Places and Things

NASA will attempt to fly its Mars helicopter on April 19th NASA finally has a new flight date for its Mars helicopter after a bug fix prompted a delay. The space agency now expects to fly Ingenuity "no earlier than" April 19th at about 3:30AM Eastern. Don't worry about staying up all night to follow along, though. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/nasa-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-flight-date-184556782.html

Nearly four years after it launched as an iPad-exclusive in 2016, Apple’s Swift Playgrounds app is now available for Mac as part of Apple’s Catalyst app initiative, designed to help bridge the software gap between its macOS and iOS platforms (via 9to5Mac). from https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/12/21135573/apple-swift-playgrounds-coding-app-available-mac https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66304601/Switch_Playgrounds_iPad.0.png

Cosmetics giant L'Oreal announced last year that it was buying augmented reality beauty app maker ModiFace. Since then it's deployed virtual makeup try-ons across a number of its own brands, allowing shoppers to test different shades of makeup in a live video or selfie of themselves. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/04/amazons-live-mode-lets-you-try-on-makeup-via-its-app/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D1212%252C824%252C0%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C1088%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-uploaded-images%252F2019-06%252Faff5e1c0-86aa-11e9-afdb-63dc70f01ecb%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3Dcf4055c598ee295fc792dae0ad5460d6c6b1e03a&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=09f7d2ad9c7adfc5519721b06b5fbf06d35671bd