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A vehicle’s center of gravity, or CG, is the theoretical point where the sum of all of the masses of each of its individual components effectively act. In other words, from a physics perspective, a ...

Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS are operating systems used primarily in mobile technology, such as smart phones and tablets. Android, which is Linux-based and partly open source, is more PC-like than ...

At the end of the 18th century, the British scientist Henry Cavendish measured the force of gravity between two objects for the first time in a laboratory. The objects in question were lead balls, one ...

The iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max’s LiDAR senor enables all sorts of cool camera features, like finding the dimensions of a room or turning real-world objects into 3D models. It’s also ...

iPhones equipped with a LiDAR Scanner have a useful trick: they can be used to measure a person's height. In order to take advantage of this feature, you will need an iPhone Pro or Pro Max model ...

Claim: A physics professor gives a final examination that requires his students to explain how to measure the height of a tall building using a barometer. Instead of the expected answer (i.e., measure ...

If you own an iPhone 12 Pro or iPhone 12 Pro Max, or a later iPhone "Pro" model, your device boasts a neat feature that allows you to measure the height of someone using just the Measure app and the ...