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How is the PS4 smaller, lighter, and yet more powerful than the Xbox One?

We’ve spent a lot of time comparing the PS4 and Xbox One in terms of hardware specs, software, and games — but one thing we haven’t discussed is their engineering; their form and design. Physically, the Xbox One and PS4 are very different consoles: While the Xbox is huge and boxy, the PS4 is much slimmer and lighter. Furthermore, despite ...

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New invisibility cloak combines metamaterials and fancy electronics to be thinner, lighter, more invisible

A researcher at the University of Texas at Austin has devised an invisibility cloak that could work over a broad range of frequencies, including visible light and microwaves. This is a significant upgrade from current invisibility cloaks that only cloak a very specific frequency — say, a few hertz in the microwave band — and, more importantly, actually make cloaked ...

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