Collaborate Disseminate
What do you get when Pacific Northwest National Laboratories takes over what was once the largest and deepest gold mine in North America? The answer might be enough energy to …read more Continue reading Geothermal System is a Real Gold Mine
I’ll confess. Although printf-style debugging has a bad rep, I find myself turning to it on occasion. Sure, printf is expensive and brings in a lot of code, but if …read more Continue reading SWO: An ARM Printf by Any Other Name
Before you jump down to the comments to chastise us for misspelling graphene, note that graphyne is similar to graphene but not the same. Like graphene, it is a two-dimensional …read more Continue reading Graphyne Finally Created
We don’t always acknowledge it, but most people have an innate need for music. Think of all the technology that brings us music. For decades, most of the consumer radio …read more Continue reading Put Another Dime in the Jukebox
Ever hear of Lotus 123? It is an old spreadsheet program that dominated the early PC market, taking the crown from incumbent Visicalc. [Tavis Ormandy] has managed to get the …read more Continue reading Lotus 123 for Linux is Like a Digital Treasure Hunt
Have you ever wished we could peek at all these exoplanets that have been recently discovered? We aren’t likely to visit anytime soon, but it would be possible to build …read more Continue reading Truly Giant Telescope Could Image Exoplanets
After the zombie apocalypse or whatever is coming, folks like us will be in high demand as the people who know how to fix things, generate electricity, and scavenge parts. …read more Continue reading Expedient Jig Lets You Crank Out Chain Link Fence
Google Glass didn’t take off as expected, but — be honest — do you really want to walk around with that hardware on your head? The BBC recently covered Mojo, …read more Continue reading Smart Contact Lenses Put You Up Close to the Screen
At one point or another, we’ve probably all wished we had a VR headset that would allow us to fly around our designs. While not quite the same, thing, [manahiyo831] …read more Continue reading VR Spectrum Analyzer
There was a time when an XT-class motherboard — like the old IBM PC with an 8088 CPU — was a high-tech accomplishment. Now, something like that is easily within …read more Continue reading Building your own 8088 XT motherboard