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- The Danish Ministry of Infrastructure has reached an agreement with local authorities in several regions to begin battery train testing in 2020. This was stated by Infrastructure Minister Benny Engelbrecht. “Battery train testing in Denmark will give all parties the experience they need before we can order a battery train for passengers. I hope we will see battery trains in Denmark as early as mid-2020”, he said.

- High-speed connectivity, including 5G, will make smartphones unnecessary. This forecast is made by IT giants, who have already entered the race to create a new type of device.
For example, Qualcomm President Christiano Amon believes that 5G connectivity will make connecting to cloud services fast and reliable, and progress in miniaturization will result in a few years' time that we will change smartphones to AR glasses.

- The Japanese SoftBank Holding has issued a debit card with a built-in blockchain wallet. Users can check the balance of both fiat and digital currency in real-time.

- Professor Huang Yunhui introduced technology at the Beijing University Alumni Global Forum, which forces the smartphone to charge up to 80% in 1 minute. Currently, this fast charging technology is partially used on Huawei P30 and other smartphones of the company.

- Scientists at the Department of Physics at the University of Bath have been able to completely reproduce neurons with the help of special silicon chips. The discovery has helped to cure several cases of Alzheimer's disease.

- Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state with 200 million people, is testing the platform for the solar energy trade. The blockchain system will allow neighbors to sell each other surplus electricity produced by solar panels.

- The Japanese air carrier has opened the world's first store where shoppers can make purchases from a distance using an "avatar" robot. A shop with robots that look like a screen mounted on a 1.5-meter wheel stand has opened in one of Tokyo's neighborhoods. After registering online, store customers will be able to control the movements of one of the new robots, view the product and make purchases from a distance.

- Xiaomi officially introduced the Mi Credit app. With it, you can take loans no higher than a certain amount. The service is currently operating only in India, but in the near future, it is planned to launch in other countries.

- In Kazakhstan, eight pilot incinerators are planned to be built in the next few years. This will bring about five hundred million dollars to the industry and increase the share of garbage that is recycled into fuel and electricity by up to 30%.

- The new membrane, designed by scientists at Ruther University, uncovers the potential of the "blue energy" produced by the chemical difference between fresh and saltwater. According to preliminary estimates of the development team, the new technology will be able to generate energy from 37,000 cubic kilometers of freshwater that annually enters the rivers into the oceans. And according to scientists, it will allow receiving up to 2.6 terawatts of electricity. About 2,000 nuclear reactors produce about the same capacity.