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The new belt-drive Honbike U4 electric bike looks so good, you’d think it was a purely pedal bike

July 8, 2022
Electric bikes are great for a lot of things. They get you where you’re going faster than a traditional bike, cut through traffic faster than a car, and are more fun than both. But the downside is that they can often be rather chunky looking. Some are even downright chonks. But not the Honbike U4, as this is one new e-bike that looks so sleek and elegant that you’d never guess it had an…
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NASA Shares the 5 Cosmic Targets of James Webb’s First Photos

July 8, 2022
NASA as revealed the cosmic objects that will be shown when it releases the first full-color photos captured by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12. The space agency says that the five targets listed below represent the first wave of full-color scientific images and spectra that the James Webb Space Telescope has gathered and will mark the official beginning of the observatory’s…
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2021 Was Leica’s Best Financial Year Ever

July 8, 2022
Leica has announced that 2021/22 was its best financial year in its more than 100-year history. It increased revenue by 16% to 450 million euros. The financial year was between April 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022 which resulted in the best business result in the…
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Camera Shipments Plunge to New Low as Sales Hit New High

July 8, 2022
If there was one word to describe 2022’s camera sales trends so far, it would be “pivotal.” When I say pivotal, I mean it to say that it seems as if a switch has been flipped and the market has turned on its head. Earlier this year, I reported on what a transformative year 2021 was for manufacturers as production kicked back in, demand ramped up, and component shortages played…
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NanoAvionics captured the first-ever 4K resolution full satellite selfie in space.

July 8, 2022
NanoAvionics, a small satellite mission integrator company with more than 110 successful satellite missions and commercial products to its name, has captured the first-ever 4K resolution full satellite selfie in space. NanoAvionics didn’t use a fancy, high-tech camera to achieve the feat, either. The company used an off-the-shelf consumer camera, the GoPro Hero 7, mounted on a selfie stick…
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