The State Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) presented an unusual flying helicopter at the China Helicopter Exposition 2019 in Tianjin.

The project is called “The Great White Shark”. The crew of the car is two people. Shark takeoff weight is 3500 kg, rotor size is 4.5 m.

The helicopter, made of composite materials, is capable, according to some, to speed up to 650 km / h. According to the developers, it is not inferior to the capabilities of such modern machines as the AH-64 “Apache”, CH-53 “Sea Stallion”, Ka-52 “Alligator”, Mi-26.

Guitar Master Artem Mayer made a full-fledged guitar with 107 iPhones and iPod Touch.

Mayer cut them in the Fender Telecaster form and called the iCaster tool. When assembling it used only cases of smartphones, all internal components were removed.

The master installed a mahogany block in the body of the guitar and some other components that could not be collected from iPhones. Meyer handled all the details. The edges of the guitar are carefully sanded so that it will not cut. The guitar is fully working, and even produces good sound.

For the first time in history, only women astronaut teams have gone out into space.

These were NASA astronauts Christine Koch and Jessica Meir. Koch and Meir left the International Space Station to replace defective equipment on the inside of the station. They replace a faulty battery and battery unit that failed to activate in early October. Then, on the outside of the ISS, new lithium-ion batteries were installed.

It was the fourth space launch for Cock and the first for Meir. Previously, spacewalking, which was the first time that only women had to participate, was planned for March 2019, but then there were not enough space suits right size.

The Vatican presented the first modern electronic rosaries, which are activated when their owner crosses.

eRosary Click To Pray is a technology-based educational tool designed to help young people pray for Rosary for peace and read the Gospel. The project combines the spiritual traditions of the church and the latest developments in the technological world, according to the developers of e-readers.

The bracelet consists of 10 beads made from hematite and black agate. They can also be used as a standard smart wristband, as a special chip is placed in the cross that collects user data, including health indicators.

The new gadget has already gone on sale and costs 99 euros. The rosaries connect to a mobile app that is available for iOS and Android.

Microsoft discontinued support for Windows Phone 8.1 in 2017, when it stopped releasing OS updates.

Microsoft has now finally announced the closing date for its online app store. An updated Microsoft support document states that the Windows Phone Store for smartphones with Windows Phone 8.1 installed will close on December 16, 2019. As a result, after that date, users will no longer be able to download apps from the store and install them on their smartphones.

Also, it will be impossible to install new or reinstalled old applications. If you’re still using Windows Phone 8.1, it makes sense to upgrade your apps by December 16th. Or you can upgrade your smartphone to Windows 10 Mobile, if supported.

Google is committed to making speech recognition systems accessible to everyone, including those who suffer from impaired speech or speak poor English.

The training model was supplemented by the speech of patients with ALS and seplas with a strong emphasis. People with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) often have problems with diction. This complicates not only communication but also the use of language recognition systems, which are typically taught by healthy people. Similar difficulties are experienced by people who speak English with a strong accent.

Project Euphonia, developed by Google experts, can help these people. To set up a standard algorithm for dealing with “problematic” users, the researchers supplemented the datasets with a small sample representing people with ALS and accents.

In the United States, a ship weighing 2.2 tons was printed on a 3D printer.

This is the largest object ever printed. The experiment took place at the Center for Advanced Design at the University of Maine. Initially, the engineers developed the largest prototype of the 3D polymer printer, and then printed ship. Its length was almost seven meters.

However, this is not beyond what a printer can do. It is capable of printing objects up to 30 meters long, up to 6.7 meters wide and up to three meters high. Engineers say they want to continue making plastic and wood ships. It took 72 hours to print the record ship.

For the first time in 14 years of YouTube, comment on videos has garnered over one million likes.

Seth Everman’s comment on a video for the US star Billy Aylish’s song “bad guy” has garnered more than one million likes. Everman wrote his comment five months ago.

“I’m a bald guy,” he wrote. And judging by his avatar, he did not lie. Later in his Twitter, Ewerman wondered if he was worthy of some kind of award.

“Hi YouTube, you can award me one million likes for a comment, please,” the man wrote.

In 2020, Apple is going to release a brand new product – augmented reality glasses.

Massive augmentation of augmented reality glasses will begin this quarter, and will hit the market in the second quarter of 2020. Glasses will not be a standalone product, but will become the next companion to Apple smartphones. That is, for the correct operation of the glasses will need to pair with the iPhone.

Google experimented with augmented reality goggles a while back, but eventually decided to opt out. Also next year, Apple plans to partner with third-party companies to produce augmented reality helmets.

Google adapts Chrome and Maps apps for the blind person.

The company has developed a new feature for Chrome that will use machine learning to recognize images and provide textual descriptions of what they show. The option is based on the same technology that allows users to search for images by keyword, and an image description is generated automatically.

This option is only available to users with screen readers. Image descriptions will be read by the program, but will not be displayed visually on the screen.

Apple has developed a new patent – smart clothing with integrated sensors woven into the fabric.

Apple has filed for a patent describing a soft stretch strip provided with sensors for health monitoring. The gadget is designed to be woven into the fabric. The company plans to integrate technology tracking vital functions directly into clothing.

Possible functions include measuring blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, as well as blood sugar and oxygen levels. According to the application, smart clothing will be connected to other devices via wireless to control and synchronize data.

In October, Uber launched the Uber Copter helicopter taxi for all users in New York.

In June 2019, the company made this feature available to premium users. Uber allows users to book a flight from Manhattan to John F. Kennedy Airport and back.

The flight lasts 8 minutes and costs $ 200-225 per person and covers the cost of ground transportation both ways. Passengers can carry a small suitcase and watch flight safety videos before departure.

You can book a flight using the standard Uber app.