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A modern-day tale of Romeo and Juliet enchanted a crowd in Novosibirsk on January 27, when Russian ballet dancer Nikolai Maltsev proposed to his partner Ksenia Zakharova on stage. The two were taking a bow after the performance when Maltsev snuck behind the stage to retrieve an engagement ring before going down on one knee to pop the question. The overjoyed ballerina, who was making her debut as Juliet, then threw herself into the arms of her Romeo and accepted the marriage proposal, much to the delight of the audience.
These adorable baby monkeys are clones! 8-week-old Zhong Zhong and 6-week-old Hua Hua became the first primates to be successfully cloned using somatic cell nuclear transfer, and were unveiled in Suzhou on Wednesday. The pair of long-tailed macaques frolicked in their incubator, unaware of the scientific milestone they represent. The Chinese Academy of Sciences carried out the cloning in order to further biological experimentation, given exact clones will provide more reliable data during testing. Their genetic similarity to humans also increases the likelihood of human clones in the near future.
Students at the No.11 High School in Hangzhou are the first in the world to use facial recognition to pay for food at their cafeteria. Pupils order food on screens and pay for their meals by standing before facial recognition screens. Face data from each student is collected and stored into the school's database. When students order food, the program compares their face to the database and automatically deducts money from their account. Students never have to bring cash or cards with them to school and payment becomes quicker and more efficient, but what do you think about the privacy issues?
One new service in Japan lets star-struck lovers of cartoon characters express their infatuation in the ultimate way - people in Japan can now marry their virtual boyfriend or girlfriend in the ultimate virtual wedding ceremony. The concept comes from anime game 'Niitzuma LovelyxCation', where players are able to find a girlfriend and develop a relationship in virtual reality. Hibiki Works created a way to give fans an ability to express their love in the real world, tying together a human with a virtual lover through a real world wedding ceremony with the help of VR glasses.
Long-distance couples forced to Netflix and chill alone may soon have an alternate way to be with their loved ones thanks to a new robot created by scientists at Tyumen State University. The robot, called Avatar-S, is remotely controlled by a user through sensors which transmit all sorts of data. Avatar-S users put on a special helmet that transmits sound and 3D images from the robot's camera and microphone and special gloves which send tactile sensations gathered from touch sensors.
Technology is moving at such a rapid pace that it can be quite hard to keep up with all the new inventions. Drone have become a mainstay in popular culture in the last few years, but some scientists and engineers from Russia's Voronezh State University may have just invented a new way to pilot them. This drone prototype is designed to be flown with the help of augmented reality glasses that allow the wearer to guide the motion of the quadcopter simply by looking in the direction that he or she wants the drone to go. The team began working on the product began seven years ago but have only now reached the point of testing out their prototype model. With the success of their prototype, the team is now working on improving usability and design, with the hope of exporting their product abroad.
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