Space: Starship’s Milestone and Asteroid Secrets SpaceX’s Starship rocket finally broke its streak of setbacks with a successful integrated test flight on August 26. The 120-meter behemoth lifted off from Starbase, Texas and reached space on its 10th test, deploying eight dummy Starlink satellites from its new “Pez dispenser” mechanism reuters.com. It then survived a…
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Scientists used Google’s superconducting quantum processor to simulate gauge-theory particle interactions, illustrating how particles and the connecting strings behave, fluctuate, and even break, per remarks by Prof. Michael Knap of TUM. ICFO demonstrated a 10-qubit quantum RAM prototype—an array of ten memory cells that can store multiple qubits and retrieve them on demand, building on…
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Apple Watch Ultra 2 uses a 49 mm aerospace-grade titanium case with a new black finish, EN13319 dive certification, WR100 water resistance, IP6X dust resistance, an orange Action Button, sapphire crystal, a 1.92-inch LTPO OLED display up to 3000 nits, and dual‑frequency GPS. Garmin Tactix 7 AMOLED is a 51 mm model with a fiber-reinforced…
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The Citizen Promaster Tough features a 41mm Super Titanium case with Duratect and a one-piece monocoque design, weighing about 108 grams on bracelet. It runs Eco-Drive caliber E168, is solar-powered from any light, requires no battery changes, and offers roughly ±15 seconds per month accuracy. It is rated to 200 meters water resistance and uses…
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The Seiko Prospex SNJ025 “Arnie” is a solar-powered analog-digital dive watch (Caliber H851) that runs ~6 months on a full charge, up to 21 months in power-save, with ±15 seconds per month accuracy. The Timex Expedition Atlantis T5K463 is a 100-meter water-resistant digital watch with ~5–7 years battery life on CR2016 and a weight of…
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Apple Watch Ultra features a 49mm aerospace-grade titanium case, a flat sapphire crystal, and weighs about 61g. Garmin’s Tactix 7 AMOLED Edition and the Tactix 8 come in about 47mm and 51mm sizes with a fiber-reinforced polymer core, a black DLC-coated titanium bezel, and a sapphire crystal. Luminox Navy SEAL watches use CARBONOX cases (44–45mm…
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Coros Nomad uses a dual-frequency GNSS chipset for multi-band tracking and offers 32 GB offline color maps plus the Adventure Journal with voice-tag pins and fishing modes. The Nomad measures 47.8 × 47.8 mm, is 14.8 mm thick, weighs 61 g with a silicone strap (49 g with nylon), and uses mineral glass. Garmin Fenix…
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Garmin Instinct 3 Solar features a 45 mm fiber-reinforced polymer case with a 0.9-inch monochrome MIP LCD and a small secondary display, plus MIL-STD-810 certified protection to 10 ATM (100 m). The Instinct 3 Solar adds a built-in LED flashlight and claims “unlimited battery life” in smartwatch mode with about 3 hours of 50,000 lux…
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The three models in this comparison are the DW-5600UE-1 (2023 Updated Edition), the DW-5600BB-1 (Blackout, 2012), and the GMW-B5000TB (Full-Metal Titanium, 2019 35th Anniversary edition). The DW-5600UE-1 weighs about 52 g, the DW-5600BB-1 around 53–60 g, and the GMW-B5000TB about 110 g. The DW-5600UE-1 uses a resin case and band with a stainless steel back,…
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GW-9400 Rangeman (2013) introduced Casio Triple Sensor Ver.3 with Altimeter, Barometer, Compass and Thermometer in a 55 × 53.5 × 18.2 mm digital G-Shock, weighing about 93 g, with 200 m water resistance and Multi-Band 6 radio timekeeping. GPR-B1000 Rangeman (GPS) (2018) added standalone GPS navigation with up to 20 tracks and 60 points, Bluetooth…
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