We were also looking for a dynamic effect, so we ran a pump from a fish tank to blow bubbles in the oil, making it look as if it’s boiling from the bulb’s heat. The final design of the lamps wound up looking so good onstage that many people asked us about getting them for their homes. All the parts to build them yourself are available at home-improvement and electrical-supply stores....
Building out the “Brio” name that was originally reserved for its specialty 4K webcam, the Brio 500 is a sleek, feature-rich evolution of the Logitech c922 Pro. It offers the same core resolutions and frame rates: 1080p at 30 frames per second or 720p at 60fps. It also adds a host of improvements, including a new ultra-wide lens that allows for a more adjustable field-of-view with deeper zoom, auto-framing, and HDR support....
Giant tortoises used to roam, albeit slowly, across much of the world. Megalochelys atlas wandered the Punjab region of India and Hesperotestudo crassiscutata traversed Central America up into the southern United States. Their gigantism isn’t the result of living on islands—they were enormous back then, too. It’s just that the only giant tortoises that survived lived on remote spits of land isolated by oceans in fairly tropical parts of the world, where an evolving climate and the rapidly expanding human population could do relatively little damage to them....
Similar to stocks and bonds, crypto is subject to capital gains tax, so airdrops, hard forks, crypto earned from mining or lending, and crypto earned in exchange for goods and services are taxable. If all these sound confusing, you may want to enlist the help of Accointing Crypto Tax Software, a platform dedicated to assisting you with all your crypto tax needs. For a limited time, you can sign up for the Hobbyist Plan for an extra 10 percent off with the coupon code REFUND during our Gear Up For Tax Season Sale....
Now, careful scrutiny of two ancient hunks of Martian crust has led a research team to conclude that the Red Planet may have formed somewhat differently. Their geochemical sleuthing, which appeared this week in Nature Geoscience, suggests that beneath the planet’s rocky shell sit two types of Martian material—unmixed relics of the baby planets that came together to form Mars. The researchers teased apart these twin substances based on traces of water, which also complicates the standard theory of how rocky planets like Earth and Mars got wet in the first place....
If your mask of choice puts a strain on your ears, consider a mask extender. These simple additions connect the two bands that normally go behind your ears, making sure that you stay comfortable while protecting your community. Here are some of our favorite mask extenders available. This soft silicone mask extender has three sizes that fit adults and children alike. The material is anti slip, so your mask will stay attached....
Other Nightmarish New Species By Jessie Geoffray The Chicken from Hell Paleontologists from the University of Utah announced the discovery of this 11-foot-long dinosaur in March. The 500-pound raptor is the largest known oviraptorosaur—a group of dinos closely related to birds—found in North America. Anzu wyliei roamed the Dakotas with T. rex about 66 million years ago, just before dinosaur end-times. Mouth Full of Switchblades In Portugal, paleontologists uncovered what may be Europe’s largest known terrestrial predator....
MIT researchers used a uniquely designed plastic yarn to create a knit textile, called 3DKnITS, that they interspersed with pressure sensors. In their experiments, they used this material to construct shoes and mats. They also paired it with a hardware and software system (including a machine learning component) that measured and interpreted the incoming pressure sensor data, and used that to predict a person’s movements. Their design will be described at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Conference....
What is it? For the most part, Mophie’s Powerstation packs operate like the battery-filled brick that’s already in your bag. Capacities range from 6,040mAh in the Powerstation and Powerstation Plus, up to 10,000mAh in the Powerstation Plus XL and 20,200mAh in the Powerstation XXL. They’re common capacities. What’s out of the ordinary, however, is that all of them charge using a typical Apple Lightning cable like the one that comes with a modern iPad or iPhone....
Multi-screen displays have visibility problems; we like the idea of them a lot, but in practice, gadgets like the Toshiba Libretto W105 suffered from the division between the screens. The insurmountable black border between screens makes them not really ideal for viewing…well, anything, really. But it’s definitely a cool demo, and looks like other people thought so too–it won “best mobile app” at the PennApps 2013 hackathon. Read more about it here....
Of the 246 rivers longer than 621 miles, only about a third flow freely across their entire length, according to the study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The rest are dammed, channelized, or otherwise heavily developed. “Our results are even worse than in the past,” says Bernhard Lehner, an author on the study and hydrologist at McGill University. “Fifteen years ago, researchers said about half of the large river basins in the world are impacted, and we now say two-thirds....
Musk’s hint comes shortly after CNN relayed news this week that his satellite internet company recently informed the Pentagon it could no longer afford to continue offering aid to the nation, whose citizens have pushed back against invading Russian forces since February. Ukrainian military officials have repeatedly voiced their troops’ reliance on the satellite internet access. Unlike other forms of communication, Starlink’s satellite internet allows Ukrainian forces to coordinate and remain connected across the country even without standard cellular data and ground internet infrastructures....
Electric heating pads are a great alternative to microwaveable and disposable heat pads. Look for pads that feature multiple settings from low to high, and enjoy a consistent level of heat for as a long as you would like to apply it to your body. Choose pads that shut off automatically after a period of time as an added safety measure, and make sure the cord is long enough both to reach an outlet from your favorite chair, and to give you some freedom to move around while seated without the cord getting in the way....
According to the study, animals given nicotine were able to complete tasks more accurately, and ignore distractions more completely, than sober animals given the same tasks. Giving the animals nicotine also stimulated the production of adrenaline, a hormone that sharpens focus. While the effects of the drug were so small as to be useless for healthy people, the researchers believe that the boost in concentration and memory, despite being small, could make a difference in patients whose dementia taxes their concentration and memory—possibly as many as six months more of self-sufficiency....
Fans recreated and quoted some of their favorite moments from the trilogy While others reenacted the movies’ most iconic scenes. Scientific organizations got in on the fun As did the astronauts aboard the International Space Station When Marty first arrives in 2015, he is scared by a holographic shark promoting Jaws 19. Universal Pictures made a real trailer for that movie (which exclusively lists its predecessors) just for today. Marty also puts on a self-lacing Nike shoe, which the Michael J....
Last week, roughly 1,000 channels switched the frequencies on which they operate in order to make space on the spectrum for more wireless services (like the one connected to your smartphone) to operate. The change prompted current users to update their TV’s settings, but this is also a good time to dive in if you’re a total antenna beginner. What’s a digital antenna? The antenna hardware is as simple as you can imagine....
As well as being fast, RAM is also temporary. This is why you lose the progress you’ve made on a file if your computer crashes before you’ve had a chance to save your work. Reboot your PC or Mac and the RAM gets cleared out, ready to start again. While Windows and macOS do a decent job of managing RAM, this memory space can get clogged up with data that doesn’t really need to be there—especially after a few hours of use....
“It’s been known for some time now that in studies of people holding radical beliefs, that they tend to… express higher confidence in their beliefs than others,” says Steve Fleming, a UCL cognitive neuroscientist and one of the paper’s authors. “But it was unknown whether this was just a general sense of confidence in everything they believe, or whether it was reflective of a change in metacognition.” He and his colleagues set out to find the answer by removing partisanship from the equation: they presented study participants with a question that had an objective answer, rather than one rooted in personal values....
Built by British defense giant MBDA, which makes the Brimstone missile fired from drones like the Reaper, this anti-air system would use existing Common Anti-air Modular Missiles (CAMMs). These missiles will be part of a ground-based air defense system, used in the country to threaten aircraft above it and near it. “Flying at supersonic speeds, CAMM missiles can destroy modern air threats including stealth aircraft and high-speed missiles,” declared the British government, in a release....
Python ended 2021 with a bang, having been named the most popular coding language. Not only does it boast an intuitive syntax (it’s known to resemble English), but it’s also incredibly versatile, having been used in a plethora of applications in a wide variety of industries. It’s commonly used for developing websites and apps, but as of late, it’s being picked up in data science, machine learning, and AI spaces....
