Scientists from university of Glasgow have developed technology which has raised probability of correct recognition of human faces in one and a half time, writes The Science.
The program was shown 20 photos of 25 well-known people. Photos have been made in different conditions within several decades. The program has correctly detected the person in 54% […]

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Company Virgin Galactic has submitted in New-York the vessel for suborbital flights. SpaceShipTwo will be able to take aboard about 8 person, two pilots and 6 passengers, informs BBC News.
According to representatives of Virgin Galactic, construction of SpaceShipTwo is partially completed and will be ended by 2010. Thus edition This Is London asserts, that […]

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Japan has begun construction of the first commercial line for super-high-speed trains on a magnetic pillow.
Trains on a new line will use magnetic levitation technology - the magnetic field allows train to soar above a line and due to it to move much faster than a usual train.
Now in the world operates one such […]

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Iranian inventor Ramin Sedigi has invented a speaking book – a lightweight electronic device which is able to say words and even to describe the images at a contact with stylus, informs Iranian agency ISNA.
The device is equipped with 512 MB of internal memory, an audio-output, and also SD-slot, which allows to contain up to […]

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This train’s speed-limit is 300 km/hour, informs agency Sinhua.
It is known, that the weight of each car made from an aluminium alloy is approximately 7 tons. The train has been independently developed by the Chinese experts on the basis of generalization of the foreign pilot production of trains with speed-limit in 200 km/hour.
It is […]

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In January, 2008 during Auto Expo show Indian motor-car manufacturer Tata Motors will present the vehicle for 2500 dollars.
According to experts, the price for the automobile can increase at the most up to 3000 dollars only because of expensive raw materials.
Production of the given model will start not earlier than the middle of 2008. […]

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Group of the Israeli scientists has created nano-technological Bible which needs only 0,5 square millimeters, informs site KURSOR referring to newspaper Ma’ariv.
Scientists have managed to place on such a tiny area the text of the TANAKH - the Old Testament of the Bible. And now to read it, one should use a microscope.
Work of the […]

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Corporation Intel has created the smallest solid-state storage device in the world - Z-P140, which weight makes hardly more half of a gram, informs edition Ubergizmo.
The sizes of a novelty make 12 x 18 x 1,39 millimeters and do not exceed the sizes of 1-cent coin. Now Z-P140 can contain 2 GB, though developers are […]

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Employees of the Japanese research company Unisantis Electronics informed about their intention to develop and launch sale of three-dimensional transistors which will be able to work on a frequency up to 50 GHz, writes The Register.
Representatives of the company declare that new transistors SGT (Surrounding Gate Transistor) will be able to work 10 times faster, […]

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Japan introduces smart-cards, called to prevent purchase of cigarettes by minors.
According to calculations, in Japan there are more than half million of devices selling tobacco goods. It is planned, that all of them will be equipped with special reading devices. Only owners of smarts-cards will be able to get cigarettes.
Cards named taspo will be […]

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