Collaborate Disseminate
A team of researchers from the ASSET Research Group in Singapore have published the details of a collection of vulnerabilities in the fifth generation mobile communication system (5G) used with …read more Continue reading 5Ghoul: The 14 Shambling 5G Flaws Used For Disruptive Attacks On Smartphones
Recently the team at JPL responsible for communication with the Voyager 1 spacecraft noticed an issue with the data it was returning from the Flight Data System (FDS). Although normally …read more Continue reading Voyager 1 In Trouble As Engineers Scramble To Debug Issue With Flight Data System
Carbon fiber (CF) is an amazing material that provides a lot of strength for very little weight, making it very useful for a lot of applications, ranging from rods in …read more Continue reading Make Carbon Fiber Tubes With An Open Source Filament Winder
A common saying is that every disaster is caused by a chain of events, some of which can stretch back by years. Airplane disasters and near-disasters are no exception here, …read more Continue reading Qantas Flight 32: When A Few Millimeters Of Metal Invite Disaster
While the concept of a computer system implemented in discrete logic ICs is by itself not among the most original ideas, the way some machines are executed certainly makes them …read more Continue reading The Sol-1: A 16-bit Computer In 74HC Logic With C Compiler And Unix-like OS
In classical control theory, both open-loop and closed-loop control systems are commonly used. These systems are well understood and rather straightforward, controlling everything from washing machines to industrial equipment to …read more Continue reading Impact of Imperfect Timekeeping on Quantum Control And Computing
Although spying is a time-honored tradition, the sheer scope of it reached a fever pitch during the Cold War, when everyone was spying on everyone, and conceivably for both sides …read more Continue reading Cold War Spying And The Questionable Use Of Smuggled Blueprints In Developing Supersonic Airliners
In a recent article in Elektor magazine, [Clemens Valens] describes the construction and software for an ESP32 walkie-talkie system that uses ESP-NOW for the wireless connection between units, along with …read more Continue reading DIY Walkie-Talkie With ESP32 And ESP-NOW
Over the past years, fitness trackers have gone from fairly unobtrusive bands that relied mostly on smartphone apps for interaction to essentially being fashion statements and smart watches, with large …read more Continue reading Hacking The Xiaomi Mi Band 8 With Custom Firmware
Japan’s JT-60SA fusion reactor project announced first plasma in October of this year to denote the successful upgrades to what is now the world’s largest operational, superconducting tokamak fusion reactor. …read more Continue reading Japan’s JT-60SA Generates First Plasma As World’s Largest Superconducting Tokamak Fusion Reactor