Glamping on the roof of a Kia Sorento is better than it sounds
Throw a Roofnest on top of a car and you’ve got yourself a weekend away. Enlarge / The Roofnest tent is quick to deploy and keeps you off the ground. (credit: Tim Stevens) I've had a fascination with rooftop tents ever sin.....»»
Low-cost microphones could be used to help track infectious disease risks in the wild
Researchers have shown how sounds recorded by low-cost microphones could be used to help track infectious disease risks in the rainforest and in other rapidly changing landscapes......»»
Starlink to charge users in “limited-capacity” areas $30 more than others
New prices: $90 in "excess-capacity" areas, $120 in "limited-capacity" places. Enlarge / The original round version of the SpaceX Starlink satellite dish mounted on the roof of a rural home. (credit: Getty Images | The Bold Burea.....»»
Apple granted patent for color-changing Apple Watch band, controlled by an app
It sounds like science fiction, but Apple has been granted a patent for a color-changing Apple Watch band – with different color combinations selectable from a Watch app. The patent even describes the band being able to display “icons, shapes, a.....»»
Perform A Brain Transplant On A See-N-Say To Add Custom Sounds
Hacking childhood toys is somewhat of a maker’s right of passage around here. John Park over at Adafruit has made a habit of it for many years though. His latest, he shows how to transplant the brain of a See-N-Say to have your own custom mess.....»»
It sounds like Google will unveil its ChatGPT clone February 8
Google wants to use "the power of AI to reimagine how people search." Enlarge (credit: Sean Gallup | Getty Images) Everybody panic! Next week Google is hosting what can only be described as an "emergency" event. Accordin.....»»
Your Android smartphone could be getting a popular iOS 16 camera feature
Google is apparently developing an Android feature called DeviceAsWebcam, which sounds a lot like iOS 16's Continuity Camera......»»
Google’s new AI model creates songs from text descriptions of moods, sounds
Your musical wish is MusicLM's command, making hi-fi audio from "rich captions." Enlarge / An AI-generated image of an exploding ball of music. (credit: Ars Technica) On Thursday, researchers from Google announced a new.....»»
Chemists pioneer responsive polymers that heat up when exposed to LED light
Creating new materials and speeding up reactions is what they do. Sounds a bit mundane, no? It is anything but. Materials that catalyze faster can be used in a wide range of fields from pharmaceuticals to future Mars habitats......»»
Here’s how ChatGPT could solve its major plagiarism problem
ChatGPT is a convincing writer that sounds like an expert on any topic, which is a problem for educators that need to test their students' understanding......»»
iPhone 15 Pro tipped to get thinner bezels and curved edges
It sounds as though the iPhone 15 handsets are going to be a bit less angular than their predecessors......»»
Researchers create portal of weird and wonderful fish sounds
Lurking beneath the ocean surface is a little-known chorus of sounds made up of everything from the grunts of a Bocon toadfish and the cough of an alewife to the rasp and ticks made by sablefish......»»
Custom recorded alarm sounds are coming to the Google Clock app
If you use the Google Clock app for alarms and alerts, then you might be pleased to learn that in an upcoming update, custom audio will be supported. The post Custom recorded alarm sounds are coming to the Google Clock app first appeared on Phandroid.....»»
Google"s DeepMind says it"ll launch a more grown-up ChatGPT rival soon
Google's DeepMind says it could launch a beta of its Sparrow chatbot in 2023 – and it sounds like ChatGPT's more sensible brother......»»
Reconciling coastal protection and water management
A quiet but constant crackling is in the air. It sounds like bubbles in a fizzy drink and accompanies anyone who walks along the wooden footbridge that crosses the Langwarder Groden, between the main dyke line and the summer dyke......»»
Why encrypting emails isn’t as simple as it sounds
The quality of protected communications matters – a lot. If the sent material is highly sensitive and the legislation and/or policy demands high security, opportunistic encryption might not be enough. For organizations, deciding what email encr.....»»
Existing fiber-optic cable networks could be used to establish a low-cost real-time ocean-Earth observatory
The more than 1.2 million km of fiber-optic cables that crisscross the planet carry the world's phone calls, internet signals and data. But this summer, researchers published the eerie sounds of blue and fin whales detected by a fiber-optic cable on.....»»
Noise from urban environments found to affect the color of songbirds" beaks
There is growing concern that anthropogenic noise has various damaging effects on wildlife in urban environments. Urban noise contains a wide range of frequencies, types of sounds such as from traffic, and varying amplitudes including sounds with rap.....»»
I don’t want the Galaxy S24 Plus to die, but maybe it needs to
Samsung is reportedly aiming to cancel the midtier Galaxy S24 Plus in 2024. It sounds odd, but maybe, the Plus model has finally run its course......»»
The 7 most interesting PC monitors from CES 2023
Office-ready OLED, over-the-top sizes, and all the hertz? Yup, sounds like CES. Enlarge / Dell's 6K USB-C monitor was the one of the most tantalizing displays at CES 2023. (credit: Scharon Harding) The Consumer Electroni.....»»
Apple Books ditches voice actors for AI narration
Apple has quietly released a series of audiobooks where the narration is entirely generated by Artificial Intelligence — and it sounds surprisingly good.We all read books during the pandemic, but for some actors, reading them aloud in front of a ho.....»»