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Happy Monday! To start your week off with a bang, we've got an all-star lineup of stories for you today -- including microwave-powered drone zappers, a video review of a beautiful new speaker system, and an interview with the Oscar-winning VFX director of Tenet. |
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Drones are fast becoming a staple of 21st-century warfare. U.S. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, who heads up the nation's Central Command, has branded them the "most concerning tactical development" since the widespread rise of IEDs, or improvised explosive devices. As with IEDs, the use of drones represents an example of asymmetric warfare, in which smaller, less-well-equipped insurgents can challenge much larger powers. Like a couple of drones shutting down an international airport. Or several drones striking fear into the crew of a 510-foot Navy destroyer.
To address this growing problem, Epirus, which builds modern defense systems to address 21st-century threats, has created Leonidas: A portable, powerful microwave energy weapon that can be used to disable a swarm of drones simultaneously or knock out individual drones within a group with extremely high precision. It could very well be the future of anti-drone warfare. |
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Back in the 1960s and 1970s, there was a trend of making stereo equipment that didn't look like stereo equipment. In that tradition, Portland, Oregon-based artist and entrepreneur Ezra Cimino-Hurt, the mind behind such audio/art systems as Case of Bass and Touch of Bass, has focused his pent-up creativity during the COVID-19 lockdown on producing a visually stunning new stereo speaker system code-named "Space of Bass."
You'll definitely want to check out the video for this one! |
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Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan is known for crafting compelling stories filled with stunning visual elements, and his latest movie, Tenet, is no exception.
The story of a talented special operative played by John David Washington who's recruited by a mysterious organization to save the world, Tenet has its characters grapple with the concept of inversion — the ability for people and objects to move backwards against the flow of time. From bullets that fly into guns and vehicles that drive backwards to buildings that implode rather than explode, Tenet features a wide range of scenes that make clever use of inversion while telling a deeply layered story of high-stakes espionage.
Working alongside Nolan on Tenet was visual effects supervisor Andrew Jackson, who previously worked with the acclaimed director on 2017's Dunkirk, and earned an Oscar nomination for 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road. Before Jackson snagged another Oscar win last night, Digital Trends caught up with him to talk about his work on Tenet and how he found the balance between practical and digital effects in order to turn back the clock. |
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TIPS, TRICKS & TECHNIQUES |
There's a reason why apps frequently ask you for permission to access your location, even when they function adequately without it. Many companies, like Google, use your location services to provide accurate weather reports or the most up-to-date traffic incidents. In other cases, apps may want your location activity simply for their own market research.
If you're iffy about what information you're sharing, or you just prefer to stay incognito, here's how to disable location services on your iOS and Android smartphone. |
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