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_{14 Jul 2015 13:30:11}

Videofact: timelapse video from space about 6 days of the Earth (video)

On the YouTube channel of the Daily Earth published a fascinating video from space, which recorded a change of day and night on Earth. Two-minute timelapse video is assembled from the set of photos taken by Japanese meteorological satellite Himawari-8. To operational orbit 35 800 km over East Asia and the Western Pacific ocean it was released on 7 July of this year.

_{14 Jul 2015 13:00:22}

Will be assembled in Russia a nuclear reactor for ion engines

the state Corporation "Rosatom" plans next year to start building nuclear reactors for spacecraft. The potential of the plant is evaluated in the context of future exploration of the moon and travel to remote planets. The reactor will supply energy ion electric propulsion.

_{13 Jul 2015 14:00:17}

The inventor of the mini skirt with light: "If the girl knows how to cook the recipes, and will be able to program"

Skirt with LED illumination for several weeks now dominates the Internet. The girl who invented and embodied fashion concept, introduced a new version of technological enhancement. Innovations have touched the compactness and functionality of the device.

_{13 Jul 2015 14:00:09}

Chinese supercomputer called the most powerful in the world

the Top 500 most powerful computers in the world led the Chinese "Tianhe-2". The top supercomputer is the fifth time in a row and did not come down with it from 2013. In the United States believe that the Chinese authorities use the "Tianhe-2" for the development of weapons of mass destruction.

_{13 Jul 2015 11:30:11}

Scientists will lower the cost of supercomputers, due to the cheap RAM

Researchers at mit have created a network of servers that uses cheap and slow RAM. But it almost had no effect on overall network performance. Thus they demonstrated that the production of supercomputers and high-loaded networks can be made more budget.

_{10 Jul 2015 18:30:56}

Programmers need three months, and the cope program for the day

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of technology in conjunction with engineers at Adobe have developed a program that optimizes the outdated code is significantly faster than a team of programmers. Helium is able to update the code and 400-500% increase in performance. Scientists say that the program cope with the software update for the day, what programmers would spend 3 months.

_{10 Jul 2015 12:01:26}

Enthusiast gathered walking "centaur", which is driven by the drill (video)

Izzy Swan has found practical application drills — she drives his self-made vehicle. The rear part is a frame in the form of a horse's feet, and the front is steering itself, completing the image of the centaur. To move it is necessary standing and jerks, over the smooth need to work on.