics is ideal in this sense .My Sfera activity has always been associated with the investments , and in recent years, and with education. Problems of the Russian robotics today just at the junction of these two directions - she did not have enough investment and education are lacking . Robotics...

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Japan wants to build a space power plant

By 2030, Japan hopes to achieve a fantastic idea - build a space power plant. According to a recent report, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) proposed a plan to create a series of geosinhronizirovannyh orbiting satellites capable of collecting solar energy and redirect it back to Earth . The agency hopes to implement the program in a very ambitious time - 25 years.Catastrophe at the plant "Fukushima " has led to the search for...

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Researchers first synthesized DNA with three base pairs

American scientists from TSRI (The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Research Institute ) was first synthesized DNA with three base pairs and raised on the basis of its culture of bacteria capable of reproducing itself . Biologists have presented their work in the journal Nature, briefly with its results are available online at Phys.org.Scientists were able to synthesize an artificial plasmid with the third base pair and embed it into the...

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Google Glass allow voice commands to carry out electronic payments

"Smart" glasses Google Glass will soon receive support Google Wallet service for electronic payments . Thus, users will be able to pay off the gadget , simply by speaking the command " send money", according to the resource TechCrunch , citing sources close to the company .Now undergoing testing of the service on the gadget of the American company . This does not mean that the service will be implemented immediately, but increases the likelihood...

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The scientists measured the rotation of the pulsar

Astronomers United States, Australia and the Netherlands have made measurements of the parameters of the pulsar with an accuracy exceeding the previous analysis in a million times. The authors published a study in the journal MNRAS, briefly it was available online collaboration CAASTRO.In its work, the researchers used a pulse distortion pulsar radiation as it passes through the space between stars and galaxies , which is a medium silnorazrezhennuyu...

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Huawei announced the super slim flagship smartphone

Huawei has announced a smartphone Ascend P7 thickness of only 6.5 millimeters at an event in Paris. With most of its other characteristics comparable with indicators flagship models competitors.Billed P7 received 5-inch screen with a resolution of Full HD ( 1920 x 1080 pixels). The main camera has a 13 - megapixel resolution , and the front - 8 megapixels . The most popular smartphone manufacturers are usually limited to 2 -megapixel camera...

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Russia in 2030 will begin to colonize the moon

Russia plans to begin colonization of the Moon in 2030. Designed enterprises Roscosmos and several academic institutions draft concept of the Russian lunar program is at the disposal of "Izvestia" . Its goal - to create a mid-century manned base on the Moon and lunar ground with the possibility of mining the satellite Earth minerals.In the preparation of proposals for the concept involved Space Research Institute (including the head of this...

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Who will pull the winning tickets for a flight to Mars

Still quite a hot topic is the rivalry participants Mars One, during which four winners off to conquer the planet Mars, and forever. Currently in stock involved 706 people. From the outset, the selection was recorded 202,000 people, but gradually the number wishing to sift. The team will consist of six groups, each of 4 people. When finally determined "pioneers", they will begin to prepare for the flight. Period of learning and adaptation - 7...

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As visionaries shaping our future

Fiction is not intended to predict the future, but it often takes inventors ideas, which are then put into practice Books about the future are often judged by whether come true what they say, or not. No wonder, when came the 21st century, the world swept friendly cry of frustration, "Well, where are our flying cars," Many people still resent the science and technology that do not meet bizarre expectations created by the early 20th century fiction....

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Scientists have synthesized the 117th element of the periodic table

German physicists were able to synthesize the 117th element of the periodic table , reports New Scientist.This element was discovered in 2009 at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research ( Dubna) and has previously been synthesized by researchers from Russia and the United States .Originally from Germany physics intended to synthesize the 119th element of the table , but all attempts were unsuccessful and it was decided to get the 117th chemical...

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Of bacteria and scientists have created gold material of the future

Mankind is not yet building spaceships, resembling giant living organisms , in science fiction , but like already seems to be in the offing. Researchers at MIT have developed a material of the future - something that has the properties of living and non-living substances.In short , the engineers took the bacterium E.coli ( Escherichia coli ) , capable of producing a biofilm (a, a pink , you can see in your bathroom , if rarely do cleaning) , and...

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The China Times on soobŝila initiated in Apple iWatch

China has begun assembling small batches of "smart watches» Apple iWatch, "Target =" _blank "> said on Tuesday, April 29, The China Times, citing sources among suppliers. Apple has never announced a new wearable device characteristics. However, the company's CEO Tim Cook hinted that it would not be "smart glasses". Therefore, information about sending iWatch in production is informal. According to media reports, the device will be in the form...

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German scientists synthesized a new chemical element

Physicists from Germany synthesized the 117th element of the periodic table . The results of his study authors published in the journal Physical Review Letters, briefly with him can be found at New Scientist.Physics originally wanted to synthesize the 119th element of the table , but after unsuccessful attempts scientists decided to get the 117th chemical element . The specialists of the colliding atoms of calcium ( with charge number 20) and...

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Google will stop users viewing personal correspondence

Postal Service Google Gmail service function removes personal correspondence analysis users to display relevant ads , writes Time. This decision Corporation took after several complaints of students and teachers enrolled in the California district court.Gmail promises to soon stop analyzing email messages yet . Will automatically turn off the display of potentially interesting user advertising, which previously was selected for verbal combinations...

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Window to the radio universe

As the events in Ukraine and the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences affected the work " Radioastron ", " window" in the radio frequency UniverseOne of the most successful projects in the Russian space industry and astronomy - launched in 2011 orbital radio telescope " Spektr-R ", a key element of Earth-space radio observatory " Radioastron ." Work " Radioastron " provide dozens of foreign observatories and other scientific organizations...

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Astronomers have discovered a group of stars fugitives

U.S. scientists have discovered receding at high speed from the host galaxy globular cluster . His study authors published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, briefly with him can be found at Sci-News.com.Astronomers first discovered a massive globular cluster HVGC- 1 , moving away from home galaxy Messier 87 at a speed of about 900 kilometers kilometers per second. To do this, the researchers analyzed the spectral and photometric data of stars,...

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Scientists have learned how to recover from fuel combustion products

European researchers have used the products of fuel combustion to re-create. Reported by ETH Zurich. Specialists from the project managed to combine SOLARJET stage of decomposition and synthesis of aviation kerosene in one system. To this end, scientists from water and carbon dioxide under the influence of light synthesized in the gas which via a Fischer-Tropsch process was converted into kerosene. The key technology is the creation and use of...

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RVSN received "judoka" waiting "Light - WASH"

Towers (foundations) are granite bridge with steel fastenings. The magnitude of these towers can make the concept for the very reason that the largest of them (at a depth of 55 meters) will have a base area in 1604 square meters. Everywhere will be used only steel because of its strength. To build towers require 76,000 tons of steel and 4,000,000 cubic meters of granite. For topside of the bridge, in addition, take another 772,000 tons of steel....

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On the seabed. Centennial building

20 years ago, on 6 May 1994 , Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and French President Francois Mitterrand inaugurated the tunnel between England and France under the English Channel .It seems that the French and the British have a penchant for long-term cooperative projects. Examples in history - more than enough : Centenary War , in which they entered into in 1337 , lasted for 116 years , the project to build a supersonic aircraft "Concord" took...

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At the Olympics in 2020 will be used for hydrogen cars

To demonstrate the advanced technology of Japan around the world, the Tokyo government plans to use cars on hydrogen fuel cell (FCVs) to transport athletes at the Olympics in 2020 . Metropolitan Government plans to create this month council consisting of officials automakers to start full-scale research project using hydrogen - as clean energy.FCVs run on electricity generated from the chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. Government ...

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NASA has shown a prototype Mars spacesuit

NASA presented to the audience three prototype design spacesuits for travel to Mars. Based on the voting won costume B with personalized plates and glowing LED elements . With projects suits can be found at NASA.Agency presented three costume design Z- 2 : A - « Biomimicry », B - « Technology », C - « Fashion ." A project for about 22.7 percent voted man in suit B - 63,1 percent , C - 14,1 percent. In the voting was over 150 thousand people. The...

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MoD satellite put into orbit

Military spacecraft successfully launched rocket " Soyuz- 2.1a ," the representative said Tuesday troops Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin EKR ." Beginning from Tuesday, May 6 at 17 hours 49 minutes ( MSK ) from Plesetsk rocket" Soyuz- 2.1a "successfully put into orbit the spacecraft for military purposes ," - said Zolotukhin RIA "Novosti" .The colonel noted that the launch and flight of the launch vehicle and spacecraft separation took place in the...

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Five advantages over S-400 Patriot

Anti-aircraft missile system "Patriot" is the basis of tactical air defense of the U.S. Army and its allies. Russian S- 400 guarding the sky near Moscow , the Far East , the Baltic Sea and southern Russia . We compared the system and the result was not in favor of the Americans .Both complexes are designed to solve two main problems . First, to protect against air attack important facilities : air defense radars , missile batteries , headquarters,...

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Hawking: Artificial Intelligence - the greatest mistake of mankind

British physicist Stephen Hawking , in his article , said that the underestimation of the threat posed by artificial intelligence may be the biggest mistake in the history of mankind.RL et al in this work are computer science professor at the University of California Stuart Russell and physics professor Max Tegmark and Frank Wilczek of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The article points to some achievements in the field of artificial...

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Precision missile defense Moscow will grow by half

New coverage should increase the power and range of the radar target detection .Existing and emerging in the Russian system of missile warning ( EWS ) and missile defense (NMD ) will be upgraded . Among the first radars will improve Moscow ABM system , " Don-2N ." New skid plates and panels from composites should increase the detection accuracy missiles approaching half.Relevant work commissioned by Ministry of Industry started in the Radio Engineering...

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Paper Robots

Ankur Mehta researcher at MIT created the project , which should make robotics accessible to everyone. The idea is to produce cheap electronic components and special software with which you can create a support structure of a robot out of paper. Moreover, the user defines the future destination of the robot , and the program generates under a paper model , the markup on parts. Thus the cost of the robot is actually equal to the cost of an...

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Project Loon - internet connection via balloon

Google is developing its next ambitious project , which came from the depths of laboratories Google X. It is called Project Loon and provides launch a huge number of giant balloons to create an online coverage in the most remote and undeveloped regions of the Earth . System tests took place in the Nevada desert (USA) 160 kilometers from the small town with a population of about Carlin 3000. Permission to do so issued by the Federal Communications...

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Luminous road markings in the Netherlands

In April 2014 the provincial highway N329 near the town of Oss ( North Brabant) appeared first in the world glowing in the dark road marking . Mock-up created by artist Daan Ruzgaard innovator , and built a road construction company Heijmans.As the author of the project , glowing lines make way not only security and stability , but also added poetry. They are charged by daylight and at night light the way . Besides, it's a great alternative...

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Elektrosamolet Airbus E-Fan

April 25, 2014 in France has successfully completed its first demonstration flight elektrosamolet corporation Airbus - E-Fan, whose engines are operated exclusively with energy from the batteries. Having started from the airport Marignac Bordeaux , he was in the air just 10 minutes.Elektrosamolet Airbus engineers developed in conjunction with specialists from the company Aero Composites Saintonge - ACS, and the General Administration of...

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