The leak has given us the first glimpse at the Lumix GF6's full spec list, which include the same 16-megapixel sensor as the GX1, a new Venus engine to assist with imaging performance, an electrostatic touchscreen and (in a first for ILCs) built-in NFC .

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It turns out that transistors in these flash-memory devices are prone to being gummed up with electrostatic charge that they cannot dissipate.

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Less than a month after I mentioned a new fingerprinting technique using electrostatic charges, forensic scientist Dr. Xanthe Spindler of the University of Technology Sydney in Australia has announced a wildly different new fingerprinting technique.

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The electrostatic headphones combined with a companion all-valve amp are what many consider to be a reference point in hi-fi.

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