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This was a good year to listen to ambient music, whatever that is

In the early days of despair, I looked at Spotify and decided that everything sounded bad. All songs were boring, and I was sick of everything. What that really meant was I was sick of myself. But by the summer, I’d found the solve: ambient music. The best music I heard this year was barely… Read more

Raspberry Pi Project Monitors New Delhi Air Pollution

Home News (Image credit: New York Times) The Raspberry Pi is one of our most favorite devices of the 21st century. As dedicated fans, we can’t help but get excited when it’s used to help make a difference in the world. This project was featured in the New York Times who explained how the SBC… Read more

Nature is not healing

A man wearing a facemask walks along a street amid smoggy conditions in New Delhi on October 30, 2020.Photo by JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images Pollution was still a problem in 2020 Dolphins did not return to cleaner canals in Venice, Italy this year. Nor was the critically endangered Malabar civet spotted on the streets… Read more

Climate crisis: first bright spots, but no reason to rest

As far as the climate is concerned, on the one hand there are bright spots in the Corona crisis year: The EU is likely to set its goals for 2020 Achieve greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energies. According to the World Weather Organization (WMO), the goal of a climate-neutral world by 2050 is now realistic…. Read more

CES 2021: what to expect from the first all-digital CES in January

Home News (Image credit: CTA) Continuing this year’s theme of nonconformity, the world’s biggest annual consumer electronics show will be a markedly different affair in January. Rather than taking over Las Vegas for several days in the new year, CES 2021 – the 51st edition of the event – will be an all-digital experience for… Read more

Pay please! Biomass beats 1.1 teratons of building material

One trillion – that is an incredibly large number. In the International System of Units it is designated with the prefix “Tera”, which is derived from the Greek word for “monster” and has so far been used mainly to describe immaterial quantities. The net electricity consumption in Germany 2013 was around 512 Terawatt hours. And… Read more

Are smartphones poisoning the seas?

They are found in medicines, electric vehicles, cell phones, wind turbines or fertilizers and have mysterious names like scandium or gadolinium. So-called rare earths (short “REE” for “Rare Earth Elements”) are also called the new gold of 21. Century because they are comparatively rare and only occur in certain regions of the world. Depending on… Read more

Does Avatar have a place in Disney’s ambitious future?

Disney announced a virtual avalanche of updates and news for almost every one of its properties. But one of the company’s biggest franchises was strangely absent: in all the hullabaloo, where was Avatar? There was no Avatar segment of the investor call, showing off preview images of the sequels and a logo or subtitle for… Read more

Review: Bowers and Wilkins 606 AE Tweaked and improved

If you pair it with a decent amplifier, the Bowers & Wilkins 606 S2 in its price range is one of the best all-round speakers. Now the British manufacturer is bringing an Anniversary Edition that has been adjusted on details. Are we going with this from â ???? very goodâ ???? to â ???? excellentâ… Read more

Review: Edifier S3000 Pro

REVIEW RESUME The Edifier S 3000 Pro misled us with its appearance. The stereo image with music is to die for, the connection options are very many and the set can be used cross-media. It is a real all-rounder for a very affordable price, and recommended if the design matches the rest of your interior…. Read more

ARM: 30 years of Advanced Risc Machines

On Tuesday 27. November 1990 Apple, VLSI Technology and BBC Acorn Computer announced the formation of a joint venture called Advanced Risc Maschines ltd in Cambridge. More precisely, the headquarters were in a beautiful historic barn from the 18. Century in a village called Swaffham Bulbeck, a few miles east of Cambridge. Apple took over… Read more

Review Yamaha A S3200: modern technology and sound in retro packaging

The Japanese Yamaha unveiled three new integrated amplifiers called AS Last spring , AS 2200 and AS 3200. The appearance and in particular the prominent centrally placed VU meters are very reminiscent of the past. However, according to the manufacturer, modern technology is hidden under the hood. Recently we have the AS 1200, the smallest… Read more

Review: Iraser Stick AOI from Vortex Hifi

Insight has increased in recent decades that electromagnetic phenomena resulting, among other things, from wireless communication can have a negative effect on the perceived performance of audio and video systems. In this context one speaks of electrosmog. I want to save what electrosmog is and how it affects devices and people for a later article…. Read more

Review Lab12 Dac 1 Reference: DA converter with tubes

Lab 12 mainly builds amplifiers that are without exception fitted with tubes. The company recently released the Dac 1 Reference, a DA converter equipped with Multibit Dac chips from Philips and tubes in the output stages. According to Lab 12 the technique used is not self-contained goal. Technique is secondary to sound and musicality. How… Read more

Climate researchers: Corona only tiny dent for greenhouse gas concentration

According to a report by the World Weather Organization (WMO), the decline in greenhouse gas emissions in the wake of the corona lockdowns does not stop climate change. The decline has less of an effect on the greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere than natural fluctuations that already exist every year, the WMO wrote in… Read more