People will soon be able to capture themselves getting steamy across a 300-degree field a view, which they can then watch on virtual reality goggles.
Adult entertainment company VR Bangers recently unveiled a prototype for their Head Rig 2.0, which is equipped with seven cameras to record romps from a first-person perspective.
The “sex helmet” was designed for male porn stars to wear during intimate encounters with female performers. It also includes two microphones to record moans and groans from the video’s stars.
In the past, VR porn relied on strange-looking mannequin heads stuffed with microphones. This made it awkward for performers who were forced to maneuver underneath the dummy.
“With our new head rig, it is actually finally possible for our female actresses to kiss our male models for real,” VR Bangers producer Xander Jones told The Mirror.
The MS46524B configured with option 10, 20, or 40 brings RF to microwave frequency capabilities to the Performance ShockLine family. These frequency options, combined with powerful ShockLine software, provide a cost effective solution for the most challenging, passive device testing.
The MS46524B series comes in a 3U high chassis and uses the same GUI, software, command syntax, drivers, and programming environments as the rest of the ShockLine family.
Features:
•Simple signal integrity testing of passive multiport and differential devices
•Advanced time domain option provides tools for signal integrity (SI) analysis
•Industry leading dynamic range enables measurement of very low reflection artifacts
•Excellent corrected directivity minimizes measurement uncertainty
•SmartCal auto calibration unit reduces calibration and setup time
•Time domain with time gating option enables TDR-like measurements
•Modern LAN interface for remote control is faster than GPIB
•A common GUI and SCPI interface within the Shockline Family
•The compact 3U high chassis allows for the efficient use of rack space
•Access loops and Bias Tee option allows maximum custom test setups
A mysterious light with a twisting, smoking tail appeared in the early evening sky over the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday, but local astronomers had a scientific explanation.
It was a meteor, according to the University of California’s Lick Observatory near San Jose.
“A bright meteor was visible in the skies over the Bay Area shortly after sunset this evening, leaving a bright trail that was visible for many minutes in the western sky,” the observatory wrote on Facebook.
Initial reports of the meteor sighting came in around 5:30 pm, the Bay Area’s FOX 2 reported.
Twitter exploded with photos and comments about the glowing phenomenon.
“@NASA white blaze in sky what is dis? Maybe a plane?” user Jose Armando Solis tweeted.
Jeremy Thomas said the light “flashed bright green for a few seconds as it fell and appeared to split up,” previously adding that “something fell out of the sky.”
The National Weather Service office in the Bay Area said “we saw it here at the office.”
“Anyone else see this interesting cloud feature?” the NWS tweeted.
That’s a blink of an eye on the cosmic time scale, as the solar system has been around for billions of years and is expected to be around for billions more.
“The big conclusion is that ring systems are temporary features,” James O’Donoghue, a postdoctoral fellow at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and lead author of the study, told NBC News.
“They’re just not built to last.”
The rings — which are made of 98 percent ice — have been raining down heavily on the sixth planet from the sun. They’re showering about 2 tons per second on Saturn in a phenomenon dubbed “ring rain.”
“The rings are basically being eaten away from the inside,” O’Donoghue said.
It’s long been debated whether Saturn was born with the rings or whether they appeared over time, but the new study suggests that they are younger than the planet.
“If they’re decaying fast now, they can’t have been around that long,” the researcher said.
The findings suggest the rings were probably formed at the same time that dinosaurs were about to be wiped out on Earth, tens of millions of years ago.
Now, they’re halfway to death, the study found.
“We are lucky to be around to see Saturn’s ring system, which appears to be in the middle of its lifetime,” said O’Donoghue.
If you recently purchased a package of Jimmy Dean's Heat 'n Serve Original Sausage Links, take a closer look at the product label and be prepared to toss it out.
On Monday, CITI Foods (which distributes Jimmy Dean meats) announced that it recalled just over 29,000 pounds of its 23.4-ounce frozen, pre-cooked sausage packs made with pork and turkey. The recall affects just over 2,800 cases of the product.
According to Jimmy Dean and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the company decided to "voluntarily recall" the entire lot of products produced and packaged on Aug. 4 after it received five phone calls from customers complaining they found metal pieces inside.
Jimmy Dean
Company spokesman Worth Sparkman told TODAY Food that the product in question was distributed to the following states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
According to a statement from the company, the matter found inside the sausage packages was described as "small, string-like fragments of metal."
Thus far, there have been no reported injuries or bad reactions from anyone who ate the sausages. As of Tuesday, Jimmy Dean had yet to post about the recall on its official Facebook page, which currently has almost 400,000 followers.
Sparkman told TODAY that the source of the metal fragments affecting the Jimmy Dean packages produced on Aug. 4 has not yet been determined but the company is working closely with CITI Foods and the USDA to monitor the recall process.
In the meantime, customers are being advised to carefully check their packages of Heat 'n Serve sausage links to make sure they're OK to eat.
Is your sausage safe? Here what you need to know.
Jimmy Dean recalls more than 29,000 pounds of product after five reports of metal fragments in the packaging.Jimmy Dean
"Each [recalled] package bears the establishment code M19085 or P19085, a 'use by' date of Jan. 31, 2019 and a UPC number of '0-77900-36519-5.' Cases containing the product are marked with the lot number A638216800 or A638216801," Jimmy Dean said in the statement.
The company advised customers who may have purchased any of the affected products to cut the "UPC" or bar code from the package, throw out the rest of the product and call (855)-382-3101 to report it.
Jimmy Dean's customer service line, which is currently accepting inquiries about this recall and other product issues, is open between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT.
In November, Nevada became the 10th state to scrap the "tampon tax," the statewide sales tax on tampons and sanitary napkins. On Wednesday, the Ohio House of Representatives followed their lead and passed a bill that would repeal sales tax from tampons and other feminine products — pending consideration from the Senate.
Many consider the tax on feminine hygiene products an unfair burden on women and transgender men.
The changes that went into effect in Nevada meant that women and transgender men will no longer have to pay the 6.85 percent sales tax on pads and tampons. Earlier this year, Nevada fiscal analysts projected that state and local governments would lose between $6 million and $8.5 million per year if voters scrapped the tax, according to the Nevada Independent.
Opponents of the measure say public services will be impacted by the loss in tax revenue.
Nevada voters decided to get rid of sales tax on pads and tampons. Shutterstock
But the cost of feminine products, considered by most to be a necessity, adds up over time. It's been estimated that the average woman spends about $70 a year on tampons or pads. For young women, in particular, the cost can be prohibitive. When New York City added dispensers for free feminine hygiene products in some public schools in 2016, attendance increased 2.4 percent.
There are currently 14 states where consumers don't pay sales tax on feminine hygiene products — five states that don't have a general sales tax to begin with and nine that provide specific exceptions to their general sales tax laws for tampons and pads.
An unannounced active-threat drill at a Florida high school caused panic this week — and raised questions about how far authorities should go to try to protect children from school shootings.
The 2,800 students at Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs, Florida, have been practicing "Code Red" drills since they were young. "You know when they come around and jiggle the classroom door handle that it's just a drill," 16-year-old Joseph Cirillo, a junior at Lake Brantley, told TODAY Parents.
But this week, an unannounced Code Red drill left students and teachers at the high school emotionally and physically shaken. Officials said it's a necessary practice to protect schools.
Just after 10 a.m. on Thursday morning, an administrator announced a Code Red on the school intercom. "This is not a drill," he added — something the students and their teachers had never heard before. "He sounded scared," said 16-year-old Lake Brantley junior Avery Brennan. "His voice was trembling."
Immediately, students said, their teachers jumped into action, locking classroom doors, shoving tables against the doors as barricades, turning off the lights and sending students to hide in closets or under their desks. At the same time, an ominous message was sent to teachers via email and text: "Active Shooter reported at Brantley/Building 1/Building 2/ and other buildings by B Shafer at 10:21:45. Initiate a Code Red Lockdown."
An unannounced "Code Red" drill sent students and teachers into a panic; this is a text one parent received from her high school student.Amy Moon
The message came from the Rave Panic Button app, an emergency notification system used in Seminole County schools to help first responders know about emergencies as quickly as possible. Teachers and staff can use the app on their phones to indicate different kinds of threats or emergencies at the schools.
The Seminole County Sheriff's Office initiated the drill, said Captain Rick Francis, the director of district safety and security for Seminole County Schools and a member of the Sheriff's Office. Francis confirmed to TODAY Parents that the staff member who activated the Rave app message did not know that the Code Red lockdown was a drill, and believed there was an actual threat on campus — the drill was designed that way on purpose.
The announcement that the lockdown was "not a drill" and the message from the Rave app led students and teachers to believe that they were in danger. Shocked teachers shared the message about an active shooter with their students and armed themselves with baseball bats and lacrosse sticks. Brennan said one of her classmates passed out briefly, and other parents and students reported students suffering asthma attacks or vomiting from fear. Some students began texting their parents, telling them "goodbye" and that they loved them just in case the worst happened.
A nearby private school for students with special needs and disabilities went on Code Yellow when Lake Brantley went on Code Red, unaware that Lake Brantley's situation was only a drill. Students at a nearby middle school who had siblings at the high school began crying in class as they believed there was an active shooter on their siblings' campus.
An automated alarm went off on every cell phone in the middle of the drill, adding to the panic: an alert that there was an unrelated 9-1-1 service outage in the area.
About 24 minutes after the drill began, an administrator made another announcement: The Code Red lockdown was over. The administrator ended the announcement with "Go Patriots," the school's code phrase to let students and staff know they were not speaking under force or duress. The students and faculty resumed their normal schedules, but still did not know that the morning's event had been a drill and not a real threat.
Shortly thereafter, an administrator made another announcement that the Code Red lockdown had been a successful drill. However, for students in the school's cafeteria, the announcement was garbled by the noise of the lunchroom and the audio equipment. The students said that some of them only heard the words "Code Red," and, with the school still on edge from the morning's drill, panic ensued.
Cirillo was in the cafeteria when it happened. "I saw hundreds of people start running and screaming, and people were getting stampeded trying to get out," he said. "I ran out and jumped two fences and ran into a random neighborhood." Cirillo, who left his lunch and backpack when he ran, saw media helicopters over his school and believed they were there because of an active threat.
Students reported injuries from the panic in the cafeteria, and special needs students were among those who fled the building.
Later, Lake Brantley's principal, Dr. Trent Daniel, posted an update on social media about the day's events that has since been deleted. Daniel was not on campus when the Code Red drill or the subsequent panic in the cafeteria occurred. She declined to comment for this story.
