Toroidal Droplets & Liquid Lattices
When two substances are brought together, they will eventually settle into a steady state called the thermodynamic equilibrium. In new research, a team of physicists at Aalto University wanted to disrupt this state to see what happens; they subjected combinations of oils with different dielectric constants and conductivities to an …
Read More »DJI’s New FPV Drone
Plenty of solutions exist for flying a drone while looking through an AR or VR headset (we reviewed the Epson Moverio when it came out). But until now, they have all involved compromises in video and control latency — unless you cobbled together your own as a DIY. DJI crossed …
Read More »DJI’s New VR FPV Drone
Plenty of solutions exist for flying a drone while looking through an AR or VR headset (we reviewed the Epson Moverio when it came out). But until now, they have all involved compromises in video and control latency — unless you cobbled together your own as a DIY. DJI …
Read More »B2B and B2C Brands
Traditional media spending, including local TV, print, radio, out-of-home and direct mail, will be down between 15% and nearly 50% this year, depending on the medium. Some advertisers will never return, having shifted spending entirely to digital channels. The decline of traditional, local media spending, however, doesn’t eliminate the need …
Read More »DJI’s New OM 4 Gimbal
With the OM 4 smartphone gimbal ($149), DJI continues to impress with its ability to innovate. When I first reviewed the Osmo Mobile 2, its features were impressive, but it was a massive device to have to carry just to improve your smartphone photography. With the Osmo Mobile 3, …
Read More »Audicus vs. Nuheara
Field Testing New Hearing Assistance Products The combination of loosened medical regulations for hearing aids and growing demand from an aging population has generated a boom in hearing and audio innovation. Although slowed down a bit by the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the major players in the market have finally …
Read More »Racial Taunts on Soccer Field
Boston Red Sox Fan Reports A Racial Slur, And A Lifetime Ban Results Boston Red Sox Fan Reports A Racial Slur, And A Lifetime Ban Results (That’s a contrast to what happened Monday night at a Boston Red Sox game, where several fans were ejected for racially taunting Baltimore Orioles …
Read More »Crystallization of Ancient Moon’s Core May Have Driven Its Now-Defunct Magnetic Field
Crystallization of Moon’s liquid metallic core may have driven its now-lost magnetic field approximately 3 billion years ago, according to new research published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Ancient Moon generated a dynamo magnetic field in its liquid metallic core; this dynamo may have been driven by …
Read More »NASA proposes building artificial magnetic field to restore Mars’ atmosphere
The Mars of today is a cold, dry husk with no life as far as we can tell. Even if there is still some hearty microorganism living on the Red Planet, it’s not suitable for human habitation without a great deal of protective equipment. A NASA talk given at the …
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