Fish finder cone angle and depth dramatically change how much bottom your electronics see. Learn how wide, medium, and narrow transducers really work.

Abstract: This article presents a new efficient way to quantitatively measure separation and penetration between a collection of convex primitives (including ellipsoids, capsules, cylinders, convex ...

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Body fat scales provide a rough estimate of your body composition based on your weight and other factors. However, research suggests that smart scales may not be fully accurate at measuring body fat.

Complaining that you’ve seen this story before — specifically in regard to an adaptation of a book first published in 1971 that was already made into a movie in 1973 and again made into another movie ...

Measuring distances accurately has become significantly easier with the advent of smartphone technology, particularly with the array of distance measuring apps available for both Android and iPhone.

In the 1930s, a mathematician by the name of Nicolas Bourbaki was said to frequent the Café Capoulade in Paris, a haven for artists and intellectuals near Luxembourg Gardens. There he wrote an ...

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The author of Humble Pi whose @standupmaths YouTube channel has more than a million subscribers, explores the power of the triangle—from why mobile phones work when you’re on a train to what happens ...