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THWOK. Ponk. Thwok. Ponk. THWOK. PONK. Thwok. Cheering intensifies. Ponk. THWOK. The squeak of sneakers on asphalt. PONK. Pause. Enthusiastic applause.
Recognize it? Of course you don't. It is, in fact, Roger Federer's "impossible shot" against Andre Agassi in the quarterfinals of the 2005 Dubai Tennis Championships. It's about as perfect a moment of tennis as one could hope to witness, rendered unintelligible by the fact that it's reproduced here as an abstract soundscape.
As easy to follow as tennis is visually, on an audioscape level, it's as tough to follow as an episode of Twin Peaks you've switched on halfway through. That's a challenge engineers from Australia are working to solve with something called Action Audio. It's an online audio stream that was developed for last month's Australian Open broadcasts to assist the 285 million people globally -- many of whom are tennis fans -- living with blindness or a visual impairment.
Tesla has just released a video showing its all-electric Class 8 Semi truck humming around the automaker's test track beside its factory in Fremont, California. The 17-second clip offers a decent view of the sleek-looking truck — sans trailer — showing it from the front, side, and rear as it rolls by the trackside camera.
Tesla's truck reportedly features four independent motors to provide maximum power and acceleration, which the company claims will result in low per-mile energy costs. Fully loaded, the semi truck will be able to hit 60 mph in 20 seconds, or a mere 5 seconds without a trailer attached. The Tesla-made vehicle will of course include the company's driver-assistance Autopilot technology, while a centered front seat will offer maximum visibility and control as the driver rolls along the highway or negotiates tighter city streets.
After a year upended by a devastating global pandemic, it was reasonable to expect some surprises when the Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony Monday morning. That prediction proved true, with plenty of firsts and snubs, and the biggest showing to date for films produced by Netflix and other streaming services.
Scheduled to take place April 25, the 2021 edition of the Oscars will happen two months later than last year's ceremony, and will feature a wide range of films that were produced by streaming services or made available to stream early on due to widespread theater closures over the last 12 months.
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