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A team of engineers from Japan has achieved a significant breakthrough in data transmission technology by developing a new type of fiber optic cable with extremely high bandwidth. Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology(NICT) transferred data at 22.9 petabits per second (Pbps), according to the NewAtlas report. For comparison, the current estimate of […]
The found documents show that European sanctions are disrupting the Russian Defense Ministry’s state contract for the supply of the Granat-4 UAV system, which was signed in June 2013 with NPO Izhevsk Unmanned Systems LLC. The contract expires on 15.12.2023, but it is already known that it will not be fulfilled due to the inability […]
Scientists have trained AI to track the origin of wine based on routine chemical analyzes, which will allow distinguishing fake wines from genuine ones. This was reported by The Guardian. “There are a lot of cases of wine fraud where people make some stuff in their garage, print labels and sell it for thousands of […]
Hyundai and Kia have reinvented the wheel again. The Uni Wheel concept will revolutionize the layout of electric vehicles and significantly increase the useful space. And not just cars, the system can work in wheels ranging from 4 to 25 inches. There is something a bit inefficient about the way almost every electric vehicle’s powerplant […]
In 2013, Singapore placed an order for the supply of two SAMP/T systems, as well as 200 anti-aircraft missiles. Last week, they reached full combat readiness. Air defense systems with missiles cost Singapore 653 million EUR. The first SAM was officially shown to the public in 2018. According to SIRPI, the Singapore Armed Forces received […]
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has signed a deal worth nearly $247 million with Absci, an artificial intelligence company, to develop antibodies to fight cancer, Reuters reports. Absci’s collaboration with AstraZeneca is aimed at creating a generative AI model with a minimum level of risk for the development of new advanced antibodies. So far, the companies have […]
“Ukrainian Armor has delivered an AGEMA robotic platform to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for further testing on the front line. This was reported by Defense Express. The developer of this platform is Milanion from the United Arab Emirates, and Ukrainian Armor is a supplier with its own technical improvements. According to Bohdan Petriv, acting […]
On Friday, the world’s largest experimental fusion reactor was inaugurated in Japan. This technology is still in its infancy, but some consider it to be the answer to the future energy needs of humanity. Fusion differs from fission, the method currently used in nuclear power plants, in that it involves the fusion of two atomic […]
Prophetic, founded earlier this year, is entering a new market for the unconscious with an innovative headgear called “Halo” that will allow you to induce lucid dreaming. This was reported by Science Alert. Lucid dreaming is a state of being aware that you are dreaming during your sleep cycle and being able to control or […]
Russia has begun equipping Shahed-136 aircraft with a new high-explosive warhead. It weighs as much as 40 kg. The photo posted by communications specialist, RER and REB Serhiy “Flash” is a new high-explosive fragmentation warhead used in aircraft missiles marked “Geranium-K”. Initially, the new BC was mistaken for a thermobaric one, but government services denied […]