In Lord of the Rings , Legolas claims to be able to count the exact number of horsemen five leagues away—that’s over 17 miles—even discerning their leader as very tall. But would that ever be possible? Read more…
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How Far Could Legolas Really See?
This little superconducting magnet may look serene, but it in fact it’s a record breaker, capable of creating three metric tons of force. Read more…
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This Golf Ball-Sized Magnet Creates Three Metric Tons of Force
The nearest Earth-like planet is only 16 light-years away from us. It has a mass that is more than five times the mass of the Earth and it orbits a red dwarf star that has half the mass and radius of our sun. Read more…
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This Is The Most Earth-Like Planet Discovered Yet
OneDrive just more than doubled its free-storage offering, bringing it up to 15GB . That’s the same amount you’ll get with Google Drive. On top of that, all versions of Office 365 now come with a full 1TB of storage attached. That’s a lot of spreadsheets. Read more…
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OneDrive just more than doubled its free-storage offering, bringing it up to 15GB.
More than t wo years ago , Dolby trotted out Atmos, the most advanced surround sound system in history. It’s been used to bring explosions and battles to deafening life Gravity to The Hobbit, to create chilling, intense movie going experiences to hundreds of theaters. Now Dolby plans to bring Atmos to your house. Read more…
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Dolby’s Crazy Atmos Surround Sound Is Coming to Your Living Room
An anonymous reader writes “Google today released Chrome version 35 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The new version is mainly for developers, especially those building Web content and apps for mobile devices – this release doesn’t appear to have any new features targeted at the end user. ” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Chrome 35 Launches With New APIs and JavaScript Features
You’d think staying in the tallest skyscraper in London would afford you some privacy. But visitors at the newly-opened hotel inside of the Shard are being creeped out by the bizarre effects of a simple design flaw—which reflects the view inside of certain rooms directly onto the windows of nearby guests at night. Read more…
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A Design Flaw Is Turning the London Shard Hotel Into a Voyeur’s Dream
A new water-repellant concrete impregnated with tiny superstrong fibers promises to leave roads and bridges free of major cracks for up to 120 years. Read more…
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Advanced Concrete Could Last More Than A Century Without Maintenance
When it was built in 1977, Citicorp Center (later renamed Citigroup Center, now called 601 Lexington) was, at 59 stories, the seventh-tallest building in the world. You can pick it out of the New York City skyline by its 45-degree angled top. Read more…
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How a Simple Design Error Could Have Toppled a NYC Skyscraper
The city of Kiruna, Sweden, is sinking—the iron mines beneath it are making the ground collapse. So, over the next two decades, its 20, 000 residents will be relocated, along with their homes, offices, stores, and schools, to another, brand-new city about two miles to the east. Read more…
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How Engineers Are Moving An Entire Town Two Miles Away