Tag: tech

May 30, 2016 at 8:04 pm

If Augmented Reality Went Too Far

If Augmented Reality Went Too Far

This looks like a nightmare

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May 24, 2016 at 12:38 pm

How Snow and Confetti Ruin YouTube Video Quality

How Snow and Confetti Ruin YouTube Video Quality

Your sports team wins. The confetti drops. And suddenly, the video quality falls apart. Why? Interframe compression, bitrate and unnecessary green screen effects. Watch as Tom Scott delves into the intriguing issue

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May 20, 2016 at 3:28 pm

This Best Buy Flyer from 1994 Shows How Fast Technology Has Changed

This Best Buy Flyer from 1994 Shows How Fast Technology Has Changed

Kids these days don’t know about that 14.4 modem life

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May 18, 2016 at 5:04 pm

Picture of the Day: The Room Where Satellites Get Tested

Picture of the Day: The Room Where Satellites Get Tested

Seen here is the European Space Agency’s (ESA) incredible satellite testing room in Noordwijk, the Netherlands

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May 11, 2016 at 11:19 am

This Rare Mercury Transit Timelapse Really Puts the Colossal Size of Our Sun in Perspective

This Rare Mercury Transit Timelapse Really Puts the Colossal Size of Our Sun in Perspective

Mercury is roughly 1/3 the size of Earth and you can fit about 1.3 million Earths inside the Sun…

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May 4, 2016 at 1:10 pm

Picture of the Day: Saturn’s Little Water World

Picture of the Day: Saturn's Little Water World

The water-world Enceladus appears here to sit atop Saturn’s rings like a drop of dew upon a leaf

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April 30, 2016 at 12:31 pm

A Continuous 24 Hour Stream of Earth from the ISS If You Ever Want to Relax or Escape

A Continuous 24 Hour Stream of Earth from the ISS If You Ever Want to Relax or Escape

Beautifully set to soothing music. Sit back, relax and enjoy

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April 28, 2016 at 4:48 pm

How Helicopters Land if the Engine Dies

How Helicopters Land if the Engine Dies

Destin from ‘Smarter Every Day’ sets out to prove that Neil deGrasse Tyson is wrong when he says a helicopter whose engine fails will fall like a brick

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April 21, 2016 at 5:06 pm

Picture of the Day: Your Car Photo is Inferior

Picture of the Day: Your Car Photo is Inferior

Apollo 17 mission commander Eugene Cernan looking like a boss on this lunar rover. Taken December 11, 1972

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April 20, 2016 at 2:11 pm

Magic Leap Demos What Your Morning Routine Could Look Like

Magic Leap Demos What Your Morning Routine Could Look Like

The secretive tech company has raised a staggering $1.4 billion in funding, valuing the startup at $4.5 billion

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