The choice of color to represent information in scientific images is a fundamental part of communicating findings. However, a number of color palettes that are widely used to display critical scientific results…
Month: November 2021
Ford’s e-concept pickup truck turns my old-school mode on
Remember Ford‘s 1978 F-100 pickup truck? Credit: Niels de Wit The automaker has used it to create a reimagined electric vehicle concept and it’s called the F-100 Eluminator. Take a look at…
This pre-Black Friday sale can help you spice up the look of your boring old Apple Watch
TLDR: With earthy sandalwood and walnut accent pieces, this classic Apple Watch band can offer an upgrade of class to your tech. Everybody loves the Apple Watch. You have to admit, the…
Pick up this 4K Camera Drone at a Pre-Black Friday price under $65
TLDR: This Dual 4K Camera Drone is not only sporting great flight and image capture features, but at the Pre-Black Friday price, it’s a steal to kick off holiday shopping. We know…
Facebook is blocking researchers’ access to data about how much misinformation it hosts
Leaked internal documents suggest Facebook – which recently renamed itself Meta – is doing far worse than it claims at minimizing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on the Facebook social media platform. Online misinformation…
Microsoft Loop looks like an emoji hellscape
Microsoft’s biggest announcement from its last night’s Ignite event was definitely the legless-metaverse. However, there was another funky one that caught my eye: Microsoft Loop. I know, from its name, it’s not…
Microsoft’s metaverse doesn’t have legs — literally
It’s raining metaverses all around the world. Days after Facebook said that it’s renaming the company to Meta to indicate its future direction, Microsoft kicked-off its own metaverse master plan. Last night, CEO…
There’s something fishy about Facebook’s pivot on facial recognition
Meta today announced updates to its facial recognition program that will have sweeping consequences for the Facebook platform — and not in a good way. Meta? It’s still Facebook to me and…
Scientists may have found the first extragalactic planet – can we talk to it?
Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics believe they’ve discovered the first extragalactic planet ever observed by humans. Up front: I’ve got “extragalactic planetary, planetary extragalactic” to the tune of the Beastie…
These 4 companies are trailblazing sustainable design, packaging, mobility, and logistics
We’re in an age when consumers and businesses are more aware than ever about the need to build a more sustainable world. But how can we make our lives and our businesses…