Julian Barbour, visiting professor at the University of Oxford and the author of The End of Time, addresses the question, Does Time Exist? Barbour explores t…
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These Polar Bears Are Living Their Best Life on an Abandoned Island
Polar bears begin living in abandoned buildings in a remote island.
Kokh’s photos are a welcome sight, as we’re often shown images of polar bears who are struggling. But here, we are able to see these incredible creatures lounging on the grass or peering out from windows to see what Kokh is up to. This thrilling opportunity to see the polar bears is something that Kokh will not soon forget. He and his traveling companions covered over 1,200 miles of the coast in a sailboat, exploring the untouched landscape.
Their original destination to photograph polar bears—Wrangle Island—turned out to be a bust. Though the island is famous for its bears, they simply weren’t there when the adventurers landed. Instead, they were treated to something that was perhaps better—and certainly more unexpected.
“Nature always sends you something when you least expect it,” Kokh tells My Modern Met. “When we passed through the Kolyuchin Island near the Northern coast of Chukotka, we saw some movements in the windows of the abandoned houses. And when we got close—those were bears! Never before they were seen in those buildings, so that was a once in a lifetime situation.”

More Accurate Than GPS: New Navigation System With 10 Centimeter Accuracy
Researchers have developed an alternative positioning system that is more robust and accurate than GPS, especially in urban settings.
An alternative positioning system that is more robust and accurate than GPS, especially in urban settings has been developed by researchers of Delft University of Technology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and VSL. The working prototype that demonstrated this new mobile network infrastructure achieved an accuracy.
How close the measured value conforms to the correct value.
Georgia Introduces All-Terrain Wheelchairs Free To Use at State Parks
So people in wheelchairs can enjoy the great outdoors. bigsmile
For years, many people with disabilities couldn’t access the great outdoors with ease like able-bodied people. Now, with this all-terrain wheelchair, they can in Georgia.

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UT researchers successfully test ‘brain-powered’ wheelchair for disabled individuals
According to an article by the university, the study is significant because it is a sign of future viability for noninvasive technology to help those with limited motor function.
“We demonstrated that the people who will actually be the end users of these types of devices are able to navigate in a natural environment with the assistance of a brain-machine interface,” said José del R. Millán, professor at the Cockrell School of Engineering’s Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and leader of the international research team.

A navigation system has been created that is more accurate than GPS
The new alternative positioning system could achieve an accuracy of 10 centimeters.
Researchers have created an alternative positioning system that is more accurate and robust than GPS. The team discovered that the alternative positioning system is more accurate within urban settings. The prototype that demonstrated this new mobile network infrastructure was able to achieve an accuracy of 10 centimeters.
The results from the study were published in the journal Nature. University of Technology/tudelft.nl.