Samsung has confirmed the output based Smartphone WP 8 Apollo

Last week we wrote about the fact that Samsung plans to introduce three new WP-controlled devices, two of whom may have a Windows Phone 8 Apollo. Resource ePrice reports that the Taiwanese division of Samsung has confirmed the release date based Smartphone WP Apollo. The device will debut in the second quarter of this year, the report said.

Most likely, the new product will be available no earlier than October, as unlikely Microsoft will release the latest version of its mobile operating system earlier this term. Unfortunately, at present we have no technical information about the upcoming device. Known as soon as version of the Windows Phone.

Before the release of the aforementioned devices, Samsung promises to launch LTE-compatible Samsung Mandel SGH-i667, which will run on Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh (Tango). More details are expected in the near future.

Toyota introduced a new generation of Avalon

Japan's largest automaker, Toyota introduced a new generation model Avalon.

New debut on the newly opened showroom in New York.

The new Toyota Avalon was littered with rear rack, so it turned into the body of the sedan in the "fastback", which in recent years, is still quite popular.

The novelty has become a little less on hybrids than its predshevstvennik. She received a completely new interior, which is made of the best, and better materials than ever before.

At the North American market a new generation Toyota Avalon will have to end this year.

Private spaceship will appear after 20 years

Private companies can begin to build a space ship in 20-30 years, according to Sergei Kostenko, head of the Russian representation of the company Space Adventures, which arranges flights to the ISS space tourists.

"The entire proximal space - an orbital altitude of 400 kilometers - now transferred to private corporations to develop, for example, SpaceX. There are already several companies that are building private spaceships, space stations, develop low orbit. In the future, private companies will build and interplanetary ships. Start with the moon, with the flyby of the moon, landing on the moon, then, perhaps, Mars. This will be in 20-30 years ", - Kostenko said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

In his view, the role of private business and private projects in the space sector will only increase.

He stressed that although a number of U.S. companies provide spacecraft for orbital flight, with the support of NASA, but these projects are started solely as a private initiative.

"Elon Musk (Chapter SpaceX) for a long time worked on the Falcon - Dragon (carrier and orbiter for the flight to the ISS) before the Obama administration did not adopt the heroic decision to allocate six billion dollars to support private projects. They are very timely support for this project, "- said Kostenko

Ferrari hybrid engine patents

At the Geneva Motor Show 2010 Italian automaker Ferrari introduced the concept Vettura Laboratorio HY-KERS - the first attempt to create a company car with a hybrid engine.

The concept combines the use of twelve-cylinder V-engine and hybrid system KERS. But now the news is a bit outdated, as the Italians decided to patent his own hybrid engine. The new system will combine a traditional engine and two electric motors: one to serve as their direct responsibilities, and the second - to feed auxiliary systems such as conditioning or strengthening of steering control.

Ferrari engineers are confident that when the second engine, auxiliary engines will not "steal" time from the internal combustion engine during acceleration - a measure that passed to increase performance.

From the Spyker in the Swedish Automobile, then - again in Spyker

Since then, as Spyker Cars - a small and little-known company - bought Saab at General Motors last year, little has happened to her. The biggest event was the change of name to the Swedish Automobile NV After that, Saab received an offer from China's Youngman, and separated from his partner.

As a result, the company of the Swedish Automobile again renamed as Spyker, left to reflect on how much it could cost the company. One thing is clear - it was not worth it to communicate with the loss-making Saab. These perturbations leave little hope that in the near future, the automaker will release some of its luxury sports cars.

The company Youngman, which is one of the largest in China, once offered automaker GM $ 298 million for the purchase of Saab. But the duty of the latter at that time amounted to over two billion, which made the proposal untenable. But after that the Chinese have announced to invest $ 1.8 billion in the development of future models of Saab - an offer difficult to refuse.

Wacom Realism: Stylus Color Scanner

Designer named Mazhel Koritar (Majel Korytar) is a true professional, because he knows exactly what to artist. The modern artist needs the most simple, intuitive and accurate means of expression. Necessary space for drawing and functional tools for color management. The concept is called Wacom Realism.

Wacom Realism is a set of tablet and electronic stylus. On the one hand, it is the stylus, different levels of pressure, while at the opposite end of the scanner is color. The user can turn on the scanner and refer them to any object, which surrounds it. Realism instantly captures the color of this point, and placed a ring around its lens LED produces this color.

Stylus Wacom Realism has its own power cell, which is connected to the generator, which absorbs the heat of the human body. The longer the user holds the device in hand, the higher the level of charge in the battery. Of course, the stylus is connected to the Tablet PC wirelessly, this may be Bluetooth 4.0 or any proprietary protocol Wacom. Is not it the dream of the modern artist?

Stable running and climbing stairs for robots is not a problem!

One of the participants in the contest DARPA Robotics Challenge will be the company Boston Dynamics, the most experienced player in the robotics market, which has in its arsenal of advanced solutions, and large real achievements. As proof that the company published a promotional video in conjunction with his old partner - Agency DARPA.

The report describes several projects on robotics. The first robot steadily up the stairs as fast as a person. The machine is equipped with a much poorer person, the robot from Boston Dynamics has only a couple of feet, shod in sneakers, and upper extremity, which ends with something like a fist. The mechanism relies on the wall and very briskly climbing the ladder in seconds. In slow motion we see that the robot makes mistakes, stumbles, but his work is efficient.

Robot PETMAN differs no less remarkable talent. He walks and runs, but it cleverly keeps the balance. Next to the robot is an operator which is quite sensitive pushes him in the shoulder, PETMAN makes a couple of steps away, but quickly returned to its former route. And for some reason, Boston Dynamics engineers are taught to the robot push-ups on the floor. It seems to become stronger.