A team of developers from an Indian university showed a prototype robot that can climb trees and collect coconuts.

The developers have been working for the third year on a robot that can be assembled on a tree in just 15 minutes. The robot itself can be controlled from the ground thanks to joysticks or a smartphone app. In particular, it is about regulating the movement of the robot up or down and its rotation around the tree.

According to experiments, the robot has already successfully climbed to a height of 15.2 meters.

LG Electronics has announced a line of OLED TVs with a resolution of 8K.

The developer says that this is a line for “avid gamers”. The announcement of the TVs coincided with the debut of the newest Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 series video cards and declared their support as one of the advantages. The TVs are based on the Alpha 9 Gen 3 processor with elements of artificial intelligence, which is able to provide full support for 8K in games – at a speed of 60 fps, with a bandwidth of 48 Gbps.

The novelty supports HDMI 2.1, as VRR (Variable refresh rate, variable refresh rate), ultra-fast response speed and ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode, automatic low latency mode). Also supported by Nvidia G-Sync, the TVs will be able to interact with systems with GeForce RTX 20 and GTX 16 video cards.

The price of the novelty is currently unknown.

The Indian University of Technology in Bombay held a graduation ceremony for two thousand students, each of whom created their own avatar.

Student avatars first took to the stage to receive diplomas, and then were able to communicate with each other in a virtual model of the university campus. The university said it did not want to deprive students of graduation due to a pandemic, so they moved the ceremony to the virtual world.

“To ensure access to virtual reality for all our graduates, not only modern technology was needed, but also the enormous efforts of our professors and staff. They did it for students. We hope this will inspire our graduates and other engineers to think big and innovatively.” – said the director of the university Subhasis Chauduri.

Amazon has introduced the Amazon Halo cloud service and the Amazon Halo Band fitness bracelet, which are designed to monitor health.
The Amazon Halo Band and the Amazon Halo service work together. Halo Band differs from other bracelets because it does not have a screen, and all the information is displayed in the application on the smartphone. It has an accelerometer, a temperature sensor, a heart rate scanner and a pair of microphones that can be turned off.
The system takes into account the nature and intensity of movements, as well as heart rate and skin temperature during sleep, after which everything is translated into points according to the recommendations of the American Heart Association. You can also assess the condition of your body with photos that will be analyzed by artificial intelligence.
Initially, Amazon Halo will cost $ 65, then the price will rise to $ 100. This price includes a six-month subscription to Amazon Halo, after which membership is automatically renewed for $ 4 per month. Access to features will be restricted without a subscription.

A tweet about the death of the actor from the movie “Black Panther” by Chadwick Bozeman set a new record of popularity on Twitter.

The tweet from the actor’s official page received 6.9 million likes, as well as 2.1 million retweets. 43-year-old actor Chadwick Bozeman, known for his role as the Black Panther in Marvel superhero movies, has died of colon cancer.

The previous record belonged to the tweet of the 44th US President Barack Obama, who in 2017 quoted Nelson Mandela.

“No one is born with a hatred for another person because of skin color, background, or religion,” Obama wrote at that time.

Japanese company SkyDrive Inc. conducted a successful test flight of a “flying taxi” with one person on board.

The device, resembling a motorcycle with propellers, rose a few feet (1-2 meters) above the ground and hung in a protected place for four minutes. Tomohiro Fukudzawa, who heads the SkyDrive project, expressed hope that by 2023, the “flying car” can be turned into a real product.

So far, the car can only fly from 5 to 10 minutes, but if you increase the flight time by 30 minutes, it will have more opportunities. Unlike airplanes and helicopters, eVTOL or “electric vertical takeoff and landing device” offers fast private travel from point to point.

They can help get rid of traffic jams as well as the cost of hiring pilots.

The fortune of the richest man in the world, the founder and owner of Amazon Jeff Bezos has exceeded $ 200 billion, setting a new historical record.

As of now, Bezos owns a total of $ 202 billion. This is 40% (87 billion) more than at the beginning of 2020.

The main reason for the growth of Bezos’ wealth is Amazon. The company’s shares have grown by a quarter over the past three months, and by 86% since the beginning of the year.

Coronavirus quarantine, which has resulted in losses for many companies, has been a shock to Amazon: the company makes money primarily from online services and delivery, which have become extremely popular during the lockdown.

The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine has launched an informational Internet portal on the types of public services and opportunities to obtain them.

The guide is available on the public service “Action”. With the help of a guide, everyone can find out where, how, and when you can get a certain government service. The portal also provides information on the cost and list of required documents.

The guide provides information on 1000 types of public services, which are divided into 17 categories.

The Microsoft Word word processor has received the function of converting audio to text.

So far, the feature is only available in English in the online version of Word only. The transcription function is available on the panel together with the “Dictate” function. It allows you to download an audio file up to 200 MB in .mp3, .wav, .m4a or .mp4 formats.

After downloading and processing the file, a panel with timecodes and decrypted text appears on the right. The user can correct the decryption if it is inaccurate.

Transcription is available from Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge for the English online version of Microsoft Office and can only encrypt English text. In addition, there is currently a limit on audio encryption of no more than five hours per month.

LG Display has installed transparent OLED displays in Chinese subway cars instead of windows.

Screens acting as information boards have appeared on the updated trains in Beijing and Shenzhen. The displays show passengers information about the trip – the scheme of the subway, the time of arrival at the station, the message of the driver and dispatcher, as well as news and weather forecast.

Together with railway manufacturers and subway management, LG Display is going to equip similar transparent screens for trains at major subway stations in Chinese cities and other countries.

Researchers from University College London, along with Xtera and KDDI Research, were able to reach Internet speeds of 178 terabytes per second.

At this rate, the researchers say, the entire library of movies and series on Netflix will load in less than a second. This is a new record speed of the Internet – one fifth more than the previous record set in Japan.

To transmit data, the authors of the study used fiber optic cable – that is, the same cable through which information is transmitted on the global network and now. However, they improved it, expanding the light spectrum almost twice.

An optical signal is transmitted through the optical fiber, which is reflected from its inner walls. It is relatively fast and cheap because the speed of light is 300 thousand kilometers per second.

Google has released a new version of Google Maps.

Now the maps are more detailed and better. New relief elements have appeared – detailed landscape, roads, and streets. In particular, you can see intersections and sidewalks on city maps. Forests, parks, deserts, and glaciers have also been developed.

However, the update does not apply to all cities. So far, the “detail” has affected New York, San Francisco, London, and several other cities. Other settlements will change in the near future.