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Baruch "Boris" Goldstein, the co-founder and executive chairman of a company called Brain Scientific, Inc., is an aspiring tattooist. But don't expect him to ink you a gnarly dragon or a tribal sleeve. Goldstein's tattoos come with a few conditions: They're on your head, they're done using an ink made of all-around wonder material graphene, and they're capable of reading your brainwaves. So you'll need to go someplace else for that flaming skull or butterfly design you've been weighing up during lockdown.
To be clear, Brain Scientific's new Brain E-Tattoo doesn't resemble any piece of ink you've seen before. It's a small patch, about the size of a postage stamp that looks, for all intents and purposes, like a microchip wafer affixed above the ear of the wearer. While the company uses the word "tattoo" to describe it, it's more accurately referred to as a minimally invasive, implantable, 4-channel, micro electroencephalography (EEG) with graphene electrodes for continuous brain monitoring.
And there's a chance this bit of cyborg tech could one day help save your life. |
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SpaceX, the private launch provider led by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, sent yet another rocket into orbit this morning. SpaceX had originally planned the launch for Monday, but unfavorable weather conditions in the booster recovery area forced it to delay the mission.
Besides marking the first Starlink satellite deployment of the year, the launch was also notable for the fact that the Falcon 9 rocket booster used for today's mission has now been used for a total of eight launches -- a new record.
The booster was previously used for the SXM-7 mission in December 2020, as well as for the RADARSAT Constellation Mission in June 2019, the Crew Dragon's first demonstration mission in March 2019, and four Starlink missions. |
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Netflix continues to pull in plenty of users, despite intense competition from rival video streaming services. The California-based company reported this week that it now has 203.6 million subscribers globally. This marks an increase of 8.5 million customers on the previous quarter, nearly four times what it was expecting, and an increase of 36 million on a year earlier — its highest-ever annual gain.
The boost in subscriber numbers seen in 2020 was driven to a large extent by the pandemic, which forced more people to seek home-based entertainment, but of course, with streaming competitors also chasing new subscribers, the content had to be strong.
Netflix said that among its original television content, season four of The Crown is its most successful season to date, and also encouraged many viewers to check out the earlier seasons. More than 100 million member households globally have now watched the historical drama, according to company data. |
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