Machines inventions

	The most important inventions and discoveries of the humanity
... B.C in South-Western Iran); - fifth discovery was named the invention of the optical microscope in the 17th century; - invention of concrete by John Smeaton was placed on the sixth place among the inventions; - the seventh invention in the list was given to the steel processing, found about year 300 B.C. in India; - brass processing in about 5000 B.C. on the present territory of Turkey has taken the eighth entry in t...
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	New Electronic Display to Be Used on Clothes and Beer Cans
...One of the latest inventions in the field of light emitting devices might change the way people light their homes and design clothes. The device represents a thin film of plastic able to conduct electricity and create solar power. Scientists working on the international project are looking forward to bring the organic light emitting devices to the masses. Thus the invention could significantly cut costs by billions of ...
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	Software Programmers Cannot Reach Supercomputers
...doubles every two years. It is worth mentioning that about 5 years ago researchers started noticing a certain contradiction between the predicted performance from circuits and the real capability of machines in high-performance computing. Despite the continuous increase of the number of transistors on the circuits, the actual performance remained almost the same. This is because of the issues linked with power and heat. ...
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	Microsoft Surface - Innovative Table-Like Computer
... software interface on top of Windows Vista. It provides wired Ethernet, Bluetooth wireless and integrated Wi-Fi. One of initial buyers, T-Mobile, is going to supply its stores with the Microsoft machines. The Surface computer will recognize a phone placed on the tabletop. It will provide the phone's characteristics and a price list. Customers will be able to drag icons that represent parts of a service plan onto the ...
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	Levitation Possible in Real World
...ealed the secret of levitation for human beings. If the theory is borne out, it will most probably cause revolutionary changes in the field of nano-technology as well as the construction of micro-machines. The theory suggested by the British scientists is based on a quirk of nature that lets particles to pop into existence from actually nowhere. This phenomenon is known in science as the 'Casimir force'. Quantum ph...
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	Russian Fighters Will Show Wonders at MAKS-2007 Air Show
...the military. There were many rumors about this missile, yet it would be revealed only at MAKS-2007. MAKS visitors will admire the wonders of the flying craft on the ground and will see what these machines are capable of in the air, since only the best flying teams from all over the world will show their flying abilities and the abilities of their jets. The initial three days of the exhibition are closed to the pub...
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	The 2007 Winners of Ig Nobel Prize Who Made us Laugh and Think
... 4. The Ig Nobel Prizes that are parodies of the real Nobel Prizes, are awarded annually to celebrate unusual, creative and improbable achievements in science, medicine and technology. Some of these inventions may seem weird and hilarious nevertheless they are truly breakthroughs in science. Medicine Brian Witcombe of Gloucester, UK, and Dan Meyer of Antioch, Tennessee, USA, was awarded for the in-depth report that a...
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	NASA Starts 2007 Competition to Build Space Elevator
...ace elevator will face a challenge to design and construct the robot that can climb a tether ribbon suspended from a crane or scaffolding apparatus while carrying a payload. Teams will power their machines with a beam of light from a transmitter, and the receiver on the climber will turn light into electricity to power the motors. The team that will manage to make their robot climb at more than two meters per sec...
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	Prizes $27,000 Worth For the Best Undergraduate Inventor
...n event meant to encourage young inventors will be held on Monday and Tuesday, February 11th and 12th in the University of Wisconsin Madison. The UW-Madison Invention Days competitions will house 14 inventions designed and built by 49 UW-Madison undergraduate students. Among the presented inventions there will be solutions for ice fishermen, for tailgaters, for potato farmers, for modern laptops and even for airlines. T...
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	L.A. Plans to Recycle Waste Water for Drinking
...standards by year 2019. The initiative could cost around $2 billion and will affect many aspects of daily life of the residents. People will be encouraged to switch to low water-consuming washing machines and urged to water lawns and wash vehicles at certain time and in certain amounts. It is also expected to introduce new technology for water conservation in homes and businesses. This includes waterless urinals, w...
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	Blu-ray is Being Adopted Much Faster Than DVD 11 Years Ago
...ingulus Technologies mentioned that Blu-ray is being adopted much faster than DVD in its period, 11 years ago. The statement came after the company received orders for producing 21 Blu-ray dual-layer machines only during this year's first quarter. "This means that the orders for Blu-ray in the first year of the dual layer technology already by far exceeded the volume at the start of the DVD eleven years ago with 17 mac...
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	Ex-Astronaut Says Plan to Blast Asteroids With Nuclear Weapons is Bad
...ds our planet. However, scientists will be much more informed after new powerful telescopes go online. "The good news is that we can do something about this. The marriage of we human beings and the machines that we've created are now at a level of capability which enables us to ... stop this process from occurring," he said. Two years ago, in May 2005, Rusty Schweichart told the US Congress that attaching a radio tran...
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