Synthetic Spider Silk
While spider silk proteins are something you can make in your garage, making useful drag line fibers has proved a daunting challenge. Now, a team of scientists from Japan and …read more Continue reading Synthetic Spider Silk
Category Archives: mods
‘Palworld’ Modders Are Already Living In Fear of Nintendo’s Legal Team
The Discord for modders of the wildly successful ‘Pokémon with guns’ game has banned discussion of mods that add actual Pokémon. Continue reading ‘Palworld’ Modders Are Already Living In Fear of Nintendo’s Legal Team
Mod That Makes ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Less Gay Gets Nuked After Players Revolt
Nexus Mods has removed the mod, which erases a canon lesbian relationship by changing one character into a man. Continue reading Mod That Makes ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Less Gay Gets Nuked After Players Revolt
With ChatGPT, Game NPCs Get a Lot More Interesting
Not only is AI-driven natural language processing a thing now, but you can even select from a number of different offerings, each optimized for different tasks. It took very little …read more Continue reading With ChatGPT, Game NPCs Get a Lot More Interesting
Minecraft Apps on Google Play Fleece Players Out of Big Money
Seven mobile apps for Android sneakily charge fans of Minecraft and Roblox hundreds of dollars per month. Continue reading Minecraft Apps on Google Play Fleece Players Out of Big Money
Some Genius Recreated the World of ‘Stardew Valley’ in ‘Minecraft’
It’s not the first time the two games have been mashed up, but it’s the most faithful rendition we’ve seen. Continue reading Some Genius Recreated the World of ‘Stardew Valley’ in ‘Minecraft’
Arachnid Ale Uses Yeast to Make Spider Silk
Many people who read Hackaday hold the title of “Webmaster” but [The Thought Emporium] is after slightly different credentials with the same title. He aims to modify a strain of yeast to produce spider silk. Charlotte’s Web didn’t go into great detail about the different types of silk that a spider can produce, but the video and screencap after the break give a rundown of how spiders make different types of silk, and that each species of spider makes a unique silk. For this experiment, the desired silk is “beta sheets” which the video explains are hard and strong.
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1994’s ‘Doom II’ Now Has a Battle Royale Mode Like ‘Fortnite’
Modders have brought 64 player madness to ‘Doom II’ and it looks incredible. Continue reading 1994’s ‘Doom II’ Now Has a Battle Royale Mode Like ‘Fortnite’
‘Doom’ Rendered Entirely in ASCII Is the Most 1337 Way to Play
‘1337d00m’ is a new and challenging way to play the first person shooter. Continue reading ‘Doom’ Rendered Entirely in ASCII Is the Most 1337 Way to Play
Pimp My Scope
Most of us have heard some form of the adage, “You can buy cheaper, but you’ll never pay less.” It means that cheaper products ultimately do not stand up to the needs of their superior counterparts. Hackers love to prove this aphorism wrong by applying inexpensive upgrades to inexpensive tools to fill up a feature-rich tool bag. Take [The Thought Emporium] who has upgraded an entry-level microscope into one capable of polarized and dark-field microscopy. You can also see the video after the break.
Functionally, polarized images can reveal hidden features of things like striations in crystals or stress lines …read more