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The New Mac Pro Review by Lunar Animation

Lunar Animation had the opportunity to use the mid-tier new Mac Pro. The fact that it’s possible to have a simulation running and a scene rendering while being able to review and edit animation, really shows the potential for a professional user. This capacity really blew us away.  The size of files they use is phenomenal. That the Mac Pro is able to handle the assets with ease is just awesome. They also had the opportunity to use the highly controversial Pro Display XDR, a monitor that cost $4999 without stand. It provided us with a phenomenally accurate visual representation…

Low latency of AirPods Pro

An investigation of the latency of AirPods Pro against the Gen 1 and 2 AirPods. They drop from 274ms to 178ms going from the first to second generation, and the AirPods Pro take it down even further, to 144ms.  The low latency of AirPods Pro is not something that gadget users compare against other Bluetooth headsets. Such “unseen” features are what distinguish Apple products from other brand products. It is hard to understand the kind of work go into lowering the latency, but it is easy to infer from the high latency of other Bluetooth headsets that such a feature requires a lot of…

Curiosity’s Mars Methane Mystery Continues

NASA’s Curiosity team found spike in methane concentration in atmosphere. … NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover found a surprising result: the largest amount of methane ever measured during the mission — about 21 parts per billion units by volume. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/curiosity-detects-unusually-high-methane-levels There had been many incidences in past space explorations that hinted the presence of life, but eventually found to be abiotical in nature. Although I wish this discovery would prove the presence of life, my logical mind would place this as another false alarm.