Day: April 25, 2014

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Galileo Got Game: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Physics of Basketball

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As reported on Wired. BY AATISH BHATIA In a way, a game like basketball is a physics geek’s delight. It’s a playground where you can apply physics principles to try and get some added insight to the game. You’ve got the interplay of projectile motion and collisions, energy and momentum, and so on. To get you started, here’s a list of five neat pieces of physics that you may not typically think about when watching a game. 1.…

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Apple Business

Tim Cook says Apple is ‘closer than it’s ever been’ to new product category

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes Apple is “closer than it’s ever been” to entering into a new product category, company CEO Tim Cook tells The Wall Street Journal. Apple has been regularly promising to enter into a new product category for some time now, with Cook perennially reiterating that it would happen this year. Now, in a conversation with the Journal, he continues to lay out familiar reasons for the time-consuming development process — “you want to…

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Google

Sorry, But Google Glass Isn’t Actually For Sale To Everybody Yet

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Frederic Lardinois You Know You Want A Galaxy S5 With Swarovski Crystals On The Back Rumor has it that Google Glass is currently for sale to anybody in the United States. Sadly (or not — depending on your feelings about Glass), that’s not actually the case. While the Google Glass store is indeed open and seems to be taking orders (Update: all the models are sold out now), Google tells us that this isn’t the public launch of Glass to anybody who…

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Automotive Business

FTC: State bans on Tesla’s direct sales model are hurting competition

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS Tesla has just gained a valuable ally in its battle to sell cars directly to customers: the Federal Trade Commission. The regulator now argues that state bans on direct sales are “protectionist,” propping up the traditional dealership business model rather than protecting companies from unfair abuses by automakers. It’s the “competitive process” that should decide which sales model is better, not the law. The FTC also doesn’t buy the notion that Tesla’s modest US…

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Space

Watch NASA’s Morpheus take to the air – then make a smooth landing

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As reported on Engadget. BY MARIELLA MOON NASA’s Morpheus lander has gone a long way since it crashed and burned in 2012. The agency’s vertical landing and takeoff test vehicle now has a number of successful flights under its belt, including one that’s just concluded at the Kennedy Space Center. On this most recent flight, the lander easily traversed 1,300 feet at a speed of 36mph for 98 seconds, proving that it has a future in delivering cargo to space.…

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