Create a Bootable USB for Windows 10 in a Minute

A bootable USB is required when you want to install an operating system. It is basically the installer file of the operating system mounted on a USB drive, which launches when the system is booted. Many of us must have faced the problem of not having a bootable operating system CD/USB when we need one. But don't worry, now you can create one yourself. Just follow the instructions given below.

Note: You must have the ISO file of the operating system.

Step 1:

You need to download an application called "Universal USB Installer." Here's the link. Just download the application. You don't need to install it.

Step 2: 

You need an empty USB drive. To make a USB drive empty, format the drive. It will clear all its contents. Format with FAT32 or NTFS file system. It will not work on other file systems. If you are not sure how to Format with FAT32 or NTFS, please go through this article, Which USB File System to Select: NTFS, FAT, FAT32, and exFAT | 2021.

Step 3:

Insert the empty USB drive and launch Universal USB Installer application. Agree to the license agreement. The following window appears.

Step 4:

Open the drop-down menu and select the distribution you want to install.

Step 5:

Click on browse and select the ISO file of the operating system.

Step 6:

Select the USB drive on which you want to mount the ISO file to create bootable USB. Click on “Create.” You will get the following prompt. 

Click on “Yes.” The process of creating a bootable USB will start. Once the process ends, click on “Finish.” Voila! Your bootable USB is ready to use.

Easiest way to Download YouTube Videos | 2021

Okay. Now, if you are fed up with searching for applications or software to download YouTube videos and could not find anything best, you have come to the right place. Today we will show you the easiest way to download all the videos (or audio) available on YouTube.com. Yes, from this video streaming website, you can download most of the videos available there. Without much beating around the bush, let us straightly come to the point.

1. Open YouTube.com to any browser (Preferably Chrome or Firefox for a better experience).
2. Play any video content you want to Download.
3. Let’s say you opened this Tom and Jerry video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC7kXsnYCWk.
4. Once the video started playing, go to the URL bar and add ‘ss’(Without inverted commas) just before the word ‘youtube.com’                                                                       Example: https://www.ssyoutube.com/watch?v=IC7kXsnYCWk.
5. Hit Enter and the page will be redirected to another website named en.savefrom.net (A very safe website to visit).
6. Wait for a few seconds, and the page will show you the different formats and sizes available to be downloaded.

Tips: You can directly open en.savefrom.net and paste(in the Just insert a link box) any YouTube link you want to download.

Also, See: How to download Instagram DP of any account: be it private or public.

Shoelace: Google is Now Planning to Launch its Own 'Facebook' | 2021

After the failure of Google+, Area 120, Google’s in-house incubator, has developed another social networking app named ‘Shoelace.’

This app aims to connect people in the real world with similar interests through local events and activities. To use it, you have to list your interests in the app. It will then recommend to you some hand-picked activities called ‘Loops’ around you to choose from. You can also create your own events and invite others to join them.

Currently, the app is available only in New York City and is operating on an invite-only basis. You need an active google account to sign in to the app. Shoelace currently supports Android devices (v8.0 or newer) and iOS (v11.0) or newer.



image source: google.com

Periscope Camera: Zoom into the Future | 2021

Zoom is a feature that people often use in smartphone cameras, but pictures get blurred and grainy. Smartphones being so slim, getting optical zoom higher than 2X was almost impossible. Well, at least it was so until now!

It has been possible to achieve optical zoom higher than 2X by a technology which is known as ‘Periscope Camera.’ Let us see how this camera works to provide higher zooming without compromising the image quality.

The basic structure of a periscope camera consists of a mirror in a prism, a lens, and an image sensor. The light is allowed into the prism, which bends the morning to 90 degrees. This light then passes through the lens to provide the necessary zoom and is then sensed by the image sensor to send signals to the smartphone. This arrangement allows the image sensor and the lenses to sit inside the phone instead of popping out, which would look very awkward. Also, the periscope camera sensor is perpendicular to the phone's back instead of parallel to it like other camera sensors.

Recently Huawei has launched a smartphone (Huawei P30 Pro) equipped with a periscope camera that allows up to 5X optical zoom. Another smartphone that comes with this technology is the Oppo Reno which provides 10X optical zoom. Xiaomi is also working on a periscope lens smartphone camera, and it is expected to be delivered in upcoming smartphones. Below are some images which depict the zoom achieved by the periscope camera.

Origami is Being Used in the Space Technology

Almost all of us made this paper boat at some point in our life and played with this.

Some of you might have pushed your limit and made this far also.

Now, do you know what this art is called? It is called Origami- the art of folding paper and making some object/structure out of it.

Most of us knew this. Most of us also believe that these all are for fun only.

But will you believe that NASA scientists also apply the origami technique in launching rockets or satellites in the sky?

Allow me to explain.

Scientists try to make rocket hardware as small and concise as possible. They try to pack as much technology as possible into smaller space-bound packages.

Example: An well discussed such hardware is Starshade. Starshade is a giant flower-like design that will help astronauts or scientists to take pictures of different exoplanets. Taking a direct photo of exoplanets is difficult because of the brighter lights of suns and other stars.

Starshade is being designed to cover the bright lights so that the best photos of the celestial objects can be taken in space. You can see below.

Now the challenge was to launch that giant-sized flower through a rocket. So, scientists took the help of origami art to turn impossible into possibilities. And this is illustrated like this:

Now, you understand how your childhood-made-paper-boat-making technique is related to space-related rockets and satellites.

Reference:

1. Origami - Wikipedia
2. Flower power: NASA reveals spring starshade animation - Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
3. Pic: Google