Monthly Archive: August 2019
By Rich Haridy – Amazon Prime, LG, Panasonic and VIZIO have all expressed support for a new “Filmmaker Mode” UHDA. A new television setting called “Filmmaker Mode” should soon be incorporated into a number of modern TVs, after months of consultation from Hollywood …
By Loz Blain – Aptera’s Steve Farmbro and Chris Anthony. Aptera. After two previous efforts to get this incredibly aerodynamic, insanely efficient and wild-looking electric car off the ground, Aptera’s founders are back in the saddle and preparing for a third attempt. The company …
By Rich Haridy – A new system that measures blood pressure using a phone video is currently 95 percent accurate but has not yet been tested on a large variety of different skin tones. Nuralogix – An exciting new technology, called transdermal optical imaging, can turn …
An extinction events expert sounds a dire warning. By Paul Ratner – Supervolcano eruptions are rare, and occur approximately every 50,000 years. Credit: Getty – Contributor. The supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park could cause an “ultra-catastrophe,” warns an extinction events writer. The full …
Research in plant neurobiology shows that plants have senses, intelligence and emotions. By Paul Ratner – Are plants smarter than we think they are? (Photo: brewbooks/Flickr) – Image source: mnn.com/earth-matters. The field of plant neurobiology studies the complex behavior of plants. Plants were …
There’s a big difference between sitting at home and sitting at work. By Emma Betuel – As a society, we sit too much. We sit in the car, we sit at our desks, and we flop down on the couch when we get …
By Michael Irving – The XENON1T experiment may not have found dark matter, but it has now revealed the element with the longest half-life ever recorded. The Xenon Collaboration. Although the many experiments searching for evidence of dark matter have yet to …
Created in New York by Jewish immigrants, the first comic book superheroes were mythic saviors who could combat the Nazi threat. They speak to the dark politics of our times. By Art Spiegelman – Captain America lives on … The Avengers (2012) Photograph: …
By Loz Blain – At speeds over 100 mph, Franky Zapata has become the first person to cross the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard Zapata – After ending up in the water on his first attempt, flying Frenchman Franky Zapata has now successfully …
By Nick Lavars – The VoloCity aircraft, as it is now known, has been designed to meet the certification standards laid out by the European Aviation Safety Agency. – Little by little, Volocopter has continued to refine the design of its flying taxi …
