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After four years, now that you have 5G is your life any better?
Recall the 5G hype? Here are the details on what’s happened since, in one minute.
How long does it take light to travel around the Earth?
The speed of light is 671 million miles an hour. How long would it take for it to travel around the earth?
Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th anniversary
Microsoft’s back at it with Flight Simulator 2024. In the 40th anniversary edition of the game (yes, it’s that old), you’ll get new missions like firefighting, hot air ballooning and skydiving.
How certain a 911 caller was that the thing he saw was “not human”
About an hour after Las Vegas police witnessed an unidentified object falling from the sky, a Vegas area man reportedly saw a 10-foot-tall extra-terrestrial in his backyard with “big, shiny eyes.” The police visit determined that the report was “unfounded,” but I’ll let you judge the video footage for yourself.
How noise-canceling earbuds work
How do noise-canceling earbuds … cancel noise? It seems simple, but it’s super high-tech. Watch this video to see how layers of algorithms work together to figure out sounds that need to be dropped.
Disney unvails Groot robot
A roving baby Groot robot is being tested at Disneyland in California. The little bot can apparently walk, dance and say, “I am Groot,” to guests. Watch out Pinocchio, there’s a “real boy” in town.
Remember Clippy? Here's the man who created it
In the ’90s, an iconic character in Microsoft Office programs named Clippy was created. This helpful little anthropomorphic paper clip could teach you little tricks to help you use the programs better. But the story behind the character is fascinating.
Creating fine art using Microsoft Excel
Tatsuo Horiuchi is a fantastic artist. But you’d never guess his medium — it’s Microsoft Excel. Using the program’s vector tools, he creates large landscapes of Japan. Amazing stuff!
A magician helps shelter dogs find homes
Feeling down? I’ve got just the thing: Puppies! Celebrity magician John Stressel doesn’t just use his gifts of illusion to make money. He takes his act on the road, to St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in New Jersey. He makes toys and treats disappear, and the dogs go nuts for it. Their reactions are so cute, it helps them get adopted.
Watch a paralyzed man walk again
A man paralyzed in a cycling accident is walking again, thanks to a chip that reads his brain waves and stimulates his spine. After a decade, he can stand, climb stairs and walk with a little help. Amazing!
Creating a robot that can ‘handwrite’ letters
Handwriting hundreds of letters can be a pain, whether for a wedding, thank you notes or anything else. But what if there were a robot that could write them for you and make them look so authentic no one would know? Would you try it?