Hands, man, they’re a tough gig to beat. Four fingers? An opposable thumb? A design classic. But that’s never stopped scientists from trying to surpass what nature perfected. And their latest attempt to out-fing humanity’s fingers is pleasingly terrifying. The engineers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) that…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Two hundred million pixels is a lot of pixels. One of the world’s first 200-megapixel smartphone cameras is here. Too bad it’s mostly a gimmick. Continue reading… Read More
That’s capitalism for you, dattebayo. | Image: Montblanc For the 20th anniversary of the Naruto anime and manga, luxury brand Montblanc is releasing a limited-edition version of its Summit 3 Wear OS 3 smartwatch featuring the titular character. It costs $1,570. The Montblanc x Naruto Summit 3 smartwatch features “exciting Naruto animations” on the watchface…
Image: Apple Apple TV Plus’ creepiest series is almost over. Servant, an M. Night Shyamalan-helmed psychological thriller about unsettling baby dolls, will kick off its fourth and final season in January. The first episode of season 4 will start streaming on January 13th, 2023, with the rest of the 10-episode season releasing weekly after that,…
Don’t be fooled by the over-the-shoulder perspective. This isn’t just another Dead Space. When looking at The Callisto Protocol, it’s hard not to think of the Dead Space series. Coming from the former Visceral Games developers who have now formed Striking Distance Studios, the upcoming survival-horror game shares plenty of similarities with EA’s beloved space-horror…
Nonprofit Digital Promise and the Edtech Equity Project have introduced Prioritizing Racial Equity in AI Design, a new ed tech product certification that takes aim at racial bias in AI-powered learning software.Read More
Signs of RSV and the flu include congestion, cough, and runny noses. Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels The US is seeing a spike in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections, and it’s taking a toll on pediatric hospitals. Beds at these medical centers are filling up, and the limited capacity has prompted drastic measures. Last week, Connecticut Children’s hospital…
3D shape across an almost complete skeleton in a group of land vertebrates. Guillermo Navalón The world’s 10,000 plus bird species are as ecologically and structurally complex as they are beautiful. The roots of all this diversity run deep, and likely began during a period of mass extinction 66 million years ago, after an asteroid…
Seems like there’s little room for surprises left in the industry, these days — and not just because of all the leaks. Like Google with its Pixel line, Nothing has moved away from the standard model of revealing products in one fell swoop. Instead, it’s taken to shaping its own news cycle through slow, official…
Did you know that Google isn’t the top search engine in South Korea? It’s not even a close second. Most Koreans actually prefer Naver for various reasons, and they like it so much that the search engine holds about 56% of the market, per Statista. Google is catching up, but it currently only has about…