Collaborate Disseminate
Historically, nature has used trees to turn carbon dioxide back into oxygen for use by living creatures. The trees play a vital role in the carbon cycle, and have done …read more Continue reading The Liquid Trees of Belgrade: The Facts Behind The Furore
Recently, the European Commission (EC) adopted a new proposal intended to enable and promote the repair of a range of consumer goods, including household devices like vacuum cleaners and washing …read more Continue reading Europe’s Proposed Right-To-Repair Law: a Game Changer, or Business As Usual?
The news emerged yesterday that Gordon Moore, semiconductor pioneer, one of the founders of both Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel, and the originator of the famous Moore’s Law, has died. His …read more Continue reading Gordon Moore, 1929 — 2023
Mobile phones in schools. If you’re a teacher, school staffer, or a parent, you’ve likely got six hundred opinions about this very topic, and you will have had six hundred …read more Continue reading Plan To Jam Mobile Phones In Schools Is Madness
There are few devices that better exemplify the breakneck pace of modern technical advancement than the mobile phone. In the span of just a decade, we went from flip phones …read more Continue reading The Rise and (Eventual) Fall of the SIM Card
New technology often brings with it a bit of controversy. When considering stem cell therapies, self-driving cars, genetically modified organisms, or nuclear power plants, fears and concerns come to mind …read more Continue reading Will A.I. Steal all the Code and Take all the Jobs?
When looking at the specifications of smartphones that have been released over the past years, it’s remarkable to see how aspects like CPU cores, clockspeeds and GPU performance have improved …read more Continue reading Repurposing Old Smartphones: When Reusing Makes More Sense Than Recycling
When the US Air Force shot down some suspected Chinese spy balloons a couple of weeks ago, it was widely reported that one of the targets might have been a …read more Continue reading Answering Some Pico Balloon Questions
Generally, when we talk about the production of hydrogen, the discussion is about either electrolysis of water into oxygen and hydrogen, or steam methane reforming (SMR). Although electrolysis is often …read more Continue reading Methane Pyrolysis: Producing Green Hydrogen Without Carbon Emissions
It never seems to fail: at the very moment that human society seems to reach a new pinnacle of pettiness, selfishness, violence, and self-absorption, Mother Nature comes along and reminds …read more Continue reading Ask Hackaday: Incidental Earthquake Detection