Last week, Anker launched a Kickstarter campaign for the second model of this device. Until November 6, you can save 29 percent on a Eufy SpaceView baby monitor. The device features a panning camera that can view 330-degrees across and 110-degrees up and down. It also has a wide-angle lens attachment, a microphone for two-way audio, and alerts you when your baby cries. View the footage on the included 720p-resolution, five-inch monitor....

To find the right app for editing audio on your phone, you’ll need to decide which kind of editing features you need, and the amount of money you want to spend. If audio editing is serious business for you, it might be worth investing in a paid-for app rather than relying on a free tool. 1. Hokusai From the basics of cutting and pasting audio clips, to more advanced features like merging multiple tracks, Hokusai can handle just about everything you could ask for....

ARCAS is an after-market add-on to existing rifles, converting the familiar weapon of infantry into the central node in an array of sensor-rich technologies. Elbit is marketing it for both Special Operations forces, who are accustomed to training with specialized gear, and regular infantry, who need weapons to be dead simple. The laundry list of features that ARCAS adds to a rifle include features that help a soldier shoot more accurately, like passive range measurement and automatic ballistic correction....

After the 2006 mine explosion in Sago, West Virginia, trapped 13 coal miners — 12 of whom died — for two days, mining companies and the government reevaluated safety standards. “We realized that if miners were trapped like that again, they would need something that would help them survive for days, not hours,” Reuther says. So he and his colleagues devised the Mine Barrier Survival System, which consists of two fridge-size trunks packed with compressed plastic walls that miners can carry with them on a cart as they work....

A machine called a mogul presses a metal form into nonstick starch, creating molds for the pungent jelly bean cores. Each tray holds more than 1,000 dollops of molten sweetness. Making a bean requires patience, as the candies rest three times during the production process. Their first nap occurs on racks in a room kept above 100ºF, where the morsels cure overnight. Before tumbling through this sugar shower, the sweets receive a steam bath....

Where there once were wheels for riding the rails, he now sprouted six legs. Crawling, shambling, he moved first, accompanied by the distant jangle of a carousel. We don’t know why, exactly, a Japanese sculptor, Y Nakajima, bent Thomas in this way, but we saw the Mad Maxian results. In our attempt to flee, we located a black balloon. It was then we discovered Thomas’ laser: Powerful enough to pop balloons and hot enough to light matches, the laser keeps us pinned....

Ross Marquand joined the cast of TWD in the second half of season five as Aaron, the altruistic former relief worker who mysteriously appeared in order to recruit Rick and his group for the Alexandria Safe Zone outside Washington, D.C. Initially mistrusted by Rick & Co. (“stranger danger!”), after several episodes, Aaron has become a friend and ally, and—spoiler alert!—was last seen returning to Alexandria with Daryl and Morgan just in time to witness Rick’s execution of Pete....

In an analysis of satellite images of five American coastal communities before and after a catastrophic weather event, the authors found “the same pattern at all five locations: since the last major hurricane, larger residential buildings have tended to replace smaller ones,” according to the study. Eli Lazarus, a lecturer in geomorphology at the University of Southampton and lead author on the study, says that the findings have important repercussions for taxpayers....

Now, according to findings recently published in the journal Science Advances, those samples have made history once again: they contain water. “No one really expected to find even traces of water in the Itokawa grains,” says Maitrayee Bose, a cosmochemist at Arizona State University. It’s well-known that Itokawa (or rather, the parent body it descended from) had been torched to up to 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit, and perhaps higher when impacted by other rocks strewing around through space....

Railguns are one of the potential game-changing weapons of future war. Instead of using the power of chemical explosives such as gunpowder, a railgun uses electromagnetic force to propel projectiles to hypersonic speeds, potentially up to ranges of several hundred miles. A railgun’s barrel has two parallel conducting rails built into it. When a moving armature (usually the projectile) is inserted into the barrel, it connects the parallel rails to complete the current, thus generating an intense electromagnetic field....

Scroll over the colored boxes above to learn more about each one. This article was originally published in the December 2015 issue of Popular Science, as part of Best Of What’s New 2015.

Behavioral biologists from the University of Zurich studied banded mongoose in Uganda, observing their behavior and listening to their calls. They recorded contact calls, which only lasted between 50 and 150 milliseconds, and broke them into their constituent parts. The first bit of screechy call works like an identifier, providing information about the animal making the racket. This is important for mongoose relationships, because the animals can recognize individuals based on this sound....

An orangutan teaches herself to whistle — the first known instance of a primate teaching itself to copy a sound from another species.Earthworms are pulling some attention away from C. elegans. Once a draft genome sequence is complete, one researcher thinks the worms could become a “genetic model organism” for the study of environmental soil science.We should all look so happy as these snow monkeys enjoying the hot springs. Some spa ought to use this in an ad campaign....

You can save hundreds of dollars by shopping right now, which is great whether you’re looking for a gift or want to treat yourself. All of the current deals ship well before the holidays, too. It’s important to remember that these deals will only be available while the items are in stock. A lot of Apple gear sells out—especially when it’s available at a great price—so act fast! The best MacBook & accessories deals M1 MacBook Air, $799 (Was $999)M2 MacBook Air, $1,049 (Was $1,199)M2 MacBook Pro (14-Inch), $1,599 (Was $1999....

Tuesday’s Apple event in Chicago revolved around the updated iPad. The sixth-generation device looks a lot like a 9.7-inch iPad Pro from 2016. It has a A10 Fusion processor, a 10-hour battery display, and the typical suite of cameras. The big news, however, is its $299 price tag (for students, that is—the rest of us pay $329). The device is now the cheapest iPad in the lineup that’s compatible with the Apple Pencil stylus....

While Apple Watch Series 6 (starting at $399 for an aluminum case and GPS without cellular connectivity) isn’t profoundly different from previous models, it does offer a few notable upgrades and features that give it an edge over its older siblings—as well as its newly arrived little friend, the Apple Watch SE. What’s new in Apple Watch Series 6? Many of the new hardware features found in the Apple Watch 6 feel like they’re laying the groundwork for the future....

Although male songbirds change their tunes to impress potential mates, a group of male humpbacks all sing the same song. If the song changes midseason, they all adopt the same change. We don’t really know why they do this. They might be trying to create a sense of peace before they mate, or they could be staking out their territory. Either way, it makes the competitive-mating theory seem less believable....

Noveto N1 3D Audio Smart Speaker Headphones in the office can be awesome for productivity, but can also potentially be seen as antisocial or eventually get uncomfortable. Noveto wants to solve this problem by enabling you to have a “3D audio invisible headphone.” The N1 smart speaker looks like a compact black-and-silver soundbar and uses a proprietary audio beaming technology that Noveto says creates headphone-free binaural sound that’s 90-percent (20dB) undetectable 1 meter (3 ft) away from the listener, and facial recognition (using a combination of motion sensors and AI) makes sure these ultrasonic audible pockets track and travel just where your ears do....

No iPhone necessary By now, we expect Beats wireless earbuds and headphones to play extra nicely with iPhones. Since Apple purchased the audio company back in 2014, Beats has remained largely independent and has maintained the No. 4 spot when it comes to the Bluetooth personal audio business. But Apple hardware has been creeping in. The company’s Solo Pro on-ear headphones and its other pair of Beats Bluetooth earbuds, the Powerbeats Pro, both utilize the company’s H1 chip inside, which offers Apple users special privileges like super-easy syncing, seamless device switching, and always-on Siri summoning....