Tens of thousands of people rely on service dogs every day. They assist people with visual impairments, mobility disabilities, hearing loss, seizures, PTSD, and many other medical conditions. Service dogs are not just great companions – they are proven to significantly improve quality of life by helping people live more independently.
Category: Good Thinking, Technology
Tags: Dogs, Service animals, Disability
With running more popular than ever, production of running shoes has reached a new level. Global footwear manufacturing has increased significantly over the last 15 years, and the industry itself has become a form of advanced engineering. Big companies are competing to build lighter, faster, and more energy-efficient shoes using complex combinations of foams, fabrics, and plastics. While performance continues to improve, sustainability still remains a secondary concern.
Category: Materials, Engineering
Tags: Fraunhofer, Shoes, Footwear, Recycling
Panasonic's new Lumix L10 is the company's latest pitch for the enthusiast compact we've been waiting for. It's a modern, fixed-lens camera aimed at photographers who want more direct control in a carry-everywhere camera.
The L10 combines a 26.5MP Micro Four Thirds sensor with a 24-75mm equivalent F1.7-2.8 lens and the same processor found in the S1RII. It also offers phase detection autofocus and the latest subject recognition features you'd expect from a modern camera. Plus, Panasonic added an OLED viewfinder and an articulated rear screen.
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$0 at Amazon.comWe have the camera in hand, and in our latest YouTube video, we unbox the L10 and the included accessories. We'll be sharing more details about the camera once we've had an opportunity to put it through its paces, so stay tuned for more. For now, you can read more about the latest compact in our full article about the announcement.
Panasonic is celebrating the 25th anniversary with the launch of a large sensor enthusiast zoom compact.
The L10 is essentially a fully modernized version of its LX100 camera, using the company's latest 26.5MP sensor and the processor used in the S1RII. It features a version of the 24-75mm equivalent F1.8-2.8 lens from the LX100, updated in an unspecified way.
While the new model clearly shares much of the LX100 series' heritage, Panasonic says the L10 represents a new premium compact camera line.
The use of that sensor means it offers phase detection autofocus and the dynamic range boost function from the GH7 and G9II, along with all the company's latest subject recognition algorithms.
As with the other LX100 cameras, the lens doesn't cover the whole sensor, instead delivering up to 20MP images. It takes a multi-aspect approach, giving a consistent angle of view whether you shoot 4:3, 3:2 or 16:9 aspect ratios. A dedicated switch on the lens barrel lets you directly select these ratios or 1:1.
The camera has a full-metal body and a fully articulated 1.84M dot rear display. It also gains a more modern 2.36M dot OLED viewfinder, rather than the field-sequential display used by the LX100 models.
This makes it a significantly different camera than the LX100-related Leica D-Lux 8, which persisted with the sensor and processor from the LX100 II and kept the fixed rear screen design of the older models. The L10 also switches to using the much larger BLK-22 battery from the GH series, which should significantly improve performance.
The Lumix L10 Titanium Gold edition will be available directly from Panasonic in most markets.
Image: Panasonic
The move to a modern AF system, the addition of an articulated rear screen, the switch to an OLED viewfinder and the adoption of a larger battery appear to directly address our biggest concerns about the LX100 II, making the L10 highly sought-after within the DPReview team.
Color changesIn addition to the major hardware changes, the camera gets several new image presets: L.Classic and L.Classic Gold, which give the look of historic film stocks. It also has the Leica Monochome look we've seen in recent Panasonics. On top of this, it has the LUT button on the back of the camera, first seen in the Lumix DC-S9. This accesses the camera's ability to upload, overlay and combine custom image styles using the movie industry standard Cube LUT format.
Custom look-up tables (LUTs) can be downloaded via the Lumix Lab app, which also lets you create your own custom LUTs or use the app's ability to generate 'Magic LUTs' that attempt to mimic the look of images you've uploaded to it. This system gives you a wide degree of control over your out-of-camera images. In addition, Lumix Lab will gain the ability to process Raw files both from the L10 and other recent Lumix cameras.
Panasonic says the L10 is primarily intended for stills, and it has neither a headphone nor HDMI socket. Despite this, it's capable of 10-bit log capture and 5.1K open-gate video recording, as well as 4K/120 capture.
The L10 will launch with a recommended price of $1499.99. The standard model will be available in black or black with silver-anodized aluminum top and baseplates.
There will also be a Titanium Gold special edition, with themed-color menus, a threaded shutter button, a leather strap and a matching auto lens cap. The Titanium Gold edition will retail for $1599.99 and will only be available via the Panasonic website and in limited numbers.
Whether your laptop is your main source of income or you just use it for entertainment, running out of juice just when things get interesting can be a major annoyance. The Edge power bank has been designed to alleviate such things.
Category: Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, Laptop, Battery
Volcanoes are messy things, what with all that ash, water vapor, sulfur, and greenhouse gases polluting the atmosphere.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: volcano, Methane, Global Warming, Emissions, Atmosphere, University of Copenhagen
With its modest length of just 20 ft (6 m), the Tulsi doesn't have a whole lot of room for life's luxuries. Still, the tiny house manages to fit the essentials for downsizing into its compact towable frame – and does so at an affordable price.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
A new community center is nearing completion in Vancouver's Oak Park, and it has done something quite rare. It has combined mass timber construction with hyper-efficient Passive House engineering and a LEED Gold sustainability rating. The Marpole Community Centre, which was designed by Diamond Schmitt, proves that public buildings can be kind to the planet while also being beautiful.
Category: Architecture, Engineering
Tags: Community, Building and Construction, sustainable design, Canada, Timber, Wood
Harley-Davidson has been on an interesting trajectory of late. The company seems to have put big, heavy, chrome-laden cruisers on the back burner, at least for the time being, to focus more on lightweight, entry-level motorcycles. From the surprisingly capable Pan America 1250 to the India-developed X440, Harley’s newer strategy increasingly revolves around accessibility, affordability, and broader appeal rather than pure old-school Americana.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Harley Davidson, Harley, livewire, V-Twin, Affordable, Roadster
Pregnancy is filled with small moments of anticipation: the first flutter of movement, the sound of a heartbeat, the quiet question of whether everything is unfolding as it should. At the same time, much of what shapes development is happening out of view, long before those milestones arrive. And even before those moments are felt, the environment surrounding pregnancy is already beginning to shape how the baby's brain develops.
Category: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body and Mind
Tags: McGill University, Pregnancy, Suicide, mental health, Infections
Stuart Thompson, University of Westminster, The Conversation
Tags: Plants, Sensory, Hearing, xxSyndication
In a land far, far away is a motorcycle brand that has been around for longer than anyone can remember, yet it has spent the better part of the last few years in the shadows. I’m talking about Hyosung, which was born in South Korea in the late 1970s, building Suzuki-derived motorcycles under license.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
According to the folks at Colorado-based RSVR Hydration, traditional hydration packs are basically backpacks with bags of water in them. The company's new pack is claimed to be different, however, in that it's made to be sleek and light.
Tags: Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, Hydration
Living things degrade, die, and decompose. Even when we turn plant and animal material into furniture or clothes, the process is inevitable. On the other hand, left alone, plastics are practically indestructible. Scientists are rethinking this characteristic with a simple but consequential question: What if plastics were alive?
Category: Materials, Engineering
Tags: American Chemical Society, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Biodegradable, Plastics, Bacteria, Pollution
Aging in a tiny house might not be easy if you have to contend with ladders and low ceilings, but with its extra-wide, primarily single-floor layout, the Rose has been designed from the ground (or wheels) up for long-term small living.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Tiny Footprint, Building and Construction, Micro-House, House, Home
Observations of a far-distant galaxy several times the size of the Milky Way reveal a surprising stillness overcoming the sea of early stars.
Tags: Galaxy, JWST, Big Bang Theory, University of California, UC Davis, Space exploration
Last month, a modified Robinson R44 lifted off from Roland-Désourdy Airport in Bromont, Quebec, and completed what may be the most consequential short flight in rotorcraft history. It was the first hydrogen-powered helicopter to complete a full operational circuit – takeoff, climb, pattern flight, approach, and landing – under real-world conditions.
Tags: Hydrogen-powered, Hydrogen Aviation, Helicopter, Climate Solutions: Aviation, Fuel Cell
Michelle Spear, University of Bristol, The Conversation
Tags: Fear, Neurological, Sensory, proprioception
For centuries, one of the most important numbers in physics has evaded accurate identification. The results of a recent experiment by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the US could help bring us closer to a satisfying answer.
Another fiberglass "egg" camper badge hits the ground rolling into the thriving off-grid camping market. Following the first-ever off-road camper in Scamp's 50-year history, fellow rounded, white composite trailer builder Oliver Travel Trailers is launching an off-grid-ready caravan of its own. Like Scamp, the company leverages its reputation for building rock-solid, long-lasting campers toward offering an even tougher breed of trailer, built for adventures that carry well beyond organized campgrounds.
Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Caravan, trailers, Trailer, Off-grid, RV, Camping, Outdoors and Camping
