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Python Physics Lesson 4; Making 3D Objects and Projectile Motion

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I ...

This Object Could Rewrite the History of the Universe

If it is a galaxy, it would be the oldest known galaxy in the cosmos, but it could also be a brown dwarf or an early black hole.
Nanowerk

Octopus-inspired soft robot merges motion, camouflage, and object handling

A soft robotic system uses liquid crystal elastomers to merge shape shifting, gripping, and color change, demonstrating fully ...
GlobalSpec Insights

Scientists create matrix that functions like a fingerprint scanner to spot hidden objects

According to the researchers, the approach uses what they call a “fingerprint matrix,” which is a mathematical description of the way each object uniquely scatters waves such as light or ultrasound.
IEEE

Study of 300 GHz Silicon Radar based Cross-Sections of Canonical Objects using Integrating Physical Optics and Numerical Simulation Techniques for Security Applications

Abstract: This paper experimentally validates the 300 GHz Silicon Germanium Radar system for the determination of cross-sections (TRCS) of canonical objects in standoff mode using physical optics ...
OPB

What we know — and don’t know — about troops in Portland

Saskia Hatvany / OPB As Oregonians and the White House await a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on whether President Donald Trump can deploy 200 members of the National ...
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Fujian artisans combine metal, bamboo and rattan to create objects of beauty

A newly opened exhibition at the China Traditional Culture Museum shows how artisans from Anxi county, Quanzhou, Fujian province, combine bamboo, rattan and metal to create works that enrich living ...
IEEE

Meta-Tuning Loss Functions and Data Augmentation for Few-Shot Object Detection

Abstract: Few-shot object detection, the problem of modelling novel object detection categories with few training instances, is an emerging topic in the area of few-shot learning and object detection.
Science Daily

Scientists create a magnetic lantern that moves like it’s alive

A team of engineers at North Carolina State University has designed a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can rapidly snap into multiple stable 3D shapes—including a lantern, a spinning top, and more—by ...