Designing scientifically-grounded paleoart for AR
Fearsome dire wolves and saber-toothed cats no longer prowl around La Brea Tar Pits, but thanks to new research, anyone can bring these extinct animals back to life through augmented reality (AR). Dr. Matt Davis and colleagues at the Natural History.....»»
Unique features of octopus create "an entirely new way of designing a nervous system"
Octopuses are not much like humans—they are invertebrates with eight arms, and more closely related to clams and snails. Still, they have evolved complex nervous systems with as many neurons as in the brains of dogs, and are capable of a wide array.....»»
Home Depot for DIY Chips: What"s the going trend?
Designing a chip is a complex process. First comes laying out the chip, making sure the design works, then preparing all the files required for the foundry, and when they come back from the fabs there is a lot of work involved in getting the chip deb.....»»
Seven principles for designing low-carbon skyscrapers
Despite growing concerns about the carbon emissions associated with their construction and operation, skyscrapers continue to spring up around the globe. Here, Philip Oldfield sets out seven ways to design tall buildings that are more sustainable. Re.....»»
Elegant hierarchical fiber organization within the bamboo node
In a study recently published in National Science Review, researchers used multiscale imaging techniques (including optical microscope, X-ray microscope (micro-CT), scanning electron microscope, and atomic force microscope, etc.) to scientifically ch.....»»
Jason Pohl: From Designing Video Games to Orange County Choppers and Beyond
Jason Pohl calls himself a “pretengineer” because he’s self-taught. Trained as artist, his design work has taken him from creating video games to actually designing and fabricating parts for Orange County Choppers. He moved into CA.....»»
Compliance initiatives can advance your organization’s security journey
Compliance standards are designed to give organizations a foundational approach to designing their security program while also reassuring third parties that you have met at least a minimal set of security controls. In this Help Net Security video, Ch.....»»
Designing next-generation metals, one atom at a time
How can studying metals manufacturing lead to longer-lasting batteries and lighter vehicles? It all comes down to physics......»»
Oldest paleogenome from the African continent tells of the extinction of the blue antelope
The blue antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus) was an African antelope with a bluish-gray pelt, related to the living sable and roan antelopes. The last blue antelope was shot around 1800, only 34 years after it was first described scientifically, makin.....»»
How a small ad agency turned a uterus plushie into a symbol for abortion rights
Designing a toy was an act of protest for The Variable—so was sending it to anti-choice politicians. Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture.Read Full Story.....»»
NASA and ESA agree on next steps to return Mars samples to Earth
The next step in the unprecedented campaign to return scientifically selected samples from Mars was made on Oct. 19 with a formal agreement between NASA and its partner ESA (European Space Agency). The two agencies will proceed with the creation of a.....»»
US new semiconductor export control to hit China AI and supercomputer R&D, says DIGITIMES Research
The US government launched a new series of control of semiconductor export to China earlier in October - the move is expected to limit the country in designing and obtaining high-performance computing (HPC) chips and restrict the technologies to bene.....»»
HTC to accelerate AR/VR for commercial applications
HTC is ramping up the penetration rates of related AR/VR applications in multiple business sectors, including teleconference, educational training, studying, medical care, designing and trade fairs......»»
Designing the trajectory of microsatellite swarms from the macro-micro perspective
As an emerging multi-satellite cooperative flight mode, the microsatellite swarm has become an important future research issue for distributed space systems. It offers low cost, rapid response, and collaborative decision-making. To address the coordi.....»»
Bulletin highlights risk-limiting audits as efficient means of confirming the accuracy of election results
The Association for Computing Machinery's global Technology Policy Council (TPC) has released "Election Security: Risk-Limiting Audits." It is the latest in a series of ACM TechBriefs—short technical bulletins that present scientifically grounded p.....»»
Protect and show off your iPhone 14 with Mkeke’s clear cases
Apple has spent a lot of time and money designing the iPhone 14, and if you want to protect it from harm and show off its looks, Mkeke’s cases might be worth checking out. The post Protect and show off your iPhone 14 with Mkeke’s clear cases firs.....»»
Getting it to stick: Designing optimal core-shell MOFs for direct air capture
Direct air capture may be key to saving Earth from the effects of climate change, but there's a catch: It's really hard to do......»»
NASA had been designing lunar bases for decades before Armstrong first set foot on the moon
It's only natural to look at the moon and wonder what it would be like to live there. Thanks to Buzz Aldrin who landed there in 1969, we know it's a magnificent desolation. Even before the Apollo missions science fiction writers and scientists knew h.....»»
Five steps every researcher should take to ensure participants are not harmed and are fully heard
Academic research is not always abstract or theoretical. Nor does it take place in a vacuum. Research in many different disciplines is often grounded in the real world; it aims to understand and address problems that affect people and the environment.....»»
Can Low-Code, No-Code Tech Help Marketers With Emotion-Led CX Design?
Exploring the gap between emotions customers feel and the experiences brands are designing. Continue reading........»»
How disability is informing better products—and better organizations
Designing with disability and accessibility in mind has finally gone mainstream. It wasn’t so long ago that businesses were operating in what Jenny Lay-Flurrie calls the “dark ages.” As Microsoft’s chief accessibility offi.....»»