Smart urinals.

Smart urinals for health checks have appeared in Chinese shopping malls. They are equipped with a display and various sensors. The manufacturer claims that his device detects indicators of calcium, glucose, protein, and so on.

In the United States, empty offices have begun to be turned into vertical farms.

In the states, almost 20% of office space is empty, and it is more profitable to re-equip them than to completely rebuild. It is very difficult to convert offices into residential premises, and therefore they began to grow greens and vegetables there.

A simple Indian guy made a million dollars begging.

Bharat Jain started begging on the streets of Mumbai because he was unable to get an education due to poverty. On a daily basis, he earns about 30 dollars on mercy, and in a month he can collect an amount of 1,000 dollars. He has already managed to save up for an apartment and several types of real estate, which he successfully rents out. Now Bharat's fortune is estimated at one million dollars, but he is not going to give up begging.

The iPhone will now imitate your voice.

This feature will appear in iOS 17, under the name "Personal Voice". The feature will allow you to speak the text you type in your own voice, and can also be used during FaceTime calls, regular telephone conversations, and in third-party communication applications. In order to activate this feature, you will need to record your voice for 15 minutes, saying certain phrases that appear on the screen.

Keyboard jacket.

The Liminal Work Shop brand has presented a new hit of the season among IT people - a keyboard jacket. The down jacket is covered with "keys", some of which are pockets. The rest are good fall protection. The price is £495.

The most environmentally friendly beer on the planet was produced in London.

The Gipsy Hill Brewery said the production of Swell Lager and Trail Pale was carbon negative. The beer was brewed from regenerative farming barley and hops that were reclaimed and reused.

Goodbye Wi-Fi, hello Li-Fi.

The IEEE has adopted a new standard for wireless data transmission. Instead of radio waves, visible light waves will act as a transmission medium, and an ordinary LED light bulb can serve as a transmitter. Most importantly, the speed of such a network is 100 times faster than regular Wi-Fi. But there is one significant disadvantage: the light cannot go around walls and other opaque obstacles.

China has successfully launched a methane rocket for the first time in history.

The private company Landspace launched ZhuQue 2, and it became the world's first methane carrier to reach orbit. Thus, the Chinese are ahead of NASA, Roskosmos, and SpaceX.

The James Webb telescope has recorded the brightest explosion in space.

Such flashes are called "kilon" - these are the most powerful cosmic explosions that occur when two neutron stars collide. During such a flash, as much light is released as 1 billion stars the size of the Sun could produce in the same time.

A rare natural phenomenon.

Residents of the Indian city of Haridwar observed an unusual and impressive natural phenomenon - a shelf cloud. It may seem that the city is about to be covered by a huge wave, but this is only a huge cloud that has arisen due to prolonged downpours and is accompanied by lightning, squally winds and pressure surges.

Club-Q

A place called Club-Q has opened in Tokyo where men pay to be beaten by girls. The institution is fully compliant with the law. For 45 minutes of strange "pleasures" they ask for $ 200.

Scientists have proposed protecting Tibetan glaciers with a reflective film.

The Dagu glacier, where the experiments took place, has lost 70% of its mass over the past 50 years. At the same time, it provides drinking water and electricity to the inhabitants of the Tibetan Plateau. The researchers hope that a film made of cellulose acetate, a natural fiber from plants, will help slow the warming. In hard-to-reach places, the substance can also be sprayed using drones. The experiment will last from three to five years. During this time, scientists will collect water samples to study the impact of the coating on the environment.

In the US, they came up with a fire-resistant bioplastic from algae.

Researchers from the University of Washington powdered spirulina and got a pure miracle material that does not burn and decomposes in a compost pit faster than a banana peel.

The scientist lost a box of wine to the philosopher after a 25-year dispute.

In 1998, neuroscientist Christoph Koch and philosopher David Chalmers argued that within the next 25 years, science would find signs of consciousness in human neurons. After a quarter of a century of research, the neuroscientist conceded defeat and presented David with a bottle of 1978 Madeira on stage.

Little surfer seal.

San Diego has a new attraction - a little surfer seal named Sammy. A baby seal jumps on the boards and rides the waves with a buzz. Sammy not only "lies" on the board, but also imitates the movements of athletes.

"Тrue cheeseburger"

Thailand's Burger King has unveiled the "true cheeseburger": a sandwich with 20 slices of cheese. No meat, sauces or vegetables, pure processed cheese. It costs about $3. They say that few people appreciated the novelty, even cheese lovers.

The world's largest cruise ship, the Icon of the Seas, is about to embark on its maiden voyage.

Icon of the Seas is the largest passenger ship in history. It weighs like 5 Titanic. Capacity - 7.600 passengers. The ship has 20 decks, over 40 restaurants and much more. The first 7-day tour will take place in January 2024. Ticket prices start from €2.600.

Xiaomi has released a “scratch stick” for everyone who has been bitten by mosquitoes.

It works very simply: apply to the bite site and wait 10-15 seconds. The device heats the skin with an infrared lamp and massages it with vibration pulses. Xiaomi promises that after this, the itching will pass.

French winery Chateau Marrin has released a limited edition wine inspired by the third season of The Witcher.

This is The Witcher Grand Cru, five years old, with the seal of Corvo Bianco's estate in Toussaint. A total of 6,300 bottles will go on sale at a price of 72 euros.

OpenAI is forming a team to keep "superintelligent" AIs in check.

OpenAI is forming a team to keep "superintelligent" AIs in check. The company believes that AI with superior intelligence could emerge within a decade. The Superalignment team will seek to solve the main technical problems associated with the management of superintelligent artificial intelligence - for this, it plans to develop and train special AI, the purpose of which will be to assess the security of other AI systems.