Unidentified lights in Porto Alegre | TRIO

No Showmetech TRIO this week we will talk about 4 subjects: unidentified lights in the sky of Porto Alegre; a keyboard that plays interactive images; how a VR app helped the pandemic and a specific video game to study dementia in dogs. Come check out the highlights of the week with Showmetech TRIO! 

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Strange lights in Porto Alegre

The night of this last Saturday, November 5, was hectic for those responsible for a flight that was going from Guarulhos to Porto Alegre. That's because at around 23 pm the pilot of the flight asked the traffic controller:

"Please, just out of curiosity, do you have any reports of an object at the position of 10 to 11 o'clock, practically over Porto Alegre, a little to the south?"

And the controller's response is that there was no mention of the reported event. Then the pilot goes on to say that he saw lights go off and on again, sometimes one light and other times two or three lights.

The conversation ended when the controller informed that it would record the situation even if there were no similar reports, despite the pilot saying that other planes had also noticed these lights. in total, 4 flights reported having perceived these unidentified lights in similar ways: the lights turned on, off, moved and did not harm air traffic.

An expert from the Heller & Jung Space Observatory, Charles Jung, says he saw strange lights not on Saturday, but on Friday. He even claims that these lights could have been generated by some light spotlight, something that is not uncommon. The question remains, is it really that these lights have terrestrial origin?

UPDATE:

The source of these lights has been discovered! And it's nothing but the fault of Elon Musk🇧🇷 SpaceX, its space company, is also responsible for Starlink, a satellite internet distributor — including here in Brazil. With more than 3 satellites scattered around the planet Earth, it ended up generating the phenomenon "Starlink-Racetrack Phenomenon" or "Starlink Flare“, which happens when sunlight is reflected from the bottom of the satellites.

The fact that these satellites orbit at just 550 km altitude ends up making it easier for them to be visible from the surface of the planet with the naked eye. According to ufologist Mick West, pilots have access to these lights and can actually confuse them with other sources, which can be dangerous for this type of aerial work.

Keyboard with interactive images

Recently, a video was leaked that shows a possible new keyboard from finally mouse that manages to generate interactive images, as if they were videos, reproduced through the peripheral keys. In the video leaked by youtuber jake lucky, we can see some carp swimming in loop, as if it were a video being viewed on the keyboard itself.

The video even says that the product features a “revolutionary 2k/4k display” that promises to surpass the RGB settings on current gaming keyboards. The keyboard contains an integrated GPU and CPU to generate the images on the screen. It can connect to a PC via a USB-C cable.

Users will be able to change the videos or the “skins” from the keyboard via an app. Some of the skins can also be interactive and built with the Unreal Engine 5. In response to the leak, Finalmouse confirmed that the video is genuine. However, the supplier noted that the prototype shown in the video is one year old. Finalmouse even claims that the final version will feature even more details to surprise users.

Metaverse and health

The metaverse, the new virtual place of social interaction, is also being used to explore other areas, such as health. Including helping in scenarios like the COVID-19 pandemic. The application nano, available for the Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro, has made it easier for researchers to visualize molecules more easily, offering better pharmaceutical solutions.

With VR headsets, researchers can actually “enter” these models and manipulate them with their bare hands. Other research papers have already been written through VR and this could be a way to make even more medicines that prevent other pandemics in the future.

Nanome can be described as an application somewhat similar to Minecraft, according to one of its creators, mainly because of the pixelated graphics that really refer to the famous game.

Quest Pro's controls are very precise in their movements, something that also contributes to the manipulation of molecules within virtual reality. Companies like Pfizer e Novartis are grateful for the fact that they can work with cheaper and more effective equipment in their research.

Video game treats dogs with dementia

the english startup JoiPaw is innovating the animal health market by developing a series of specific video games to fight canine dementia. The extremely simple games are intended to stimulate the dogs' reflexes and cognition, while showing the world how smart these little animals are.

A survey by the company shows that about 35% of 8 year old dogs may have dementia, with the percentage increasing as they get older.

On a touch screen, the canines touch their muzzle in the indicated places to be successful in their activities. In addition to visual resources, the video game still has sounds that indicate the moment they act. The little animals still earn a reward when they finish a session.

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Pig iron: G1, PCMag, Android Central e TechCrunch.