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Scientists from Google Research have introduced audio plethysmography (APG) technology, which allows measuring heart rate using ordinary wireless headphones with noise cancellation. What it means APG involves sending a low-intensity ultrasound signal through the headphone speakers. This signal causes an echo that is picked up by the headphone microphones. During the deformation of blood vessels, […]
Polish carriers are planning a two-month strike starting in early November. Starting November 3, Polish carriers are planning a huge strike on the Ukrainian border. However, while previously they were limited to one checkpoint, now they plan to close all available entrances from Ukraine. However, it is unlikely that they will succeed, although there may […]
Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland will take part in regional exercises aimed at testing agreed algorithms during the closure of the border with Belarus. This was stated by Lithuanian Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite, Interfax reports. The meeting discussed the “general context of possible situations”. “Today we have confirmed that the format that we had in Warsaw […]
In 2022, more than a third of premium smartphones (over $600) used screens with a brightness of more than 900 nits. This is a 171% jump compared to 2021. However, the brightness increase continued, and in 2023, smartphones reached 3000 nits, which is exactly the screen that the new OnePlus will have. This display […]
The losses of Russian troops near Avdiivka are likely to be the largest for the entire year of 2023. The occupiers cannot effectively advance as the Kremlin leadership wants them to. This was reported by the British Ministry of Defense on Twitter. British intelligence emphasizes that heavy fighting has been going on in the Avdiivka […]
Scientists from Brazil have developed a vaccine designed to fight addiction to cocaine and its potent derivative crack – it prevents drug addicts from feeling the effects of drugs and helps them stay on the road to recovery. The drug, known as Calixcoca, was developed by a team from Brazil’s Federal University of Minas Gerais. […]
The Center for Monitoring Racist and Xenophobic Behavior has filed a lawsuit against President Andrzej Duda for his words about pigs sitting in a movie theater. This statement allegedly referred to the viewers of the Green Frontier. “The President has 60 days to respond to the lawsuit. If he fails to do so, he will […]
“Nova Poshta has announced another expansion of its geographical reach. A week after starting operations in Estonia, the company entered the Latvian market. In total, this is the third country where Nova Poshta has opened its offices in October. At the beginning of the month, the company started operating in Slovakia. The first Nova Post […]
The U.S. Navy conducted an exercise involving the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Savannah (LCS 28). During the event, he launched the Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) for the first time. The exercise was a demonstration of the possibility of integrating a containerized launch system on LCS littoral combat ships. The SM-6 can be used both […]
Another woman sustained a spinal injury due to falling branches, and the person in the car on which the tree fell refused to be hospitalized, the city administration said. In Kyiv, two people sustained life-threatening injuries as a result of the weather. The KCSA’s Telegram account provided details. Strong gusts of hurricane winds on October […]