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Take a seriously alternative approach to flower photography with a leaf blower!

Watch video: Blurred blooms The typical approach to flower photography is to use a long lens or macro lens and blur out the backdrop with a shallow depth of field, so that the focus is on the subject. But why not take a different approach to background blur? In this project, the aim is to blur the backdrop with motion. To achieve this, there are two key factors. First, we need to get set up for a…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Hear me out: instead of faster chargers, we should lobby for SLOWER gas pumps

Utilities, state governments, and private developers are racing to roll out faster, more powerful EV chargers. At the same time, automakers and tech giants across the globe are pouring billions into R&D to develop batteries that can take ever-higher levels of power. But what if there’s a better, easier, cheaper, and more effective way to cut emissions? What if, instead of faster chargers, we…
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DefenseNews

Inside the US Army’s new modernization mega-command

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin has long attracted high-tech startups and innovators, bringing the U.S. Army to the Texas capital seven years ago with the promise of a community that would carry the service’s ambitious modernization push. The Army created a new four-star outfit – Futures Command – in the late summer of 2018, right in the city center, empowered with a mandate to quickly develop new…
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ComputersNews

Upgrading to Windows 11 on an old PC might be easier than you think

Although support for Windows 10 will not end in October 2025 after all, Microsoft’s additional grace period extends its life by only one year. This means that many users will soon not only have to say goodbye to their operating system, but also to their computer in the near future. Even if its components are powerful enough for Windows 11, it may become electronic waste: This is because…
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