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What Is An UltraPixel?
Did you hear about the HTC One’s fancy new “UltraPixel Camera”? HTC touts the camera as an end to the “megapixel wars”. UltraPixels! Revolution! And, yes, the technology sounds very promising, but, uh, wait a second, what is an UltraPixel anyway?
Giz Explains: What Is Electricity?
Tired of smiling and nodding along while your electrical engineering buddies debate the finer points of electromagnetic theory? If you’re taking a critical eye to the definitive guide to batteries, you’ve got to understand what electricity is to begin with. Here’s a crash course on the fundamental force that’s driving our digital revolution.
Giz Explains: What Is Big Data?
The human race produces 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day — far too much to crunch using conventional desktop applications. Mining this mountain of data for nuggets usable information is one of the biggest challenges facing modern society. But a new generation of analytic tools are helping us control the phenomenon that’s becoming commonly known as Big Data.
What Is Friction-Stir Welding?
To create the new iMac, Apple’s thinnest desktop yet, the designers used friction-stir welding to going the aluminium body. Unlike arc welding, the more standard way to fuse metal plates, a friction stir just needs a good rubbing — and a few thousand pounds of pressure — to stick together.
