For people who not familiar with it, the Raspberry Pi is a tiny computer that can be plugged in to your TV or a variety of other objects. Despite its small size, it can be used for most projects you would perform on a desktop computer, including...
When Intel announced its Haswell processor last year, it also signalled what appeared to be a major push in computing in different form factors, such as 2-in-1 notebooks, tablets, and alternative form factors to the traditional desktop computing. What the company likely didn’t expect however...
Lighting, Make sure the light is right Adding artificial light, such as a camera flash, can help brighten up a scene where natural light is not available. When using natural light, consider the ideal times for the best results. Harsh sunlight can make a photo...
Flash memories are tremendously fast. According to our score list with SSDs, the flash memories in computers and notebooks can read and write at the rate of about 500 MByte per second if the right kind of interface is used. However, the situation is slightly...
Survive Nearby Explosions A bomb explodes nearby. The hero must flee the blast uncharred and unharmed. What Actually Happen Powerful explosives generate a sphere of compressed, rapidly expanding gas travelling faster than the speed of sound. Although this blast wave lasts just a few milliseconds,...
Caffeine and alcohol aren’t the only drugs that form part of modern-day cultures. Some other legal highs are permitted in some countries. KHAT Grown mostly in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula, Catha edulis, known as khat or qat, is a green-leafed shrub...
1. BOOST YOUR SOCIAL NETWORK This doesn’t necessarily mean signing up for a new Facebook account, but having a strong social network of friends and family around you to provide support during stressful situations in life is vital to make it to the big one...
1. Smart medical patches A medical patch could collect data on your health and deliver drugs into your skin over long periods of time. Scientists at Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, have developed some of the ‘nanomaterials’ for the patch. They include a motion...
A webhosting company offers everything that you need to put up a website, such as the cloud storage space and all the website software program. You just need to create the html files for your websites and transfer them to a location given by the web-hosting...
Welding is another common laser application, but the physics of welding are quite different from the physics of cutting steel and cloth or drilling steel or diamonds. Cutting and drilling generally involve vaporizing small sections of the material in question. By contrast, welding involves melting....
