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Former Slack and Dropbox Executive Johann Butting Joins Mentimeter’s Board of Directors
Former Slack and Dropbox Executive Johann Butting Joins Mentimeter’s Board of Directors
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2023-05-31 21:26
Canada tries to address news law concerns, Facebook not convinced
Canada tries to address news law concerns, Facebook not convinced
By Ismail Shakil and David Ljunggren OTTAWA Canada unveiled draft rules on Friday for a law to compel
2023-09-02 00:45
Scientists invent world's first ‘breathing, sweating, shivering’ robot
Scientists invent world's first ‘breathing, sweating, shivering’ robot
Scientists have created the world's first "breathing, sweating, shivering" robot in a major breakthrough. The technologically-advanced "thermal mannequin" known as ANDI has 35 controlled surfaces that allow the robot to produce sweat through 'pores'. Designed by US firm Thermetrics, there are just 10 ANDIs in the world. It was designed to gauge a better understanding of the health impacts of extreme temperatures on the body. "ANDI sweats, he generates heat, shivers, walks and breathes," explained Konrad Rykaczewski, principal investigator for the ASU research project. Rykaczewski continued: "There’s a lot of great work out there for extreme heat, but there’s also a lot missing. "We’re trying to develop a very good understanding of how heat impacts the human body so we can quantitatively design things to address it." Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Some ANDIs are already being used by sports clothing companies to test garments. Meanwhile, ASU's version is the first that can be used outdoors. Jenni Vanos, associate professor in the School of Sustainability said: "You can’t put humans in dangerous extreme heat situations and test what would happen. "But there are situations we know of in the Valley where people are dying of heat and we still don't fully understand what happened. ANDI can help us figure that out." Later this year, ANDI will be paired with ASU's biometeorological heat robot to delve deeper into human sweating mechanisms. Ankit Joshi, an ASU research scientist leading the modelling and operating of ANDI, said: "We can move different BMI models, different age characteristics and different medical conditions (into ANDI),” "A diabetes patient has different thermal regulation from a healthy person. So we can account for all this modification with our customized models." Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-06-08 18:55
Amouranth: The truth behind why Indiefoxx was blamed for streamer's Twitch ban
Amouranth: The truth behind why Indiefoxx was blamed for streamer's Twitch ban
Amouranth was banned from Twitch, and Indiefoxx was blamed for it, but here's the reality behind the controversy
2023-05-11 12:45
Video of GoFast UFO resurfaces after being mentioned in NASA report
Video of GoFast UFO resurfaces after being mentioned in NASA report
NASA lifted the lid on its unidentified anomalous phenomena study on Thursday (14 September) which aimed to identify "how data gathered by civilian government entities, commercial data, and data from other sources can potentially be analysed to shed light on UAPs." While the report was "not a review or assessment of previous unidentifiable observations," the briefing prompted a video of 'GoFast UFO' to resurface. The clip from 2014 was released by the pilots "to clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real or whether or not there is more to the videos." The statement on the Department of Defense further went on to say at the time: "After a thorough review, the department has determined that the authorized release of these unclassified videos does not reveal any sensitive capabilities or systems, and does not impinge on any subsequent investigations of military air space incursions by unidentified aerial phenomena." The clip also got a mention in the recent 36-page report, published on the NASA website. "A well-known UAP event is the “GoFast” video, recorded by navy aviators from the USS Theodore Roosevelt," it read. @uapbrand GOFAST UAP - better known as the 'Tic Tac' UFO. ? #UAP #UnidentifiedAerialPhenomena #UAPs #OVNI #OVNIs #UFO #UFOs #UFOvideo #UFOvideos "A still frame from this video is shown in the Figure below, where the infrared camera has locked onto a small object in the center. The video gives an impression of an object skimming above the ocean at a great velocity. But analysis of the numerical information on the display reveals a less extraordinary interpretation." Elsewhere, while the report disclaimed the galaxy "does not stop at the outskirts of the solar system," it stressed there is "no reason to conclude" that UFO sightings are alien. "Many of NASA's science missions are, at least in part, focused on answering the question of whether life exists beyond Earth," it read. "Those investigations include missions looking for biosignatures, perhaps on Mars or the icy moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn - as well as farther afield, in the ratios of molecules present in exoplanet atmospheres. "Searching for signs of alien technology is a natural extension of those investigations." It added: "If we recognise the plausibility of any of these, then we should recognise that all are at least plausible." Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-09-15 16:57
This Chrome extension swaps Elon Musk's X back to the Twitter bird
This Chrome extension swaps Elon Musk's X back to the Twitter bird
There's no going back to the halcyon pre-Elon Musk Twitter days, but you can reverse
2023-07-28 05:16
Harry Potter's Tom Felton tears up playing Hogwarts Legacy
Harry Potter's Tom Felton tears up playing Hogwarts Legacy
Tom Felton virtually returned to the Slytherin common room.
2023-05-19 20:49
MrBeast reports surge in video views following thumbnail change, Internet states, 'now all YouTubers will shut their mouths'
MrBeast reports surge in video views following thumbnail change, Internet states, 'now all YouTubers will shut their mouths'
MrBeast reveals that closing his mouth for his videos' thumbnails is increasing his viewer count
2023-09-07 22:58
A hiker in Alaska was in distress. A webcam used to livestream bears led to his rescue
A hiker in Alaska was in distress. A webcam used to livestream bears led to his rescue
A hiker struggling in brutal weather in an Alaska national park was rescued after being spotted asking for help on a webcam used to livestream bears, according to Explore.org.
2023-09-12 02:49
Nintendo declares Super Mario Bros. Wonder 'fastest-selling' Super Mario game in Europe
Nintendo declares Super Mario Bros. Wonder 'fastest-selling' Super Mario game in Europe
'Super Mario Bros. Wonder' has proved a huge hit in Europe.
2023-10-26 19:15
US sanctions Iranian firm for helping government censor internet
US sanctions Iranian firm for helping government censor internet
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on an Iran-based technology firm for its role in facilitating the Iranian government’s censorship of the internet as anti-government protests swept the country
2023-06-02 23:48
US senator introduces bill to create a federal agency to regulate AI
US senator introduces bill to create a federal agency to regulate AI
Days after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified in front of Congress and proposed creating a new federal agency to regulate artificial intelligence, a US senator has introduced a bill to do just that.
2023-05-18 17:21