Instead, with its “liquid telescope” concept, one only needs to run a frame structure such as an umbrella-shaped satellite dish and a reservoir of mirror liquid such as gallium alloys and ionic liquids. Once started, fluid will be injected into the frame. In space, drops stick together due to surface tension, and the annoying force...

But in a previously unreported response, Google US head of public policy Mark Isakowitz wrote a month later that the recently eased sanctions still didn’t sanction the activity, “unfortunately.” Instead, Isakowitz urged Congress to work with the Biden administration “to identify additional means to ensure that Iranians have access to vital means of communication and...

One of When it comes to the dangers of social media and political polarization in the United States, the main issue is the fear of echo chambers or people operating in media bubbles. If people only hear opinions they already agree with or see stories that fit their worldview, they can become even more ingrained...

I’m a sucker for interesting online games in which there is neither a score nor even a goal. In this case, it’s an animated space sim to promote the book. What if? 2 Randall Munro, author hkkd comics. you can play it clicking here. (Don’t worry, I’ll wait.) The game works like this: you start...

primary goal in the field of neuroprosthetics focused on improving the lives of paralyzed patients by restoring their lost real abilities. One example is a 2012 paper by neuroscientists Lee Hochberg and John Donoghue at Brown University. Their team trained two people with long-term paralysis – a 58-year-old woman and a 66-year-old man – to...

Perfect Version The metaverse, according to tech executives like Mark Zuckerberg, combines social networking, entertainment, and, best of all, meeting in one pristine virtual space. Long predicted by Neil Stephenson snow accident, is a place where the online world offers more experiences than the world of flesh and bones. But while Stevenson’s metaverse was part...

gas stoves so hot now. A recent report found that emissions from gas hobs are exacerbating both the environmental crisis and the health of the people who use them. This knowledge has sparked a heated cultural debate in the United States. Some people are in favor of ditching gas stoves, while others argue that the...

Earlier this week, China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported that China’s population has declined over for the first time in 60 years. The decline in population is not a complete surprise. Population containment was the primary goal of the One Child Policy in place from 1980 to 2015, and since the early 1990s, women in...

If you ever uploaded photos or illustrations, wrote a review, “liked” content, answered a question on Reddit, contributed to open source, or performed any number of other online activities, you did free work for tech companies because downloading all this content from the internet is how their AI systems learn about the world. Tech companies...

In 2023 the international community will face the question of how to decommission the IT army of Ukraine. Governments around the world will seek to return to the status quo that existed before the Russian invasion of Ukraine and before hacktivism was legalized. This may be easier said than done. With a quarter of a...