🔗 Articles: Sun 03.Mar.2024
Scientific American: Changing Car Culture Can Benefit Our Health and Our Planet
Anthropologist Daniel Miller has observedthat an alien visiting Earth might well suppose that four-wheeled creatures run the planet. These rulers, he notes, are “served by a host of slaves who walk on legs and spend their whole lives serving them.” He meant this as a joke, but the punch line comes at the expense of American car culture. In the U.S., the costs of car dependency keep growing, far above the $12,000-per-year average expense of owning a new one.
Coast-to-coast, the cars and trucks we drive cause about 16 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. They cause significant air pollution, worsening asthma and heart disease rates, and contribute to a nationwide epidemic of obesity. About 69 percent of car trips in the U.S. are two miles or less. Motor vehicle collisions are a leading cause of death in people ages one to 44, the most bitter part of the mayhem accompanying some six million reported accidents per year. Since 2010 the number of pedestrians killed by cars has increased 77 percent, to about 7,500 a year, a growing fraction of all traffic deaths.
MacRumors: Source: Apple to Announce New Products This Week
Apple plans to announce new products with press releases on its website this week, a proven source familiar with the matter told MacRumors. While the exact products that Apple plans to announce have not been disclosed, there are rumors about new iPads, Macs, and accessories. Apple is also preparing new Beats Solo 4 headphones.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman today reiterated that Apple is planning new iPad Pro, iPad Air, and MacBook Air models, along with new Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil accessories for select iPads. Gurman believes that Apple is not planning to hold a traditional event to unveil these products, and instead plans to announce them “on its website” and with a “series of online videos and marketing campaigns” at some point in March or April.
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There have also been rumors about a new Apple TV and a HomePod with a screen launching in the first half of 2024, but it is unclear if these products are ready. There are also alleged CADs for a fourth-generation iPhone SE, but it is likewise unclear if that device is imminent, as 2025 has been a more widely rumored timeframe.
AppleInsider: Canon’s quest for VR content: 100-megapixel cameras for Apple Vision Pro
Executives from camera company Canon see a new business opportunity and potential market for a camera system that can create immersive video content for Apple’s Vision Pro. At present, however, none of their cameras can yet handle the resolution and refresh rate Apple’s headset requires.
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Last Updated: 03.Mar.2024 23:35 EST