The Google Pixel 9 smartphone has allegedly been released early in Algeria ahead of the official launch scheduled for August 13. Hani Mohamed Bioud claims to have gotten his hands on a 256GB Pixel 9 unit in pink, with a two camera sensor visor bump visible at the rear.
Momandeum used a 3D printing pen to create an incredible Porsche Taycan model that looks better than any LEGO set. The process started with drawing out the chassis and the pieces needed to form a stable frame.
Putting 4 million suns in a black hole over New York is one thing, attempting to visualize spacetime is another. In terms of general relativity, spacetime is essentially a four-dimensional continuum that combines the three dimensions of space with the fourth dimension of time into a single entity.
The LEGO Technic NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Set (42158) includes a miniature Ingenuity helicopter, and you can get both for $79.99 shipped, originally $99.99. Features 360° steering, movable arms and fully articulated suspension that lets the vehicle easily traverse uneven surfaces. Product page.
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MIT researchers teamed up with Brigham and Women’s Hospital to develop a prosthetic leg fully driven by the body’s own nervous system. This surgical amputation procedure reconnects muscles in the residual limb, enabling patients to receive “proprioceptive” feedback about where their prosthetic limb is in space.
Located 49 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo, this Hubble Space Telescope image of spiral galaxy NGC 4951 tilted diagonally, with thick, cloudy spiral arms wrapping around the core. These arms are filled with pink patches marking new star formation, depicted as young blue stars.