When Polaroid introduced the one-step process in 1947 it revolutionized the way people approached photography. Now that everyone has a high-quality camera in their pocket, the meaning of “instant photography” has changed drastically, but there is still something wonderful about taking a photo with an instant camera and watching the image slowly appear on a print before your eyes. There are currently tons of options a few different film formats....
Best overall: Apple Studio DisplayBest for PC: Asus ZenScreen Touch MB16AMTBest curved: Samsung Odyssey Neo G9Best ultrawide: LG 34WP65C-BBest for dual setup: HP VH240aBest touchscreen: Slate Media Technology Raven MTi2Best budget: Philips 272E1CA How we picked the best monitors for music production I have approached music production as a serious hobby for about 20 years and, during that time, have also covered music production full- or part-time with outlets such as Electronic Musician, MusicTech, Gearspace, and DJTechTools....
If the particular smell of hardware stores make you think of tedious chores instead of exciting project ideas to transform your living space, this screwdriver set is for you. Stash it in a drawer and forget about it—until you find yourself assembling a new bed frame or putting up some blinds. At that time, this rust-resistant screwdriver with six interchangeable tips may prove a revelation. With two Phillips-head tips, two slotted screw tips, and two nut drivers that work to tighten nuts and bolts, this screwdriver gives you what you need to feel crafty and prepared without becoming a DIY person....
Click here to see all of PopSci’s COVID-19 coverage. In the United States, COVID-19 vaccinations have been rolling out for the past couple months, providing more hope that the eventual end of the pandemic could be in sight. There’s a long road ahead before everyone is vaccinated—around the world, not just in the United States—but the good news for those who get COVID-19 between now and then is that we know more about treating the disease now than we did in the early months of the pandemic....
While sifting through deals can be fun, the sheer volume of discounts can be tricky to navigate. Luckily, it’s our jobs to find the best discounts on the most desirable products and keep them in one spot. Walmart’s Cyber Monday sales go into effect on Sunday night, but the company will be adding and removing products throughout. onn. 58-inch 4K UHD TV with Roku $328 (Was $478) On any given day, a 58-inch TV for less than $350 is a very solid deal....
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Astrophysicists have detected a “vestigial nuclear jet,” a blowtorch-like outburst of material, that burps out of the black hole whenever large masses of stars or gas clouds fall into it. These jets are remnants from a larger outburst that occurred several thousand years ago. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has not yet been able to directly photograph the phantom jet, but astronomers have pieced together evidence that it exists and regularly sputters....
A bunch of latest-edition products headlined the show: next-gen Galaxy Note handsets, fresh tablets, a smartwatch with health-monitoring abilities, shiny kidney-bean shaped earbuds, and a brand-new foldable. The company also made a big deal about their latest trending color, “mystic bronze.” Here’s the rundown. Galaxy Note20 and Note20 Ultra The event’s headliners were two smartphone additions to the company’s Note line. The Note devices are different from most other mainstream handsets in that they feature a stylus for drawing or taking notes on the screen....
“Tiger beetles pursue prey using a proportional control law with a delay of one half-stride,” says a new paper by Andreas F. Haselsteiner, Cole Gilbert, and Z. Jane Wang. The researchers analyzed the chase strategy of the insects and found that the beetles are constantly readjusting themselves to intersect their meals’ projected path. The above chart is made from recorded pursuits. The pursuit is broken into two parts: the prey (in this case a bead dangled on a string by scientists) is represented by spiked circles and dotted lines....
“What it really is, is a way to connect a bunch of devices together,” says Jon Callas, the director of technology products at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “It seems to be a way to do primarily two things: One being to help get a device up [and running] in a place where you might not have good Wi-Fi coverage.” For example, he speculates that a weather station at the edge of your own network might route data through your neighbor’s network....
In that order, the automakers have released their versions of all-electric pickup trucks. Ford launched its F-150 Lightning EV last year, and Chevy plans to start selling its Silverado next year for model year 2023. Meanwhile, Ram is hyping its version of a full-size electric truck, aiming to unveil the Ram Revolution Concept on January 5 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares will take the stage for the keynote....
The patient had Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and underwent a stem cell transplant to replace his cancerous white blood cells with healthy ones. The donor had a genetic mutation that prevents H.I.V. from being able to infect cells. Just under a year and half after the transplant, the patient stopped taking the antiretroviral drugs that control H.I.V. infection, and 18 months after later, he remains H.I.V. free. The case study was published today in Nature....
This comes not long after Shell’s own announcement in late September, that it would stop its controversial oil exploration in Alaska just five months after it started, because it found little oil. “In light of Shell’s announcement, the amount of acreage already under lease and current market conditions, it does not make sense to prepare for lease sales in the Arctic in the next year and a half,” Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell said a press release....
One big feature he’s trial-ballooned with a poll on Twitter is something that people have been demanding for a long time: an edit button. In fact, just yesterday, Twitter user Jane Manchun Wong posted about what she could unofficially glean about what the future might hold for that very feature, as The Verge and other outlets have reported. Here’s a look at what a feature like this could mean for Twitter....
The internet is a minefield of privacy and security concerns. Most websites track your browsing activity and build a profile they can use to target you with incessant advertising, and the shadier ones may even try to grab access to your digital accounts or con you out of cash. Don’t panic, though. Besides the security and privacy tools built into Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Safari, or whatever your browser of choice, there are several extensions that will minimize your chances of falling victim to a scam or revealing more personal information than you want to....
Using electromagnetism, scientists at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Laboratory (CSAIL) created cube-shaped robots that can be assembled into complex shapes. The robotic space blocks are described in a paper that will be presented at the 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation. While small in size, these shape-shifting, wireless prototypes called ElectroVoxels have some pretty big applications for space exploration, the research team says. The ElectroVoxels were inspired in part by the modular robots in the film Big Hero 6, says Martin Nisser, Ph....
Scientists described a nearly complete skeleton of the ancient bird, which they named Brevirostruavis macrohyoideus, on December 1 in the Journal of Anatomy. The fossil’s extremely elongated tongue attachment bones, or hyoid apparatus, suggests that the bird could protrude its tongue from its mouth, much as some present-day birds do to grab hard-to-reach morsels. Brevirostruavis highlights how both modern birds and their extinct relatives have developed a plethora of ways to secure a meal, says Robert Kambic, an assistant professor of biology at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, who was not involved with the research....
In January 2018, Neil Davies, an Earth scientist at the University of Cambridge, had taken a group of PhD students on a “social trip” to Northumberland, England, where he had previously gone on holiday. The group noticed some rocks had crashed onto the beach where they were walking. One of those chunks happened to contain a paleontological surprise. “The way the boulder had fallen, it had cracked open and perfectly exposed the fossil, which one of our former PhD students happened to spot when walking by,” Davies said in a statement....
The NHSRC was there because the flood waters did more than wash away homes and lives. It also absorbed things. “You need to picture hundreds of gasoline stations, and hundreds of chemical storage facilities all flooding out,” said Steven Drielak who served as a Director with the EPA’s National Counter Terrorism Evidence Response Team during Katrina. Yes, the EPA has a counter terrorism team. “The water enters, picks up all of these chemicals, mixes it into a huge toxic soup, and then flows through the city streets,” said Drielak....
Sea Machines Robotics, a Boston-based developer of autonomous vessel software and systems, announced on Tuesday that it is readying a tugboat for a 1,000-nautical-mile autonomous journey (that’s roughly 1,150 miles) around Denmark. Crafted in the Netherlands, the tug will employ long-range computer vision and a “sensor-to-propeller” system called the SM300. Together, Sea Machines says these features allow for “path-planning, obstacle avoidance replanning, vectored nautical chart data, and dynamic domain perception....
