Tag: HighRes

29 SEP

Varjo raises $8.2 million series A to boost its high-res VR headset

EXCLUSIVE: Varjo, a Finnish company that’s working on an ultra-high-fidelity mixed reality headset, announced today that it raised an $ 8.2 million round of series A financing to propel its business towards the launch of its first developer kits. EQT Ventures led the round, with participation from other firms including Lifeline Ventures, the Venture Reality […]

09 APR

First high-res look at microbial ballistics: Harpoons, spears, Gatling guns

Enlarge / A close-up of Polykrilos kofoidii. (credit: Urban Tillmann.) When you think of plankton, you might think of docile, intricately shaped microbes gently swaying in ocean currents while generously providing food for all manner of sea creatures. Serene. Charming. In reality, they’re little savages who constantly take each other out with sophisticated ballistic weapons. […]

27 MAR

‘Farewell to Pluto’: NASA release stunning high-res image of dwarf planet (PHOTO)

Published time: 27 Mar, 2017 18:06Edited time: 27 Mar, 2017 18:07 NASA has released its highest-resolution color image of Pluto, showing the dwarf planet dramatically backlit by the sun. The receding crescent was snapped by the New Horizon Spacecraft as it traveled some 120,000 miles (200,000 km) from Pluto. Somewhat confusingly, the space agency dubbed […]