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Loz Blain

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  • Senior Features Writer and Media Producer, New Atlas
Melbourne
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Editorial Director of my favorite emerging technology news site. Father of two magnificent young savages. Aspiring musician.
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Loz has been one of Gizmag's most versatile contributors since 2007. Joining the team as a motorcycle specialist, he has since covered everything from medical and military technology to aeronautics, music gear and historical artefacts. Since 2010 he's branched out into photography, video and audio production, and he remains the only Gizmag contributor willing to put his name to a sex toy review. A singer by night, he's often on the road with his a cappella band Suade.

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Watch: Huge cargo ship 'drifts' around a remarkably tight turn

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By Loz Blain 
| New Atlas
If you want to pilot a container ship into Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, you'd better be good. Navigating the Long Tau river requires these deep-sea leviathans to turn on a dime, making for some spectacular viewing. It's not just the precariously narrow width, which squeezes down to a couple of hundred meters (650 ft) in places, or the depth of the navigable channel, which can be as little as 8.5 m (28 ft) depending on tides ... It's the wickedly tight turns that big ships have to make to get through.
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Update: Presbyond surgery gave my eyes two different focal points

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By Loz Blain 
| refractor.io
All I wanted to do was get rid of my glasses, but when my local laser eye surgery clinic recommended some odd-sounding, advanced Presbyond treatment developed by Zeiss, I said sure, if that's what the cool kids are getting. Here's what's happened. Editor's note: Readers often ask us for follow-ups on memorable stories. What has happened to this story over the years? This article was originally published in 2023 but has been re-edited and updated with new information, current as of May 13, 2026.
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Instant, real-time video AI is now upon us, for better and worse

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By Loz Blain 
| New Atlas
A new real-time video AI model was demonstrated yesterday, capable of generating its first frame in less than a tenth of a second. If you feel like the world's out of control right now and full of AI bullshit, just wait for what's coming. I'll admit, they're catching me more often lately on social media – newsreel-style videos, dancing Donalds, Michael Jordan saying stuff that Michael Jordan never said, influencers that never existed.
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