How to Get Your Friends and Family to Play Your New Board Games
The trick is simplicity, food and knowing your audience. Continue reading How to Get Your Friends and Family to Play Your New Board Games
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Memo to Trump: We’re Already Updating the US Nuclear Arsenal
Recent rhetoric from the US President-elect was ‘baseless and reckless,’ and we already have more nukes than necessary. Continue reading Memo to Trump: We’re Already Updating the US Nuclear Arsenal
Netflix’s ‘3%’ Turns the Google Job Interview into a Dystopian Nightmare
Brazil is our future and our future is terrifying. Continue reading Netflix’s ‘3%’ Turns the Google Job Interview into a Dystopian Nightmare
Upgrade Your Bulky Wii Remote into a Comfortable SNES Controller
Because Nintendo doesn’t understand it achieved perfection in 1990. Continue reading Upgrade Your Bulky Wii Remote into a Comfortable SNES Controller
Bipedal Robots Are Better at Walking Sideways
UCLA’s Robots and Mechanics Lab thinks it found an elegant solution to the bipedal robot problem. Continue reading Bipedal Robots Are Better at Walking Sideways
Watch the Robot That Patrols the Large Hadron Collider
TIM stalks the tunnels of the LHC. Continue reading Watch the Robot That Patrols the Large Hadron Collider
‘Tyranny’ Is an RPG Where the Moral Choices Are Different Shades of Evil
Sometimes, evil wins. Then it has to rule. Continue reading ‘Tyranny’ Is an RPG Where the Moral Choices Are Different Shades of Evil
Meet Aila, the German Robot Controlled From Russia With an Exoskeleton
When someone in the exoskeleton moves their hand in Russia, the robot moves its hand in Germany. Continue reading Meet Aila, the German Robot Controlled From Russia With an Exoskeleton
Watch This Robot Solve a Rubik’s Cube in Less Than a Second
The machines want our games as well as our jobs. Continue reading Watch This Robot Solve a Rubik’s Cube in Less Than a Second
How Valve Tricked Players into Being Less Toxic
Cognitive dissonance combats biases and builds empathy. Continue reading How Valve Tricked Players into Being Less Toxic