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20/04/21 newsletter
That flight on Mars
Ingenuity became the little helicopter that could yesterday, the first aircraft to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet.
While the watch-along and confirmation of flight data early yesterday was great, the images and video of Ingenuity rising three meters (10 feet) and hovering for a solid 30 seconds, for 39.1 seconds of overall flight were pretty amazing:
A few other little details:
(IEEE), with a few tweaks for speed. Yes, that’s the same chip used in the Google Nexus 5 and Samsung Galaxy S5. (Sorry, you can’t text Ingenuity to see what’s up, AFAIK.)
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Clubhouse
Clubhouse is a voice social media platform. Rather than impersonally communicating with strangers by text, Clubhouse offers a more relaxed way to discuss issues via voice.
Clubhouse is currently limited to Apple devices while Facebook and Reddit will highly likely be OS agnostic.
With the entrance of both Reddit and Facebook, the current limitations of Clubhouse could make it vulnerable to becoming this year’s version of MySpace if it doesn’t move to embrace a wider community.
Reddit Talk
Reddit Talk is described as being in an early testing period. When the tests are launched, any moderator will be able to start a talk and non-moderator level redditors can listen in via an Android or iOS device.
(Pocket-lint) - Like Facebook and Twitter, Reddit has been working on its own Clubhouse-like audio product. It s called Reddit Talk.
Reddit announced the new feature in a blog post, dubbing it a “sneak preview since the feature isn’t widely available yet. During early tests, Reddit is only letting moderators start a Talk. Moderators who wish to try it in their subreddit can now add join a waitlist for access. Moderators can also allow trusted speakers to co-host a Talk with them.
Here s everything you need to know about Reddit Talk, including how to try it.
What s the point of Reddit Talk?