Day: February 10, 2019

Dell recalls faulty Hybrid Power Adapters

Dell has recalled Hybrid Power Adapters manufactured between January 2017 and March 2017 because of a shock hazard. …read more Source:: ZDNet


With Magic Leap, your entertainment may get real weird real quick – CNET

The startup’s staying power may hinge on the visions concocted by outsiders who go rogue. …read more Source:: CNet


SpaceX Seeks Approval For Up To 1M Earth Stations for Its Satellite Service

SpaceX just filed a new earth-station license application with America’s Federal Communications Commisions, seeking blanket approval “for up to a million earth stations” for customers of their Starlink satellite internet service, reports GeekWire: Those satellites have already received clearance from the FCC, and SpaceX plans to launch the first elements of the initial 4,425-satellite constellation…


Automated Radiosonde Tracking Via Open Source

Meteorological organisations across the world launch weather balloons on a regular basis as a part of their work in predicting whether or not it will rain on the weekend. Their payloads are called radiosondes, and these balloons deliver both telemetry and location data throughout their flightpath. Hobbyists around the globe have devoted time and effort…


Is high-speed rail in the US ever going to happen? – CNET

After decades of languishing development and stagnated projects, true high-speed rail in the US could be just around the corner. …read more Source:: CNet


High-speed trains in the US – CNET

Check out the current and future high-speed trains in the US. …read more Source:: CNet


Moto G7 vs. G7 Play, G7 Power and G7 Plus: All specs, compared – CNET

Motorola launched a handful of new phones today. Here’s what makes each one different. …read more Source:: CNet


The iPhone X is back on sale, but for how long? – CNET

The iPhone X returns and is cheaper than ever and new details about the three rear cameras rumored to be coming to the 2019 iPhones. …read more Source:: CNet


Hungover this morning? Thought ‘beer before wine and you’ll be fine’? Boffin prove old adage just isn’t true

Better to drink plenty of water, we reckon Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine; wine before beer and you’ll feel queer, as the old saying goes. Well it isn’t true, it doesn’t matter what order you down your drinks, you’ll be hungover all the same.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Hidden LED Video Wall At The Oregon Museum of Science

Glowing and blinking things are some of our favourite projects around these parts, and the bigger, the better. [Thomas] wrote to us recently to share the design and construction of a large LED wall at the Oregon Museum of Science, and the results are nothing short of impressive. The concept involved a large LED wall…