Entries Tagged as 'General'
Light fountain in New York
An electric fountain or fountain from light was opened on February, 27 in New York on Manhattan, informed organizers of this ceremony from Art Production Fund.
The sculpture from light 10×10 meters belongs to a duet of sculptors - Tim Noble and Sue Webster, who have used for its creation half-kilometer of neon tubes, creating a […]
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Apple beginnings deliveries of “time capsule”
Corporation Apple has started deliveries the preordered devices called Time Capsule, which allows to carry out reserve copying of the data through a wireless network, writes The Register.
Time Capsule is intended first of all for work with the new system of reserve copying Time Machine which has been built-in in the operational system Mac […]
Cisco has presented 40-nuclear processor
Cisco Systems has presented the first in the given branch completely integrated and programmed network chipset - 40-nuclear processor QuantumFlow.
According to the founders, QuantumFlow can process simultaneously up to 160 processes, as it has 800 million transistors, while its predecessor Cisco SPP had only 185 million transistors.
Cisco, which is one of the leading manufacturers […]
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Japanese have interbred computer mouse with a vacuum cleaner
Japanese company Thanko has created the device which combines the computer mouse and a vacuum cleaner, writes Register Hardware.
New cleaner-mouse, with the dimensions 62×115×40 millimeters, can collect fine garbage and crumbs through a small whole in the base. It feeds through USB-port.
The novelty is also equipped with two buttons and a scroll. It can […]
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Japanese have created virtual fishing with real catch
Japanese software company FIT has created the game for mobile phones named Ippon Zuri or Fishing, owner of which receives real fish or crabs, which he has caught.
The main point of the game is that the player cast the line with a hook and bait in the virtual sea and waits, when the fish bites. […]
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Speedo and NASA have created the perfect swimsuit
Speedo, well-known manufacturer of swimming goods, has developed a new swimsuit which, according to independent tests, is “fastest” in the world, informs Brandnation PR.
Suit LZR RACER is made of a superlight water-repellent fabric which quickly dries and, due to a smooth surface, allows to reduce water resistance. The suit has no joints: fragments were joined […]
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Americans will improve sound quality in cell phones
American company Audience has developed a chip which allows to improve considerably sound quality during mobile communication, writes The New York Times.
The size of the device, which will be presented in Barcelona at the World Mobile Congress, is comparable with the size of a grain. The chip removes noise which does not concern the voice. […]
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Bluetooth will be combined with Wi-Fi
New Bluetooth version will use Wi-Fi networks to increase throughput and to exchange great volumes of the data, informs PC World.
For the present time Bluetooth 2.1 is used. The new standard 3.0 will give an opportunity called Alternate MAC/PHY - to use additional throughput of Wi-Fi networks, if the device have not enough throughput of […]
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Japanese have cultivated a blue rose
Representatives of the Japanese corporation Suntory, engaged in whisky production, have declared that they have managed to cultivate first-ever variety of celestial-blue roses.
It is known, that the first pilot lots of blue flowers are already grown by experts of the company in the USA and Australia, and the first sales of roses will begin […]
Iran’s first space terminal
On February, 4 Iran has inaugurated the first in the country space center suitable for the launch of satellites, informs agency IRNA.
According to the agency, the new center will soon launch the research satellite Omid (Hope), capable to fly in low near-earth orbit. AFP informs, the structure of the center includes a launching pad […]