Residents love low-traffic neighborhoods — but are they here to stay?

You have to be incredibly careful about imposing measures on local communities, Lambeth Councillor Tim Briggs said. Im all for cycling and walking. For me, its the way its being implemented that is the issue. Several other London councils have since backtracked on their LTNs, and others have delayed or postponed their introduction. Catch 22? Londons borough councils face difficult choices. To add to councils headaches is the complicated patchwork of Londons road web connection, and its governance....

December 9, 2020 · 2 min · 321 words · Patricia Wilson

A simple guide to Redis and caching with NodeJS

In recent years, Redis has become a common occurrence in a Node.js utility stack. In this tutorial, we are going to give you a quick introduction to Redis. What is Redis? Redis supports disk-persistent data storage, too, if needed. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Supported data structures give Redis the versatility for many use cases. Redis use cases One of the most popular use cases of Redis is caching....

December 8, 2020 · 3 min · 558 words · Andrew Collins

How webcam travel is giving tourism a lifeline during the pandemic

I continued exploring this world of live-streamed place-based webcams, something I had previously overlooked. I was fascinated by those focusing on city centers, which revealed largely deserted urban landscapes. I left nature-cams and coastal webcams open on my PC monitor as welcome distractions as I worked from home. I suspected I was not alone in my virtual travels. Indeed, the media soon described a massive upsurge in the usage of these webcams....

December 7, 2020 · 2 min · 322 words · Jacob Hernandez

Nobody knows why there’s ghostly blobs in the sky — astronomers are excited

She had started noticing very weird shapes she couldnt fit easily to any known pop in of object. None of us had ever seen anything like it before, and we had no idea what it was. A few days later, our colleague Emil Lenc found a second one, even more spooky than Annas. EMU plans to boldly probe parts of the Universe where no telescope has gone before. 40% off TNW Conference!...

December 5, 2020 · 2 min · 400 words · Tyler Nash

Bored of your galaxy? Here’s a virtual tour of a million others

Data gathered have produced images five times more sensitive and twice as detailed as previous ones. What is radio astronomy? Modern astronomy is a multi-wavelength enterprise. What do we mean by this? To understand the universe, we need to observe the entire electromagnetic spectrum as each wavelength carries different information. Radio waves have the longest wavelength of all forms of light. Australias wide open (but relatively low-altitude) spaces are the perfect place to build large radio telescopes....

December 4, 2020 · 2 min · 352 words · Martha Jarvis

Check out these 8 Nintendo Switch gifts that’ll help you win Christmas

The current king of gaming is the Nintendo Switch. 40% off TNW Conference! With a built-in mic, have fun chatting away with friends. Get theNintendo Switch Bluetooth Audio Adapterfor $35.99 (Reg. Packed with 10,000mAh of power, this pack delivering uninterrupted juice while the playing continues. The high-density shell offers extra shock resistance and theres even a built-in kickstand to help with cooling. Get theNintendo Switch Battery Charger Casefor $40.95 (Reg....

December 4, 2020 · 2 min · 218 words · Steve Grant

6 startups that could change the way we work

For many of us, 2020 has been a year that turned our work lives completely upside down. This led to an explosion in an already thriving workplace tech market. Just in the past year, Antler has invested in around 30 companies that are focused on workspace innovation. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Its extremely exciting to be active in this space right now as an investor. The truth is, it really depends on what bang out of work mode youre in....

December 3, 2020 · 3 min · 550 words · Michael Ellis

The iPhone 11 Pro range: A retrospective on Apple’s best value phone

I sometimes ponder how successful Id be in charge of a phone that gets updated every year. What Im saying is releasing a phone every 12 months is fucking tough. The reason I bring this up is because of Apple. More specifically, its release of thenew iPhone 12 range. I wanted to take a break. And, specifically, look at the success and failures of last years iPhone 11 Pro range....

December 3, 2020 · 2 min · 329 words · Michael Gibbs

These 3 companies are making the products you use everyday sustainable

It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Dyecoo invented a new 100% water-free dyeing process thats set to revolutionize the fashion industry. The water-free process means: For Magnusson, its way past time for an upgrade. The machines that are running this industry are 25 plus years old. At the same time, this transition wont be easy. Were a super small Dutch company trying to change a global industry. So we need every support, visibility, push, and pull we can get, Magnusson said....

December 3, 2020 · 3 min · 623 words · Heather Fox

3 ways leaders should pursue breakthrough innovation during a crisis

Resilient companies have quickly adapted to changing market needs and trends and have engaged in continuous learning to survive. But to truly succeed and rise above competitors, companies must embrace breakthrough innovation. What is breakthrough innovation? Typically, its not a single solution but rather the cumulative result of sustained, incremental attempts. In the modern business environment, breakthrough innovation is no longer solely the mandate of research and development departments. Rather, its something that technology businesses must weave into the fabric of their organizations or risk becoming obsolete....

December 2, 2020 · 3 min · 549 words · Andrew Richmond

A foolproof guide to image manipulation in Python with OpenCV

It is the foundation for many of the applications you know that deal with image processing. Today we will learn how to work with OpenCV, and Ill do my best to keep it simple. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Well… the first thing we have to do is to import the library. Only then we can read the image using theimreadmethod and pass the images path as the only parameter....

December 2, 2020 · 3 min · 478 words · Daniel Brown

4 JavaScript tools to clean up your dirty code

Webpack Webpack is a popular module bundler among JavaScript developers. For example, youll have to manually control the order each script is executed on the web app. Loading many files could also affect the performance of your software. With the use of Webpack, you’re able to stop worrying about these issues. Webpack, easily and efficiently, takes care of this business for you. Not just JavaScript, you’re free to also use Webpacks css-loader to manage the CSS files....

December 1, 2020 · 3 min · 466 words · Sarah Robertson

Google smartwatches, drones, and more Cyber Monday deals to check out

TLDR:This collection of great Cyber Monday discounts should not be ignored. After a few days, theyre gone. Our point is, dont sleep on these offers. Below are 10 of the Cyber Monday discounts that wed recommend you check out. Real soon, theyre gonna be as gone as gone gets. Thats not going to last forever either, by the way. 40% off TNW Conference! Get theMOZA Mini-MI Wireless Charging Smartphone Gimbalfor $76 (Reg....

November 30, 2020 · 2 min · 360 words · Rebecca Butler