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Uno - a wonderful bike

More recently, this development was a futuristic concept, and we admire the idea, presented drawings and plans (see Transportation note "Noah - personal vehicle":). Today 18-year-old inventor of the Ontario Ben Gulak of the educational center Chisholm Educational Centre and Jason Morrow of School Westdale Secondary School have created a real prototype.

This bike is equipped with a gyroscope, has two wheels, located not as a conventional motorcycle, but on the same axis. What, when viewed from the side, creates the illusion of a single wheel. Manage the device by tilting the body. This principle is already well known and used in a scooter Segway. 36-volt nickel-metal hydride battery charging machine for 3-4 hours. The rate has not exceeded 60 km / h, but the creators are planning to install a more powerful engine.

Another interesting fact is that students compare their motorcycle not only scooter Segway, but to a greater extent with the monocycle Bombardier Embrio, which has not yet materialized, and only exists in the form of beautiful pictures. In contrast to today's models can adequately carry Embrio name monocycle as the wheel on it will be only one.

AquaStar - safe travels underwater

Company AquaStar plans this summer to test the submersible dry-Aqua Star Dolphin. This 'mini submarine', designed for tourist and recreational diving. The depth of underwater excursions will be up to 20 meters. The device is equipped with five engines that allow it to easily navigate under water in all directions. Management staff will be duplicated with a joystick, so that a passenger under favorable circumstances can also fly the machine.

The company is known for its AquaStar single and double models underwater scooters AquaStar AS1 and AS2. In 2005 it was formed by three Russian officers and set itself the goal of underwater vehicles, which manage to be able to any person without a long predpodgotovki. In 2007 he was released first in Russia underwater scooter AquaStar, which all characteristics and consumer properties surpassed many of their foreign counterparts. This device is a swimmer sitting in the saddle like a motorcycle, and his head is inside a small diving bell with a large transparent windows. In this kind of helmet and the air is supplied from a cylinder. Controlled by the wheel scooter resembling a motorcycle.

The money raised from the sale AS1 went on to develop a new two-seater model AS2. As a general principle of the Aqua Star Model 2 is similar to his predecessor single-seater, but now for the journey into the underwater world of a man do not need to prepare for and something to learn - to sit down passenger experienced pilot and more! We need only a short briefing on safety.

The principle of management at the AquaStar scooter is the same as that of a submarine - the initial dive machine fills with water ballast tank. This creates a negative buoyancy, but very small, which is close to zero.

2 AquaStar length of 1.7 meters, height - 1.4 m, width 65 cm larger size has allowed Bell to place in it and a couple of emergency sources of air Spare Air as emergency rescue equipment. Large side windows AquaStar 2 provide excellent visibility and allows tourists to take photos and video of opening types.

Looks like a first model of the "scooter number two" in many ways much ahead of her. Two containers of 12 liters allow the passenger and the pilot Aqua Star 2 under water up to 1 hour 10 minutes. Car battery (75 Ah), which powers electric cars, it provides a 2:00 speed.

Operating depth scooter is 7-12 meters, maximum - 20 m. This is only slightly decreased the rate: it now amounts to 5 km / h to 7 km / h in single-seat version. Scooter weighs 40 kg without batteries and cylinders. With a full load - 80 kg.

YikeBike - original elektrobayk becomes better and more accessible

For the first time publicly demonstrated at the exhibition YikeBike Eurobike in Germany. The father of this offspring is Ryan Grant (Grant Ryan). Pretty original solution was a new position of designers rider. According to Grant, it is more traditional in terms of stability. In addition, in their view, such a vertical position is extremely convenient and safe, for example, in the sense that the rider, having a decent review, he is clearly visible.

In addition, the bike still had a number of interesting decisions. Perfect compactness: a folded YikeBike can be laid in medium-sized bag. Mobility: In order to add this scooter will require no more than 20 seconds. Ease of construction: new carbon fiber material will facilitate the construction of up to 10 kg. Good speed: Maximum speed - 25 km / h, for the city streets is enough. Electric motor: a single charge initially missed a 10 km path.

The main disadvantages of the model are: short duration of the path on a single battery charge and the cost price was $ 3795.

And the company recently released a battery pack - Range Extender, and now introduced a new version YikeBike Fusion costs $ 1995. Externally and by filling it almost the same apparatus. But under the name of some part of it replaced. Instead, parts of the lung, but expensive carbon fibers appeared similar elements made of aluminum alloy and composites. And if YikeBike Carbon weighs 10.8 pounds, the Fusion draws on all 14 pounds.

YikeBike Fusion will be the standard model, distributed among the distributors, and top-end carbon YikeBike will offer, exclusively available on the website.

Eurocopter X3 Hybrid - the fastest helicopter in the world

Eurocopter X3 Hybrid - the fastest helicopter in the world

Franco-German-Spanish Eurocopter company for the production of modern helicopters and a member of the largest European aerospace corporation EADS model with its Eurocopter X3 Hybrid set a speed record for helicopters. May 12, 2011 during the testing rate was achieved in 232 knots (430 km / h), which exceeds the unofficial speed record of 415 km / h set by Sikorsky X2.

The concept is made on the basis of serial helicopter EC155 Dauphin. It differs from the production model that is equipped with two propellers on the wings of pulling a small scale. The rear propeller "fenestron" removed and replaced with a standard flat tail with double vertical stabilizer and rudder. This design allows not only to develop more speed, but also with vertical takeoff and landing.

The first flight was made September 6, 2010. During these tests at the site DGA Flight Testing helicopter in France has risen to a height of 3810 meters and speeds of up to 180 knots (333 km / h). In addition, the unit made several difficult maneuvers in the air with an angle of rotation of 60 degrees.

As planned, the model will be produced in various versions, and perform a wide range of tasks, including search and rescue operations in the long-range patrol the borders, support of the actions the Coast Guard, etc. Due to its high cruising speed and the possibility to land in the absence of runway, the apparatus can be used for special operations, incl delivery and evacuation of reconnaissance, search and rescue operations in combat medical evacuation.

Digital Angel - implantation of chips

Revelation:
"13; 15.I was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast and spoke and acted so that the killing was anyone who would not worship the image of the beast.
13, 16. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or on their forehead.
13, 17. And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or name of the beast or the number of his name.
13, 18. Here is wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of man, and his number six hundred sixty-six. "

You can say that the implantation of chips in the body is made from the distant 1987. While the experiments were conducted on animals. Chip for animals is a chip coated with vitreous material that is compatible with biological tissues and not fused with them. Usually it is implanted with a needle between the shoulder blades. With the scanner reads the chip identification number, which compared to a database, and now it is clear exactly who said "meow" or "wow", what was the name of its owner, and where he lives.

The American company Applied Digital Solutions sells a model of a microchip that will be implanted in the human body. The chip has very small dimensions - 11 mm in length, 2.1 mm in diameter. To date, VeriChip - is founded February 7, 2002 a corporation wholly owned by Applied Digital Solutions. VeriChip is made up of an FDA-approved materials and may contain information that is equivalent in terms of six lines of printed text. Now stop talking about the ADS volume, replacing it with a unique verification number [unique verification number]. This number is read by an external scanner, which transmits a radio frequency through the skin by a small amount of energy needed to dormant VeriChip "alive" and gave a radio signal with a number.

Implants will be certified in all clinics without any restrictions. It can be implanted as a result of a simple surgical procedure using local anesthesia. After surgery, no stitches remain. Representatives of Applied Digital Solutions is optimistic claim that in the near future chips will be used instead of identity documents and, in particular, passports.

Remember, as we are forced to make a paper identification number - without a job will not take, do not get credit. A similar story and chips - will take time and it will be.

The scope is very broad, judge for yourself:
- control of dangerous medical condition of patients
- tracking endangered wildlife animals or pets
- control of livestock and other farm animals
- the exact location of valuable stolen items or property
- detection Airlines lost baggage and mail packages
- tracking potential criminals and to prevent possible crimes
- commodity supply chain management, prevention of unauthorized use of firearms
- software proof of identity

Hoverbike - aeromototsikl for flying in the sky

Hoverbike - aeromototsikl for flights in the sky

The idea of ??an ultralight aircraft is an individual minds of many inventors (see note "Martin Jetpack - Personal Microlights"). handyman Australian Chris Malloy also decided to offer its own apparatus for flying in the sky called Hoverbike. It's a cross between a motorcycle and a helicopter. The pilot is located on the seat between the two screws that cause an engine from BMW motorcycle volume 1170 cm3.

To date, the concept is still being tested. Nevertheless maker believes it will soon be available vehicle in mass production.

If this is positive aeromototsikl zarekomenduet myself testing, then, on a plan designer, he can go into production. And it will cost 40 thousand dollars or even less, depending on the number of orders.

A prototype device Hoverbike, produced by Chris Malloy (Chris Malloy), not yet never went to flight. All, how it came during the tests, this guy is not high off the ground on special leashes that kept the machine off. Despite this, the designer makes bold assumptions about the characteristics of the device.

enough engine power Hoverbike for that would lift into the air payload weighing 165 kilograms, including the weight of the pilot and fuel. The maximum speed that can develop the device, is 280 km / h and a cruising speed - 148 km / h. The cruising speed of the machine can cover distance of 150 km.

Transformer Solar Powered

Transformer Solar Powered

Energy-saving technologies used in many areas of our lives. It seems that the game industry without them is not enough. Wonderful Solar Robot Toy 6 in 1 - a good example. It runs on solar battery, and charging for it is suitable as a day or artificial light. Solar Robot you can call the constructor, which consists of 25 parts. All of them are easily assembled without any screws and screwdrivers. The robot is not for nothing called the Solar Robot 6 in 1, because depending on how you build you can get six different toys: a car, a windmill, an airplane, boat, and even a dog. All are easily driven by solar batteries. The set is very simple, but despite this may be of interest to children of all ages and even adults.

Price toys are: 13.00

Sailing superyacht from Vaudrey Miller Tenders

Sailing superyacht from Vaudrey Miller Tenders

New Zealand shipyard Vaudrey Miller Tenders continues to amaze the public for its futuristic projects yachts A. At this time the company worked with the famous designer Philippe Starck and the Bureau of Ocke Mannerfelt, which is well known for his projects of racing boats. The result was presented in the boat rather unusual style: bright orange cockpit in the form of the soap dish in contrast to the metal hull.

The ship's length - 10 m. The boat is quite a powerful engine of 315 hp Yanmar The hull is made of composite materials with the addition of carbon fibers. Teak deck and stairs provide additional comfort and convenience aboard. The interior space has two sofas, plus a double bed and a toilet. The boat has a shower with fresh water.

Windshield in the cockpit at the helm and skipper saves passengers from the wind by fast driving. The boat is designed for very quick and pleasant ride at anchor.

Orange Power Pump - mobile phone charging in the campaign

Excellent device called the Orange Power Pump offers mobile phone operator Orange. It is used for charging mobile phones, and is very simple. A small turbine is operated using a standard foot pump. Dimensions of the invention are useful 129h54h47 mm, this charge fits easily into a travel bag. It should be noted that the Orange Power Pump is an environmentally friendly device. Included with the charger is a set of adapters so that the charge can be any phone. For the first time Orange Power Pump was unveiled at the festival in Glastonbury (Glastonbury), where more than one year demonstrated the interesting and creative invention.

Orange Sound Charge - T-shirt with a mobile phone charging

For the past few years, mobile phone operator Orange is an unusual variety of public chargers for mobile phones (see note Orange Power Pump - mobile phone charging in the campaign. This year, the operator Orange has developed a t-shirt-charging Orange Sound Charge.

It has a piezoelectric film (used in acoustic Hi-Fi-speakers), which is like a big microphone, absorbs external sound waves through the quartz crystals and transforms them into an electrical charge. Over the weekend the noise level of 80 dB is generated up to 6 W / h of electricity, which is enough to charge the two standard mobile phone or a smartphone.

Visitors to the music festival in Glastonbury have the opportunity to try out Orange Sound Charge in action, and perhaps in the near future it will be available for sale worldwide.

ZEHST - Green hypersonic rocket plane

The European aerospace giant EADS on Sunday unveiled its plans for a "green supersonic transport" ZEHST ("Zero Emission Hypersonic Transportation"). The project was presented a day before the opening of the Le Bourget air show. As conceived by the European aircraft giant Airbus, the airliner will be different minimal emissions into the atmosphere. They hoped that by 2050 it will be able to fly the distance from Paris to Tokyo in just 2.5 hours.

Agence France-Presse reported that a 4-foot model Zehst will be presented and on display at Le Bourget. In accordance with the developments of aircraft designers, climb the new aircraft will use biofuels, and then will switch to rocket fuel.

Modern airliners fly at an altitude of 10 kilometers from the earth. It is planned that Zehst «rise" to 32 kilometers. Next to land, the pilot turns off the rocket engines and floats down to earth, just before the landing including conventional engines. During the flight airliner able to deliver to the destination of 50-100 passengers. European experts are developing the project jointly with Japanese colleagues.

Solar Sinter - Sun 3D printer

German designer Markus Kaiser has developed a device that allows sunlight through to create from ordinary sand three-dimensional objects. The device, called The Solar Sinter large Fresnel lenses used to focus the sun's rays. They allow you to achieve a single point temperature equal to 1400 - 1600 degrees Celsius. That's enough to bake the sand glass forms. Glass objects are created layer by layer in a special box that is under the lens. Surprisingly, the device delivers energy to the sun, too. All servos cost of energy derived from solar power.

The machine works fully automatic, with the movement of the sun during the day watching the special sensors, rotating platform so that the working surface got the maximum amount of light.

Plans for the Mars Exploration 2016-2018

NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) began to experience a new rover, which will go to the Red Planet in 2016. Two years after his return, scientists plan to send another expedition to Mars, which will explore the planet's surface for the presence of life.

The spacecraft, called Entry, which is a descent demo module (EDM), will scan the Martian atmosphere as long as no land on the planet. The ship will also sample a variety of space environment on Earth and take first in the history information about electrical fields on the surface of Mars.

Project ExoMars in 2016 should start in January 2016. Flight to Mars would take nine months, the earth. The research will consist of two parts: the landing ship EDM on the Martian surface and atmosphere of the Red Planet Scan Orbiter Trace Gas Orbiter. The latter will collect information for two Earth years, measuring the level of methane and other gases that could possibly have a serious impact on the current state of the planet.

ExoMars 2016 - this is the first of two planned missions to Mars, which are jointly developing the NASA and ESA. The second expedition to the planet in 2018 ExoMars spacecraft will travel Rover, which will search Mars for evidence that existed on the planet, but maybe there is life. The ship will be equipped with a special drill, with which it will drill the surface of Mars by two meters in depth. Scientists suggest that living organisms may be hiding from the harmful ultraviolet deep underground, where they are much more likely to survive than on the surface.

Source: www.space.com

The device turns any TV into touch

Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan has demonstrated the possibility of a new gadget that can turn any TV set (regardless of the size of its diagonal) in sensor device. Of course, the first such device to be claimed on a TV with a big diagonal, since the real touch screen large fly into penny. With the new device from ITRI use touch screens in the home becomes more affordable.

The device consists of two sensors are attached to the upper and lower corner of one side of the TV. They can determine exactly where your fingers on the screen, respectively, allow the user to interact with any image (unless, of course, the program supports touch controls). In addition, the gadget recognizes excellent multiple contact, ie already familiar to scroll with two fingers, "pinch" to reduce / enlarge otlchino will work. Unfortunately, in recognition of the pressure force of such a device is unlikely to, but without it, home users have excellent opportunities for program management on large screens.

Martin Jetpack - a personal ultralight aircraft

Martin Jetpack - a personal ultralight aircraft vertical takeoff and landing. Developer - New Zealand private company Martin Aircraft. Propulsion - Propellers small-diameter ring channels, rotated two-stroke internal combustion engine. Was introduced July 29, 2008 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, an event organized by the Association Experimental Aviation in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Backpack designed for 30-minute flight and runs on gasoline-liter engine 200 hp V4 The screws are made of a composite material composed of Kevlar and carbon. It is noteworthy that the small weight of the structure - about 240 kg - allows to fly without a pilot license and a special training provided to all pilots. The maximum speed that can develop in flight is 100 km / h, but the engine was built in push-pull configuration, it is "greedy" - a complete filling is enough for 50 km of the flight.

Mass production of the personal aircraft is scheduled to begin in 18 months, but now that the trials are under way. During the last testing experts have been studying the Martin Aircraft flying at high for such a compact aircraft altitude, and also demonstrated the work of the emergency ballistic parachute.

During the test pack at a speed of 4 m / s up to a height of 1,500 meters, then the machine began to decline, after which, according to a plan of tests, at an altitude of 900 meters in action was given an emergency landing system. The device remotely operated James Bowker (James Bowker), while flying in the cabin next to the helicopter.

Skylon - the revival of the project reusable kosmoplana

Skylon («Skylon») - the name of the project company Reaction Engines Limited, under which the future can be created by an unmanned spaceship shuttle use, which is expected by its developers, would allow low-cost and reliable access to space. A key part of the project is a unique propulsion system - multi-mode jet engine (English hypersonic precooled hybrid air breathing rocket engine - the engine of the hypersonic combined воздушно-реактивный/ракетный with preliminary cooling).

"Skylon" is a development project Hotol, which is actively developed in the 1980s, experts from companies British Airspace and Rolls Royce, but was discontinued due to lack of funds.

Recently, a small company Reaction Engines, which developed the project Skylon all these years, began to receive strong support from the newly established British Space Agency.

British space agency has commissioned an expert assessment of motor Sabre at ESA. May 24, 2011 European experts presented their conclusion, which essentially boils down to the fact that they see no fundamental defects in the design of the engine.

The main advantage of the rocket plane is that it starts with the earth and returns to her like a normal plane, with no booster stage for entry into orbit it is not required.

Kosmoplan length of 84 meters will have a launch weight of 200 tons, but only 15% of the weight falls on the fuel and oxidizer that can dramatically increase the payload as compared to traditional rocket, and can reduce the cost of putting 1 kg of cargo to geosynchronous orbit to a ; 000 $ - now it is up to 15 000 $.

Presented in Moscow smartphone Nokia N9

In Moscow, June 21, 2011 the first official presentation of the smartphone Nokia N9. The model is made from a single piece of polycarbonate, the front side is a capacitive display with a diagonal of 3.9 inches, without any mechanical key management is carried out only with hand gestures. The screen resolution is 854 * 480 pixels. In this case the screen is technology with AMOLED, protected from any bumps and scratches glass Gorilla glass.

Polycarbonate housing Nokia N9 (hiccup holders Nokia C5-03 with cracked case) copes with signal reception and devoid of certain disadvantages inherent in the Apple iPhone 4, the so-called "dead hand".

It is also gratifying that the smartphone camera equipment, the company began to lead the race for the "big" megapixel, and has paid attention to quality. Instead of the expected 12-megapixel camera on board the apparatus was an 8-megapixel, but it is equipped with Carl Zeiss optics and a large-matrix, capable, to take pictures in 16:9 format, as well as shoot video in the highest HD quality.

With 1 GB of RAM and a high frequency processor, the camera in the Nokia N9 very quickly processes the footage, which also distinguishes it from competitors. In addition, the camera has a function of finger pointing focus, auto focus, the ability to recognize faces, dual LED flash and more.

The company expects that now many phones Nokia, starting with the N9, will be equipped with the new operating system MeeGo. This joint development of Nokia and Intel, focused primarily on the boards, mobile phones and netbooks. MeeGo based on Linux, is open source and is free software. In no desktop OS instead will now be three modes of output: an application to display the latest developments and applications that are running.

The new flagship smartphone Nokia N9 should be available for sale at the end of the third quarter of 2011 and will be offered in three colors (black, blue and pink) with 16 GB and 64 GB of internal memory. New items need to micro-SIM.

Price smartphone Nokia N9 will vary between 23-24 thousand.

Technical specifications Nokia N9-00:

• Network: GSM / GPRS / EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), WCDMA / HSPA (850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz)


• Platform (at time of announcement): MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan


• Display: touch screen, capacitive multitouch, 3.9 ", 854 x 480 pixels, 16 million colors, AMOLED, glass Corning Gorilla Glass


• Camera: 8 megapixel, wide-angle optics Carl Zeiss, dual LED-flash, autofocus, HD-video recording in the resolution of 720p @ 30fps


• Processor: 1 GHz, ARM Cortex-A8 OMAP3630


• Graphics chip: PowerVRSGX530


• RAM: 1 GB


• Internal Memory: 16 GB or 64 GB


• A-GPS


• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR


• NFC


• Wi-Fi (802.11 a / b / g / n)


• microUSB 2.0


• 3,5-mm jack


• Micro-SIM


• Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Headphone


• proximity sensors, light, proximity, digital compass


• Audio: MPEG-4 AAC, eAAC, eAAC +, MPEG-1 audio Layer2 (MP2), MPEG-1 audio Layer3 (MP3), WMA 9, WMA Voice 9, WMA Lossless 9, WMA Professional 9 and 10, Dolby Digital Plus (AC-3 & E-AC-3), FLAC


• Video: H.263, MPEG4-SP & ASP, H.264 BP / MP, WMV9 / VC-1, MKV


• Battery: 1450 mAh


• hours of talk time: up to 11 hours GSM, up to 7:00 in the networks WCDMA


• hours of standby time: up to 380 hours GSM, up to 450 hours in the networks WCDMA


• time during playback of HD-video: up to 4.5 hours


• time during playback of audio: up to 50 hours


• Dimensions: 116,45 x 61,2 x 12,1 (7.6) mm


• Weight: 135 g


• Form Factor: candy bar with a touchscreen


• Type: Smartphone


• Package: N9-00, Battery charger AC-16, Cable CA-185CD , Headset WH-901 User Manual