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Was the radical change in art in the 15th century assisted by technology?
The British artist David Hockney argues in his book Secret Knowledge that:
from the early 15th century many Western artists used optics--by which I mean mirrors and lenses (or a combination of the two)--to create living projections
His basic idea…

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Do household air purifiers prevent illness?
Air purifiers that use glass-fiber HEPA material are said to reduce contaminant in the air that can cause illness, including cold and flu viruses, cigarette smoke.
One example is, Are Air Purifiers Beneficial for Good health? << Air Purifier…

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Can the Beautifyer app enhance audio?
The Beautifyer iPhone app is claimed to playback compressed audio files in an enhanced way, using a new algorithm.
Transform your [...] music files into an extraordinary new listening experience [...]
It is my guess that this is just marketing…

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Do electronic bug repellers work?
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Ultrasound pest control devices
Do electric insect repellers example work?
For context, I live in a rented house that has several of these installed. My personal observation is that they do nothing to repel bugs, but actually…

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Is the North Korean nuclear program in part funded by gold farming?
A recent article in the New York Times (limited paywall) claims that the North Korean nuclear program is funded in part by gold farming in South Korean Massive Multiplayer Online Games.
According to an article in Kotaku
Cops in Seoul on Thursday…

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Does the Chinese government officially have access to IT equipment sold abroad?
In this segment from an RT program with Rick Sanchez, published June 6th 2019, a person named James Jordan, from the Stanford U Hoover Institute, claims (03:20) that "Chinese government agencies have access by law and by right to all tech products…

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Was 13 year old Tanmay Bakshi hired by Google?
There seems to be some kind of rumour going around that 13-year old Canadian-Indian boy Tanmay Bakshi was hired by Google. If you do a Google search for "tanmay bakshi google" you get lots of hits with titles that suggest that he was hired by Google…

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Did Russian hackers beat slot machines with an app?
Russian hackers made up to $250,000 per weekend by using an app to tell them when to pull a trigger.
[...] custom app on the operative’s phone; those markers cause the handset to vibrate roughly 0.25 seconds before the operative should press the…

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Could a solar flare cause economic collapse?
Possible Duplicate:
Will the Sun's magnetic activity disrupt electronics on Earth?
It seems that solar flares are one of the few things that have any factual weight among the possible causes of a so-called 2012 event.
There is also evidence…

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Can blocking the aperture of a mobile phone speaker cause damage?
A friend was sitting near another's ringing mobile phone, stoically ignoring the noise. When I advised him to cover the dynamic with a finger, he replied that it may break it.
Is it really so? I think the energy should be dissipated in finger/casing…

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Is there a PyCon Python Conference held in Iraq?
In a talk given at the Dutch Embassy in San Franciso, Guido van Rossum, the creator of the Python programming language, claimed that a PyCon is held in Iraq:
The Python user community is formed of millions of people who consciously use Python, and…

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Can electricity be transmitted wirelessly over Zenneck surface waves?
Viziv Technologies claims that they are researching the ability to send and receive electricity using the Zenneck Surface Waves.
August 2019 press release
Viziv Technologies, LLC, and Baylor University announce a new research partnership aimed at…

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Updating voicemail when there is no service, wifi, or electricity
Does updating voicemail during an emergency when there is no electricity, phone service, or wifi actually work or is this simply spam forwarded around and false information? I find it hard to believe as your phone is in a sense a brick without those…

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Is light text on dark background less harmful to the eyes than dark text on light background
Most programmers (at least most of my undergraduate classmates) use light text on dark background (LTDB) and so do I, instead of dark text on light background (DTLB).
And as we know, traditional books and e-books are almost unanimously DTLB, and…

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Does Migaloo Submarines sell private submersible yachts?
The Migaloo Submarines web-site claims the company works in the
DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND BUILDING OF EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE SUBMERSIBLE SUPERYACHTS AND FLOATING ISLANDS
Despite providing a number of stunning 3D renderings of what a private submarine…

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