Can You Soar With DIY Pneumatic Booster Shoes?
Tiktok star Tyler Csatari and engineer Ian Charnas build high-tech jump-boosting shoes to see how high they can get. The post Can You Soar With DIY Pneumatic Booster Shoes? appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers......»»
CDC Panel Endorses Pfizer COVID-19 Booster Shots For People 65 and Older
A key Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory group unanimously voted Thursday to recommend distributing Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 booster shots to older Americans and nursing home residents, clearing the way for the agency to give t.....»»
FDA Authorizes Pfizer Booster Shots For Older and At-Risk Americans
After weeks of internal strife at the Food and Drug Administration, the agency on Wednesday authorized people over 65 who had received Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine to get a booster shot at least six months after their second injection. The N.....»»
More exit vehicle hunt as prices soar and options dwindle, study says
Most of those sitting on the sidelines are well aware that the market is being affected by a shortage of microchips, the research showed......»»
Avoiding an energy cold crunch with more efficient cooling
As temperatures soar, air conditioners switch on. Cooling takes lots of energy—which strains power grids and drives up emissions in countries still dependent on fossil fuels......»»
Want a little more volume out of your PC? Try Sound Booster
Sound Booster processes all audio and boosts it before it gets to the sound card, enabling you to set your volume level beyond maximum. Sound Booster works with browsers, media players, games and more......»»
The FAA releases initial report on Boca Chica launches, and it’s not terrible
"Support is greatly appreciated!" Enlarge / SpaceX's Booster 4 is lifted onto its orbital launch mount in South Texas. (credit: Elon Musk/Twitter) The Federal Aviation Administration released a draft environmental review of SpaceX's plans for.....»»
The US Is Getting Covid Booster Shots. The World Is Furious
The White House’s plan to roll out third shots for any American adult is raising profound questions about global equity......»»
Should You Booster Shot? Here"s What We Know
Experts weigh in on common questions about whether and when additional doses of coronavirus vaccines may be needed -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
What to know about the US COVID booster plan—and why WHO hates it
US officials make judgement call on boosters as WHO worries about global supply, variants. Enlarge / A health professional holds a vial of the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 (credit: Europa Press News) US officials on Wednesday formally an.....»»
Free Clipart of a Cartoon Rock Is Selling For $300,000 As NFTs
EtherRock, an early NFT project consisting of 100 discrete images of the same cartoon rock, each tinted a slightly different color, is seeing the price of its NFTs soar after crypto-savvy media personality Gary Vaynerchuk tweeted about them a couple.....»»
US To Recommend COVID Vaccine Boosters at 8 Months
Associated Press: U.S. health experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 booster shots for all Americans eight months after they get their second dose of the vaccine, to ensure longer-lasting protection as the delta variant spreads across the country.....»»
COVID boosters reportedly may start in Sept. Here’s the latest data [Updated]
As delta rages, Americans reportedly advised to get booster 8 mos after vaccination. Enlarge / COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Madrid on Feb. 26, 2021. (credit: Getty | NurPhoto) Update 8/16/2021 11 pm ET: The Biden administration.....»»
Northwest heat wave and bad air from wildfires pose danger
Temperatures were expected to soar to triple digits again Friday in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle as a heat wave bakes the Pacific Northwest, and forecasters said hot weather and wildfire smoke would pose a problem through the weekend......»»
Kidney Transplant Patients Will Test a COVID-19 Booster Shot in New Trial
The National Institutes of Health is giving a booster dose to 200 kidney transplant patients who did not have an immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine in a new trial that launched yesterday. From a report: Many transplant patients, who have to take.....»»
Spain, Portugal brace for wildfire threat as temps soar
Spain and Portugal are bracing for temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in coming days, as a mass of hot, dry air from Africa pushes north into the Iberian peninsula......»»
With a single photo, SpaceX sent a not-so-subtle message to FAA regulators
Holding back Starship means holding back this progress, Musk was saying. Enlarge / Workers perform a fit check with Starship (above) and the Super Heavy booster. (credit: Elon Musk/Twitter) Nearly a century ago, humans built skyward for the fi.....»»
Musk’s ‘dream come true’: See the SpaceX Starship stacked for the first time
This week, SpaceX's Starship was stacked on top of the enormous Super Heavy booster, with the prototype loaded into place for the first time......»»
Daily Crunch: SpaceX’s stacked Starship and Super Heavy booster taller than Great Pyramid of Giza
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day a.....»»
Moderna Recommends Covid-19 Vaccine Booster To Protect Against New Variants
Moderna says it expects people who received its two-dose Covid-19 vaccine to need a booster shot in the fall [Editor's note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source] to keep strong protection against newer variants of the coronavirus. From a re.....»»
Musk: "Dream Come True" To See Fully Stacked SpaceX Starship Rocket During Prep for Orbital Launch
Elon Musk's SpaceX stacked a Starship prototype rocket on top of a Super Heavy rocket booster for the first time on Friday morning, giving a look at the scale of the combined nearly 400-foot-tall vehicle. From a report: Musk, asked by CNBC what he th.....»»