Collaborate Disseminate
One staple of science fiction is the ornithopter, which is a plane with moving wings. While these haven’t proved very practical in the general sense, a recent paper talks about …read more Continue reading Up in the Sky… It’s a Bird… It’s a Drone… Oh Yeah, It’s a Drone
Many of the 3D printed houses and structures we’ve seen use concrete and are — frankly — a little underwhelming. Making big squares out of concrete isn’t that hard and …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Concrete Beam Improves Sustainability
If you want the classic experience of working with an IBM mainframe or another classic computer like a DEC VAX, you have a few choices. You could spend a lot …read more Continue reading Your Own IBM Mainframe (or Vax, or Cray…) the Easy Way
The news has been abuzz lately with the news that a Google engineer — since put on leave — has announced that he believes the chatbot he was testing achieved …read more Continue reading Eliza and the Google Intelligence
If you want to buy a car, there are plenty of choices. If you want to buy a jetliner, there are fewer choices. If you want to use the Large …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Up Your GDB Game!
[AndreaFavero] says that the CuboTino emphasizes simplicity and cost-savings over speed. However, solving the puzzle in about 90 seconds is still better than we can do. The plucky solver uses …read more Continue reading Another Rubik’s Cube Robot Is Simple But Slow
While pundits routinely predict the end of e-mail, we still get a ton of it and we bet you do too. E-mail has been around for a very long time …read more Continue reading Ask Hackaday: Is Bigger (E-mail) Better?
If you ask a normal person to pick a random number, they’ll usually just blurt out a number. But if you ask a math-savvy person for a random number, you’ll …read more Continue reading Yes We Have Random Bananas
According to [Victor Tangermann] over at Futurism, JetPack Aviation is showing a prototype of its P2 Speeder flying motorcycle and it looks both awesome and — to quote Ralph Nader …read more Continue reading Safety Not Guaranteed: Flying Motorcycle Might be Coming Soon
For a large part of human history, people made things from what they could find. Some stones make arrowheads. Others make sparks. Trees can turn into lumber. But the real …read more Continue reading Glass: Classic, but Mysterious