Places and Things

For Virgin Hyperloop, trust is its most valuable commodity At this year’s virtual South by Southwest (SxSW), Virgin Hyperloop turned up to talk about trust, and the future. The company could have simply shouted about the success of its first crewed mission back in November 2020, but it doesn’t want to look back. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/virgin-hyperloop-trust-sxsw-2021-133046699.html

Conspiracy theorists and white supremacists want to ‘incite fear’ by targeting cell towers Cellphone towers are being increasingly targeted by conspiracy theorists, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists who wish to “incite fear, disrupt essential services, and cause economic damage,” according to an internal New York Police Department report seen by The Intercept. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/18/22337614/extremist-groups-targeting-cell-towers-far-right-white-nationalist-conspiracy-theories

China's Tianwen-1 probe captures incredible HD images of Mars China's Tianwen-1 probe has spent nearly a month orbiting Mars, and now we have stunning images from the voyage. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) released three images earlier this month, two in black and white and one in color. Continue Reading . . . https://www.dpreview.com/news/0185990956/china-s-tianwen-1-probe-captures-incredible-hd-images-of-mars

Hands-on: Sofa is a beautiful iOS app to neatly organize all the media you want to check out One of our modern challenges is keeping track of the things we actually want to spend our time on with the massive amount of digital content that’s available. Continue Reading . . . https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/16/sofa-iphone-app-organize-movies-music-books-podcasts-apps/

The moon has a tail, and Earth wears it like a scarf once a month Like a comet soaring through the cosmos, the moon is followed by a slender tail of irradiated matter — and Earth passes directly through it once a month. Continue Reading . . . https://www.livescience.com/moon-has-a-sodium-tail.html

Samsung says it might skip the Galaxy Note this year Samsung has warned that it might not be able to ship a Galaxy Note phone in 2021 after all, citing difficulties in launching two flagship phones in one year, in comments at its annual shareholders meeting reported on by Bloomberg. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/17/22335502/galaxy-note-2021-delay-canceled-samsung

How a metal with a memory will shape our future on Mars A rover on the Moon has metal wheels that can flex around rocky obstacles, then reshape back to their original form. On Earth, surgeons install tiny mesh tubes that can dilate a heart patient’s blood vessels all on their own, without mechanical inputs or any wires to help. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/17/22334611/nitinol-metal-shape-memory-alloy-mars-nasa