This vendor exhibited a camera that can take 100,000 frames per second, other vendors had demonstrations where you could see individual droplets in a shower.
My office at work currently has 4 women and 1 man.
I have been the “only” woman in an office full of men so many times - this is the first time it’s been reversed! And I’m having so much fun! (Sorry, Thomas, for all of the silliness!)
@absolutspacegrl did it take any getting used to? For various reasons, I've repeatedly been the only man in places run by women.
I'm so used to it that when I'm in a room where the tables are turned and it's almost all men, I become hyper-self aware like I'm watching myself from out of body instead of just being there.
My wife has had similar experiences, but with ethnicity. If she's the only white person in a room, it feels normal. If everyone's white, it feels weird to her.
I'm sure you don't need any help getting comfortable in a room full of men, but based on what you've seen, what could your average guy do if he finds himself in a chance social situation where there's exactly one woman?
@sysop408 Great question! Yes & no it- it was gradually introduced. 1st, it was me & 2 other men…1 of the women was out for maternity leave. She came back, so 50/50. Then one of the men took another job, but he wasn’t replaced immediately. Then he was, w another woman, then we got an intern who’s a woman just this week.
When I notice it I think about how unusual it is, but we get along & are friendly, & I realize that’s not always the norm. It’s different on 2 levels but welcome!
Overcrowding problem on China’s #ArtificialIslands in the #SouthChinaSea could be solved with tunnels, according to a #Chinese#ocean#engineering project team that says it has developed an excavation method to overcome the limitations of the soft coral sand.
After a rapid expansion of its presence in the contested #Spratly#reef chain that began about a decade ago, #China eased back on construction in recent years in a bid to soothe the nerves of neighbouring countries
Although companies have created detectors to help spot #deepfakes, studies have found that biases in the data used to train these tools can lead to certain demographic groups being unfairly targeted.
A team of researchers discovered new methods that improve both the fairness and the accuracy of these detection algorithms by teaching them about human diversity
1/2 I still struggle getting used to the fact that the smallest mirrors of the Extremely Large Telescope are similar in size to the primary mirrors of many current telescopes!
The M5 – the fifth mirror in the optical path – has reached a key milestone: its blank, the piece that will be later polished, has been finalised.
2/2 This flat elliptical mirror measures 2.7 by 2.2 metres. It's the largest tip-tilt mirror in the world: it will move without bending about 10 times per second.
It will work together with the M4, a very fast deformable mirror, to correct perturbations caused by the telescope mechanisms, the wind and atmospheric turbulence.
@tehstu Likewise! I really like chatting with the engineers here when I have the chance. Sometimes I feel that the engineering problems they have to solve are more bonkers than the astrophysical problems we want to solve with the things they build 😅
New video coming tonight, continuing the history of the Galloway Hydro Scheme.
It will cover the building of Clatteringshaws dam and the Glenlee Tunnel, which was the most expensive and dangerous part of the entire construction.
The last video covered the conditions the workforce endured, during the Great Depression, to construct the scheme, and here's a link to it to catch you up!
Researchers use reflectors underneath solar panels to boost solar power by 4.5%
"The University of Ottawa in collaboration with National Renewable Energy Laboratory developed an add-on to solar panels that increases their energy output by 4.5%"