If you have dreamed of living as a hermit away from civilization all your life, but at the same time having access to electricity (just in case), then the New York company Pedal Power has something for you. The firm has developed a design that will allow, sitting at a table and simply pedaling, to generate electricity. Pedal Power offers two modifications of this useful device: Big Rig and Genny.

New fractal design will increase the efficiency of solar power plants by 20% Engineers from the US Sandia National Laboratories have designed an unusual version of the energy receiver for power plants, in which sunlight is concentrated by mirrors at one point. This will allow absorbing almost all radiation and significantly increase the efficiency of the installation. In a typical solar power plan

Hackers easily tricked Tesla's autopilot with a piece of sticky tape Tesla promises to release an electric car with fully autonomous control, but at the same time they strictly insist - always keep your hands when driving on the steering wheel. The last claim was recently proven by hackers at McAfee's service. With the help of a symbolic piece of dark electrical tape, they tricked Tesla's onboard

Three bottles of the world's oldest Gautier cognac from 1762 have long belonged to the Donsier family, where they have been kept since 1870. However, their 258-year history may come to an unexpected end on May 28, when the unique cognac is finally put up for auction. It is worth noting that Gauthier's company, which turned 265 years old, still exists today. One of the three surviving bottles is in

Access to the Internet has become as much a need for millions of US residents today as the availability of housing, clean water and other benefits equated to human rights. However, with dozens of factories shutting down, Detroit has turned from the capital of the American auto industry into a dying ghost town, where 40% of the remaining residents cannot even afford an internet connection. Vice's M

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States has published a report from which it follows that the past January 2020 became a record hot on a global scale. The data of the report refers to North America, but illustrates the general climate situation on the planet. In part, the rise in temperature was due to the extreme polar vortex and pressure drops, which prevented th

A miniature liver created by Organovo using 3D printing broke the company's own record by performing the functions of a human liver for 40 days. It may seem that this is not so much, because human liver cells are regenerated after 300-500 days. However, the result is impressive, because the previous millimeter-sized sample lasted only five days. To create an artificial liver, the San Diego scienti

Vollebak has announced the imminent release of the most unusual clothing in the world - the "graphene jacket". This business structure specializes in innovative and provocative hi-tech accessories and technologies for streetwear. But in the case of the graphene jacket, they themselves admit that they are at some dead end. First, the graphene content in the future product is extremely small, the ja

Artificial blood from stem cells will soon replace donor blood The creation of artificial blood is undoubtedly one of the most pressing problems of modern medicine. An unconditional breakthrough in this direction was the research of a group of Scottish scientists from the University of Edinburgh under the leadership of Mark Turner. They have developed a technology for producing artificial blood fr

Logitech Launches Professional Cyber ​​Athlete Training Program for Everyone Logitech G, the gaming division of Logitech, has launched the Playmaster Cyber ​​Athlete Training Program. The program was created in cooperation with professional esports associations and, according to the developers, "has a scientific foundation." The first game to hit the sights of the Playmaster was the immortal Count

SCP Innovation has unveiled a jetpack designed to move underwater. The device was named x2 Jet Pack. The main element of the knapsack is underwater propellers, which are mounted on the hands or where weapons are usually suspended. This arrangement allows the underwater swimmer to freely maneuver and even perform acrobatic stunts. The x2 Jet Pack is only available as a prototype for now. For its ma

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Social media photos have proven to be an invaluable resource for natural exploration. The use of materials from social media, in particular from Instagram, Flickr and Panoramio, has enabled researchers at the University of North Carolina to collect a wealth of valuable information to form models in the field of land use, environmental planning and other equally important areas. According to one of

Designed a T-shirt that generates electricity to recharge gadgets Researchers at the Faculty of Science at the University of Malaga (UMA, Spain) have developed an inexpensive T-shirt that generates electricity from the difference between the temperature of the human body and the environment. This is made possible by a special fabric developed in conjunction with the Italian Institute of Technology

Users of critical and essential equipment, whose work depends on the data of the GPS navigation system, are warned of a possible impending failure. It is associated with the mandatory update of such a parameter as "week number". This will happen today, April 6, 2019 at 23:59:42 UTC. The week number is necessary for a number of operations related to the determination of calendar dates, traditionall

Baseus small docking station turns smartphone into desktop computer The Chinese brand Baseus has introduced a new docking station model for Android gadgets, which is also a hub for connecting peripherals. With its help, you can expand the capabilities of your smartphone to the level of at least a laptop. At the same time, the gadget is still charging, and its price tag is very pleasing - for $ 38