Entries from October 2007
The telescope for search of alien life forms
In 500 kilometers to the north from San Francisco, (California) started to work an unusual radiotelescope.
Its task - search of alien civilizations.
Telescope Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is named in honor of one of the Microsoft’s founders Paul Allen who has allocated 25 million dollars for creation of this tool. Now ATA consists of 42 aerials […]
Categories: Inventions · Space
Japanese have created the new power supply for engines
Experts of the Japanese company Daihatsu have developed the new hydrogen power supply for engines in which platinum is not used.
As it is known, in modern hydrogen power supplies for engines platinum is used as an electrolyte. It essentially influences cost of the cell.
Taking into account this factor, engineers of Daihatsu company have decided […]
Categories: Inventions
Chinese viruses have struck almost one million computers
Almost one million computers of the Chinese users have been infected with three viruses during national holiday Gotsin.
For every day of a 7-day holiday about 120 thousand computers were disconnected from the Net because of viruses. Names of viruses and as well as the method of penetration and influence on computers are not specified […]
Categories: Internet
Pentagon has created Command for wars in a cyberspace
Department of Defense has declared formation in structure of the Air Force of special division which will be responsible for wars in a cyberspace.
Temporal cybercommand will be based in Louisiana where already now there is a military center on development of Internet-protection and the electronic weapon.
According to plans of the military, in one […]
Categories: Internet
Japanese have created a car, which stops before an obstacle
Japanese corporation Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., which is known in the world by the brand Subaru, has created the first-ever automobile equipped with system of an automatic stopping before an obstacle.
Passenger compartment has two special videocameras which fix all objects appearing ahead and distance to them. In the case of dangerous approach the system independently […]
Categories: Inventions
Huge trilobite is found on the Sun
Solar physicists from NASA have revealed the huge stain on the Sun fixed by satellite Hinode in December, 2006 and registered as number 10926. On closer examination the stain appeared trilobite.
Experts have paid attention to a stain of the Sun because it was big and reminded very much the Earth. Studying geomagnetic records - pictures […]
Categories: Space
Americans have created the accumulator, which can work for 30 years without additional charge
US Air Forces research laboratory has developed the accumulator for mobile devices (laptop or a mobile phone) on the basis of radioactive radiation, which can work for 30 years without additional charge.
Site Next Energy News has informed about this invention.
The principle of operation of the accumulator that the radioactive substance beams beta-radiation (electron stream), […]
Categories: Inventions
NASA makes up the list of planets with possible life
NASA astronomers using the last scientific data, have made the new catalogue of 14 various types of planets on which theoretically life is possible. Planets in the catalogue differ on weight, diameter, chemical structure and their location in our galaxy.
In department informed, that the catalogue consists of all known types of planets, which are known […]
Categories: Space
Skype founders have launched service of Internet-TV
Authors of the popular IP-telephony Skype service launched on October, 1 beta-version of Internet - TV Joost service, informs Financial Times.
Internet - TV Joost service gives users an opportunity to watch free-of-charge Internet TV-channels.
Founders of the service mark, that registration in Joost is also open from now on for all comers. Though earlier registration […]
Categories: Internet
Scientists: Biofuel is more harmful then oil and gas
Biofuel and a number of other renewed energy sources which should replace oil and natural gas, cause more significant greenhouse effect, than the last.
Such information was published by London The Times referring to the newest researches of the British scientists.
Group of experts from Edinburgh University have established that emissions from combustion of the biofuel […]