Metkere

Category: Science

  • 13 weird Soviet robots

    Робот Орион. Фото: А. Соломонов/РИА Новости
    All photos: RIA Novosti.

    In the Soviet Union, robots were an important part of ideology. In the bright future of communism it would have been their duty to work hard while Soviet people were to take advantage of self-development and prepare the colonization of Mars. In every Young Pioneers Palace and House of Young Technicians schoolchildren were creating their own, very exotic at times, robots. Grown-up engineers were also not falling behind. metkere.com presents 13 weird Soviet robots – from the secretary with the tray to synthesizing diamonds moustache robot. (more…)

  • Cathode st. intersects Anode st.

    Cathode st. intersects Anode st.

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    Cathode street (Katodnaya ulitsa) intersects with Anode street (Anodnaya ulitsa) in Russian city of Novosibirsk.

  • Caution, Mammoths!

    Яйцо мамонта

    Photos by Maya Shelkovnikova.

    The “Mammoth Egg” exhibition opened in the Siberian Museum of Contemporary Art in Novosibirsk, Russia. The exhibition presents artifacts designed to confound archaeologists of the future – the “Caution, mammoths!” warning sign, canned “mammoth meat” and “mammoth milk”. (more…)

  • Floating Nuclear Plants in Russia

    Floating Nuclear

    World’s first floating nuclear power plant [will go into operation](http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/russians-plan-floating-nuclear-plants/) on Russia’s eastern coast by the end of 2012.

    A Russian manufacture O.P.K. is building the plant in the shape of a ship 144 meters (472 feet) in length and 30 meters (98 feet) wide to accommodate two 35-megawatt reactors. Construction of the plant, called KLT-40C, began in February this year.

    The advantages of floating nuclear plants include maneuverability of the machines so that they can be serviced, as well as the ability to be towed near remote settlements or sites of energy-intensive industries — like water desalination — where need is greatest for electricity.

  • Total Eclipse in Novosibirsk

    Total solar eclipse

    Photos by [Maya Shelkovnikova](http://lubitel.su).

    Take a look at the photos of the total solar eclipse. Both photos were taken in Novosibirsk, Russia on August 1st by [Maya Shelkovnikova](http://lubitel.su).

    Eclipse in Novosibirsk, Russia