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Lightning strikes are a major trigger for wildfires, including the record-breaking blazes that devastated Australia, California and other regions this year. An international research team has now demonstrated a method that could effectively control whe… Continue reading Graphene tractor beams could one day redirect lightning strikes
In its sixth year the Siena International Photo Awards continues to impress with a captivating array of celebrated shots, from astonishing images of fire and lightning highlighting the power of nature, to some sublime perspectives on life in lockdown.C… Continue reading Astonishing snaps from the 2020 Siena International Photo Awards
Perhaps it’s just one of those things adults dream up to entertain their children, but were you ever told to count slowly the time between seeing a lightning flash and hearing the rumble of thunder? The idea was that the count would tell you how far away the storm was, …read more
Bullet-proof authentication is just a tap away! Continue reading Apple iOS 13.3 is here, bringing support for keyfobby authentication
Apple is apparently planning to completely get rid of the charging port in the highest-end iPhone for 2021. The idea is pretty wild and definitely requires–as some Apple execs would say–a lot of courage.
The post iPhones Might Go Fully Wireless in 20… Continue reading iPhones Might Go Fully Wireless in 2021
Apple devices are regarded as one of the most secure devices in the world, but a new vulnerability that was discovered results in an effective bruteforce attack. News broke out regarding a new vulnerability that lets hackers who are armed…Read more
T… Continue reading New iOS Flaw Discovered – iPhones and iPads Can Be Unlocked
Generating high voltages isn’t too hard. A decent transformer will easily get you into the 100s of kilovolts, provided you’re a power company and have access to millions of dollars and a substation to put it. If you want to go above that then things start getting difficult, and most tend to look in other places for high voltages such as voltage multipliers.
These devices use nothing but capacitors and diodes, as [Jay] from [Plasma Channel] shows us how to build a small desktop version of a voltage multiplier that can produce almost 70 kV. That’s enough to throw a …read more
A primer on Bitcoin’s latest advance. Continue reading WTF Is the Lightning Network and Will It Save Bitcoin?
How quickly would you say yes to being granted the power to control lightning? Ok, since that has hitherto been impossible, what about the lesser power of detecting and tweeting any nearby lightning strikes?
Tingling at the possibility of connecting with lightning’s awesome power in one shape or another, [Hexalyse] combined AMS’s lightning sensor chip with a Raspberry Pi and a whipped up a spot of Python code to tweet the approach of a potential storm. Trusting the chip to correctly calculate strike data, [Hexalyse]’s detector only tweets at five minute intervals — because nobody likes a spambot — but …read more
One of the driving principles of a lot of the projects we see is simplicity. Whether that’s a specific design goal or a result of having limited parts to work with, it often results in projects that are innovative solutions to problems. As far as simplicity goes, however, the latest project from [153armstrong] takes the cake. The build is able to detect lightning using a single piece of equipment that is almost guaranteed to be within a few feet of anyone reading this article.
The part in question is a simple, unmodified headphone jack. Since lightning is so powerful and …read more
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