equipment
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Damaged Undersea Cable Could Keep Tonga Offline for Weeks Following Volcanic Eruption
Critical aid is just now making its way to Tonga nearly five days after an earth-shaking volcanic eruption rattled the small Pacific island nation. And while telephones service and other basic communication are starting to slowly come back online, a major disruption to an undersea fibre-optic table could leave residents disconnected from the internet for…
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John Deere’s Autonomous Tractor Isn’t Going To Solve World Hunger
John Deere has unveiled a version of its 8R tractor equipped with autonomous driving tech that it claims will help solve world hunger. First premiered at CES in Las Vegas, the modified tractor pairs a GPS guidance system with 12 cameras that enable 360-degree obstacle detection.
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$280 NostalgiaCam Is Trying to Make Retro Camcorders Cool Again
As happy as the world was to transition away from analogue mediums like film, there’s still plenty of nostalgia for old film cameras, which helps explain how Polaroid came back from the dead. With the NostalgiaCam, a fashion brand called Tombogo is trying to do the same thing for the digital camcorders of the early…
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This Flexible, Grippy Tripod Will Level Up Your Phone Photography
Joby’s GorillaPods have been a lighter, cheaper, and more flexible (pun intended) alternative to tripods for 15 years now, allowing cameras and action cams to be safely mounted and perched in seemingly impossible places. The company’s new PodZilla line isn’t meant to be a GorillaPod replacement, which is unfortunate, because the redesigned legs are a…