Look closely at your barbell the next time you’re in a gym. Much of the surface is roughed up with a diamond pattern. This is called the knurling, and it helps your grip. But near the ends of the handle, you’ll see a ring or line of smooth metal on each side. Maybe two on each side, actually. These aren’t just for…
Source: LifeHacker – You Should Be Paying Attention to Those Smooth Rings on the Barbell
In India, children under 16 returning to school this month at the start of the school year will no longer be taught about evolution, the periodic table of elements, or sources of energy. Nature: The news that evolution would be cut from the curriculum for students aged 15-16 was widely reported last month, when thousands of people signed a petition in protest. But official guidance has revealed that a chapter on the periodic table will be cut, too, along with other foundational topics such as sources of energy and environmental sustainability.
Younger learners will no longer be taught certain pollution- and climate-related topics, and there are cuts to biology, chemistry, geography, mathematics and physics subjects for older school students. Overall, the changes affect some 134 million 11-18-year-olds in India’s schools. The extent of what has changed became clearer last month when the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) — the public body that develops the Indian school curriculum and textbooks — released textbooks for the new academic year that started in May.
Researchers, including those who study science education, are shocked. “Anybody who’s trying to teach biology without dealing with evolution is not teaching biology as we currently understand it,” says Jonathan Osborne, a science-education researcher at Stanford University in California. “It’s that fundamental to biology.” The periodic table explains how life’s building blocks combine to generate substances with vastly different properties, he adds, and “is one of the great intellectual achievements of chemists.”
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Source: Slashdot – India Cuts Periodic Table and Evolution From School Textbooks
Your next food delivery could make its way to you via a robot. Uber Eats is set to release 2,000 delivery robots into the wild through an expansion of the company’s deal with Serve Robotics.
Source: Gizmodo – Uber Eats Set to Deploy 2,000 More Delivery Robots Into the Wild
A New Zealand airline is weighing passengers before boarding as part of a month-long survey to gauge the overall weight of the plane. Air New Zealand says it hopes to weigh 10,000 passengers to help pilots better understand the weight and balance of the plane before takeoff.
Source: Gizmodo – Airline Asks Passengers to Step on the Scale Ahead of Boarding in Weight Survey
As we approach Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference next week, and the company’s keynote presentation on Monday, June 5, more details about what will potentially be revealed are starting to surface, with the latest rumors indicating that on top of major software updates and Apple’s long-rumored AR glasses debuting, …
Source: Gizmodo – Apple Could Announce Several New Macs at WWDC After Months of Sluggish Sales
When the lights go out in a blackout, or we find ourselves far away from normal power sources, our phone’s remaining charge suddenly becomes the most important thing in our lives. If you’ve thought ahead and you have a battery pack, solar charger, or power station charged up and ready to go, you don’t have a huge…
Source: LifeHacker – Four Ways to Charge a Phone When the Power Goes Out
Razer just released a set of wireless earbuds that could make Apple AirPod Pro owners envious, at least the ones who are gamers. That’s because Razer’s Hammerhead Pro HyperSpeed not only boast THX certification and hybrid active noise cancellation, they also come with an optional 2.4GHz wireless dongle to reduce latency when playing games,
Source: Hot Hardware – Razer’s Hammerhead Pro HyperSpeed THX Earbuds Come With A Low Latency Dongle For Gaming
Samsung’s The Frame is a smart TV that has a nifty trick up its sleeve. When you’re not watching something, it looks like a piece of art. It’s an intriguing alternative to the standard gloomy black box that can dominate a living room when a big-screen TV is turned off. Now, over at Woot, you can snap up a Frame TV at a discount. The retailer is running a sale on several 2022 models and it has dropped prices by up to 33 percent.
You’ll need to make up your mind whether to take the plunge relatively quickly, as the sale will run for nine days or until the smart TVs are sold out. The biggest discounts, percentage wise, are on the 50-inch and 75-inch models, as both are a third off. The 50-inch model has dropped by $430 to $870, while the 75-inch model is $1,000 off at $2,000.
When Art Mode is enabled, The Frame can display the artwork of your choice. Some of the pieces are available at no extra cost, though you’ll have access to a wider selection with a Samsung Art Store subscription. The options range from iconic works such as the Mona Lisa and The Starry Night to modern photography. The Frame has a low profile and anti-reflective matte glass to bolster the illusion that you’re looking at framed art instead of a TV. The bezel is customizable too.
When you do want to tune in to a show or movie, you’ll be able to watch in 4K, unless you opt for the 32-inch model, which doesn’t have a QLED 4K display. The Frame also has the Alexa voice assistant built in and it uses Samsung’s Tizen OS.
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Source: Engadget – Samsung’s 2022 The Frame smart TVs are up to 33 percent off
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured data regarding a water vapor plume from Saturn’s moon Enceladus, which spans an incredible 6,000 miles. The detection of an immense water emission of this nature is the first seen over such a far-reaching distance. It also gives scientists an idea of how an emission like this can supply water
Source: Hot Hardware – JWST Discovers Wild 6K Mile Water Plume Gushing From Saturn’s Moon, Why This Matters
AI chatbots aren’t much good at offering emotional support being—you know—not a human, and—it can’t be stated enough—not actually intelligent. That didn’t stop The National Eating Disorder Association from trying to foist a chatbot onto folks requesting aid in times of crisis. Things went about as well as you can…
Source: Gizmodo – Eating Disorder Helpline Takes Down Chatbot After Its Advice Goes Horribly Wrong
FFmpeg’s next release (v6.1) will prove quite exciting with Vulkan Video support merged for decoding H.264, H.265/HEVC, and AV1 content. Plus there are more Vulkan Video features and other improvements in the next version…
Source: Phoronix – FFmpeg’s Next Release Will Be Exciting With Vulkan Video Decode, More Vulkan Filters
Enlarge / Remaking and remastering a revered game may be nearly as tricky as remaking a space station employee as a cyborg enforcer.
After nearly seven years of development, more than a decade after Stephen Kick first started looking into the rights, and almost 30 years after its release, System Shock is back. It’s simultaneously just how you remember it and also quite new.
One of the unique aspects of this new version of the game from Nightdive Studios is how it mixes the concepts of “remake” and “remaster,” which are typically applied as binary labels. The levels, puzzles, enemies, weapons, and items are largely the same, though they look and feel different. The textures, visual effects, audio logs, and engine are redone, and some story elements have been tweaked for cohesion. Not all the door codes are the same (except the famous one), and some rooms and hallways are redesigned for better navigation. Is this something of a … remake-ster?
I asked Stephen Kick, CEO of Nightdive, and Larry Kuperman, director of business development, how the developer decided which changes to make to one of gaming’s most revered and influential classics to make it accessible to a modern audience. They were more than prepared for the question, seemingly having asked it of themselves.
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Source: Ars Technica – Interview: How System Shock balanced faithful recreation and modern design
I cannot imagine how daunting it must be to begin making a Diablo-like action-RPG. Not only are there so very few of them, but those that are known are behemoths. Diablo, obviously, then Titan Quest, Torchlight, Grim Dawn… Who’d want to deliberately step into their shadows, especially with Diablo IV coming out next…
Source: Kotaku – Superb Game Pass Action RPG Has More Original Ideas Than Diablo
New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem posters show off the turtle bros’ arsenal. Boots Riley’s surreal new Amazon show I’m a Virgo gets a suitably perplexing new trailer. Plus, even more maximal madness in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts footage. Spoilers now!
Source: Gizmodo – Deadpool 3 Could Bring Back Even More X-Men Movie Heroes
RARBG, one of the world’s largest torrent sites, has said “farewell” to millions of users. From a report: The site, which was a prominent and stable source of new movie and TV show releases, cited a variety of reasons behind its decision to cease operations. The surprise shutdown marks the end of an era.
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Source: Slashdot – Popular Torrent Site RARBG Shuts Down
After a decade-long wait, the next chapter in Diablo is finally upon us. With it come dozens of dungeons and a sizable open world filled with legions of demons to slaughter. Millions will no doubt answer the call and take up arms, but Blizzard has now issued a special challenge for those willing to brave the game’s…
Source: Kotaku – The First Diablo IV Fans To Hit Level 100 In Permadeath Mode Get Something Special
The appeal of the modern poke bowl lies in its customizability. Pick a fish, pick a sauce, toss in a few pickled items, and you’ve got a colorful and inviting bowl of rice, protein, and vegetables. If you don’t eat fish, however, you might feel a little left out.
Source: LifeHacker – Sous Vide Beets With Seaweed for Easy Vegan ‘Poke’
Many car makers will surround you with speakers in a bid to create immersive sound, but Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) thinks your seat can also play a role. The company’s new Range Rover Sport SV Edition One includes Subpac-powered “Body and Soul Seat” tech (appropriately, BASS) whose headrest-mounted membranes and transducers deliver haptic feedback in response to lower frequencies in your music. Whether you’re the driver or a passenger, you’ll feel the thumps of a dance or rap track.
The system complements the Range Rover Sport’s 29-speaker Meridian audio setup, which already has a subwoofer, but Jaguar Land Rover and Subpac also claim the vibrations can improve your health through six wellness programs. The companies point to a JLR-supported study indicating that BASS can help you relax and reduce stress by increasing the variability of your heart rate. Provided that holds up in the real world, this may be the luxury SUV to get if you need to unwind during the commute home.
The Range Rover Sport SV Edition One is already sold out for its first year. You can sign up to be notified about other SV trim levels, and there are hints BASS will be more widely available going forward.
However well this seat works, it’s just the start for Subpac. The company has been pitching its mix of haptics and bone conduction to movie theaters, music producers, VR simulation creators and gamers, and has a Flow platform that can bring vibration to seats and wearables (think of something like Lofelt’s Basslet). The firm also hopes to venture into aviation and the overall wellness space. Don’t be surprised if tactile audio finds its way into more of the devices you buy and use, even if it’s limited to premium products.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/range-rovers-next-luxury-add-on-a-car-seat-that-vibrates-to-music-141725247.html?src=rss
It’s not difficult to find images of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang smiling, and he certainly has reason to be happy. After the crypto cash train came to a screeching halt, a tsunami of AI activity ensured that NVIDIA still has the capability to print money (figuratively, of course), especially with key investments its made over the years. This has
Source: Hot Hardware – NVIDIA Achieves Trillion Cap On Skyrocketing AI, Doubles Down On Commitment To Gaming
The V3D Gallium3D driver that is most notably used by the latest Raspberry Pi single board computers has landed support in mainline Mesa for native ASTC texture compression support…
Source: Phoronix – Raspberry Pi V3D Driver Adds Native ASTC Texture Compression Support
