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NASA’s Mars InSight lander snaps dusty ‘final selfie’ as power dwindles
NASA’s InSight lander is completely caked with a thick layer of Martian dust in its latest selfie, which the agency says will likely be the last of the mission. The solar-powered InSight lander is only working at about one-tenth of its landing capacity of 5,000 watt-hours, the agency said in a press conference May 17, …
Google Pixel 6 tipped to get under-display selfie camera
Pixel 6 is expected to be launched towards the end of 2021. The phone is also tipped to get dual cameras at the back. HIGHLIGHTS Google is tipped to launch the Pixel 6 with a new selfie camera. The phone is said to feature an under-display selfie lens. The device is expected to get two …
Bedford student helps create technology to capture first selfie of lunar landing | Science & Technology
A Bedford man is one of 20 aeronautics students participating in a mission to capture the first third-person photograph of a spacecraft landing on the moon. “I had to be a part of this. This is literally incredible,” said Will Edwards, a senior at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida. “I am so excited to see …
Meme tourism has turned the world into the seventh circle of selfie hell | Arwa Mahdawi | Opinion
The latest tourist hotspot is not a lagoon in Iceland or a beach in Bali – it is a staircase in the Bronx, New York. More specifically, it is the concrete flight of steps that Joaquin Phoenix, caked in clown paint, dances down in the film Joker. The scene has become a meme, and scores …
Samsung’s ‘space selfie’ balloon crash-lands on Michigan farm
A device used by Samsung to launch a Cara Delevingne selfie into space has apparently made a dramatic return to Earth. Nancy Mumby-Welke of Gratiot County, Michigan, heard a loud crash outside her farmland home this weekend and discovered a large object in her backyard. “Unbelievable look what just fell out of the sky and …
Plant ‘takes’ world’s first selfie in London Zoo experiment
Image copyright xnor.ai/ZSL Image caption Pete could pave the way for the remote monitoring of rainforests A plant has taken the botanical world’s first selfie, according to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Trials involving a maidenhair fern called Pete saw it “take” photographs of itself every 20 seconds, using the waste energy it had …
Vivo’s V17 Pro has two pop-up selfie cameras
Right on the heels of the sleek, experimental Nex 3, Vivo has announced a new phone at the mid-to-high end of the market. The V17 Pro will serve as the company’s headline device in many of its regions, or for people who aren’t ready to give up volume buttons just yet. The V17 Pro has …