Collaborate Disseminate
The term “open source” can be tricky. For many people, it’s taken to mean that a particular piece of software is free and that they can do whatever they wish …read more Continue reading Why Fedora Decided to Give CC0 Licensed Code the Boot
As ubiquitous as rubber tires are due to the many practical benefits they offer to cars, trucks, and other conveyances, they do come with a limited lifespan. Over time, the …read more Continue reading Where Pollution Hits The Road: The Growing Environmental Hazard Of Rubber Tires
When it comes to an engineering marvel like the James Webb Space Telescope, the technology involved is so specialized that there’s precious little the average person can truly relate to. …read more Continue reading How Does the James Webb Telescope Phone Home?
Did you know that pornography is completely illegal in China? Probably not surprising news, though, right? The country has already put measures in place to scour the Internet in search …read more Continue reading Chinese Anti-Porn Helmet Raises Eyebrows, Questions
Wired and SCMP are reporting on interesting trivia from the realm of chip shortages. Apparently, some large conglomerate out there is buying new washing machines and scavenging the chips they …read more Continue reading Companies Rumored To Harvest Washing Machines For ICs
When it comes to repairing human bodies, there’s one major difficulty: spare parts are hard to come by. It’s simply not possible to buy a knee joint or a new …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Cartilage Ushers in Ear-a of Custom Body Parts
The war in Ukraine has upset the global food market, and the surprising reason is not that Ukrainian wheat isn’t being harvested, but rather that it can’t leave the country. …read more Continue reading Grain Stuck in Ukraine: The Fragmented Nature Of Modern-Day Railways
For as popular as they became during the COVID-19 lockdowns, grocery delivery services like InstaCart rely on a basic assumption to work: that customers know exactly what they want when …read more Continue reading Automate the Freight: The Convenience Store That Comes to Your Door
When NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station have to clamber around on the outside of the orbiting facility for maintenance or repairs, they don a spacesuit known as the …read more Continue reading NASA Turns to Commercial Partners for Spacesuits
Military officials and civilian security researchers have been warning us for years: cyberattacks are becoming a very real part of modern warfare. Far from being limited to military targets, cyberattacks …read more Continue reading The Great Euro Sat Hack Should Be a Warning to Us All