Collaborate Disseminate
Motherboard dug through years worth of OceanGate’s archives, finding a company that repeatedly brought up the commercial prospect of deep sea exploration while misleading the public about its claimed connections to respected government bodies and private Continue reading ‘It Is A Huge, Vast, Opportunity’: How OceanGate Went from Disruptive Startup to Catastrophic Deep Sea Failure
Gamepads are so good at controlling things, that the U.S. military frequently uses them. Continue reading Why Did the Missing Titanic Sub Use a $40 Video Game Controller?
The Great Automotive AM Radio War of 2023 rages on, with the news this week that Ford has capitulated, at least for now. You’ll recall that the opening salvo came …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: May 28, 2023
We’re saddened to learn of the passing of Gershon Kingsley in December 2019 at the age of 97. The composer and electronic music pioneer was not exactly a household name, but the things he did with the Moog synthesizer, especially the surprise hit “Pop Corn”, which he wrote in 1969, …read more
For some reason, of all the ships that have sailed the oceans, it’s the unlucky ones that capture our imagination. Few ships have been as unlucky as the RMS Titanic, sinking as she did on the night of April 15, 1912 after raking across an iceberg on her maiden …read more
‘Titanic: Honor & Glory’ will recreate the ship’s doomed journey in painstaking detail in virtual reality. Continue reading Explore Every Inch of the Titanic In Unreal Engine In This Upcoming Game
[Kathy] recently posted an interesting video about the connection of an electronics pioneer named [Hertha Aryton] to the arc transmitter. The story starts with the observation of the arc lamp — which we learned was a typo of arch lamp.
[Hertha] was born into poverty, but — very odd for the day — obtained a science education. That’s probably a whole story in of itself. During her schooling, she fell in love with her professor [William Aryton] and they wed.
[Hertha] took over her husband’s research into arcs and made impressive results in understanding the physics of an arc. The …read more
Continue reading How Hertha Aryton Enabled the Titanic to Call SOS