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Feb 25, 2023

Is the sun a node in a gigantic alien space internet? Scientists scanned the skies to check

Posted by in categories: alien life, internet, solar power

Through a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, aliens could be transmitting signals using the sun, but a quick scan for such signals has turned up nothing.

Feb 25, 2023

Dark energy could lead to a second (and third, and fourth) Big Bang, new research suggests

Posted by in category: cosmology

Scientists have proposed a way that the universe could stop expanding, ending in a ‘Big Crunch’ that resets space and time as we know it.

Feb 25, 2023

OmniVision OV6948, the world’s smallest commercially available image sensor

Posted by in categories: computing, electronics

The OVM6948 is the only ultra small “chip on tip” camera with backside illumination, which provides excellent image quality.

Feb 25, 2023

Some of the universe’s stars have gone missing. But where did they go?

Posted by in category: space

Space Mysteries: An international team of astronomers is on the hunt for objects that should be impossible.

Feb 25, 2023

This Chinese kissing device lets you smooch over the internet

Posted by in categories: electronics, internet

Want to send your faraway lover a kiss? A Chinese contraption with warm, moving silicon “lips” appears to have just the answer.

The device, advertised as a way to let long-distance couples share “real” physical intimacy, is causing a buzz among Chinese social media users, who have reacted with both intrigue and shock.

Equipped with pressure sensors and actuators, the device is said to be able to mimic a real kiss by replicating the pressure, movement and temperature of a user’s lips.

Feb 25, 2023

Robots now have the sense of touch after electronic skin is created

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

A team of scientists has developed electronic skin that could pave the way for soft, flexible robotic devices to assist with surgical procedures or aid people’s mobility.

The creation of stretchable e-skin by Edinburgh researchers gives soft robots for the first time a level of physical self-awareness similar to that of people and animals.

The technology could aid breakthroughs in soft robotics by enabling devices to detect precisely their movement in the most sensitive of surroundings, experts say.

Feb 25, 2023

Soldiers Use ‘Telepathy’ to Control Robot Dogs with Brain Waves: See Video

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI

A new video released by the Australian Army shows soldiers using a form of enhanced digital ‘telepathy’ to control robot dogs.

Unlike more well-known brain-machine interface technologies like Elon Musk’s Neuralink, the new system doesn’t use an implant. Instead, the system reads brain signals via an external helmet and then translates that information into commands for the robot dogs. Although still in the testing stages, robotic systems that can be controlled by thoughts instead of verbal or physical commands could offer a significant technological advantage to militaries of the future.

Enhanced Electronic telepathy’ a Potential Battle Field Game Changer.

Feb 25, 2023

Scientists Spot Never-Before Seen White Dwarf As Small As Our Moon But More Massive Than Our Sun

Posted by in category: space

Astronomers have discovered a white dwarf with unprecedented characteristics. It is simultaneously the smallest and most massive white dwarf ever observed by astronomers.

Astronomers at the Zwicky Transient Facility, which operates at the Palomar Observatory at California Institute of Technology, have discovered an extremely unusual white dwarf star with an extreme magnetic field nearly one billion times more powerful than the one of our Sun. The unique celestial object is both the smallest and most massive white dwarf discovered to date.

White dwarfs are dense, collapsed remnants of stars that were once about eight times more massive than the Sun. They form when stars literally shed their outer layers at the end of their life.

Feb 25, 2023

Why we can dream in more than one language

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Sleep has a more powerful role in language-learning than was previously thought. What does this reveal about our night-time brain?

Feb 25, 2023

Recently, a massive galaxy around our own suddenly appeared

Posted by in category: space

Recently, astronomers observing the sky received a shocking discovery. They found a large galaxy in a hitherto unexplored part of our galaxy. It materialized suddenly out of thin air.

So, how did the galaxy known as Crater 2 accomplish this, similar to a deer springing from cosmic bushes to look into our collective headlights? Although Crater 2 may appear to have suddenly appeared, he has been around the entire time. We just disregarded it.

However, now that we are aware of its existence, astronomers have uncovered a number of embarrassing characteristics. We cannot ascribe the galaxy’s relative obscurity to its size to begin with. Crater 2 is so enormous that it has already been identified as the fourth biggest galaxy inside the orbit of our galaxy. We also cannot blame its remoteness. Crater 2’s orbit around the Milky Way brings it directly overhead.