The presence of an Iranian in the new mission of “Blue Origin” company/endoscopy from a distance of 9 thousand kilometers

According to RCO News Agency, The science and technology of Iran and the world today was accompanied by various news. Now, in this report, we will review the summary of these news.

A robot that fights street crime

A self-driving robot is now patrolling the streets of Atlanta to fight rising crime. An autonomous surveillance robot called “Knightscope” has assumed the primary responsibility of ensuring safety in a part of Atlanta. It should be noted that the area where this robot is deployed, especially the street called “Boular Street”, has been the site of various violent crimes during the past seven months.

We don’t have a live aquatic bank/red alert for the extinction of the Caspian, Persian Gulf and internal basins of Iran

Studies by fisheries researchers show that some economic species of the Caspian Sea, such as duck, fish and sea elephant, are caught once or twice a year, and if this trend continues, these valuable species will disappear from this watershed in the coming years. Researchers emphasize that the extinction of the Caspian sturgeon is one of the “severely endangered” species and is on par with the extinction of the Iranian cheetah, but since the damage to aquatic habitats is not as visible as the destruction of the environment, it is necessary to establish a living aquatic bank. He tried to restore these valuable water species in the country. Dr. Mohammad Pourkazmi, a member of the scientific faculty of the Fisheries Research Institute of the country, in an interview with ISNA, stated that aquatics are divided into 3 areas in terms of geographical areas: “Caspian Sea”, “Persian Gulf and Sea of ​​Oman” and “Aquatic areas in internal watersheds”. They are classified, he said: We have about 122 species and subspecies in the Caspian Sea, of which 25 economic species of the sea are in the catch basket of fishermen.

America‘s new superconductor breakthrough for quantum leap

American researchers were able to create high-quality low-loss microwave resonators, which are critical components of quantum computing, to achieve a major breakthrough for the quantum leap. This research describes the development of a new superconducting material that has the potential to transform quantum computing and potentially act as a “topological superconductor”. Our material could be a promising candidate for developing more scalable and reliable quantum computing components, said Peng Wei, an associate professor of physics and astronomy who led the team.

An award to support leading companies in the use of transformative technologies

By holding the first round of the 4th Industrial Revolution and Artificial Intelligence in Nano Technology competition, the Nano Headquarters supports leading companies in the use of transformative technologies. Special headquarters for the development of nano and micro technology in order to encourage, persuade and support nanotech companies and technologists to learn about and implement digital transformation technologies and the fourth industrial revolution, especially artificial intelligence technology in companies, has designed an award called NANO 4.0 and technological projects And innovative in this field is supported.

The first private spacewalk has been postponed again

We have to wait at least one more day to see the manned and history-making mission “Polaris Dawn” of the “SpaceX” company. Polaris Dawn, which will mark the first private spacewalk, was scheduled to launch Tuesday morning, August 27, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but a helium leak has caused a delay of at least 24 hours. SpaceX wrote on its X account on Monday evening, August 26: Groups are investigating the helium leak more closely. Falcon and Dragon are safe, and the crew is still ready for their multi-day mission in low Earth orbit. The next launch is on Wednesday, August 28.

New iPhone products will be unveiled on 16 September 19

Apple officially announced that it will introduce its new products on September 9, 2024, corresponding to Monday, September 19, 1403, during an event, and we should expect several new phones and new Apple Watch models. Apple’s iPhone 16 series event, which can be said to be the biggest technology event in the fall calendar of the technology world, will be held on September 9, 2024 at 13:00 local time (September 19 at 20:30 Iran time). As usual, the event will be held in the Steve Jobs Hall at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California.

Production of spraying and pollinating drones

A knowledge-based company has succeeded in producing a solution-spraying and solid-spraying drone for use in the agricultural industry. Mehran Shahroz, a member of the board of directors of this knowledge-based company, said: due to the ever-increasing population in the world and the lack of response of traditional agriculture to the food needs of the current population, food security in the world has been threatened. The impossibility of managing large farms in traditional agriculture has caused this type of farming method to have low productivity and profitability.

For the development of any technology, we need a development atlas

The president’s vice president for science, technology and knowledge-based economy, stating that the development of the economy requires a supportive and insuring government, said: We need a technology development atlas for every technology in order to know correctly what are the requirements for the growth and development of that technology. Hossein Afshin, in a joint meeting with the Vice-Chancellors of Science, Research and Technology of the Armed Forces, referring to the readiness of the Scientific Vice-Chancellor for the development and advancement of power-creating and technological projects with the cooperation of the Armed Forces, said: To realize national authority, the government and the government must develop technologies in the country’s defense sector. – even if they are not economic – support and the spillover of defense sector technologies will also help the evolution of the value chain, market development and knowledge-based and private sector economy.

An Iranian among the passengers of the latest mission of “Blue Origin” company

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket will carry out its eighth manned mission called NS-26 on Thursday, August 29, and 6 passengers including Dr. Iman Jahangir, an Iranian cardiologist. – Will send an American into space. The New Shepard reusable rocket is scheduled to lift off from the Blue Origin facility in West Texas at 9:00 a.m. ET. The NS-26 mission will be the 26th flight of New Shepard and the eighth manned mission of the vehicle. This will be New Shepard’s second launch this year, following the NS-25 mission in May.

Supporting the best ideas by awarding a car/building the largest rubber compounds production company in Mashhad

One of the industrial groups active in the field of component manufacturing, in addition to developing and deepening domestic manufacturing technologies, by awarding a car from the best ideas in 4 fields “Robotics and Artificial Intelligence”, “Automotive Industry”, “Medical Industry” and “Environment and supports renewable energies. Elias Javadi, the CEO of one of the technology companies located in the innovation and acceleration center of this industrial group active in the field of parts manufacturing, said in an interview with ISNA: This industrial group includes 23 companies and 5 thousand personnel, which is entering its fifth year of activity in the field of car parts manufacturing. has become itself This group started its activity with the production of shoe heels and now it has the agenda of manufacturing various products in different fields of polymer, chemistry, metal and high-tech products in the field of parts making.

Researchers performed “endoscopy” from a distance of 9 thousand kilometers

Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have achieved a groundbreaking milestone by performing a remote magnetic endoscopy on a living pig. The surgery was performed from Zurich while a pig was on the operating table in Hong Kong, 9,300 kilometers away. A fast and secure Internet connection and a magnetic navigation system with a magnetically controlled endoscope, developed at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, were key factors in achieving this success. According to the researchers, thanks to this technology, better surgical care may be possible in the future for remote locations, especially for surgeries for which there is no local experience.

Holding the Iranian pavilion of knowledge bases in the French exhibition

The pavilion of knowledge-based and creative companies in Iran’s animation field will be held at the Mipcom exhibition in France. The Organization for the Development of International Scientific and Technological Cooperation sets up a pavilion for creative and knowledge-based companies in the field of animation at the MIPCOM exhibition as the largest and most prestigious specialized event in this field in Cannes, France. The deadline for registration of companies to participate in this event has been set until September 12 this year. To participate in this event, companies must send the link of their products for registration. In order to confirm the registration, the companies must go through two steps, the first step is to send a message or call to the Secretariat of the National Program for the Export of Creative and Knowledge-Based Content, number 09357350735, so that the initial registration form will be sent to them, and in the second step, the companies should refer to the link in the system. International events of the export development corridor, to finalize their registration.

The invention of wireless and electric self-adjusting cycling shoes

Shimano has introduced new self-adjusting cycling shoes that, although not yet on store shelves, are a whole new concept thanks to their advanced design that features automatic pedal adjustment. and powered by a wireless electronic system, displays. Like all cycling shoes, the Shimano Smart Shoe attaches to the bike’s pedals, but the addition of an electric motor called an “adjuster” between the shoe and the cleats enables the shoe to move from front to back and left to right to keep the rider’s feet perfectly in place. be suitable

Inventing a screen designed only for writing

BYOK, which stands for “Bring Your Own Keyboard”, was invented by an American entrepreneur and is currently a member of the Kickstarter campaign. Kickstarter is an American non-profit company to help innovative projects in human life, which supports startups with new and creative ideas. This device is in the form of a monochrome LCD screen with dimensions of 165 x 80 x 40 mm. Connects to user’s existing third-party keyboard via Bluetooth or USB cable. Depending on which of the three font sizes is selected, BYOK only displays two to six lines of text at a time.

Export of Iranian pharmaceutical products to 9 countries

A knowledge-based pharmaceutical company with a growth rate of 200% has succeeded in expanding the market of its pharmaceutical products to 9 countries. Amir Ismail Thaqafinia, the CEO of this knowledge-based company, considered the synthesis of the pharmaceutical raw material nitroglycerin and the mass production of continuous-release nitroglycerin tablets as well as the knowledge-based product iodofolic as one of the knowledge-based achievements of this company and said: We are one of the few pharmaceutical companies that adhere to the principles and standards of producing products. We managed to obtain a GMP certificate for pharmaceutical products (general solids – dry powder suspension). Also, the production of nitroglycerin granules ready to be pressed and nitroglycerin soluble in ethanol and propylene glycol for injectable use and soluble in Miglyol for the production of sublingual pearls based on the latest PIC/S international standard from the Food and Drug Organization of the Ministry of Health is one of the prides of this company.

The quantum internet is coming

A new experiment has brought the realization of a quantum internet one step closer to reality. While the idea of ​​a quantum internet has a lot of potential, connecting it to the regular internet has challenges. Now, a new study offers a solution for how to combine existing networks with the future. An experiment conducted by researchers at the Leibniz University of Hannover in Germany shows how quantum information and classical zeros and ones can all be sent through a single optical fiber. This potentially means that the Internet will become almost hack-proof, allowing existing infrastructure to be used to connect multiple quantum computers in networks that could one day provide a unique tool for processing power and solving intractable computational tasks. take

The effort to develop flexible supercapacitors is on the agenda of Boali Sina University

The development of flexible supercapacitors using flexible polymers is a research project of Boali Sina University Hamadan researchers, which was implemented with the support of Iran Science Foundation. Fabrication of a high-performance symmetric supercapacitor based on paper using TiO2/polypyrrole/reduced graphene oxide/(MXene)Ti3C2Tx on ordinary paper is the title of Elmira Azizi’s postdoctoral project, which was guided by Jalal Arjamandi, Mohammad Ali Kayani and supported by the foundation National Science of Iran has finished.

Europa’s photos of Earth and the Moon on its way to Jupiter

The high-resolution science camera on the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moon Probe, or JUICE, which will eventually travel to Jupiter, has been snapping pictures of the moon’s craters and atmospheric clouds, as well as the side of the planet. Ma would pass by to use its gravity and reroute itself to the next stop on its eight-year journey to the Jupiter system. Launched in April 2023, the Joos probe is on its way to Jupiter, but will first visit Earth and Venus. These visits are to get the gravitational boost that will allow Joss to gain enough speed to exit the Solar System with minimal fuel and head for Jupiter in July 2031.

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