Collaborate Disseminate
In antiquity, we see examples of magnifying crystals formed into a biconvex shape as early as the 7th century BC. Whether the people of that period used them either for …read more Continue reading Lenses: From Fire Starters To Smart Phones and VR
At the risk of dating myself, I will tell you that grew up in the 80s — that decade of excess that was half drab and half brightly colored, depending …read more Continue reading Teardown: KC Bearifone Could Talk Circles Around Teddy Ruxpin
Four years ago when the idea of a pandemic was something which only worried a few epidemiologists, a group of British hardware hackers and robotic combat enthusiasts came up with …read more Continue reading How Far Can You Push A £500 Small Electric Car; Four Years Of The Hacky Racer
Stand by the shore and watch the waves roll in, and you’ll notice that most come in at roughly the same size. There’s a little variation, but the overwhelming majority …read more Continue reading Rogue Waves Are Mysterious And Big
Perhaps rather unexpectedly, on the 14th of March this year the GCC mailing list received an announcement regarding the release of the first ever COBOL front-end for the GCC compiler. …read more Continue reading Making The Case For COBOL
You might have heard of the cochlear implant. It’s an electronic device also referred to as a neuroprosthesis, serving as a bionic replacement for the human ear. These implants have …read more Continue reading Auditory Brainstem Implants: The Other Bionic Hearing Device
The rise of streaming services on the Internet was a revolutionary shift when it came to the world of media. No more would content be pumped in to homes in …read more Continue reading The Joy of Broadcast Media Vs. The Paradox of Choice
Bulk material is stuff handled ‘in bulk’. One LEGO piece is a brick but 1,000 poured into a bag is bulk material. Corn starch, sand, flour, powder-coat powder, gravel, cat …read more Continue reading Handling Bulk Material: Why Does My Cat Food Get Stuck?
Want your next project to trash talk? Dynamically rewrite boring log messages as sci-fi technobabble? Happily (or grudgingly) answer questions? Doing that sort of thing and more can be done …read more Continue reading Natural Language AI in Your Next Project? It’s Easier Than You Think
On October 23rd of 2001, the first Apple iPod was launched. It wasn’t the first Personal Media Player (PMP), but as with many things Apple the iPod would go on …read more Continue reading Silence Of The iPods: Reflecting On The Ever-Shifting Landscape Of Personal Media Consumption