Reckitt Benckiser acquired the American producer of baby food Mead Johnson for $16.6 billion dollars, in a transaction which would lead the British Group in a new direction and it would increase the business in the emerging markets, informs Reuters. Reckitt Benckiser, which produces things like the Nurofen tablets, the deodorant Air Wick and the condoms Durex, announced that it … [Read more...]
China will launch its first space mission for prevailing samples of the Moon’s soil
China programmed the launch to the Moon of the robotic mission Chang'e-5 for November this year, the mission marking a few achievements in premiere for the spatial program of this country, informs the DPA. Chang'e-5 will represent a triple premiere for China: the first takeoff from the natural satellite of the Earth, the first automated mission for the prevailing of sampling of … [Read more...]
Today’s robots have Automatons as precursor mechanisms
The automatons are complex mechanisms that reproduce the people, the animals and which move activated by the hidden mechanisms of the clockwise type. These machines that can be seen as the precursors of the today's robots, have known their period of glory in the 18th century, but there are testimonies that they would have been built since the ancient times, in a material … [Read more...]
China will build in Tibet telescopes for the detection of the gravitational waves
China will build, in the Autonomous Region Tibet, telescopes for the detection of gravitational waves located at the highest level of Earth. The devices will be built at over 5,000 meters altitude in order to detect even the weakest echoes resonating from the Universe, these telescopes being able to provide valuable information about the Big Bang, informs Xinhua. The … [Read more...]
The South Korean film ‘The Handmaiden’ – 6 nominations at the Asian Film Awards
The South Korean film 'The Handmaiden' has six nominations in the top of the productions entered in the race for the Asian Film Awards, followed by 'Train to Busan' (China) and 'I am not Madame Bovary' (China) each with five nominations, informs the Hollywood Reporter. The Asian Film Awards will be back in Hong Kong after three years when it took place in Macao, to mark the 20 … [Read more...]
Disney wins a trial regarding the copyrights for the animation ‘Cars’ in China
Disney has obtained a judicial victory against a Chinese movie that ostentatiously plagiarized the animation film 'Cars', a rare decision in a country in which the application of the laws on intellectual property is a random one, reports the AFP. Blue Mtv, the Chinese studio that produced the film 'Autobots' as well as the company that distributes it, is forced by justice 'to … [Read more...]
The creator of Bambi, Tyrus Wong, dies at 106 years
The artist that inspired the creation of one of the most famous animation characters of the Walt Disney Universe, Bambi, died at the age of 106 years, according to a material published on by the UPI agency. The cartoonist with Chinese origins Tyrus Wong, who was the director of creation for the classic movie 'Bambi' (1942), died last week in his home in Los Angeles, surrounded … [Read more...]
Japan will build a super computer that will cost $173 million dollars
According to the detailed budget numbers, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will spend $173 million dollars for a supercomputer, in accordance with the governmental strategy to restore Japan on the first position in the world of technology. In the last few years, Japan has lost the advantage in many electronic sectors, the intensification of the competition … [Read more...]