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- Controversial ‘Wall of Shame’ in Peru Separates the Rich from the Poor
- New World’s Most Expensive Material Costs $150 Million per Gram
- Russian Scientists Develop Quadcopter That Can Be Controlled By Thoughts
| Controversial ‘Wall of Shame’ in Peru Separates the Rich from the Poor Posted: 23 Dec 2015 06:34 AM PST Everyone talks about the gap between the rich and poor, bit nowhere is this barrier more clear than Lima Peru, where a 10-kilometer concrete wall topped with barbed wire separates one of the cities richest communities from one of the poorest. Located on the outskirts of Lima, the Wall of Shame', also nicknamed 'Peru's Berlin Wall', was erected to provide protection to the wealthy by preventing the poor from entering their neighborhood to commit crimes. It is so long that it can actually be plotted as a line on a satellite view of the area. The line separates Las Casuarinas, home to some of the nation's richest citizens, from the suburb of Vista Hermosa, where the vast majority lives in poverty, without even the most basic amenities. "The wooden houses illuminated by candles and the broken roofs are contrasted by multi-million pound houses within a few kilometers," a local media news station recently described the situation.
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| New World’s Most Expensive Material Costs $150 Million per Gram Posted: 23 Dec 2015 05:03 AM PST Platinum, gold, silver, and diamonds are going to seem dirt cheap when you hear how much this new man-made carbon-based material costs – an eye-watering £100 million ($150 million) per gram! |
| Russian Scientists Develop Quadcopter That Can Be Controlled By Thoughts Posted: 23 Dec 2015 03:51 AM PST Thanks to the hard work of a few Russian scientists, everyone might soon be able to use the power of telekinesis. They've created a special quadcopter that doesn't need external controls as it can be operated with the power of thought. The user needs to put on a special helmet that can read human thoughts and translate them into machine-readable instructions, telling the copter how high and far to fly. The project was financed by Russia’s Foundation for Advanced Research, an organisation that supports research programs in the interest of national defense. Neurobotics, a Zelenograd-based company, worked on the copter's design for many years before developing a successful prototype. "Commands, or 'conditions' as we call them, are generated by the sensors on the head of an operator," Neurobotics director Vladimir Konyshev explained. "The person thinks about certain actions at right moments which the system then recognises and identifies."
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