NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is already getting a workout without leaving Earth
When NASA’s Mars 2020 mission finally gets underway about a year from now it’ll have been a long time coming. The mission has been in the works for years, and the ultra-high-tech rover will have plenty of work to do once it lands on Mars in early 2021, but it turns out the fancy robot doesn’t even have to leave Earth to begin pulling its weight.
As NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory explains in a new blog post, the rover is being put through its paces by working out its instrument-packed arm which it will use often once it begins exploring the Red Planet. The arm, weighing some 88 pounds, is built using several special joints and a whole bunch of very serious sensors.
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NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is already getting a workout without leaving Earth originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 30 Jul 2019 at 00:06:41 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sony’s making a silent, wearable air conditioner that will launch next year
Global temperatures have been rising to new all-time highs this year, a fact that no one who’s suffered through the heatwave that’s blanketed the US in recent weeks probably needs to be reminded of. Which makes a new product Sony is working on particularly enticing: The consumer electronics giant, no joke, launched a successful crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for what would be an actual wearable air conditioner that slips on the back of a shirt and promises to keep you cool.
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Watch Japan’s asteroid probe touch down on asteroid Ryugu
Japanese space agency JAXA has had an up-close-and-personal relationship with the asteroid known as Ryugu ever since its Hayabusa-2 spacecraft entered orbit around the space rock in June of last year. The probe shot two separate projectiles at the asteroid and successfully snagged a pair of material samples. Its most recent (and daring) maneuver was carried out on July 11th, and now we have video from the probe showing how things played out.
The strategy was simple: blow a hole in Ryugu to obtain pristine samples of the material that rests just beneath the asteroid’s surface. Actually setting down on the asteroid to grab the sample, however, is easier said than done. Thankfully, JAXA and its trust spacecraft pulled it off.
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Watch Japan’s asteroid probe touch down on asteroid Ryugu originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 29 Jul 2019 at 22:04:28 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Huawei planned to sell a Google Assistant smart speaker in the US before getting banned
The consequences of the US ban of Huawei products have actually been more far-reaching than previously realized, according to a new report Monday that makes clear Huawei had been working with Google for more than a year on a smart speaker that would have been Huawei’s first to include the Google Assistant. That is until the ban forced work on the device, which would have been sold in the US later this year, to suddenly come to a halt.
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53,217 pounds of frozen meatballs were just recalled for a reason you never would have guessed
Oftentimes when a product recall warrants a health risk rating of “High” by the U.S. Government the food contains something dangerous. Sometimes it’s foreign matter, like wood or rubber, which could cause some serious issues if consumes. However, unintended ingredients can be just as dangerous, especially if a person is allergic to whatever accidentally found its way into a particular food product.
That’s exactly what happened with a whole bunch of frozen meatballs from Home Market Foods, Inc., which just issued a recall for a whopping 53,217 pounds of frozen meatballs. Why such a huge recall? The hunks of meat don’t contain weird foreign matter, but rather cranberries.
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WhatsApp is about to get a huge upgrade that’ll let you use the same account across platforms
A big leak has revealed that Facebook is working on a new WhatsApp experience which will let you use the same account to multiple phones, as well as install true standalone WhatsApp apps on multiple devices including iPads, Macs, and Windows OCs. You can already enjoy WhatsApp on computers, but not using full-fledged apps, and they require a connection to the main WhatsApp app, which usually resides on a phone.
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Prepare to be shocked at how many food delivery drivers confess to snacking on orders
In a development that may or may not shock you, it seems that a not-insignificant number of food delivery drivers have been known to steal a bite of your order every now and then.
That’s the takeaway from a new survey conducted by US Foods which found that almost 30 percent of drivers surveyed — who deliver for all the big apps you’d expect, like UberEats, Grubhub, DoorDash, and Postmates — said they’ve helped themselves to at least a bite of a customer’s order before. Just as worryingly, more than half of the drivers surveyed said they thought about doing so after just taking a whiff of the order.
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The International Space Station just dumped a bunch of trash on Earth, but it’s totally fine
It’s been a busy few days at the International Space Station. The orbiting laboratory just took delivery of a new shipment of cargo from Earth (launched last week via a SpaceX Falcon 9), and the crew is busy unpacking all the new toys and materials they just received. They also sent a Russian cargo ship packing, but it won’t actually be returning to Earth.
Early this morning, the docking compartment on the Russian section of the ISS released the Progress 72 cargo spacecraft which had been hanging out for roughly four months. It was sent with a full complement of supplies for the crew, and when it was released it was quite literally full of trash.
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There really is a wireless keyboard that never needs new batteries or to be charged, and it’s only $48 today
If you’re like me, you can’t imagine going back to a time when you had to use a wired keyboard with your computer. But you also can’t stand having to recharge your keyboard all the time, or change the batteries if you use a model that takes replaceable batteries. I was just as annoyed as you are every time my keyboard ran out of juice, but then I found something that put an end to the cycle forever. It’s called the Logitech K750 Wireless Solar Keyboard, and it’s on sale right now on Amazon for Windows and Mac starting at just $48.
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- Solar-powered keyboard: No battery hassles – any light source keeps your keyboard charged for at least three months in total darkness
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- System Requirements-Windows XP, Windows Vista , Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10. Light source from sunlight and/or indoor lighting
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There really is a wireless keyboard that never needs new batteries or to be charged, and it’s only $48 today originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 29 Jul 2019 at 17:56:55 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The 16-inch MacBook Pro the same size as the 15-inch model, so it could be ‘all screen’
Remember when Apple claimed that the iPhone X was “all screen”? Well it wasn’t, but the company’s upcoming new MacBook Pro might get the same marketing treatment.
Apple is widely expected to launch a next-generation MacBook Pro version this year with the biggest screen seen on an Apple laptop since the 17-inch model was discontinued a few years ago. That’s the 16-inch MacBook Pro that’s been appearing in more and more rumors and leaks lately. A brand new report now reveals an interesting detail about the upcoming device that will make it even more appealing to buyers: The 16-inch screen will be mounted inside the same aluminum unibody chassis as the current 15-inch MacBook Pro.
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