More than 800 minor objects spotted beyond Neptune
And why is this important? More than 800 minor objects have been detected beyond Neptune in a discovery that could help identify our Solar System’s hypothesized planet, known as Planet Nine. For more, check out this Daily Mail/MSN story.
ASUS ROG furniture will be available from US Ikea next month
Not your typical Ikea fare… In 2020, Ikea said it was partnering with Asus to make affordable ROG furniture and accessories aimed at gamers who want to spruce up their place. Earlier this year, the two companies launched the new furniture collection in China and Japan and promised it would soon land on the US…
HDMI 2.1 TV: why the new cable standard matters
HDMI 2.1 TVs are bringing faster gaming and even 8K to our screens. The way HDMI 2.1 works is by letting more information pass between games consoles, AV receivers, TVs and other devices. What that means for you is that you’ll see an upgrade in the resolution and refresh rate of your TV or display,…
Update your Apple devices right now
Apple fixed a critical security flaw. Apple has released an emergency software patch after researchers uncovered a security flaw that could allow hackers to secretly install spyware on your Apple devices even if you do nothing, not even click on a link. For more, check out this USA Today story.
Dolby 5.1.2 Atmos
Sony announced a new soundbar that supports Dolby 5.1.2 Atmos. I was unfamiliar with this and found a page on the Dolby site that explains how to setup the different configurations. Dolby Atmos goes beyond the ordinary listening experience and puts you inside the song in a new spatial way, revealing every detail of the…
Google’s Incredible New Photo AI Makes ‘Zoom And Enhance’ a Real Thing
This is impressive tech. Now, the promise of shows like CSI will be a reality. The technique is called natural image synthesis by Google, and in this particular scenario, image super-resolution. You start off with a small, blocky, pixelated photo, and you end up with something sharp, clear, and natural-looking. It may not match the…
China is looking to build miles-wide ‘megastructures’ in space
According to a story on the Daily Mail, China is looking to build miles-wide ‘megastructures’ in space. The structures will require lightweight materials to allow larger objects to get into orbit with existing rockets. Researchers will also need to adopt technology to allow for in-orbit assembly and control. For more, check out this Daily Mail/MSN…
2D ‘Supersolid’ That Flows Without Friction Has Been Made For The First Time
In a major achievement, physicists have produced a 2D supersolid in the lab for the first time. That may sound incredibly mind-bendy, but it’s a feat researchers have been working towards for more than 50 years. Supersolids are strange materials with atoms arranged in the ordered structure of a solid, yet they can flow without…
Traversable wormholes are possible under certain gravity conditions
The thing of science fiction…interstellar travel via wormholes. Rosa is attempting to virtually “build” a stable, traversable wormhole, one that can be safely crossed without the theoretical passageway collapsing or trapping its occupant. And he has recently found that it is indeed possible, but only if we tweak our understanding of gravity. For more, check…
‘Radio colors’ from mysterious deep-space flashes reveal lone stellar corpse as source
Mysterious repeating pulses of radio waves may come from a hitherto unknown kind of extraordinarily powerful cosmic magnet. Instead, what may best explain the pattern of mysterious colors from FRB 20180916B’s fast radio bursts is a magnetar, a rare type of neutron star that are the strongest magnets in the cosmos. Specifically, they suggest that…