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Turn your arm into a touch screen
New technology

Turn your arm into a touch screen

The right hand clung to the left forearm, both trembling slightly, she was trying to suppress her anxiety? No, she was using a mobile phone.

December 11, 2018
Method of road quality appraisal by sound waves
New technology

Method of road quality appraisal by sound waves

Each year, Europe spends billions of euros to build and repair roads. People are making constant efforts to minimize the cost of road construction by developing more opt…

December 11, 2018
Robots live by the mouse brain
New technology

Robots live by the mouse brain

It sounds like science fiction, but it's a real robot made by experts at the University of Reading (UK).

December 11, 2018
Avoid annoying noise with sound insulation
New technology

Avoid annoying noise with sound insulation

Scientists in Spain have proven that metamaterials - materials with unusual artificial structures - can be designed to make a sound barrier that causes sound waves not t…

December 11, 2018
Keyboard for Techno music
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Keyboard for Techno music

Electronic musicians will have a new device to use: Tenori-on, in Japanese means 'palm sound', this 8-inch square instrument allows techno musicians in the futur…

December 11, 2018
The world's smallest radio launch
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The world's smallest radio launch

The world's smallest radio is coming soon, after US scientists have introduced a detector that is thousands of times smaller than human hairs, which can turn radio w…

December 11, 2018
Will MP3 players replace medical stethoscopes?
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Will MP3 players replace medical stethoscopes?

Stethoscopes have long been considered the most familiar tool by doctors and nurses. A team at the University of Alberta in Canada has confirmed that in the future MP3 p…

December 11, 2018
'Austria air conditioning' in Japan
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'Austria air conditioning' in Japan

It sounds like a fictional film, but indeed shirts and jackets are now able to help people fight the melting of summer - thanks to the tiny electric fan sewn on the back.

December 11, 2018
Jet engine is 10 times faster than sound speed
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Jet engine is 10 times faster than sound speed

In an experiment jointly conducted by Australia and the United States, an ultrasound static jet engine was launched into the air at a speed of more than 10 times the spe…

December 11, 2018
Window noise collection
New technology

Window noise collection

The sound of the aircraft flying away, the traffic or the noise of the dance floor often caused residents of the area to be irritated. But now, the first windows with is…

December 11, 2018
Super soldiers - 'one member army' in the future
New technology

Super soldiers - 'one member army' in the future

In the next 3 years, the Pentagon may begin testing high-tech devices that make each soldier an 'independent army' by equipping them with superior combat capabilities. F…

December 11, 2018