Category Archives: HiTech

Honored trainer of the USSR in figure skating Tatiana Tarasova told about the reasons for any premature termination of the career of her father, the famous hockey coach Anatoly Tarasov. RIA Novosti “I mean that in the 54 years he was sent into retirement. You see, he was a ban on the profession. That’s all. That’s what I mean. I’m not talking about that then brought a deadly infection. This is a part. And “killed” him in 54 years,” said the trainer in the program “Born in USSR” on the […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to provide additional financial assistance to Dagestan in the fight against coronavirus infection COVID-19. RIA Novosti “The Russian government to provide the Republic of Dagestan additional financial support at the expense of budgetary appropriations of the Federal budget for implementation of measures for combating the spread of novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19)”, — stated in the instructions of Putin, published on the Kremlin website. Responsible appointed Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. The order States that the report must be made before may 25. Earlier, Putin […]

In a joint study from Princeton University and Bergamo University scientists have identified engineering methods for the construction of a self-sustaining stone domes characteristic of the era of the Italian Renaissance. The object of study was the famous dome of the Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. We are talking about medieval technologies of masonry bricks in the formation of domes – dual method loxodrome. Masonry by the double loxodrome (figure above) consists of rows of vertically stacked bricks, which seemed to twist to the top of the dome, […]

On Crowdsupply crowdfunding platform more than a hundred users have already collected for the project notuce “MNT Reform” of $125 thousand, despite the fact that requested only $115 thousand to the end of the fundraiser even more months. Tech enthusiasts literally Queuing up for a new laptop although it is unlikely to reach the levels of even budget builds. Why is there such interest? In the basic configuration MNT Reform has only 4 GB of RAM, processor ARM Cortex A53 (similar to Raspberry Pi 3), 12.5-inch Full HD display, five […]

Judge Emily Miskel County of Collin, Texas (USA), on Monday held a procedure of forming the jury panel, which will be held using the Zoom. The court will hear a brief version of the case, discuss it and reach a verdict using only the remote communication. The verdict is optional, and the event is experimental. To use the Zoom platform and its analogues for the work of judges in the United States began with the beginning of the epidemic in this country. The first was judge Vince Chhabria from San […]

The President of the Russian football Union (RFU) Alexander Dyukov has sent letters to the governors of the regions, which are the clubs of the Russian Premier League (RPL), with the request to allow the teams to resume training. RIA Novosti This was reported by “the championship”. It is noted that the President of the RFU was asked to establish that after confirmation of two consecutive negative test results for coronavirus players, staff, judges and other persons who will be involved to participate in the organization and conduct of the […]

Verkhovna Rada Deputy Irina Vereschuk stated the need to establish a Commission of inquiry made public audio recordings that allegedly featured the voice of former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and ex-Vice-President Joe Biden. Reuters “We see films that can attest to the fact that Poroshenko was under external influence, when coordinated actions, which has had devastating actions that had consequences for the whole society”, — quotes “Strenia” MP. According to her, “you need to initiate the creation of the temporary investigative Commission to control.” “And we certainly look forward […]

According to the head of Ministry of economic development Maxim Reshetnikov, in 2020 the inflation will not exceed 4%. During a meeting with the President the Minister also announced the gradual recovery of the economy as the lifting of quarantine restrictions. So, business activity increased from 67 to 71-72% from pre-crisis levels. Active support to the population and business have earlier measures taken by the government: payments to families with children, as well as preferential loans and tax breaks for companies and entrepreneurs. In addition, the government has already prepared […]

Portal user Reddit with nick @NJDaeger published news about the next update of virtual city Greenfield (Greenfield), who built in the game Minecraft with 2011. Now he is in size comparable to the largest megalopolises of the world and much more of all other settlements in the game. The main feature of Greenfield in the desire of its builders to withstand the 1:1 scale. That is, each virtual cube is an analogue of 1 cubic meter in reality and the whole city is built with these proportions. This means that […]

Last fall, Dyson has officially stopped working on a promising prototype of electric car, determined not to show his creation to the public. Six months later, it became apparent that to revive the project would not, and therefore some of the details decided to declassify. Was built a fully functional prototype “N526”, which completed sea trials on the ground and showed impressive results. The main advantage N526 – solid-state battery of its own design Dyson, which provide an impressive 1000 km course. And it is for the machine length of […]