Aug 28
The 10-month old is better dressed than all of us.
Aug 28
Locals show incredible strength as they pull together in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
Aug 28
WOW.
Aug 28
The Moon People are here.
Aug 28
It’s no secret that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is selling well even in its Early Access form, but it just crossed an important (if symbolic) milestone. On the morning of August 27th, the battle royale shooter overtook Dota 2 as the game with the…
Aug 28
But really, who could forget?
Aug 28
Many attempts at improving the speed of mobile web browsing involve some obvious sacrifices: Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages alter how you view the pages, while proxies introduce the risk of someone intercepting your sensitive data. Researchers hav…
Aug 28
The latest Audio-Technica headphones promise what we’ve come to expect from the company’s flagship products. The Japanese company is aiming to take on the likes of the Sennheiser HD 800S and Focal Utopia with its latest headphones. As a consequence, the latest Audio-Technica headphones cost $1,999. Then again, that’s to be expected of a flagship product from this company.
Designed from the ground up, the Audio-Technica ADX5000 features new 58mm tungsten-coated drivers inside its ear cups that have a honeycomb pattern. The headband is coated in Alcantara covering for a comfortable wearing experience.
Each unit is assembled by hand in Tokyo and is laser etched with its unique serial number. These headphones require a powerful amplifier with its impedance of 420 Ohms. That is also to be expected from a deluxe audio product such as this.
Customers will also receive a case for their pricey headphones. It’s not just any other headphone case or pouch. It’s actually a piece of luggage. The ADX5000 comes with its own briefcase to secure carry the headphones in.
Audio-Technica is going to start selling its latest headphones from November for $1,999. Those attending the IFA 2017 convention next week will be able to try them out in Berlin.
Latest Audio-Technica Headphones Cost $1,999 , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Aug 28
Marty McFly fans have long waited to own a pair of shoes that can lace up themselves. Nike came out with such a product late last year. Called the HyperAdapt 1.0, Nike charged $720 a pair for these shoes. It released them in a limited quantity late last year and now the company has brought them back. However, just like last time, availability is going to be extremely limited and they still cost as much as they used to.
Nike HyperAdapt 1.0 has an underfoot lacing mechanism which provides a precise, consistent, and personalized fit every time. The latest iteration of Nike’s self-lacing shoe is being offered in black adorned with the company’s Swoosh in bold university red color.
Those who are interested in picking one up will have to visit NikeTown New York, Nike Chicago, Nike SoHo, The Grove, and Nike San Francisco this weekend. It’s not like they can just walk into the store and purchase a pair.
Those who visit the company’s locations will be able to enter into a draw. It will be the draw that decides whether or not they will get the chance to buy the pair this time around. Nike hasn’t confirmed how many pairs it’s offering up for sale. It hasn’t confirmed if customers who aren’t able to purchase it now will get the chance to do so at some point later this year.
Self-Lacing Nike Shoes Available For Purchase Again , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Aug 28
An international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas and Hanyang University in South Korea have developed high-tech yarns that are capable of generating electricity when they’re stretched or twisted. Dubbed “twistron” yarns, the researchers have detailed the possible application of these yarns in a study published in the recent issue of the Science journal.
“The easiest way to think of twistron harvesters is, you have a piece of yarn, you stretch it, and out comes electricity,” explained Dr. Carter Haines, associate research professor in the Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute at the University of Texas at Dallas. He’s also the co-lead author of the article.
Carbon nanotubes have been used to construct these yarns. They’re hollow cylinders of carbon that are 10,000 times smaller than a human hair in diameter. These nanotubes were first twist-spun into high-strength, lightweight yarns. In order to make them highly elastic, the researchers introduced so much twist that the yarns coiled together like a rubber band that’s over twisted.
The yarns can generate electricity when they’re either submerged in or coated with an ionically conducting material or electrolyte. That can be a simple mixture of table salt and water.
Dr. Na Li, a research scientist at the NanoTech Institute, added that these yarns are fundamentally supercapacitors. When the carbon nanotube yarn is inserted into an electrolyte bath, the yarns are charged by the electrolyte this eliminating the need for an external battery or voltage like in a normal capacitor.
The researchers were able to generate 250 watters per kilogram of peak electrical power after stretching the coiled twistron yarns 30 times a second. Researchers demonstrated in the lab how a twistron yearn that weighed less than a housefly could power a small LED.
They have demonstrated that the performance is scalable by increasing the twistron diameter and by operating many yarns in parallel.
Researchers Develop Yarns That Generate Electricity , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Who's in charge here?
This is site is run by Sascha Endlicher, M.A., during ungodly late night hours. Wanna know more about him? Connect via Social Media by jumping to about.me/sascha.endlicher.