Rumors suggest an upcoming Apple Watch may measure blood pressure, following Samsung watches internationally. A study from 2018 showed wearables with AI can detect conditions like high blood pressure. The science behind wrist blood pressure involves pulse wave analysis, measuring factors like Pulse Wave Velocity and wave shape. Wrist monitors may need cuff calibrations and […]

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The author reflects on the different approaches to animation quality at CVPR and SIGGRAPH, noting tensions between the standards of the vision and graphics communities. They emphasize the importance of high-quality animation data, comparing datasets to showcase the gold standard. They delve into the significance of temporal resolution and numerical precision in capturing realistic motion, […]

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Weird Gloop is now hosting the League of Legends Wiki, working with Riot folks to create a wiki players will love. Fandom’s handling of wiki communities is criticized. Leaving Fandom doubles editing participation and enables custom projects. The company offers detailed advice on switching hosts, with a focus on community independence. The key to avoiding […]

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Dito is an advanced Layer 7 reverse proxy server in Go, offering dynamic configuration reloading, distributed caching and rate limiting with Redis, middleware support, custom certificate handling, and more. Users can specify custom middleware implementations, configure distributed rate limiting and caching with Redis, and manage TLS connections for secure backend communication. Dito allows for detailed […]

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The Gboard double-sided version directory contains the firmware and hardware designs for the product, released on Oct 1, 2024, although it is not an officially supported Google product. The files included are for case design, schematics, PCB layouts, firmware resources, and more. Surprisingly, users need to prepare 3D printed parts, build multiple boards, and connect […]

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Ratan Tata, an Indian industrialist and philanthropist born in 1937, served as chairman of Tata Group from 1990 to 2012 and interim chairman from 2016 to 2017. He was known for transforming Tata from a mainly India-centric group to a global business by acquiring brands like Tetley, Jaguar Land Rover, and Corus. Tata also invested […]

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In a concerning report by Nucleo, it was discovered that Bluesky, an alternative social network to X, had over 125 Portuguese-language profiles sharing illegal material related to child sexual exploitation, without proper moderation. Even explicit images of child abuse were not censored, leading to serious concerns. The investigation, conducted by independent researchers Letícia Oliveira and […]

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Wenting Zhang, a Boston-based engineer and photographer, has been working on a DIY camera project for years. His Sitina S1 camera features a 10MP CCD sensor and electronic shutter, making it unique in today’s market dominated by CMOS sensors. Zhang’s project allows flexibility to use existing lenses, and he has open-sourced the entire project on […]

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Italian researchers recently made an intriguing discovery of coca use in 17th century Milan, pushing back evidence of the plant’s presence in the Old World by nearly two centuries. Many headlines are wrong, confusing coca with cocaine. The shift to industrialized drugs in the 19th century impacted modern drug culture significantly. The use of coca […]

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The author discusses the common internet issues faced by companies with remote employees and ISPs alike. They highlight the importance of bandwidth and latency in internet performance, explaining how excessive latency can lead to poor video call quality and disconnections. The author introduces the concept of bufferbloat and the importance of good router software. They […]

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