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Your daily dose of Science and Tech
Lumia 1020, the super camera phone
In the past 2-3 years, Nokia has been left in the shadows by their competitors, Apple and Samsung. According to my belief, there are two main reasons for their downfall: the actual products, the operating systems. Although, in the past, smartphones like N73 or N95 smashed the competition in terms of camera and operating systems, their latest...
Technology used to cancel the effects of Parkinson’s Disease
The story is about Andrew Johnson, also known as Cyber AJ, a 39 years old man who suffers from an early stage of Parkinson's Disease. Thanks to a brain surgery performed by his doctors in New Zealand, he can now use his motor and vocal functions a lot better than before. In fact, when his "magical device" is on, it's difficult to notice any kind...
The fastest smartphone of 2013 (so far): Sony Xperia Z Ultra
Before getting into more details about this phone, I should start by letting you know that Xperia Z Ultra is bigger than common smartphones today, but it's smaller than tablets. In such cases, the border between tablets and smartphones gets blurred and the consumer can't really decide in which category it fits. Some folks like to call these types...
Meteorites that hit Earth in the last century
Constantly, astronomical objects called meteorites are falling on our planet from space. These rocks are detached from the cosmic bodies, especially comets, which, under the action of gravity, end up falling on the Earth's surface. A team of Canadian researchers from the National Institute of Astrophysics in Ottawa concluded that the annual amount...