Dark matter still too dark
On December 17, 2009, the world of astrophysics was holding its breath: the rumored for several days that the collaboration CDMS (Cryogenic Dark Matter Search), which seeks to reveal the ghostly dark matter detectors with germanium / silicon mat in a mine Rockies, had succeeded. The long-awaited announcement was 'pfuit' like a damp squib: two "events" have been found, but it is not statistically significant. Discovery null and void, and suspense is over. We may briefly recall that astrophysicists will now share two fields: those who believe that Einstein was right, and those who think that Einstein ... was right. In fact, the rotation speeds of galaxies, lensing, and the slowdown probes Pioneer 10 and 11,
Discovery of the first super-planetary nebulae
The planetary nebulae are among the best known objects in astronomy but are an enigma to them. Why, contrary to predictions of the theory, do observes one around of stars less massive than the Sun? A group of Australian astronomers think that these objects have discovered missing. (more...)First department to move to digital TV
Secretary of State responsible for exploration and development of the digital economy, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, launched Thursday, June 18 at Cherbourg (Manche) the last pilot in the transition to digital terrestrial television (DTT), but first at the departmental level.
A computer memory engraved for a billion years
Find that archaeologists of the future, a few centuries or even thousands of years? Stones cut Paleolithic certainly paints parietal probably hieroglyphics certainly the scrolls probably, possibly books. But what will become of the billions of billions of information gained in the hard drives, which demagnetize, and on optical disks, which fear the light of [...]
A bed-wheelchair, and robotics in the service of disability
By means of a press release, Panasonic has recently unveiled The Robotic Bed (bed robotics), a name worthy of a work of science fiction. A more just talking to be done to the great mass of Japanese goods assistance to the person.
A special ship
With a cockpit screen devices and voice recognition, the prototype is [...]
Biodegradable transistors in the human body
Systems integration electronic in the human body is already a reality. Pacemaker with the sophisticated prostheses, the discoveries and the applications are increasingly numerous. Nowadays, to resort to electronic or cybernetic implants returns to the image of the insoluble material intrusion. This perenniality of the current implants prevents,
Nanoparticules of the sun lotions can they damage the DNA
The titanium dioxide (TiO2) is largely used in industry since tens years with a worldwide production which amounts to million tons. Marketed for the first time in 1923, it is present today in food, drugs and cosmetics. Because of its bleaching capacity, it becomes also pigment (and it is its most current use) in paintings, [...]
The Jaguar, a king in the jungle of the supercomputers
Whereas the power of our personal computers does not cease growing year by year, the same applies to the computers dedicated to research. Called supercomputers or supercomputers, these machines are dedicated to uses all others that the management of an office automation continuation or reading of a video…Science requires always more of the computing systems. [...]
The AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE exceeds the 7 GHz
The overclocking, known also under the names of surfrequencage and surcadencage, is a well-known practice of accustomed do-it-yourself of personal computers. It consists in pushing back the original limits of frequencage of a microprocessor (CPU, GPU…) defined during its machining. If the profit of frequency precedes, the overclocking implies, for example, to vary parameters such [...]
A joystick, the jacket Jacket Emotions
One knew the pneumatic jacket of TN Game which made it possible to feel the impacts in a video game. Philips makes more extremely with its Jacket Emotions, literally the jacket with emotions, and proposes to box the blows of your idols of small and big screen. The Dutch group is known for its prolific [...]
MAV, drones minatures, fly away
Today with the drones, tomorrow with the MAV (Vehicles Microphone-Air), the machines take the air. But they have a Achilles’ heel, and of size, the GPS and its precision of ten meters do not allow a fine location, especially inside buildings. The engineers of MIT used their know-how to solve this problem, who interest the [...]
A new discipline in 2010
You liked RoboCup, this competition of football putting in string robots? You will adore the version 2010, which goes down on a nanometric scale! Lately, Mems (electromechanical microsystems) are very present on the media scene. Their energy supply is the principal problem, but of many progress remain to be made in micro-electronics and micromechanics. To [...]
Helped, better than a GPS, a robot copilot
It looks at its Master leading, note the places where it likes to stop, evaluates consumption. It can then help, suggest, guide or advise. This assistant exists. Researchers of MIT and Volkswagen did it…The current cars are barded sensors in any kind, to measure the pressure of the tires, to detect the obstacles at the [...]
Robotics with the virtual worlds
At the time of the exit of the new film 3D “MISADVENTURE” on December 16, 2009 in room, Futura-Techno presents one week special to you: robotics with the virtual worlds! The man-machine relations change, certain concepts do not raise more science fiction but well of reality. We can note progress epoustouflants accessible robotics maintaining in [...]
The family of launch vehicles “Angara”
The family of launch vehicles “Angara” - a new generation of carriers on the basis of universal rocket module with an oxygen-kerosene engines. Design of a universal rocket module selected with the use of the existing Center. Khrunichev production tooling and development of high technologies. The family of launch vehicles “Angara” includes vehicles from mild [...]
