Today’s virtual reality headsets are universally large – closer to glasses than glasses, and even bigger and heavier than modern ski goggles. While Facebook has shown prototypes of larger and more complex Oculus VR headsets, it does not hide its interest in creating lightweight models that can be worn all …
Read More »The first liquid retina prosthesis
Photoactive nanoparticles (in red) cover a retinal neuron membrane (nucleus in blue). Credit: IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (M. Bramini) Research at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) has led to the revolutionary development of an artificial liquid retinal prosthesis to counteract the effects of diseases such as retinitis …
Read More »A small Chinese satellite detected the 2019 total solar eclipse from the moon
A small Chinese satellite in lunar orbit captured incredible images of a Total solar eclipse in South America last year, thanks to commands from radio enthusiasts. The images were taken on July 2, 2019, with the small ‘Inory eye‘camera, installed in Longjiang 2, a microsatellite developed by a team at …
Read More »NASA Launches Lunar Loo Toilet Competition
Moon. For much of human history, she has been a symbol of the divine feminine, the heavenly embodiment of emotion, intuition, and the natural rhythms of time. And since 1969, it has been stained with dozens of men’s stool bags. Yes, when Apollo 11 landed on the moon’s surface in …
Read More »United States halts high-tech exports to Hong Kong over security concerns
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration on Monday imposed new restrictions on US exports of defense equipment and certain high-tech products to Hong Kong, in response to a new Chinese law aimed at tightening Beijing’s control over the territory. The administration determined in late May that Hong Kong no longer had …
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