Apple Shortcuts

First of all, hi to all of you, I’m Rae. I’m new.

Now that we’ve gotten introductions out of way, there’s something I have to let you all in on. If you’re an iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and/or Mac OSX user and you aren’t using Shortcuts, then you are seriously missing out. The Shortcuts App allows you to automate multiple tasks on your device into a single action. You build a Shortcut with a series of tasks that can be kicked off by tapping on the Shortcut or even set it to happen automatically based on time, location, or even device attributes.

DART

The scenario has been played out in Hollywood several times. An asteroid the size of a continent is barreling out of control on a nonstop trip to Earth. Though it may seem far-fetched, this is a very real doomsday scenario for our tiny blue orb in this huge galaxy. This is why the latest NASA mission is so interesting. The DART project (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) aims to solve that problem without sending a bunch of old guys into space with drills and bombs. The project’s aim was to strike a test asteroid named Dimorphos (which is the size of a sports stadium) with a ballistic object the size of a vending machine. This is one of the few times a NASA mission succeeded when the spacecraft crashed.