Drone Amazon

Drone Amazon

Amazon has unveiled a new drone designed for the Express delivery of goods to customers

Amazon, one of the founders of which is the infamous Jeff Bezos (Jeff Bezos), long already has plans on the organization of service of Express delivery, in which the goods purchased will be delivered to their customers using unmanned aerial vehicles. And the company recently launched a new unmanned aerial vehicle, which, under favorable coincidence of several conditions, can deliver the goods to the buyer within 30 minutes from the time of purchase.

A new drone developed for the Delivery service Prime Air, has larger dimensions than its predecessor. Moreover, its design is that it is hardly possible to describe in one word, differs greatly from the design of its predecessor, which was more or less a traditional quadcopter. This device is designed to work with automatic loading system, and the efficiency of its flight is achieved through the use of hybrid schemes. For vertical takeoff and landing, the apparatus includes horizontal screws, and during level flight it pushes forward one vertically positioned screw located at the rear.

Smart car

Smart car

The driver's seat itself will monitor the person's condition and take necessary measures if necessary

The drive during rush hour is stressful for the driver, which causes his nervousness and the aggressive style of driving. On the other hand, many hours traveling long distances dissipate and dull the attention of the driver, cause drowsiness and contribute to fatigue. In any case, these two situations are an inherent threat to the life of the driver, passengers and surrounding people. And now, thanks to the work of specialists of the company Faurecia, the light appeared a kind of "antidote", intelligent car seat, which can itself determine the state of the driver and take some necessary actions if necessary.

Computer Earclip-type Wearable PC

Computer Earclip-type Wearable PC

Earclip-type Wearable PC is one of the smallest personal computers in the world

Researchers from the University of Hiroshima have created and carried out extensive testing a tiny personal computer worn on the ear, like a headset for mobile phone, and which you can control the blinking of the eyes or clicks language. 17-gram device includes a wireless communication system Bluetooth, the receiver navigation system GPS, solid state compass, barometer, microphone, speaker, compute engine and battery.

In addition to these features included in the computer Earclip-type Wearable PC has a built-in memory, which can be loaded with custom and specialized software. "Creating a mini-computer, we were guided by the idea that people have to wear that everywhere and always, as earrings or as a headset, hands free to manage the computer," says Kazuhiro Taniguchi (Taniguchi Kazuhiro), an engineer from Hiroshima University, during the first demonstration of the prototype.

Charging the battery of the smartphone in 30 seconds

Charging the battery of the smartphone in 30 seconds

On held recently in tel Aviv's Think Next Symposium held by the company Microsoft, a young Israeli company StoreDot demonstrated a workable prototype of a new battery, created on the basis of organic "nanotech", which can be fully charged in less than 30 seconds of time. The company StoreDot has serious plans on starting mass production of such batteries intended for use with the most popular models of smartphones and other portable electronics. And in the longer term, is the adaptation of the developed technology for fast charging batteries of electric vehicles.

As is well known to almost everyone, with the charging batteries of portable electronic devices is very slow. This is due to the fact that this process involved a chemical reaction that can be accelerated, but this acceleration can lead to malfunction of battery and to its destruction accompanied by fire.

The aperture of "smart glass"

The aperture of "smart glass" will allow to improve the picture quality of smartphone cameras

The aperture of "smart glass" 

In the lenses of conventional cameras, the aperture consists of several metal plates of a special shape, overlapping each other as they move. Prescriba opening or aperture, the photographer controls the amount of light reaching the camera sensor or to the surface of photographic film. Such an effective mechanism is very complex from a mechanical point of view and cannot be miniaturizzati up to use the aperture in the camera of a smartphone or other portable device. But to obtain the function of the diaphragm it is not necessary to use a mechanical device. This is amply demonstrated by the group of researchers that created the electronic shutter on the basis of technology "smart glass" that can help to do a smartphone cameras high quality pictures.