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Most of the LCD displays you see on laptops, tablets, phones, TVs, and monitors are transmissive displays that require a backlight for operation. But there are also other types of LCD displays including reflective displays which are designed for visibi…
Most of the LCD displays you see on laptops, tablets, phones, TVs, and monitors are transmissive displays that require a backlight for operation. But there are also other types of LCD displays including reflective displays which are designed for visibility using only ambient light and transflective displays that split the difference: you don’t need a backlight […]
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Bike design seems like a solved problem, but there’s a lot to learn from Buffalo.
The Buffalo Bicycle Utility S2 has won an award from Eurobike and earned a German Design Award. With components designed by cycling industry giant SRAM and made from heavy steel, the bike has rim brakes, two gears, two chainrings, and two separate chains. And that makes total sense.
The S2 is the second bike developed by World Bicycle Relief, which aims to bring bicycle-based mobility to the nearly 1 billion people who otherwise must walk long distances for basic needs. YouTube channel Berm Peak recently featured (and rode) an S2 (as first seen at Hackaday) and explains why a bike with two chains makes sense. Short answer: redundancy, reliable shifting, and far more simple repair.
Buffalo bicycles are meant to take people a long way over tough terrain, hauling whatever they need to haul. Given that the rear rack is rated for 200 pounds, that "whatever" can range from cargo to humans. The original Buffalo bike had a single gear and coaster brakes, which as both kids and minimalist bike fans can attest, make it simple to stop and go. Buffalo bikes can generally be fixed with the single included wrench, but World Bicycle Relief has also been training mechanics (over 3,300 now) and setting up some 200 Buffalo-focused bike shops.
Lenovo is running a sale on select laptops, tablets, and other products and, among other things, you can score a pretty good deals on laptops with slightly older chips. Case in point: you can snag a Thinkpad P14s with a 13th-gen Intel Core i5 processor…
Lenovo is running a sale on select laptops, tablets, and other products and, among other things, you can score a pretty good deals on laptops with slightly older chips. Case in point: you can snag a Thinkpad P14s with a 13th-gen Intel Core i5 processor, 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage for just $729. […]
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Few four-doors eat corners quite like this one. It sounds pretty special, too.
More than ever, automakers are clamoring to be part of Formula 1. Buoyed by Drive to Survive, the sport's reach rivals its popularity at any time in the past, despite having to compete with myriad more demands for our time. The carmakers get cachet from their participation, and just occasionally, something they build for the racetrack trickles down into something you can buy in the showroom. Such is the case with today's car, the (deep breath) Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance four-door.
Although the team hasn't had the same amount of success since the introduction of ground effects in 2022, Mercedes-AMG won seven championships on the trot between 2014 and 2020. High Performance Powertrains, based in Brixworth, got the hybrid formula just right, eclipsing the power and drivability of rivals at Ferrari, Renault, and Honda and helping Lewis Hamilton secure more Grands Prix wins than anyone else in history.
The boffins at Brixworth got together with their counterparts at Affalterbach, where the AMG gets applied to Mercedes. The result: This plug-in hybrid powertrain uses the same 2170 cylindrical cells in its battery pack as cars like the Mercedes AMG F1 W10 EQ Power+, albeit slightly more of them, as the road car has a capacity of 6.1 kWh (4.8 kWh net). The pack feeds an electric motor with a nominal 94 hp (70 kW) and 236 lb-ft (310 Nm), but it's capable of 201 hp (150 kW) for 10-second bursts.
The Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus is a premium Android tablet with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, 16GB of LPDDR5x-8533 memory, 256GB of UFS 4.0 storage, and a 12.7 inch, 1944 x 1840 pixel LTPS display with a 144 Hz refresh rate. First announced during…
The Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus is a premium Android tablet with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, 16GB of LPDDR5x-8533 memory, 256GB of UFS 4.0 storage, and a 12.7 inch, 1944 x 1840 pixel LTPS display with a 144 Hz refresh rate. First announced during CES in January, the Yoga Tab Plus is now […]
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Eine Sprecherin des Weißen Hauses gab bekannt, mit welchem Status Elon Musk für die US-Regierung arbeitet. (Elon Musk, Politik)
Den Bosch Professional Akkuschrauber Bosch Go 3 mit LED-Licht und achtteiligem Bit-Set gibt es bei Amazon zum bisher günstigsten Preis. (Bosch, Technik/Hardware)
Den Bosch Professional Akkuschrauber Bosch Go 3 mit LED-Licht und achtteiligem Bit-Set gibt es bei Amazon zum bisher günstigsten Preis. (Bosch, Technik/Hardware) Tabellen dienen als etabliertes Format zum Speichern von Informationen. Doch nicht immer passen sie zu den Anforderungen – ein Argument für NoSQL. Von Jens-Christoph Brendel (NoSQL, Server)
Adding zirconia nanoparticles to the mix enhances slip-resistant hydrophilic effects.
Gecko feet have inspired many intriguing applications, including a sticky tape, adhesives, a "stickybot" climbing robot, and even a strapless bra design. Now, scientists have developed a new kind of anti-slip polymer that sticks to ice, inspired by the humble gecko. Incorporating these polymers into shoe soles could reduce the number of human slip-and-fall injuries, according to a paper published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
As previously reported, geckos are known for being expert climbers; they're able to stick to any surface thanks to tiny hair-like structures on the bottoms of their feet. Those microscopic hairs are called setae, each of which splits off into hundreds of even smaller bristles called spatulae. It has long been known that at microscopic size scales, the so-called van der Waals forces—the attractive and repulsive forces between two dipole molecules—become significant.
Essentially, the tufts of tiny hairs on gecko feet get so close to the contours in walls and ceilings that electrons from the gecko hair molecules and electrons from the wall molecules interact with each other and create an electromagnetic attraction. That's what enables geckos to climb smooth surfaces like glass effortlessly. Spiders, cockroaches, beetles, bats, tree frogs, and lizards all have varying-sized sticky footpads that use these same forces.
Few seasons see two peaks at such high intensity.
While H5N1 bird flu ratchets up anxiety and egg prices, seasonal influenza viruses are rallying to a second high this winter, an uncommon course not seen in most years.
Flu cases had previously peaked this season at the very end of December. At week 52—ending on December 28—the percentage of outpatient visits related to influenza-like illnesses (ILI) hit about 6.76 percent, then ticked down the first week of 2025 (week 1). The percentage of ILI visits is the standard metric for tracking flu activity, which tends to peak at around 7 percent or lower in a given season. The 2009–2010 flu season—when the novel H1N1 (aka swine flu) emerged—stands out for hitting a decades' high of 7.7 very early in the season (week 42).
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Eine Sprecherin des Weißen Hauses gab bekannt, mit welchem Status Elon Musk für die US-Regierung arbeitet. (
Tabellen dienen als etabliertes Format zum Speichern von Informationen. Doch nicht immer passen sie zu den Anforderungen - ein Argument für NoSQL. Von Jens-Christoph Brendel (