This gadget is helping French special forces nail their parachute landings

This gadget is helping French special forces nail their parachute landings

Post Views: 218 That’s the problem addressed by French special forces of the 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment, known as the 13th RDP, an army regiment entirely dedicated to gathering human intelligence from any theater in peacetime, wartime, or during other crises. Until recently, the 13th RDP paratroopers were using a ground-detecting system developed over 30…

The trick to a more powerful computer chip? Going vertical.

The trick to a more powerful computer chip? Going vertical.

Post Views: 251 Modern computers and smartphones keep growing in capability, getting faster and more efficient with each model, and largely, that’s because the tiny microchips that power them have been evolving at an unprecedented rate. As Moore’s Law predicts, the number of transistors that an electronics-powering chip can hold is supposed to more or…

The US Navy is testing autonomous seafaring robots that patrol the ocean

The US Navy is testing autonomous seafaring robots that patrol the ocean

Post Views: 292 Saildrones can be outfitted with a range of sensors. The version of the robotic surfer that Popular Science selected for a 2021 Best of What’s New award was used by NOAA to track hurricane winds. The drones can carry sensors for wind speed and direction, for air temperature and humidity, for measuring…

Workplace cellphone bans for ‘safety’ can put employees at risk

Workplace cellphone bans for ‘safety’ can put employees at risk

Post Views: 295 In the aftermath of a devastating tornado ripping through an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, on December 10, 2021—killing six employees—the online retailer is reportedly reviewing its policy over mobile phone bans during working hours. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, it was common for Amazon to require its employees to leave phones…

Honda will soon start patrolling Ohio highways to improve the roads

Honda will soon start patrolling Ohio highways to improve the roads

Post Views: 210 A new pilot program from Honda is focusing on lane lines for that very reason, and it turns out that these lines and their upkeep are a “hot topic,” says Sue Bai, the chief engineer with Honda Research Institute in Detroit, Michigan. “Based on our understanding, the lane lines are painted regularly—they…

Google integrated its other apps into Gmail. Here’s how to best use them.

Post Views: 217 If you want, you can have Google Chat and Google Meet open right alongside Gmail on the web. To do this, click the cog icon (top right), then See all settings, and Chat and Meet. Select Google Chat next to Chat to show your text conversations, and Show the Meet section in…

Why Los Alamos lab is working on the tricky task of creating new plutonium coreswe

Post Views: 322 Inside a nuclear warhead, a plutonium pit is crucial to setting off the sequence of reactions that make a thermonuclear explosion. Inside the pit is a gas, like deuterium/tritium, and around the pit is chemical explosive. When the chemical explosive detonates, it compacts the plutonium around the gas until the core is…

Need to fight invasive fish? Just introduce a scary robot

Need to fight invasive fish? Just introduce a scary robot

Post Views: 242 Dealing with them today is challenging. Besides advising people to kill them on sight, there’s not really an effective, widespread way to control their population. But researchers from the University of Western Australia and NYU Tandon are trying out a new tactic to corral these invasive fish and keep them in check:…

What we know so far about the fatal Tesla crash in Paris

Post Views: 271 This new report adds to the mounting concerns over the safety of Tesla vehicles. In 2020, the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) investigated reports of Tesla cars unintentionally and rapidly accelerating after receiving more than 200 complaints of such incidents. Ultimately, the Washington Post says the agency attributed the…