![]() ![]() Development of the tungsten-filament lamp in 1904, with three times the efficacy of carbon filament types, and improved batteries, made flashlights more useful and popular. The company donated some of these devices to the New York City police, who responded favorably to them.Ĭarbon-filament bulbs and fairly crude dry cells made early flashlights an expensive novelty, with low sales and low manufacturer interest. This "electric device" designed by Misell was powered by "D" batteries laid front to back in a paper tube with the light bulb and a rough brass reflector at the end. 617,592, assigned to American Electrical Novelty and Manufacturing Company. On January 10, 1899, British inventor David Misell obtained U.S. It could be instantly turned on and off, and avoided fire risk. ![]() The electric lamp was odorless, smokeless, and emitted less heat than combustion-powered lighting. Portable hand-held electric lights offered advantages in convenience and safety over (combustion) torches, candles and lanterns. The first mass-produced dry cell batteries came in 1896, and the invention of portable electric lights soon followed. This was the first battery suitable for portable electrical devices, as it did not spill or break easily and worked in any orientation. Unlike previous batteries, it used a paste electrolyte instead of a liquid. The first dry cell battery was invented in 1887. January 1899 Ever-Ready flashlight ad mentioning the proceedings against the alleged patent-infringing rival companies. Consequently, they could be used only in brief flashes, hence the common North American name "flashlight". Because these early flashlights also used energy-inefficient carbon-filament bulbs, "resting" occurred at short intervals. Some flashlights can be used under water or in flammable atmospheres.Įarly flashlights ran on zinc–carbon batteries, which could not provide a steady electric current and required periodic "rest" to continue functioning. Head- or helmet-mounted flashlights designed for miners and campers leave the hands free. In addition to the general-purpose, hand-held flashlight, many forms have been adapted for special uses. Flashlights are used as a light source outdoors, in places without permanently installed lighting, during power outages, or when a portable light source is needed. Some have solar panels to recharge the battery. ![]() Some are powered by the user turning a crank, shaking the lamp, or squeezing it. Today, flashlights use mostly light-emitting diodes and run on disposable or rechargeable batteries. The invention of the dry cell and miniature incandescent electric lamps made the first battery-powered flashlights possible around 1899. A typical flashlight consists of the light source mounted in a reflector, a transparent cover (sometimes combined with a lens) to protect the light source and reflector, a battery, and a switch, all enclosed in a case. Formerly, the light source typically was a miniature incandescent light bulb, but these have been displaced by light-emitting diodes (LEDs) since the mid-2000s. The angle-head flashlight (Fulton MX-991U) on the left uses an incandescent bulb, while the adjustable angle-head flashlight (Streamlight Sidewinder) on the right uses LEDs to give white, red, blue, and infrared lightĪ flashlight ( US, CA) or torch ( UK, AU) is a portable hand-held electric lamp. ![]()
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![]() We recommend to only forward ports when necessary. If you are forwarding ports to a client device on the LAN, it can also lead to more notifications as the UniFi gateway is inspecting the traffic from devices on the internet that are trying to access the forwarded port. If the sensitivity is set to High, more notifications will be shown. There are four Sensitivity levels that control what categories (types of traffic) are detected and blocked. The ER605 is the only DHCP server on the network. All the wifi clients are connecting through EAP's and are showing in Omada. The missing clients are connected and using a small amount of bandwidth. If you ping the APs IP address from the client device it will then reconize it is connected to the AP and show up locally in the client table. Allow This IP - Allow this source IP so that security detections are no longer generated for it. Often 5-10 wired clients are missing from Omada's clients list for hours. The reason the clients are not showing up is because the AP is communicating with the main router via Arp.Allow This Threat Signature - Allow this signature so that security detections are no longer generated for it.Block This IP - Completely block incoming and outgoing traffic from the source IP address.Block This Connection - Block traffic between the source and destination IP addresses.This ensures that false detections do not result in permanently blocking all traffic from a client device or website that is otherwise not harmful.įor permanent blocks or to allow a signature, use the options available in the System Log section for a threat entry: If you select the latter, the block will last for 5 minutes. In the Threat Management configuration, you can choose to either only Detect, or Detect and Block threats. Security detections are typically harmless, and a result of settings you have already enabled. If you have been alerted to a threat, you probably don't have anything to worry about. These notifications exist so that you can be sure your gateway is doing its job in protecting your network. What Should I Do?ĭepending on your Threat Management settings, you may receive notifications regarding security detections discovered by UniFi. Use different detection levels ( Low, Medium, High) or Custom categories.Detect and block traffic and show a notification.Only detect traffic and show a notification.A UniFi gateway or UniFi OS Console with an i ntegrated Next-Gen gateway.This feature may also be referred to as Intrusion Detection System and Intrusion Prevention System or IDS/IPS. TIP: If you have legacy devices, separate them in different Wi-FI SSID and leave the DTIM to the default value of 1 for this “legacy” network.Threat Management is a feature found in the Firewall & Security section of your Network application that allows you to detect and block potentially harmful traffic to your network, as well as show notifications in the System Log section when the UniFi gateway encounters anything suspicious. Save your changes and enjoy your mobile device long lasting battery! Optimize and troubleshoot UniFi WiFi by setting DTIM periodįor networks where nearly all connected devices are modern, it is recommended to use a DTIM period of 3. Uncheck the Use default values and then modify the DTIM period for your 2G and 5G. Go to Advanced Options and scroll down until you see the 802.11 Rate and Beacon Controls then click on it. Open your UniFi Controller interface and go to Settings > Wireless Networks and click on Edit button next to the network where your modern devices usually connect. However, many recent iOS and Android mobile devices, will perform better and save up to 66% of their WiFi battery consumption if the DTIM period is set to 3. ![]() We will continue to optimize and troubleshoot UniFi network and the next thing to change is the DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message or Map).Ī default DTIM period of 1 is used for compatibility and legacy reasons. If you have UniFi equipment check the first link, the other 2 are kind of universal. I’m explaining there how to setup a VPN step by step.
![]() But it's unusual for sea ice as thick as in the Last Ice Area to be blown around, especially far from the coast where winds tend to be weaker than near the coast, he said. He combed through decades of sea-ice imagery and atmospheric data and found that polynyas formed there at least twice before, under similar conditions in 20, but no one had noticed.Įxtreme wind conditions created the gap by pushing ice aside, which is common, said David Babb, a sea ice researcher at the University of Manitoba who was not involved in the study. The surprise polynya formed during extreme wind conditions in a lingering anti-cyclone, or a high-pressure storm with high winds that rotate clockwise, Moore found. So, we generally haven't seen polynyas form in that region before," said Kent Moore, an Arctic researcher at the University of Toronto-Mississauga who was lead author on the study. North of Ellesmere Island it's hard to move the ice around or melt it just because it's thick, and there's quite a bit of it. "No one had seen a polynya in this area before. The formation of the polynya was unusual because of its location, off the coast of Ellesmere Island, where the ice is up to five meters thick. The polynya is the first one that has been identified in this part of the Last Ice Area, according to a new study detailing the findings in the AGU journal Geophysical Research Letters, which publishes high-impact, short-format reports with immediate implications spanning all Earth and space sciences. ![]() In May 2020, a hole a little smaller than the state of Rhode Island opened up for two weeks in the Last Ice Area, a million-square-kilometer patch of sea ice north of Greenland and Ellesmere Island that's expected to be the last refuge of ice in a rapidly warming Arctic. ![]() ![]() With this in mind, we’re very happy to announce that starting today FSR will be available in both Unity and Unreal Engine. However, what can make your life even easier is when a technology for developers is already integrated into popular and commonly used game engines. When planning to add AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution to your game, the FSR code on GPUOpen allows for easy implementation, whether it be in a custom engine or in any available commercial game engine. This boost can help you create next-generation gaming experiences that can support a wide range of hardware and deliver high framerates for as broad an audience of gamers as possible. With this release, you can also have a look behind the scenes as to how FSR works and see how easy it is to implement FSR into your game project to get a boost in performance. If you are a game developer, since the announcement on June 22, you’ve probably been counting the days until you can get access to FSR and integrate it into your game, and the time has now come! Starting today on GPUOpen, you can get access to the AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution source code for free under the open source MIT License, get FSR documentation, and download a new sample that shows off FSR and lets you view the different FSR modes and see how they impact image quality and performance. This will bring the total number of games available with support for FSR to 12, with more still to come! We can’t wait for you to check out how FSR supercharges your performance on a wide range of graphics cards, from integrated to ultra-enthusiast, both AMD and NVIDIA®. First up on July 16, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution updates are coming for Arcadegeddon, and Necromunda: Hired Gun - then in the next two weeks, Edge Of Eternity and Resident Evil Village will be updated with FSR support. ![]() ![]() ![]() Dare I say, comparable to art created during the renaissance. I won’t argue, it is a wonderful and very powerful piece of art. So why is this statue celebrated so much? Should there be a statue of a Father showing his children torn away from him by the court system and him holding a saber with Lady Justice’s head in his other hand? Should there be a statue of LGBTQs depicting violent and discriminatory acts against those who have oppressed them? The only thing such representations of hate, anger, and vengeance do is incite the same in others. ![]() should there be a statue next to this of a mythological or superhuman colored individual lynching figures representing white male & female Judges, police officers, ect? Of course not, hate begets hate, violence begets violence. With centuries of racial acts against people of color from slavery, acts of discrimination, and racial targeting by authorities and the courts…. RAPE DOES NOT JUSTIFY POST MEDITATED MURDER. Where’s the #NOH8 campaign on that, or does such a campaign only side with the transgressions of LGBTQ and Women? While this statue represents the anger and torment of a women having been raped, it also depicts the toxic retribution of a society accepting of such vengeance. This would depict a perfect example of “Toxic Feminism”. ![]() Why isn’t Medusa also holding the head of Athena? Is the representation to suggest only Men will receive this perverted sense of justice? Why not just replace lady justice with this statue now. Yet, this statue is only depicts vengeance upon the Man and ignores Athena’s transgression. You can try and rationalize all day that it is only a historical mythological reference, but we ALL know it is much more than that, but keeping with the mythological storyline, Athena’s jealousy and bitterness cursed Medusa for what Poseidon did. I, like many, understand the symbolic gesture this statue represents. The the Weinstein trial was not planned, but a major bonus. The two artists wanted the sculpture to be in a public space, and in working with the Parks Department, liked the connection to the courthouses when considering the theme of justice. ![]() (Smaller models of the sculpture in resin are already sold out.) It’s displayed now as part of the Parks Department’s Art in the Parks program, on view until April 2021. To promote the work, Andersen founded the MWTH Project - a riff on myth - and showed the sculpture along with several other pieces challenging classical themes last year in Soho. The piece now stands 7 feet tall and was cast in bronze Carbon Sculpt Studios in Red Hook. New York artist Bek Andersen encountered it there, tracked down Garbati and the two plotted to bring the work to NYC. In 2018, he uploaded an image of it to Facebook where it became a meme in support of #metoo. Garbati first created the sculpture in 2008 in resin. She gained those powers, and the snakes for hair, after being cursed by Athena: the goddess was angry that Poseidon had raped the mortal Medusa in Athena’s temple, and took it out on the maiden. Of course just the title alone tells you that the sculptor has turned the myth on its head too: the way the Greeks wrote it, Perseus decapitates Medusa therefore ending her reign of terror, where she turned all caught in her gaze to stone. And for a minute I didn’t even recognize the snakes - I just thought it was a woman who had cut off a man’s head. “Medusa With the Head of Perseus” by Luciano Garbati is so frank I found it startling. An extreme version of victim-shaming perpetuated in classical mythology has been reinterpreted by an Argentine-Italian sculptor and adopted by the #MeToo movement in a statue on view at Collect Pond Park. ![]() ![]() ![]() Roguelike turn-based strategy meets RPG in a beautifully created fantasy world.Embark on challenging quests, gather vital resources and finally banish evil from the world. As a hero on a mission, you’ll have to assemble a group of brave mercenaries to take on cruel enemies like barbarians, ferocious animals or deceitful thieves. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil. But time is of the essence…Ĭrowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. Being the chosen one elected by the king himself through one of your dreams, you embark on an adventurous journey to free him from the hands of the evil duke and go down in history as the kingdom’s greatest hero. It's not super punishing, but it does present a nice challenge on the normal mode (haven't beaten it yet, but I hope a hard mode unlocks after doing so).Crowntakers – Dark times are imminent: the king’s abduction throws a once peaceful land into turmoil. This is a good one for any rogue-like fans. The battles are very tactical and the map navigation is really streamlined and fun to explore. Highly recommend this game!ĥ/5 - Big fan of this game. It's not easy at first, but learning different strategies as you go is enjoyable. Despite some bugs (which the dev's have been very quick to address), Each game feels quite different with the random locations within areas, random loot and different party builds. I've been playing it non-stop in my free time for over a week. ![]() If you're thinking about this one, you'll probably thoroughly enjoy it like I do!ĥ/5 - This game should get much more hype. ![]() One being sort of roguelike with permadeath and the other much more RPG without permadeath and with consistent leveling. Also big points for splitting the game into two difficulties. You get a polished game, tactical battles, and thoughtful choices in exploration. Only crashed once on 1st gen miniĥ/5 - This is worth your money. Bite sized battles, winnable in a day on easy, challenging on hard, good replay value. Not as much story/length as final fantasy tactics, but frankly on iDevices I consider that a win. „How many acronyms can you cram into a single game? Crowntakers is a PDL TBS RPG (that is, a procedural death labyrinth role-playing game with turn-based strategy combat) (…) and it’s really good fun if you like games like Final Fantasy Tactics.“ĥ/5 - If you like turn based tactical medieval rpg's get this. „Crowntakers is a tough combination of turn based strategy and Roguelike. It has just as much pick up and play appeal as lighter roguelike fare while offering a bit more to chew on.“ „Crowntakers strikes a really good balance between simplicity and complexity. Will you save the king before the time runs out? Gather resources, level-up your companions and collect mighty equipment Utilise the unique class skills of the archer, wizard, scout and others Hire 9 individual mercenaries to take on bandits, wildlife and malevolent knights More than 4 diverse and procedural environments On every game start the world is rebuilt with different environments and encounters Roguelike turn-based strategy meets RPG on a hexagonal battlefield. Being the chosen one elected by the king himself you embark on an adventurous journey to free him from the hands of the evil duke. Rogue-like RPG on a hexagonal battlefield, permadeath mechanics, alternative endings - what else do you need to be entertained?ĭark times are imminent: the king’s abduction throws a once peaceful land into turmoil. ![]() ![]() Please reach out to us at if you have any suggestions for the new video features or anything else you’d like to see. Add music from your music library to any of your videos. ![]()
![]() Snap to interesections now detects endpoints and vertices first, so that precision drawing is also faster. The overall performance was also improved: screen rendering is approximately 18% faster, and selecting, de-selecting and deleting objects is smoother. Also new are the auto-alignment guides to ease the positioning of the new element and speed up the composition of the layout. Viewports can now be created by dragging a sheet from the Project Browser onto the current layout. What’s more, this method automatically identifies rooms enclosed by walls: simply click inside a room to insert the hatch inside its inner boundary. The Hatch tool now has a new method: “Apply Hatch at Click” lets you insert a hatch or texture in a closed shape, such as circles, polygons, rectangles, with a single click on its boundary or inside. Layouts and any paper space entity will be ignored to keep the translation as smooth and accurate as possible. Since HighDesign LT does not have sheets, DXF/DWG compatibility is limited to Model Space entities. Now you can import and export drawings from version R12 up to 2018. Improving this part of the DWG translator was also important in view of the future developments of HighDesign.Īlso, HighDesign LT gains support for DWG in addition to DXF. This is an advanced feature in DWG, but chances are you have come across a 2D drawing that was actually exported from a 3D model. This update improves the conversion of 3D entities and extruded shapes from the 3D space to the 2D plane. ![]() For this reason, we’re always at work improving the translation of AutoCAD drawings to work in HighDesign. The ability to correctly open and save DXF and DWG® files is critical when it comes to share your work with collaborators and contractors. ![]() We improved the support for dark app mode on Windows, and disabled auto-exiting so that after closing the last window, the software does not exit but opens the Welcome window to let you continue working. This new update also ensure compatibility with the latest Windows 10 v. 2015.x and the legacy 1.8.7, won’t run at all. If you’re running Catalina, or plan to upgrade your machine soon, we strongly recommend updating to HighDesign R5.2, especially if you are still using version 2017 or older.Ĭatalina also removed support for 32-bit software: that means that any version of HighDesign before 2016, i.e. This new OS from Apple introduced many internal changes that required an in-depth review and update of some functions of the software. HighDesign R5.2 is fully compatible with the latest macOS Catalina. Ready for macOS Catalina and the latest Windows 10 Here’s everything you need to know about this update. In this update we focused on productivity, reliability and performance. ![]() The new HighDesign R5.2 and HighDesign LT (2019.2) update offers improved performance and new software enhancements and tools to simplify your workflow. aucl on Happy New Year (and Next Release).Ilexsoft on Happy New Year (and Next Release). ![]() Ilexsoft on HighDesign R6 with Apple Silicon Support.aucl on HighDesign R6 with Apple Silicon Support.HighDesign R6.1 Adds New Graphics Features, macOS Monterey Support.Tutorial: Adding Hatches and Textures to the Project. ![]() ![]() ![]() PotPlayer is a robust AC3 player with sleek interface and rich features. Rate: 4.5 (from VideoHelp) | 4.6 (from Microsoft Apps).Developer Kakao (formerly Daum Communications).Operating Systems: Windows 8.1/8/7/VISTA/XP.You need to install third-party skins if you prefer a sleek UI.There are no chapter options on the seek bar.It is under Tools > Preferences > All, and select Audio > Output Modules > DirectX, and use SPDIF. Still, VLC is versatile in playlist management, online audio streaming, subtitle support, basic video editing, and screen recording.įor users having AC3 playback errors in VLC, one solution is to manage DirectX settings. VLC has an archaic interface that's less stylish than other players, and the features hidden deep under the preferences settings can be a steep learning curve for beginners. It also supports playing DVDs, CDs, and a plethora of digital video formats. VLC supports a wide range of audio codecs and formats, such as AC3-A/52, EAC-3, DTS, AAC, MP3, and MPEG 1/2. As a free and open-source tool, VLC offers a decent feature set, without any bundleware or ads. VLC player is one of the most popular AC3 players among users. Rate: 4.2 (from CNET) | 4.4 (from Microsoft Apps).Operating Systems: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android. ![]() If you don't have a proper hardware setup, you can also downmix surround sound to stereo at best quality, or convert AC3 to other popular formats with better compatibility. AC-3 has a 16-bit sampling at 48khz, with a total 384kbps bitrate that provides a high fidelity.īelow are media players that readily support AC3 surround sound. For a home theater setup, there are usually five channels, front left, front right, center, surround right, and surround left, and the 0.1 is the LFE (low-frequency effect) channel. AC3 is used in HDTV, Blu-ray discs, DVDs, digital cable transmissions, and game consoles. It also has a downmixing feature for devices that don't support 5.1 surround sound. We also include the easy solution to fix "AC3 codec not supported in MX player" issues.ĪC-3 is a coding system developed by Dolby for multichannel digital audio. If your Windows Media Player or QuickTime player doesn't support AC3/EAC3/DTS, there are other free alternative players. Having a surround sound file but your player won't play AC3 audio? Here we tested several media players and listed out 5 best AC3 players. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Starfield will be available to play on Xbox Series S|X and PC sometime in 2023. There is a multitude of personality traits, stats and cosmetic assets one can choose from- essentially an amalgamation of elements found in previous Bethesda titles. Bethesda claims that it has one of the most elaborate character customization screens ever developed. One can also construct entire colonies on certain planets and use them as bases for further exploration.Īs a successor to the likes of Fallout and The Elder Scrolls, Starfield needs to fulfill some astronomically high expectations. Some high-octane space battles were showcased, too. The game lets players build ships up from scratch with a myriad of customization options. Starfield also takes cues from other space-themed titles, such as Eve Online and Star Citizen. Resource gathering appears to be a key gameplay element, as well. The open world's scope opens up further thanks to the fact that one can explore different areas on each individual planet. There are over 100 star systems with over 1,000 planets that players can visit on a whim. Right off the bat, it is clear that Starfield took more than just a few pages off No Man's Sky, starting with the massive scale of the game. None other than Todd Howard himself took the stage to walk players through the intricacies offered by Bethesda's most ambitious RPG to date, of which there seem to be many. While it is a tad disappointing that Starfield's launch date got pushed back to 2023, the newest gameplay trailer revealed at Summer Games Fest indicates that it will be well worth the wait. ![]() |