Where is the future of wearable fabric headed? |
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There are a bunch of big breakthroughs on the horizon, and we've got them all in today's newsletter. A quick preview: There's a new kind of textile in the works that could upend the world of wearables, Intel's next-gen CPUs offer some incredible new speeds, and NASA just performed the last test on the telescope that'll supplant Hubble. Enjoy! |
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For a stretch of approximately a century and a half, from the middle of the 1800s to the end of the 1900s, the garment industry was New York's largest manufacturing industry. New York made more clothes than anywhere else in the world, and more New Yorkers worked in it than in any other profession.
Jump forward to the present day, and 10 miles from the garment district, in an old Navy Yard building in Brooklyn — now outfitted as a trendy startup hub with potted plants, breakout rooms, and colorful loungers — a company called Nextiles is trying to turbocharge the next phase of innovation within fabric and sewing. And while clothes manufactured in the garment district promised to make their owners look smart, Nextiles is cutting out the middleman by using some impressive, cutting-edge tech that makes the clothes themselves smart.
Backed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), the company's patented — and, yes, machine-washable — smart fabric is designed to capture biometric and biomechanical data in real time. If produced en masse, it could radically reshape the world of wearable tech. |
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An early sample of Intel's unreleased 12th-gen Alder Lake-S processor for desktop was spotted in a benchmark for the game Dota 2. The desktop processor was configured with 32GB of DDR5 memory, according to the benchmark data, running at 4,800MHz, and the system was equipped with Nvidia's discrete GeForce RTX 3080 graphics.
According to benchmark data, the overall rig clocked in just shy of 120 frames per second on the game, with frame rates topping 549 fps at the highest and hitting just below 47 fps at the lowest. The high performance shows that, despite earlier speculations, Alder Lake will in fact be suitable for enthusiasts and high-end gaming. Intel's use of heterogeneous cores on the platform's hybrid architecture design had led some to speculate that the processor may not work for AAA gaming, but this appears not to be the case. |
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The James Webb Space Telescope is currently targeting a fall launch date, and this week, the world's largest and most powerful space science telescope opened its main mirror for the last time before it embarks on its highly anticipated mission.
As you'll see in the video, the 6.5-meter (21 feet 4 inch) golden mirror really is a sight to behold, with the recent test a final confirmation of the telescope's ability to fully expand and lock the 18 hexagonal mirrors into place. NASA used special gravity-offsetting equipment connected to the satellite to simulate a zero-gravity environment to ensure the test provided the most accurate data possible.
NASA and main contractor Northrop Grumman said the successful exercise was the final one in a long series of tests to check that the telescope is in full working order prior to its launch later this year. |
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TIPS, TRICKS & TECHNIQUES |
The Apple HomePod Mini is the company's second attempt at breaking into the smart assistant market after the less-than-stellar success of the original HomePod. The Mini boasts excellent audio quality and an aesthetic design that draws in much of the Apple fan base, but it's more than just a smart speaker.
The HomePod Mini has a lot of features and uses that the marketing doesn't mention, but which make it a welcome addition to any smart home setup, especially those powered by HomeKit. |
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