Tag: DTNS
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H-eye Resolution!
Eye-pixels! They’re pixels for your eyes! Allow me to explain In a recent article in the journal Nature, researchers developed a new technology with the smallest pixels ever, in a screen that has the highest possible resolution that our eyes can perceive! The 4k vs 8k debate fans will know that in any screen,…
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Bone Drones
In an unlikely team-up, paleontologists worked with lichen and drones to find more dinos! A recent paper published in Current Biology used drones equipped with special sensors to help find dinosaur bones with the help of some friendly lichen! In the Canadian Badlands (Alberta Provence) at Dinosaur Provincial park, a research team used the properties…
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The 2025 Nobel prizes
This October the Nobel prizes were announced. These awards “confer the greatest benefit to human kind”. I broke down the three science prizes in a bit more detail. Physics Awarded to John Clarke, Michael H. Devoret, and John H. Martinis for their discovery in quantum mechanics that paved the way for cellphones and cameras. Nobels…
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Woodpecker drone
An allegedly crash-proof drone that attributes its inspiration to woodpeckers has been in the news. I specialize in woodpecker skulls and have a lot of skepticism around woodpecker biomimicry. Let’s get into it. The article “Collision-Resilient Winged Drones Enabled by Tensegrity Structures” was published in Aug 2025 in the Journal Advanced Robotics Research. This drone…
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Gold-plated hairballs
If your cat (or dog) has coughed up a hairball recently, it may have been for science! This recent publication from the Journal of Veterinary Behavior explores why cats and dogs eat grass just to throw it up later. I find the methodology both hilarious and genius. The researchers opportunistically collected “six regurgitated masses” from…
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The 2025 IgNobel prizes
The IgNobel prizes were awarded September 19th 2025. These are always fun. What are they? Why you should care? Should you eat teflon? What are the IgNobel prizes? The research that makes people laugh, then think. What did the IgNobel prizes go to this year? Some of the less tech-centric prizes went to studies such…
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Where the robot antelope play
Want to collect data on Tibetan antelopes? Why not become one? Or better yet make a robot that they can accept. Somewhere in the Northwest of China, a 5G, ultra-low latency, -AI equipped bionic antelope roams the plains. This robot antelope is used to collect real-time data on China’s Tibetan antelope population, to study them…
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High-Tech Horses
Garmin’s new horse tracker: Blaze Pet-trackers seem to be the hot new thing! You’d think cats & dogs would be the first target for this tech but no! Garmin has come out with a brand-new horse tracker called Blaze. Let’s look into it! Why horses? Probably because it is very difficult to measure heart-rate through…
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3 blind mice with wires in their eyes
In early June, researchers restored partial vision in blind mice and enabled near IR vision in primates. It just involves sticking wires in their eyes. Before you say no, let me explain! Why should we put wires in our eyes? The human eye lacks photoreceptors for infrared (IR) light. In patients with severe eye diseases, adding…
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LIDARcheology
Computer models can also usefully find history. We’re not kidding! Here’s the the scoop. In late May, Archeology students from Utrecht University in the Netherlands used a computer model to discover a roman camp outside what we previously thought to be the Northern limit of the Roman empire. The camp was found 25 kilometers north…
Nicole Ackermans, CVN lab 