The most commonly accepted theory for the Moon's creation involves a collision between Earth and a Mars-sized body (Theia) that split off a chunk of the larger body and created an orbiting neighbor. You might have to reconsider that explanation, how...
Theia Vision serves as set of eyes for users living with visual impairments. The system consists of a wearable camera and phone app that convert live video into audio feedback for a variety of purposes that aim to make life easier. It utilizes an innovative neural network that performs object detection in real time. Other designs that have attempted to do the same thing are usually large, bulky headsets. Theia, however, is designed to be attached to a pair of ordinary glasses or sunglasses. Its minimal style makes it unnoticeable to anyone but the wearer.
Designers: Karan Chawla and Rishabh Doshi
Its 5 modes include:
– Object Detection: looks for and recognizes objects in unknown surroundings – Navigation: helps users navigate by alerting to stop signs, traffic signals and street signs while also providing directions – Color Detection: helps users identify prominent colors to coordinate clothing – Currency Identification: ensures users are making accurate transactions with appropriate bills – Text to Speech: identifies text and reads to user when Braille is not available
For a while, scientists believed that water inside the Moon largely came from comets. However, they might have to rethink that belief. Researchers looking at Apollo mission lunar samples now suspect that most of the Moon's water came from asteroids s...
Alt-week peels back the covers on some of the more curious sci-tech stories from the last seven days.
Most mornings, we wake up with little to no idea what happened the day before, let alone last week. Fortunately, they don't let us run important scientific research projects. Or maybe they do, and we just forgot? This week (and most others as it goes) we definitely leave it to the pros, as we get some insightful glimpses at some important origins. Ball Lightning, the moon and even us humans are the benefactors of those tireless scientists, who work hard to explain where it all comes from. There's also a planet with four stars that sees the first few paragraphs of its origin story excitedly written out. One thing we never forget, however, is that this is alt-week.
The most commonly accepted theory for the Moon's creation involves a collision between Earth and a Mars-sized body (Theia) that split off a chunk of the larger body and created an orbiting neighbor. You might have to reconsider that explanation, how...
For a while, scientists believed that water inside the Moon largely came from comets. However, they might have to rethink that belief. Researchers looking at Apollo mission lunar samples now suspect that most of the Moon's water came from asteroids s...
