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ESA Open Day 2021
ESA - 27 Sep 2021 10:00
Video: 00:01:09 What's coming next in space? Find out at our virtual ESA Open Day on Sunday 3 October, from 1300 - 1600 CEST (1200 - 1500 BST). Your chance to talk to the people behind future space missions, get close-up...
Pixii announces new 26MP version of its APS-C Pixii digital rangefinder camera
DP Review - 27 Sep 2021 18:48
In October 2018, French startup Pixii announced its first product, the Pixii camera. The original Pixii camera was a digital rangefinder with an M-mount. The aluminum body eschewed a back display and included an electron...
'Speaking Portrait' Turns Photos into Eerily Realistic Talking Heads
PetaPixel - 27 Sep 2021 17:44Why Is the Leica M6 so Popular? Is It Overhyped?
The Phoblographer - 27 Sep 2021 00:00
Speaking personally as an owner of one, you'll take my Leica M6 from my cold, dead hands. And even then, you'll need to have a boss fight with my ghost for it. The Leica M6 is a fantastic camera that lots of photographer...
iPhone 14 Will Reportedly Be a 'Complete Redesign'
PetaPixel - 27 Sep 2021 22:53Pixii Unveils New 26MP APS-C Rangefinder with 'Interactive' Viewfinder
PetaPixel - 27 Sep 2021 18:39Facebook is 'Pausing' Development of Instagram for Kids
PetaPixel - 27 Sep 2021 17:02Teardown Shows iPhone 13 Pro Camera Module is Much Larger
PetaPixel - 27 Sep 2021 22:06Cassini Captures Triple Crescent Moons Orbiting Saturn
Twisted Sifter - 27 Sep 2021 19:28
What a beautiful sight to see
Looking for Vintage Lenses from the 90s? We Found a Bunch at Great Prices!
The Phoblographer - 27 Sep 2021 18:00
The 90s are back! These lenses were made in the 1990s and have all the character and render that you're craving for your camera. Of course, these lenses are fantastic for anyone shooting film or that wants a vintage look...
Millimeter-scale chip-based supercontinuum generation
Phys.org - 27 Sep 2021 15:20
In optics, when a collection of nonlinear processes act together on a pump beam, the resulting spectral broadening of the original pump beam gives rise to a supercontinuum. Supercontinuum sources for optical coherence to...
Hasselblad teases 'Beyond Classic' announcement for September 28
DP Review - 27 Sep 2021 14:34
Hasselblad has posted a short video on its social media channels teasing an announcement set to take place at 1pm CEST (UTC+2) on September 28, 2021. Hardly any information is shared in the 12-second 'Beyond Classic,' te...
'Back to basics' approach helps unravel new phase of matter
Phys.org - 27 Sep 2021 10:46
A new phase of matter, thought to be understandable only using quantum physics, can be studied with far simpler classical methods.
A Bitcoin miner is buying power plants to mine crypto now
Mashable - 27 Sep 2021 01:04
By now, you've probably heard about the sheer amount of energy cryptocurrency mining uses and how that's bad for the environment. So, it should be quite concerning to find out that Bitcoin miners are now buying entire po...
Vivo Designs Detachable, Double-Sided Pop-Up Smartphone Camera
PetaPixel - 27 Sep 2021 22:24Hubble Photographs Odd 'Dead' Galaxies from the Early Universe
PetaPixel - 27 Sep 2021 20:15This Was 'Instagram vs Reality' in 1909
PetaPixel - 27 Sep 2021 18:25Apple's M1 MacBook Pro is $150 off today
The Verge - 27 Sep 2021 17:18
The MacBook Pro remains Apple's top-end option for notebooks with speedy M1 processors. There are talks of new models with a rumored M1X update, but as of now, if you're looking for the best the M1 has to offer in the sh...
AWS EC2 North Virginia outage resolves but some issues linger
ZDNet - 27 Sep 2021 16:19
UPDATE: Signal falls over while Xero and Nest got a bit iffy when the main AWS EC2 region had degraded performance. Amazon Web Service says all is well but some users are still reporting trouble.
Researchers identified two possible Mott-insulating images in magnetic superexchange couplings in Sr2IrO4
Phys.org - 27 Sep 2021 16:17
Recently, a research team identified two possible magnetic interaction images in Sr2IrO4, which marked a new progress in the magnetic superexchange coupling study in Sr2IrO4 5d associative system.
How the agricultural sector can capture and store CO2
Phys.org - 27 Sep 2021 15:46
Using pyrolysis, straw and liquid manure can be heated to very high temperatures and become biocoal and gas. The biocoal can be sp
Blue Origin NS-18 launch date and first space crew revealed
Slash Gear - 27 Sep 2021 15:46
Blue Origin has revealed details of its next launch, including four of the astronauts who will be aboard New Shepard’s 18th mission when it blasts off in October. NS-18 will be the first mission for Jeff Bezos’ compa...