Blind people sometimes develop the amazing ability to perceive the contours of the room they're in based only on auditory information. Bats and dolphins use the same echolocation technique for navigating in their environment.
Engineering
Jun 17, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the issues associated with quantum information schemes revolves around the ability to develop quantum memories that allow for the retrieval of information on demand. Overcoming this issue is especially ...
What's all the fuss about the voice-activated home speaker that Amazon is due to release in the UK and Germany in late September? This gadget has been available in the US for over a year and has proven a minor hit, with sales ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 16, 2016
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When a star explodes (a supernova), it sends its intense burst of light out in all directions. On rare occasions, in the months and years that follow, rings of light or "light echoes" spread out from the original supernova ...
Astronomy
Oct 28, 2022
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Material falling into a black hole casts X-rays out into space—and now astronomers have used the echoes of this radiation to map the dynamic behavior and surroundings of a black hole itself.
Astronomy
Jan 21, 2020
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Light from a supernova explosion in the nearby starburst galaxy M82 is reverberating off a huge dust cloud in interstellar space.
Astronomy
Nov 9, 2017
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Can Amazon's Echo speaker really be a witness to a murder?
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 29, 2016
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(Phys.org)—Scientists have replaced the telescope with the microscope: Using the similarities between the structure of a crystal and the state of the cosmos in the early universe, they have explored a yet unconfirmed phenomenon, ...
General Physics
Jan 3, 2013
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A recent study of more than 2.7 billion tweets between 2009 and 2016 confirms that Twitter users are exposed mainly to political opinions that agree with their own. It is the largest study to characterise echo chambers by ...
Internet
Apr 24, 2018
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Having a smart speaker like Amazon Echo or Google Home in the house can feel like you've stepped into the future.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 22, 2016
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