Invents

Imagine being able to prevent a fire from spreading and destroying your home, your belongings, and your loved ones. Now, imagine being able to receive a text message on your phone that alerts you of that unattended fire in your house, even when you are away. And what if you learned that the person who invented that device is only 12 years old? That's right, 12 years old.CLICK TO GET KURT’S FREE CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH SECURITY ALERTS, QUICK VIDEO TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, AND EASY HOW-TO’S TO MAKE YOU SMARTER Shanya Gill…

Regardless of the end product’s final quality – which more often than not happens to be completely mediocre at best – almost every single blockbuster produced and distributed by Netflix will possess two identical features that the streaming service can’t run away from. In case you hadn’t noticed – although you almost certainly have on at least one occasion – we’re talking about unconvincing green screen backdrops and laughable CGI fire. Even relatively inexpensive action comedy The Out-Laws (which only released…

Anyone who’s ever owned a telescope has probably tried looking through the wrong end to see whether it works in reverse—that is, like a microscope. Spoiler alert: It doesn’t. Now, a team of researchers inspired by the strange eyes of a sea creature has figured out a way to do it. By flipping the mirrors and lenses used in certain types of telescopes, they have created a new kind of microscope that can be used to image samples floating in any type of liquid—even…

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Image: General MotorsLike it or not, touchscreens that replacephysical buttons in cars aren’t going away any time soon. In fact, one day your vehicle’s entire dashboard will probably be one big screen covered in weeks’ worth of greasy fingerprints. To make them less of an annoyance, instead of having to wipe them clean with some occasional sleeve polishing, General Motors has patented a new screen design allowing touchscreens to erase fingerprints all by themselves.If your mind immediately imagines this patent detailing…

Those expecting the 12 GB RTX 4080 to drop next month will have to wait a while for a likely rebranding initiative.Image: NvidiaNvidia is delaunchifying, un-unleasing, decatapulting, or—OK fine, we’ll use the word the company used—“unlaunching” its 12 GB version of the upcoming RTX 4080 graphics card. Why? Well according to a Friday blog post, the card is “fantastic,” but “it’s not named right. Having two GPUs with the 4080 designation is confusing.”Not helping Nvidia’s attempts to avoid confusing its customers, the…