All posts tagged: heard

You’ve heard of hybrid cars. Now meet a hybrid cement plant.

You’ve heard of hybrid cars. Now meet a hybrid cement plant.

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You’ve doubtless heard of hybrid cars, but what about a hybrid cement or glass plant? Likely not, since nearly all of them today run on fossil fuels. But that might change soon — one startup has developed a way to incorporate electric heat into existing facilities. And like a hybrid car, it lets companies save money while also using fewer fossil fuels. “We hybridize industrial processes,” Carlos Ceballos, co-founder and CEO of NOC Energy, told TechCrunch. “Most companies are willing to electrify, but they don’t want to get rid of fossil fuels yet. In the energy transition, they want to have the opportunity to choose the lowest cost.” NOC has developed a form of electric heating that can bolt onto existing fossil fuel-fired facilities. Heat from its system can be piped into a glass kiln or various parts of the cement production process. If the cost of electricity rises, the operator can switch it off NOC’s equipment and rely solely on fossil fuels. Perhaps more important, the startup can deliver heat at temperatures reaching 1,200˚ …

The Surprising MacBook Neo Competitor You’ve Never Heard Of

The Surprising MacBook Neo Competitor You’ve Never Heard Of

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The MacBook Neo made quite a splash when it landed in March. $599 for a MacBook felt groundbreaking, and it was easy for casual onlookers to declare that Windows laptops had no true answer to it. But what if I told you there was a Windows option that was better in almost every way? That’s the HP OmniBook 5, a laptop you’ve probably never heard of unless you watch the space closely. I’ve been recommending it ever since I tested it last month. The price has been fluctuating, but more often than not, the 14-inch model was selling for $500. You read that right: $500. Today, the cheapest, most consistent price you’ll find it for is $730 over at Walmart, but I’ve seen the HP frequently drop the price from $1,050 down to around $500. And just take a look at what you get for the price, because it’s absolutely stacked. It comes with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage, double what you get on the $599 MacBook Neo. There’s a 16-inch …

Why Feeling Heard Can Make or Break a Relationship

Why Feeling Heard Can Make or Break a Relationship

Published by Jenni Sidey

A couple sits down to dinner at the end of a long day. One partner starts describing something upsetting that happened at work. Before the story is over, the other jumps in. “You’re overthinking it.” “You should have said something.” “Why do you let this bother you so much?” There is no shouting. No insult. Nothing obviously dramatic. Still, something important has already been lost. What was needed in that moment was not analysis, advice, or a fast solution. It was listening. In romantic relationships, people usually talk about love, trust, attraction, and commitment. All of these matter. But there is another part of relationship life that often gets less attention than it deserves: whether a person feels genuinely heard by their partner. Shaping a Relationship’s Emotional Climate That experience can shape the emotional climate of a relationship more than many couples realize. Feeling heard can calm people down. It can reduce defensiveness. It can make difficult conversations feel less threatening. Over time, it can become one of the clearest signs that a relationship is …

This Clever Bike Bell Can Even Be Heard by People Wearing Noise-Canceling Headphones

This Clever Bike Bell Can Even Be Heard by People Wearing Noise-Canceling Headphones

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The unique Škoda DuoBell bicycle bell is a classic example of a completely analog solution to a problem caused by digital innovation. Its ringing sound bypasses the noise-canceling capabilities of modern headphones, which often isolate the wearer from outside noises all too well. People with headphones using active noise cancellation are often left in a perceptive bubble where they fail to react—or simply react too late—to imminent dangers on streets and sidewalks they can’t hear coming. The DuoBell’s mission is precisely to make itself heard even beyond the latest-generation barrier filters. Ring Bling To design the DuoBell’s ANC-defeating capabilities, researchers from the Czech brand—which coincidentally enough made its commercial debut in 1895 with a bicycle—worked closely with researchers at the University of Salford in the United Kingdom to verify whether there was a way to overcome active noise cancellation. ANC is now present in the vast majority of headphones and earphones, including low-cost models. It’s also a feature of software programs; it’s the tech that keeps your dog’s incessant barking from showing up in your …

‘Baby girl’ dies in Redcar ‘dog attack’ as woman heard screaming | UK | News

‘Baby girl’ dies in Redcar ‘dog attack’ as woman heard screaming | UK | News

Published by Sam Flores

The child who died in a suspected dog attack was a baby girl, it has been claimed. Cleveland Police officers were called shortly after 1.30pm to an address in Dormanstown, Redcar, on April 9 over reports of concern for a child. Upon their arrival at Hardale Grove, the child had sadly died, police said. The child, the force added, “is believed to have died as a result of a dog bite”. Armed officers attended the scene, and one dog was destroyed on the street while another dog at the property was recovered by police, the force also stated. Hours after the incident, residents have claimed the child was a girl, reportedly just a few months old. Police haven’t yet released details about the age or gender of the child. Cleveland Police have also not disclosed the breed of the dogs. Residents in the area have expressed their sadness at the loss of life. One, who didn’t see the incident unfold but said to have heard the sirens and seen the flashing lights, told TeesideLive: “It’s …

In ‘The Drama,’ the Real Twist Isn’t the One You’ve Heard About

In ‘The Drama,’ the Real Twist Isn’t the One You’ve Heard About

Published by Jenni Sidey

Borgli’s strengths as an editor bolster some of his shortcomings as a writer; clever cuts and sound design toggle the viewer from inside Emma’s head to Charlie’s and back, though emotionally the characters remain somewhat static. Pattinson excels, playing Charlie as wormy and white-knuckled, fighting to remain affable even as he is mentally unraveling. Zendaya transfixes, alternately contorting or deadening her angelic visage with remarkable granularity that tells us far more about Emma’s state than Borgli’s script does—one wishes she had more to do, as it’s one of her stronger performances. Borgli’s limited purview as a white person prevents him from meaningfully engaging with the film’s inherent racial subtext; it goes unacknowledged, but one presumes Emma’s biracial identity would factor more significantly into her experiences at school, her relationship with Charlie, and the responses to her confession (a data point: 95% of mass shooting perpetrators are males, 55% of them white; Black women mass shooters are virtually unheard of). Borgli’s perspective as a non-American, however, proves insightful in his estimation of our country’s relationship to …

Blanche: I never heard Trump say Bondi exit ‘had anything to do with the Epstein files’

Blanche: I never heard Trump say Bondi exit ‘had anything to do with the Epstein files’

Published by Sam Flores

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Thursday that Pam Bondi’s ouster from the Department of Justice (DOJ) was not related to the Trump administration’s release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I have never heard President Trump say anything that the attorney general was, that anything that happened to her had anything… Source link

Marjorie Taylor Greene says all she heard from Trump’s speech was ‘war war war’

Marjorie Taylor Greene says all she heard from Trump’s speech was ‘war war war’

Published by Sam Flores

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) slammed President Trump’s Wednesday evening speech about his administration’s ongoing military operations against Iran.  “I wanted so much for President Trump to put America First,” Greene wrote in a post on the social platform X. “That’s what I believed he would do. All I heard from his speech tonight… Source link

The Supreme Court Has Heard This One Before

The Supreme Court Has Heard This One Before

Published by José Betancourt

Ever since the Supreme Court recognized birthright citizenship in 1898,  generations of Americans have accepted that the United States Constitution encodes an absolute rule that if someone is born on U.S. soil, they are a citizen, end of story. But fringe elements of American society have repeatedly tried to attack this fundamental rule. During World War II, one group—the Native Sons of the Golden West—pursued such an attack all the way to the Supreme Court. Later this week, the Court will once again confront such a challenge, when it hears arguments in Trump v. Barbara. This time around, it is not an exclusionist group of citizens who are asking the Court to walk back the absolute rule of birthright citizenship; instead, it is the presidential administration currently in office. The administration’s arguments are much the same as those made by the Native Sons during World War II, as is the damage that accepting them would inflict. The Supreme Court first dissected the citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which recognizes the citizenship of all persons …

Chinese astronaut heard mysterious ‘knocking’ sound that shouldn’t be possible | Science | News

Chinese astronaut heard mysterious ‘knocking’ sound that shouldn’t be possible | Science | News

Published by Sam Flores

China’s first-ever astronaut returned to Earth with an intriguing story after detecting a mysterious ‘knocking sound’ that left rocket scientists puzzled. Taikonaut Yang Liwei launched aboard Shenzhou 5 in 2003 for a 21-hour mission that would see him orbit the planet 14 times before touching down safely in Mongolia. However, during his cosmic journey, Yang detected something that simply shouldn’t have been possible: a sharp ‘knocking’ sound repeatedly occurring. He examined the capsule, looked out the porthole, and inspected the panels, but couldn’t identify its source, even as the sound persisted. He maintained it was not emanating from the inside of the capsule but from the outside, in the vacuum of space, where, in theory, sound shouldn’t travel at all. Yang later revealed to the BBC: “It sounded like someone hitting the hull, like striking an iron bucket with a wooden hammer.” He remained composed and continued, eventually attributing the unsettling taps as a ‘normal phenomenon’. Back on Earth, engineers examined the craft for clues but found nothing that could account for the noise. However, …