According to the Chinese press, TSMC is building a 1nm chip manufacturing facility.

To understand the scale, 1 nm is a billionth of a meter. The size of a single red blood cell in our blood is 7,000 nanometers. And the thickness of a human hair is from 50 to 100 thousand nanometers.

Today, November 1, the potentially dangerous asteroid RM4 will approach the Earth.

Its size is about 500 meters, and it moves at a speed of 68 times the speed of sound. Fortunately, the probability of a collision by scientists is estimated as zero.

Breath analyzers are a thing of the past.

Drunk driving will now be determined by neural networks. In Vietnam, they trained an algorithm that identifies drunk people with 93% accuracy. All you need is a camera in the infrared range.

The longest train in the world.

In Switzerland, the longest train in the world passed - it consists of 100 cars with a total length of 1910 meters. The previous record was set in 1991, when the length of the train was 1732 meters. He will travel through the Alps - along one of the most picturesque routes.

XPeng showed the "correct" flying car.

At the Tech Day event in Guangzhou, the Chinese company XPeng showcased a new version of its Aeroht flying electric car. The prototype successfully survived its first flight and passed several engine failure tests. A car capable of both driving on roads and taking off into the air. No technical specifications have yet been disclosed, as well as plans for the timing of release and the estimated cost of the commercial version.

A current of a million volts was passed through the Nokia 3310.

The result is quite expected, this nutcracker just continued to work. Our descendants will consider this phone a powerful artifact.

China launched the last module of the Tiangong orbital station into space.

The Long March-5B carrier rocket successfully launched the Mentian laboratory module into space, which became the third module of the Chinese orbital station. This is the last module of the basic configuration of the station, it can be expanded in the future.

Traces of an ancient coastline have been found on Mars.

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have found traces of a coastline on Mars that are about 3.5 billion years old. This proves that there used to be an ocean on the planet. Its outlines were revealed thanks to topographic maps. On Mars, it was possible to see more than 6500 km of ridges that form 20 systems. These are the deltas of the former Martian rivers and underwater channels - the remnants of the coastline. The data that scientists have received shows that once the ocean level rose on Mars, which means there was a warm and humid climate.

The designer came up with a strange folding origami mouse

Hong Kong designer Horace Lam has designed an unusual origami mouse that can be folded flat. The Air.0 weighs 40 grams and is 4.5 to 10 mm thick when unfolded. Air.0 is equipped with two standard mechanical keys and a touchpad between them, replacing the scroll wheel. The mouse is covered with waterproof artificial leather, on the lower faces there are plastic pads that provide sliding on surfaces. The mouse is wireless and is equipped with a 500 mAh battery, which should be enough for 3 months of work. Air.0 plans to sell for $69

Ornocopter

Engineers from Beihang University in China launched an ornocopter into the air. Ornocopter, a drone that flies by flapping its wings, has set a world record among analogues for the duration of the flight. The span of the mechanical wings of this exhibit is 2 meters, and the maximum speed is 36 km/h. It weighs 1.6 kilograms. The mechanical bird stayed in the air for 1 hour 31 minutes and 4.98 seconds. For comparison: the flight time of analogues did not exceed 30 minutes. Project manager Zhzhao Longfei believes that this type of drone will be useful for exploring Mars. In addition, it can be used to simulate innovative aircraft and scare away birds near airports.

TV set with a postage stamp.

Created a postage stamp-sized TV that works like a full-sized device. While all gadgets are only getting bigger, TinyCircuits decided to make a difference and create the smallest TV in the world. TinyTV Mini is the size of a postage stamp. It plays video for 1 hour. It has 2 audio and video control wheels and a tiny remote control.

Italian farmers attached two pairs of wheels to the tractor, which raise it higher.

This is done so as not to damage the high yield when towing a sprinkler - in fact, an artificial substitute for rain.

The iPhone 15 Pro may come out without mechanical buttons at all.

Well-known insider Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple plans to ditch the volume and lock buttons. Instead, there will be tactile buttons with vibration from the Taptic Engine, which will simulate the feeling of pressing. This assumption is based on Apple's increased interest in Taptic Engine suppliers.

A river almost 500 kilometers long was found under the ice of Antarctica.

British scientists have found a large ice-covered river 460 kilometers long in the west of Antarctica. In terms of the length and volume of transported water, it is comparable to the Thames. The discovered river accelerates the melting of the southern ice cap - because of it, glaciers slide into the ocean faster. In the near future, climatologists will study other parts of the continent in order to accurately determine the contribution of under-ice rivers to the destruction of glaciers. The accelerated melting of the ice of Antarctica will affect the polar regions of the planet and mountain glaciers. Already, these areas are 4-9°C warmer than in past centuries.

The Mylo device uses AI to monitor swimmers in the pool.

The device is installed in one of the corners of the user's pool. It is equipped with cameras located above and below water, as well as a water pressure sensor. Mylo is available for pre-order now for $999. Coral Smart Pool emphasizes that the system should be used as an additional layer of security and not as a substitute for human control.

NASA has published a picture of the smiling Sun.

Dark spots that look like a mouth and eyes are coronal holes. These are regions of the magnetic field from which the solar wind rushes into space. The accelerated particles will reach the Earth on October 29-30.

Exactly 76 years ago, mankind received the first photographs of the Earth from space.

In October 1946, the United States launched a modified German V-2 rocket to a height of 120 kilometers to take the first photographs of our planet from space.

Engineer Matt Mikka created a Tesla that runs on gasoline.

He installed a gas generator in the ex-electric car, this allowed the car to be charged not only while parking, but also while driving. The blogger managed to drive the car 2500 km without recharging, however, the loud noise from the generator attracted the attention of the police.

Mexico has completely legalized same-sex marriage.

In Mexico, the state of Tamaulipas legalized same-sex marriage - now homosexuals can enter into unions in any of the 32 regions of the country. The full legalization of gay marriage in the state took seven years. The authorities of Tamaulipas supported the decision with 23 votes, 12 deputies opposed, two abstained. The Supreme Court declared the ban on same-sex unions unconstitutional back in 2015. Since then, one state after another has legalized gay marriage. Guerrero and Tamaulipas delayed the decision the longest.

The French have developed a champagne that can be drunk in space.

Cordon Rouge Stellar is the world's first alcoholic beverage produced specifically for astronauts. The bottle releases bubbles with liquid, and the astronauts catch them with a special glass. But the chip is not only in the bottle, because ordinary champagne does not release bubbles in zero gravity, which is why it is almost soundless, and this drink was specially made with a sharper and more pronounced taste.