NEW YORK — A 911 call comes in about a possible bomb in lower Manhattan and an alert pops up on computer screens at the New York Police Department, instantly showing officers an interactive map of the neighborhood, footage from nearby security cameras, whether there are high radiation levels and whether any other threats have [...]
By Mar Jennings As I am constantly looking for ways to create a new display, I find that inspiration and unexpected resources present themselves to me everywhere I go. I set off to create a truly unique table display using only items found at my local grocery store. When looking around for creative display finds, [...]
Avery CanahuatimyFOXhouston A Texas family has created a ‘bucket list’ for their infant daughter after learning she suffers from a fatal genetic disorder, myFOXhouston reported. Mike and Laura Canahuati, from Bellaire, Tex, are on a mission to teach the world about their daughter Avery’s fatal genetic disease. You’ve likely never heard of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, [...]
If Amazon’s been your internet safe haven from the ravages of sales tax, you may want to sit down. As part of a settlement with the great state of Texas, Bezos’ baby will start collecting the state’s requisite 6.25-percent sales tax on July 1st. The settlement resolves the online retailer’s ongoing dispute with the Lone [...]
US shuts website amid copyright infringement claims 20/01/2012 04:23 CET It’s time for local elections in Britain and the battle is on between the usual suspects, the three main parties: Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. But this year there’s an unlikely contender: the Pirate Party UK. Established in 2009, the Pirates are running [...]
Warming ocean water has devastating effects on coral reefs, causing coral to bleach by expelling their symbiotic algae. CREDIT: Hughes et al. Current Biology View full size image Global warming is expected to have devastating effects on coral reefs, but recent research points to a few exceptions. Warming in the equatorial Pacific may actually create [...]
Sometimes, standard two dimensional photos, even those taken by a 41-megapixel sensor, simply aren’t enough to accurately depict a three dimensional object. Enter Arqball Spin, a free app that lets anyone with an iOS device create high-quality 3D models of whatever they like. Using the iPhone’s camera, the app takes a series of images and [...]