Day: November 4, 2017

For truckers has created a cap-alarm clock The test cap will be held in Brazil. The American company Ford has developed a special cap for truckers, reports Fast Company. New headgear acts as a clock, feeding a loud signal, if it determines that the driver is about to sleep or already asleep. Soon test the cap, called SafeCap will begin in Brazil. To long-distance drivers always have to transport goods over long distances, while driving sometimes dozens of hours. At the same time to go fly, sometimes it is necessary and night. Tired drivers sometimes fall asleep at the wheel and die. According to statistics, in the world cause every fifth traffic accident is the drowsy driver. Some modern cars are equipped with systems monitoring the status of the driver: a special camera tracks the blink rate and head position of the driver and if it decides that he fell

Among the bees found righties and lefties Scientists from the University of Queensland found that a bee flies around obstacles left only or right only. The details of the survey can be found in PLOS One. “Unlike people who mostly are right-handed, among the bees a lot of left-handers. But there are also right-handed and those who have no preferences”, — said the author of the study, Mandyam Srinivasan. The researchers observed how bees overcome an obstacle that you can fly through one of two openings: the left or right. When the holes were about the same in width, 55% of the bees chose both holes with equal frequency. Half of the remaining 45% preferred only the left hole and the other only right. In the case that the width of the holes was different, bees prefer a broader. The scientists also measured the time of flight of bees is”Lefty”

Scientists call the psychological cause of depression and alcoholism MOSCOW, 3 Dec — RIA Novosti. People whose parents often spanked in childhood become more prone to depression and other mental disorders, found researchers from the University of Michigan (Ann arbor, USA). It is reported portal Science Daily. “Otslaivanie” usually refers to the use of physical force with the aim not to cause injury to a child and cause a sensation of pain, said one of the study’s authors, associate Professor of social work Andrew Grogan-Keilor. This is often seen as an educational measure and not a form of child abuse, however, scientists began to share these practices in order to better understand the nature of mental issues. Keylor and his colleague Sean Lee analyzed data from more than 8.3 thousand people collected in the course of questioning in the American clinics. Study participants were asked to indicate how often they