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Apr 18, 2022
Vari Active Seat Review: The Chair for People Who Love Standing
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
The Vari Active Seat is an interesting product. It’s a standing desk chair, which is an optional “in-between” kind of seat for sit/stand desk users. It’s a third choice between sitting and standing, giving users more flexibility for those times when you don’t want to stand or sit.
Apr 18, 2022
GPT-4 Is Coming Soon. Here’s What We Know About It
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: futurism
Apr 18, 2022
Impact of Histotripsy on Development of Intrahepatic Metastases in a Rodent Liver Tumor Model
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: futurism
Apr 18, 2022
The Way We Design Our Streets Invites Driver Aggression
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
This motorcyclist was acting aggressive…but what in his environment signaled to him that aggressive driving was acceptable?
Apr 18, 2022
Rediscover the Pleasure of Solitude in These Micro Cabins Across the East Coast
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
At $125 a night, a startup offers rentable micro cabins to help urban dwellers escape the daily grind.
Apr 18, 2022
How tall will Mount Everest get before it stops growing?
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
And so the Himalayan mountain range began to rise skyward. By around 15–17 million years ago, the summit of Everest had reached about 5,000m (16,404ft) and it continued to grow. The collision between the two continental plates is still happening today. India continues to creep north by 5cm (2in) a year, causing Everest to grow by about 4mm (0.16in) per year (although other parts of the Himalayas are rising at around 10mm per year [0.4in]).
But understanding how and why Everest’s height changes is more complex than just this. While plate tectonics push the summit higher into the sky, erosion claws away at it.
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Apr 18, 2022
CEO talk: Franz-Josef Feilmeier about big electric storage systems (ESS)
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
Commercial storage: Many customers want as many functions and high performance as possible, but want to pay as little as possible. Franz-Josef Feilmeier, CEO of Fenecon, explains how this fits together.