DefenseNews

US Army scraps Stryker mobile gun systems in favor of new lethality upgrades

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is scrapping its Stryker Mobile Gun Systems in favor of new lethality upgrades for its fleet of combat vehicles, the service announced in a May 12 statement. The Army decided to divest the gun systems by the end of fiscal 2022 after “a comprehensive analysis highlighted obsolescence and systemic issues with the system’s dated cannon and automatic loader,”…
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How Astronomers Use Gravity as the Ultimate Camera Lens

The Hubble Space Telescope has an incredible camera system in its own right, but thanks to a phenomenon called gravitational lensing it can capture images far beyond what human technology and optical science currently allow. As noted by Fstoppers, NASA explains that extreme gravity can create interesting visual effects that can be observed with the Hubble Space Telescope. Einstein predicted that…
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Asus Unveils the Zenfone 8 and Zenfone 8 Flip Smartphones

Asus has announced the Zenfone 8 and 8 Flip smartphones which feature similar camera sensors, but the latter allows the rear camera array to “flip” up and act as the front-facing camera. Asus Zenfone 8 The Zenfone 8 is Asus’s compact, an approachable model that is…
AI & RoboticsNews

DataRobot’s Zepl acquisition bridges the AI divide

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. DataRobot revealed yesterday during an online AI Experience Worldwide conference that it has acquired Zepl as part of a larger effort to enable data scientists to customize AI models developed on…
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Tintypes Made Using Focusing Loupes As Lenses

This personal project was born of a lifelong pursuit of charting new paths upon the broad field of the artistic landscape, combined with an unexplained passion for vintage ground glass focusing loupes. I’ll never stop looking for magical yet unexplored ways in which to see the world, and translating those findings into the language of photography; this is but one such journey. A lot of people…
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MobileNews

Concept imagines a whole new approach to the iPhone notch

We’re expecting a smaller iPhone notch this year, but a designer has put together a concept with a whole new approach to the notch. Instead of a center notch to accommodate things like the front-facing camera and Face ID tech, designer Antonio De Rosa imagines lifting the front-facing tech above the display with a funky offset design … The first reports suggesting that the iPhone 13 would…
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