In the Netherlands, will appear first "smart roads"

Middle of next year roads in the Netherlands will be "wiser". Wired magazine reports that will get interactive lighting and warn of weather conditions. The project belongs to designer smart roads Rozegarde Day, and will be financed by the company Heijmans. On the basis of elaborating the luminescent powder. A little later the "smart roads" to learn that a full battery electric vehicle. Light road will allow wind turbines, light bulbs will be lit only when the "feel" closer to the car. Smart ways to win after Netherlands United Drževe where Google is working on a car without a driver.

The Japanese move objects by thought

In Japan, created a device that allows you to run power objects of thought. Coffee looks like a hat with cables and sensors that respond to minute changes in blood pressure and brain impulses. way during the experiment was a man who did not even move, just by thought, could not run the wheelchair in the desired direction, moving curtains, including switches off the TV and lights in the room. idea of the company that made ​​the machine to 2020. The mass production of a viable device. Coffee should make life easier for people with limited physical abilities.

Phone controlled by view

The company was created by the Copenhagen software that allows users to control mobile view. This invention could provoke a revolution in the use of elektroniskih book readers and phones. 

Think of that the next time you want to unlock your iPhone, do view. Denmark's The Eye Tribe has made it possible. She has developed a program to help control the view, which uses infrared technology. "We design the infrared light to the eye, and collects the reflected infrared camera. We have a program that can be very precise to say where the movie screen. And it helps control using views, "explains Alstrup Johansen, one of four Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen to participate in the development program. This August they have collected 615. 000 euros from private investors to make a prototype. 

Johansen and his colleagues believe that the control looked through movement and the next big thing - Follow-touch control, which is now the standard when it comes to mobile phones. The program is described as "optional" form of control and as a step towards more "smarter" devices. He said that it could fundamentally change the way that games, entertainment, and even learning. "Imagine an electronic book that automatically turns a new page, so you know exactly when you read the whole page, imagine a phone that knows it's you when you look at it, and when you look to the side, it can be turned off," illustrated by Johansen. "When you play a game, she will know exactly where your attention is focused. So you can create amazing and more fun games. '.

Possible adverse effects

However, the question is what about the harmful effects such as eye strain. The Central Association of opticians in Germany say that, since the technology has not been tested, it is not known what effect it can have. Dr. Thomas Liska, an ophthalmologist at the University Clinic in Hamburg, says perfusion infrared eyes can cause complications. "We know without any doubt that infrared light can damage the eye lens. And as more time is spent in front of mobile devices, such ray exposure time is critical, "says Liska. According to him, it is necessary to limit the exposure in order to avoid unnecessary risks. "Experiments would have to show that prolonged exposure dose emitted from these devices has no harmful effects," said Liska.

Alstrup Johansen, however, says that the eyes do not stress if you just look at the device in a natural way. "But if you want more direct control, for example if you are playing a game in which the goal, this is certainly something that we're used to. In some cases, there would be ways to train yourself to use the view control, when it is not natural, "says Johansen. The company sees the Copenhagen view control in addition to other types of control devices, such as voice control, which already exists in the market, with varying degrees of success.

From patent to the actual users  

The Eye Tribe want their technology to become ubiquitous. For this reason, and dropped free software kits to encourage developers to create applications that use this technology. "We believe that control of the sea This unique technology which can benefit people around the world. We want everyone to have access to this technology, "says Johansen. The company says it will make money from selling licenses to producers. before them, but the big obstacles to convince big companies such as Apple and Samsung, to the next generation of devices include components necessary to control the view. "They need to make some small changes to their own devices, but we see that there is great interest in the market for all natural, so I think it's definitely possible," Johansen optimistic. The company would not reveal his secret strategy for it. But if control of view become the next big thing in mobile telephony, then iPhone get a whole new meaning.   

Scientists noticed the light most ancient star in universe

Astrophysicists working with data space telescope Fermi Gamma have found traces of light of the first stars in the universe. According to scientists, "see" extragalactic radiation is very important, because it allows you to peer into the most ancient history of the universe. Scientists suspect that this radiation originates from the epoch of 300,000 to 1 billion years after the Big Bang. Tracker has helped scientists obtain new information about the process of the oldest stars. Among other things, according to their calculations, the speed of formation of the first stars were much smaller than previously thought.

Algae will become the cheapest fuel

U.S. scientists have found a way to quickly and efficiently processing seaweed into biofuel. U.S. National Science Foundation reports that the thermal processing of raw materials took literally one minute. experiment's objective was to mimic the natural processes of marine microorganisms to convert into crude oil. As raw materials are taken unicellular green algae nannochloropsis. truth, experts say it is too early to talk about the practical use of a new method for making biofuels.

The planet is rapidly deprived of flora and fauna

More animals into the category of endangered species. List of endangered plants and animals are joined by another 400 new species. The Red List now contains 20,212 species, of which a quarter of mammals, 13% birds, 41% of amphibians and 33% of coral. In the next 50 years will be gone about a third of all species of animals and plants. In an attempt to compensate for the damage caused to nature by 2020. The international community will, according to experts, to spend about 440 billion dollars.

In England made ​​fuel from air

Minor British company has put on the market made ​​from petrol air and water. The revolutionary technology promises to help solve the global energy crisis. This technology can also help in the fight against global climate change, the destruction of carbon in the atmosphere. Although the prototype system developed for the release of carbon from the air, this part of the process is still impractical from the point of commercialization. Yet Professor Klaus Lakner, of Columbia University New York underscores the high cost of any new technology for some time suddenly dropped.