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Gamechanger Audio’s analog synth uses drone motors to create awesome music

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by on June 12, 2019 at 10:54 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


In a time where most musical advancements seem to come in the form of software tricks, it’s refreshing to see a product with a new kind of analog hardware. That’s what Gamechanger Audio delivers with its new Motor Synth, an analog electro-mechanical synthesizer that uses drone motors as oscillators to create unique sounds with a gritty, industrial texture. It also just looks really cool. Where most modern synths are basically computers digitally modeling waveform, Gamechanger’s synth uses pickups to react to the changing magnetic field of its eight spinning motors. This is where the drone tech comes in; since the…

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This site makes it ridiculously easy to experiment with Apache Kafka

Jun12
by on June 12, 2019 at 7:57 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev


Apache Kafka is a fascinating product that solves a problem that almost nobody has. If the Internet is a series of tubes (RIP Ted Stevens), Apache Kafka is the pipe that connects high-volume applications with their external components, like databases and third-party services. It’s frequently used by companies that operate at the most extreme of scales, like Uber, Netflix, and Airbnb. It was initially developed by engineers within LinkedIn, which is the world’s largest professional networking site. (If you let me put my nerd hat on for a second, I should say that my explanation was massively simplified. It does…

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Microsoft’s Project Scarlett might be the most backwards-compatible console ever

Jun12
by on June 12, 2019 at 7:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


In the midst of the rest of the news from E3, Microsoft quietly revealed it’d no longer be adding older games to its Backwards Compatibility program, but that it would be striving to make those games already part of its library capable of running on its next-gen console, codenamed Project Scarlett. It seems Microsoft‘s realized its got a leg-up on Sony when it comes to backwards compatibility — and it may be the best decision the company could make. As its eternal frenemy Sony sat out E3 this year, Microsoft basically had free rein to show off Scarlett. It didn’t reveal its next-gen console per…

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Google just revealed the Pixel 4’s design, including two rear cameras

Jun12
by on June 12, 2019 at 6:50 pm
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In a surprise announcement, Google posted a tweet showing off the design of the upcoming Pixel 4. The tweet shows a square camera module on the back with two cameras, a depth sensor, and an LED flash. Well, since there seems to be some interest, here you go! Wait ’til you see what it can do. #Pixel4 pic.twitter.com/RnpTNZXEI1 — Made by Google (@madebygoogle) June 12, 2019 This confirms the leak posted by OnLeaks a few days ago that showed off the phone via rendered images. While this is an unprecedented move by Google, it might be to avoid further leaks…

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NASA research shows alien life is far less likely than previously thought

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by on June 12, 2019 at 6:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Space


Scientists just threw a monkey wrench in the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life by redefining what a “habitable planet” is. A team of researchers led by NASA astrobiologist Edward Schwieterman recently published a study indicating that the habitable zone (HZ) for life includes far fewer planetary systems than scientists thought. According to the paper: Here we show that the HZ for complex aerobic life is likely limited relative to that for microbial life. We use a 1D radiative-convective climate and photochemical models to circumscribe a Habitable Zone for Complex Life (HZCL) based on known toxicity limits for a range of…

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