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Sunday April 28, 2024. 05:34 PM
They're calling it 'the world's largest 3D printer,' but also 'the factory of the future' — not just a 3D printer, but a manufacturing system. It's the succcessor to a 3D printer that could create an entire house, cutting construction time and labor, according to the...
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Whether you’re bird-watching or baseball-spotting, we break down prices and specs to find the best pair for you.
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'South Korea is considering prohibiting the use of iPhones and smart wearable devices inside military buildings,' reports the Defense Post, 'due to increasing security concerns.' But the blog Apple Insider argues the move 'has less to do with security and more to do with a...
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Whether you’re climbing peaks or taking the family to the local park, we’ve found the best sleeping bags for every temperature, budget, and camping expedition.
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In time when many cities are seeing the extremes of gentrification, repetitive national chain stores, and the loss of local mom-and-pop retailers, it was a delight to come across a uniquely weird and imaginative throwback shop in Seattle called Mudlark Oddities. — Read the re...
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Back when I was working on my article about PA-RISC, HP-UX, and UNIX workstations in general, I made extensive use of OpenPA, Paul Weissmann’s invaluable and incredibly detailed resource about HP’s workstation efforts, HP-UX, and tons of related projects and products....
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A video from the Science Channel shows how crash test dummies, mannequins, marionettes, and other fake people are made. The process behind creating these different types of inanimate body forms are all so different from each other, but all involve a multistep process with...
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This is undeniably Motorola’s finest Moto G yet and a killer phone at $300. It’s a shame it’ll get only one software update.
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This serene website is dedicated solely to the song Moon River, composed by Henry Mancini and originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in the iconic film Breakfast at Tiffany's. My favorite thing about this website is its simplicity. It features an interactive background of a...
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The person with the world's longest hair was recently confirmed by Guinness World Records, and the incredible mane belongs to to Aliia Nasyrova.  Nasyrova is a real life rapunzel, and has healthy looking hair that measures three feet longer than her height. — Read the rest ...
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Ozzy Man Reviews has done it again. Here's a recent commentary where he takes the point of view of a poor koala that was stuck in a hole. Some kind strangers tried to help rescue the poor chap by dragging a huge tree branch and throwing it down into the hole so that the...
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Over a year ago I shared some maps that were tracking the H5N1 avian flu outbreak. At the time, the virus had been detected in more than 150 wild and domestic avian species. It had also jumped from birds to mammals and scientists had found the virus in over a dozen mammal spe...
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All you need is an internet connection, a library card, and a good ebook reader to dive into your next page-turner.
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Some days you wake up feeling nasty and trashy, and if that's you today, I've got the perfect song for you! It's 1973 and Johnny Cash is paying a visit to Sesame Street. Here he is serenading Oscar the Grouch with a fine rendition of 'Nasty Dan' a song written by Jeff Moss...
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It's another speech-recognizing, AI-powered handheld device 'about half the size of a phone,' writes CNET. (Though the $199 device comes with a keyboard and a tiny 2.8-inch screen.) 'The Rabbit R1 can identify items in its environment. Point it at a plant, and it can tell...
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Hoping to make life easier, I tested six AI-powered tools meant to help me write better and work smarter.
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Physicists call the dark energy that drives the universe “the cosmological constant.” Now the largest map of the cosmos to date hints that this mysterious energy has been changing over billions of years.
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In Sumner, Missouri, you can visit Maxie, the World's Largest Goose. Maxie is made of fiberglass, weighs 4,000 pounds, and stands 40 feet tall. She was built in 1976 and placed on the ground with the help of a helicopter. — Read the rest The post Maxie is the world's...
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You use your phone for a lot of things, including in your professional life. Scanning documents should be one of them, but your phone’s built-in scanning app often comes up short. So, give yourself an upgrade with SwiftScan VIP. This leading mobile scanning app has an...
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I enjoyed this fascinating video where a doctor explains our 'useless' vestigial organs and other structures in our bodies.  He explains why we have parts like wisdom teeth, an appendix, the muscles some people can use to wiggle their ears (I've always been jealous of people...
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