The engine on the air

To date, a special interest turned to renewable energy sources and a variety of "green". At the same time work in these areas is developing steadily and without delay. Followed suit, and two scientists from India who have published work on the implementation engine for motorcycles, differing environmental friendliness.

Scientists study the possibility and efficiency of air turbines, which differ from each other by number and characteristics of the blades. The operation of all motor runs on compressed air. New development of scientists in the theory shows forty minutes of riding a motorcycle that left tested in practice. If all calculations are correct, then that invention will help reduce harmful emissions into the atmosphere at times. It's worth noting that India has a lot of places, where the motorcycle is the most popular means of transportation. As told in an interview Bharat Raja Singh, one of the researchers, in some cases can reduce emissions by more than 50%!

But not yet resolved all technical issues, to introduce the concept of mass use. So far that has not yet devised a compact but capacious tank of compressed air, which is the fuel for a new type of engine. Motorcycles are used for long trips, so 40 minutes is unlikely to be sufficient time for travel. To date, there are tanks, instead of allowing the fuel only for the 30-kilometer trip, which greatly complicates the use of the engine. It is hoped that researchers can solve the problems of fuel storage to shortly motorcycles in India and around the world being refurbished into clean technology.

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Concept of bicycle path in the air

In an effort to quickly reach a specified part of the city, the road closes traffic jams. But like so without delay to go to a desired point that there is a desire to climb up and reach the goal, rushing to her nonstop. Martin Angelov, with its concept, possibly in the near future will embody the desire into reality. His project, titled Kolelinia, provides an opportunity to go above ground travel arrangements, using a bicycle. Itself to develop a system based on the principle structure of chair lifts, which are equipped with ski resorts. The author claims that it was studying building principle cableway gave rise to his project. The very idea is very ingenious and very simple to implement it. In this system the bike is set in a special chute and wheel attached to a rope. For the safety of cyclists, there is a strap that attaches to the rope. Unlike the developed system of aerial cableway in the fact that there has to make himself a cyclist in force for the movement. Martin Angelov refused to use electricians in your project, to reduce its cost.

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I believe - I do not believe - being treated

Experimentally proved that the placebo effect, in some measure, will appear even when the patient is notified that the pills that he takes it just a useless and harmless drugs (dummy pill). The placebo effect - a method of treating a patient, where as a medicinal drug use is completely safe and useless products (dummy pill), and the patient is convinced that taking the right medication and expects a positive effect from treatment. "Positive Thinking" - the basis on which underlies this effect. Get rid of a serious illness in the treatment using the placebo effect is very difficult, but still the cases are different. Widespread use of the placebo effect is when new developments come pharmacological drugs.

The statistics in the U.S. half of all specialists regularly prescribe useless reception of drugs, while patients did not suspect, and convinced that taking the right medication to cure. This fact is evidence that the placebo effect is really effective in the treatment of diseases. Recently, Professor Ted Kapchuk (Ted Kaptchuk) with his group of experimenters conducted the study: patients treated with placebo, while patients are aware that taking drugs disinterested. The results showed that even if patients knew about the pill-dummy, treatment effect did not disappear. For the experiment, selected group of patients, about 80 people, with a very common disease - irritable bowel syndrome (a pain), which has an unknown etiology. Patients were divided into two groups. The first group did not recognize any of the drugs. The second group of people assigned placebo, on a regular basis - 2 times a day. In this case, they were warned that any medical ingredients, tablets contain no data. On the package with the drug in large letters printed - "placebo". Patients were warned that rely on the placebo effect is useless, you just need to take medications provided.
The study lasted for three weeks. At the end of the experiment was the following fact: the number of patients emerged from irritable bowel syndrome with a "placebo" was 59%, with the group, whose products do not apply to rid itself of disease 35% of patients. The professor said that he did not realize that using the placebo effect can be achieved such results. The authors themselves, who conducted an experiment, consider that the data collected is not quite claim therapeutic properties "placebo effect" because the duration of the experiment was not large, since the number of people selected for the experiment. In order to finally bring the therapeutic effect of the pill, pacifiers, require more extensive research. Also, the authors are inclined to believe that in addition to the placebo effect, a significant contribution to the recovery of patients makes contact with the patient's physician.

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The invention is not blown tire

These tires are made of 800 springs intertwined. Inventors design, which does not require support by air, presented the award for the development of research. For inventors such award is equivalent to Oscar, they say, get it - a great honor. These tires have been developed on the basis of Goodyear, which manufactures tires, in conjunction with NASA. To apply such a complicated design plan for difficult road conditions and possibly on the moon. Earlier tires used on the moon were made of rubber, which in its structure to cope with bad swings heat and cold, and solar radiation. But such an invention would help to resolve such problems.
Rounding surface, spring tire deformed, acquiring shape of the envelope surface, and then, under the influence of energy from within, returned to its original position. According Vivaka Asani, NASA researchers, these tires do not have any particular point, which can cause fatal damage. If a strong shock, where the pneumatic tire would get a puncture, this will damage only one spring of 800. In conjunction with these positive qualities, these tires have the hardness and elasticity, is passed directly to Transport, through which SUVs can travel faster over rough terrain during small movements.
Goodyear is the largest tire manufacturer. This company employs about 7000 people, has 56 plants and offices located in 21 countries worldwide.

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On the moon by 2020, planned the construction of plants for extraction of resources

Mankind has not yet been able to engage in extra-terrestrial civilizations, the first plan to produce on the moon, because there are relatively affordable and very rich reserves of water ice.
Such conclusion was a big part of scientists and engineers who are entrusted with and defining the place of extraction of extraterrestrial deposits.
In addition to satellite, scientists have considered as a variant of the asteroids and Mars, but thanks to the proximity of the Moon and large reserves of resources such as water, ammonia and methane.
Chief Technician robotics firm Penguin Automated Systems Greg Biden believes that the moon is the obvious choice. In his view, the getters of lunar resources, and pioneers in this business, to a greater extent will private firms, as it can be very lucrative, though, and not exclude state aid.
Recent discoveries have shown that the moon are significant reserves of water. Cold craters, which are likely to accumulate water billions of years old, have a relatively clean water, and extract it to specialists in the cellar.
The value of water not only in what may in the future to support the existence of the settlers of the Moon, but it can be decomposed into oxygen and hydrogen - natural components. These elements can be key components of the fuel. Just imagine what the lunar water could produce rocket fuel, which is subsequently sold at gas stations built on the lower orbit of the planet Earth. This invention will allow satellites and spacecraft to carry out refueling directly in space.
According to the scientific community and the private sector the project will carry out a revolution in space by mankind. From an economic point of view of delivery of fuel from the Moon will be very advantageous, since the lunar gravity and Earth have a difference of six times in favor of the moon, but it significantly reduce the cost of the rocket launch.
After hearing the information about the extraction of water on the moon with the aim of further profitable, some companies are beginning to make plans. Shackleton Energy Company founder Bill Stone says that plans to sell missile fuel directly in orbit by 2020.
Plans, of course, grandiose, and seem to be unrealistic, but almost all of the technology needed to begin operations on the Moon for the extraction of resources, ready and waiting their turn. A robotic miners can operate from Earth.
Due to the closeness to the earth connection between machines and humans can be done almost instantly. The delay will be negligible - 1-2sekundy.
When space exploration will be apparent to many businessmen will be clear what earnings they can get, and space will be more accessible to humanity.

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Conquest of Mars - soon

Americans are going to colonize Mars.
Recently, there have been two developments that suggest that America is going to colonize Mars. And when you consider that these events occurred almost simultaneously, there is reason to believe that they are rather strongly.
The journal Journal of Cosmology, published an article under the unambiguous title "Boldly Forward: non-refundable mission to Mars." Authors of articles planetary Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Washington State University and cosmologist Paul Davies Arizona State University, argue that while the colonization of Mars, it is.
The main idea of the article is based on the fact that the colonization of Mars will be on non-refundable basis, those who go to conquer the planet back will not return. Since returning from Mars will cost a lot more expensive than the entire mission as a whole.
The article shows that a rough plan of colonization of the planet. The essence is to support the colonists from Earth, in regular food supplies, equipment and other supplies necessary for setting up and development of the colony.
As the colony on the planet will be arriving, new professionals, as well as the first settlers, they will fly to Mars permanently. After some time, the colony will be able to produce supplies (food and water) on their own. In this, the colonists will synthetic biology Craig Venter, the biologist who first read the human genome. In the end, after some time, the base of the colonists, will move to full self-reliance and abolished to need the support of the Earth. From now on, and begin the colonization of Mars.
According to scientists, the process of colonization of Mars would be expensive and dangerous undertaking, but despite this, many people want to move to Mars, there is a possibility even of a "red fever", this does not interfere with even the conditions on the planet where the temperature is close to zero and there atmosphere.
The article may be, and would have remained unnoticed, because sometimes you can read magazines and such, but it was reported that NASA is developing a program called (Hundred Year Starship) «starship century, the foundation of this program is the option of irrevocable sending people to Mars.
The program is designed for several billion dollars, and is a way to colonize not only Mars but also his companions, as well as the moon.
Statement by the Director of Research tsenra Ames Research Center research organization, NASA, Simon "Pete" Worden confirms the foregoing. Details about the new mission, Worden did not specifically disclose because he knows little about the KGS program. Known preliminary amount that would be required to implement the program (seven billion dollars), the availability of funds, there is only six hundred thousand. The remainder of the sum, NASA expects to receive from wealthy individuals from around the world and is already negotiating on this issue. It is already known that one of the owners of Google, Larry Page, is interested in this proposal.
According to Ward, Larry Page was interested in the amount that will need to implement the program. Learn what you need an amount of about ten billion dollars, the billionaire asked: "Can you pull up to the amount of 1.2 billion?". The result is a slight dispute about the price, which can play a fairly significant role in the implementation of the "Star Ship of the century". Although we can assume that the amount of seven and ten billion dollars, called Uordenom for project implementation will be much higher.
Russian Academician Lev Zeleny, who is director of the Space Research Institute, reacted to the idea of colonizing Mars, with a large grain of salt. According to him, the implementation of this program is impossible to date due to technical possibilities of mankind. Low temperatures, lack of atmosphere, and a strong background radiation, prevent colonization.
In his statement, Worden also said he did not know how to influence these factors, but promised in a while, to show a spaceship on which the colonists could get to Mars.
In the minds of many people, from childhood lies the dream of conquering the red planet, due to which some respond and assist in the implementation of the "Star Ship of the century", who is a technical point of view, and who finances. And most of all humanity will make the creators of the program, perform promises made by funding and creating new technologies. And over time, at one point, few people will be surprised when people fly to the red planet to conquer it, even if this is impossible, and there is no such colonization of special need.

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Vehicle speed 1,600 mph - a reality!

In the next year planned to complete the construction vehicle capable of speeds up to 1,600 km / h. The goal set itself the project of "Bloodhound SSC", developed in the UK.
According to Richard Noble, Project Manager, full-sized version of the car to be established in January 2011 and will attempt to set a speed record in 2012. Noble himself once already had the record for the highest speed, but now he aims with this project to promote science and art of engineering among young people.
The material body is planned to use a thin alloy, a 90-centimeter-wheel weighing 97 kg will be cast from aluminum alloy. On the choice of the alloy depends on many things, so research on its election is still last. Wheel speed will be a record for our time of 10 200 rpm (170 revolutions per second), while the rim will have an impact load of 150 MPa.
Importance of choosing the alloy due to the fact that the race will be scheduled on the surface of a dried-up lake, and therefore damage the surface of the wheels are inevitable. That would protect the alloy wheels from damage, especially since the planned number of races. Now the walls of the Cambridge University Cavendish Laboratory Specialists make tests to identify the impact of sand on the different types of alloys.
As the motion speed car will result in two engines: a jet engine fitted to fighter Eurofighter Typhoon, and the rocket engine Falcon. The first way to create thrust at nine tons, the second will add an additional 12 tons of thrust.
As a platform for establishing a new world record will be used dried-up lake bottom Hakskeen Pan, which is in South Africa (Northern Cape). To determine the speed record for an hour will be two-dimensional distance of the race at a mile, then their results will be determined by the average velocity. After the first arrival will be replaced by a jet engine, the wheels also hope to save at the second race.
Route length of 20 kilometers, width - 1.5 km. At a speed of 1,600 km / h any clash with stone would have disastrous consequences not only for the wheels, but for a car. Therefore, to clean up the highway from the stones have already begun about 300 workers who were hired by the local population. At the same time in the UK has started a company search assistants predlagyuschaya "free and hard work in conditions of constant heat, in a remote but beautiful place."
The current speed record was set at 19,997, the Thrust SuperSonic Car, and is 1 228 km / h. People working at the time of Thrust, now working in the project Bloodhound. This is a project manager, Richard Noble, an expert on aerodynamics, Ron Ayres and pilot car Andy Green.
Wishing to sponsor the project has more than enough, so the project does not suffer from a lack of funding. Although the project is private and not commercial, it nevertheless received support from the government and the United Kingdom, which provided two jet engines Typhoon. Among other sponsors are present Hampson Industries, manufacturer of engines F1 Cosworth, aerospace company Lockheed Martin.

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