With degrees in both business administration and software engineering, Julian Secomb is an unlikely cabinetmaker. Yet he's spent over a decade earning his living by building furniture.One of Secomb's gigs was building cabinetry into private jets for Bombardier. That acquainted hi … | Continue reading
Two years ago, British inventor Tristan Thompson (not the Cleveland Cavaliers player) created an Invisibility Shield, Kickstarting it with £446,676 in pledges. (That's about USD $565,000.) Now Thompson says he's improved the design, making it larger and more comfortable to carry, … | Continue reading
Today we have a strongly Kotlin-esque feel to the announcements from JetBrains. Apart from that, leftovers from JDK 22 and a few releases on our regular radar. | Continue reading
The latent potential for personal robotics became very real for me while I was strolling the halls of the 45th Bangkok International Motor Show this week. There are always good ideas at motor shows, except the good ideas at motor shows in developing regions seem to be far more af … | Continue reading
"While much remains to be done to deliver a viable solid-state battery, our work is a significant step." Scientists develop new material that could allow rechargeable batteries to 'self-heal': 'We are very excited about the discovery' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The 16 finalists — representing every school at MIT — will explore generative AI’s impact on privacy, art, drug discovery, aging, and more. | Continue reading
Drivers for the Vietnam delivery company had used workarounds but feared detection. After Rest of World's reporting, the clause was dropped. | Continue reading
The Massachusetts State Police claim one of the members of its bomb squad has gone above and beyond in the line of duty and taken bullets for the team. However, the officer in question is not a human or even a canine, but rather “Roscoe,” the police’s specialized robot dog create … | Continue reading
Finding ways to save on your energy bill doesn't have to take up much of your time or energy. Want to slash your monthly energy bill? Here are 5 ways to start first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
In some recent videos, we’ve seen Out of Spec pit a Cybertruck, a Rivian R1T, a Silverado EV, and an F-150 Lightning against each other in races across the country (final results not released yet), range to dead testing, and more. Now, the channel has given the four trucks a ... … | Continue reading
This recently completed suburban Melbourne home by Australia's Austin Maynard Architects looks relatively unassuming at first glance. However, its plain boxy exterior belies a clever space-saving layout that opens up onto multiple gardens, filling the interior with natural light. … | Continue reading
A slew of conservative states have recently passed age verification laws for websites and, in response, Pornhub has gotten in the habit of shutting off service in those states rather than acquiescing to local regulations. The company has already shut off service in six states, in … | Continue reading
Photy by Микова Наталия Hello, could you get the doorbell please ️ There are some fish trying to migrate upstream in the Netherlands that need to get past a boat lock The lock is closed, so if you see a fish on the cam (yes, of course there's a cam!), press the button to let them … | Continue reading
Olle Folke writes: I wanted to highlight a paper by an author who has previously been featured on your blog when he was one of the co-authors of a paper on the effect of strip clubs on sex crimes in … Continue reading → | Continue reading
A few weeks ago on AppStories, Federico and I surveyed recent Apple system app updates to get a sense of where the design of iOS is heading. Part of the inspiration for that episode was a thread that Lickability posted on Mastodon, breaking down Apple’s recently-released Sports a … | Continue reading
3D-printing has never been so close to the mainstream with printers from Bambu Lab and Uniformation being as close to… Continue reading The Moose from 3DMakerpro could be the 3D scanner that hobbyists have been waiting for The post The Moose from 3DMakerpro could be the 3D scanne … | Continue reading
Mai Tran began catsitting in 2021 while Tran was on pandemic unemployment, often staying overnight in people’s homes. Tran has now cared for twenty-two cats and traveled to ten apartments all over New York City, observing the interior lives of cat owners and appeasing their neuro … | Continue reading
It’s a picture frame! It’s a speaker! No, it’s… a speaker frame. Since Samsung first showed off its new Music Frame at CES, we’ve been jonesing to spend time in front of it to see whether it will knock our socks off or offer a gentle kiss of sound on the cheek. After checking out … | Continue reading
You’ve heard of the fear of failure. But what about fear of reinvention? I define the core role of leaders as helping others reach places they wouldn’t have reached otherwise. In order to do that, they need to reinvent their organizations — and themselves in the process. Take the … | Continue reading
With apologies to Peter, Paul, and Mary. **** Where have all the flowers gone? I'm just asking! Where have all the flowers gone? I'd like to knooow Where have all the flowers gone? Bakers have wrecked them every one! Oh when will we ever learn? Oh when will weeee... ...ever learn … | Continue reading
"This requires effort from everybody." Officials explain major driver of increased interest in heat pump program: 'It's kind of a perfect storm' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Hey there folks, we’re continuing to tidy up the sidebar by introducing file icons. Now, whenever you upload a file to Workflowy – the sidebar will display a file icon based on the filetype. Previously you would be able to tell if an item was a file from the file extension in the … | Continue reading
[Lightning actually strikes the same places over, and over, and over again.] Earlier this week, the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in dramatic fashion, after one of its supports was struck by a container ship. Six people are believed dead, with another two rescued from the wa … | Continue reading
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Heidi Ledford in Nature: Old mice developed more youthful immune systems after scientists reduced aberrant stem cells in the aged animals1. The technique strengthened the old rodents’ responses to viral infection and lowered signs of inflammation. The approach, published on 27 Ma … | Continue reading
Earlier this month I spoke at 'Open Croissant' a fringe event coinciding with ETHGlobal. What is interesting was how the event came to be. The post Floating Worlds appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
Melina Moe in LARB: “I FOUND IT extremely honest, forthright, and moving in ways I had not expected it to be,” Toni Morrison wrote to an aspiring novelist in 1977, “but it is a shuddering book and one that offers no escape for any reader whatsoever.” Still, Morrison, then a senio … | Continue reading
This is pretty awesome. Omnivore is implementing YouTube transcripts and beta is already available for people on their Discord server. I’m currently using Matter, because I’m a Patron and have a subscription which lasts for years, but Matter has a limit of three transcripts per d … | Continue reading
Although I do not use my "smart" TV's operating system and thus cannot buy things from its store, I confidently recommend against buying smart TV games from a smart TV store. | Continue reading
Garmin is adding the ability to tinker with naps. The post Garmin to add new NAP MANAGEMENT features soon appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri bike run. | Continue reading
This is a fascinating story told on an almost geological timescale. It is a tantalisingly glimpse, into a much larger world. It is a story of contradiction - there's an epic universe, but we're stuck in a parochial backwater. It is full of un-human creations - yet its politics ar … | Continue reading
Essential pigments for the landscape artist: green earths, malachite, verdigris, copper resinate, Prussian green, viridian, and emerald green. | Continue reading
Embracer Group has announced plans to divest Gearbox Studios in a sale to Take-Two Interactive valued at $460 million to… Continue reading Take-Two confirms new Borderlands game amidst Gearbox acquisition The post Take-Two confirms new Borderlands game amidst Gearbox acquisition … | Continue reading
An international research team has sent an astounding amount of data at a nearly incomprehensible speed. It's the fastest data transmission ever using a single optical fiber and shows just how speedy the process can get using current materials. Continue Reading Category: Technolo … | Continue reading
This week we launched two new substacks that you might want to check out. Never SponsoredFor the last 28 years I have been neck-deep in the world of woodworking tools. First as a user and reviewer of tools for Popular Woodworking Magazine. Then as a designer, maker and user of th … | Continue reading
Current conditions: Flood watches are in effect for the eastern half of North Carolina • Egg-sized hail smashed car windshields in eastern China • Europe is forecast to be unusually warm through April. THE TOP FIVE 1. New England to shutter last remaining coal plant New England w … | Continue reading
Commission vice-president Margaritis Schinas (left) and EU education commissioner Iliana Ivanova announcing the Higher Education Package (HEP). Photo credits: Jennifer Jacquemart / European Union One year since the launch of a pilot project , the European Commission has officiall … | Continue reading
Global gambling group 888 Holdings parts ways with several business-to-customer (B2C) assets after a strategic business review. Hard Rock Digital… Continue reading 888 agrees to the sale of certain United States B2C assets to Hard Rock Digital The post 888 agrees to the sale of c … | Continue reading
The Story of Keys If you would give me the key to your house I would think of it as a one-dimensional mountain range. I would hold it up to the sky and study how clouds drink in its valleys. Think of it as a tiny file that cuts through vertical shadows. The door of… | Continue reading
L'articolo COSTRUZIONI: LA FILIERA CONTINUA A CRESCERE. PNRR E PIANO “CASA GREEN” LE SFIDE PIÙ IMPORTANTI proviene da BolognaFiere Group. | Continue reading
Am 11. und 12. Juni 2024 finden die degefest-Fachtage des Kongressfachverbandes degefest e.V. im Wormser Tagungszentrum in Worms statt. Auch Nicht-Mitglieder seien eingeladen, das degefest-Netzwerk kennenzulernen. | Continue reading
Incomplete explosions can leave a kind of "zombie" star. | Continue reading
Everyone's favorite reprogrammed Imperial droid... | Continue reading
By Jacqui Banaszynski lassic news narratives tend to follow a single primary character through a story. There are other characters, of course, including people connected to the main character or more official or expert sources to provide context and perspective. Such classic narr … | Continue reading
First person to go to space First person to walk on the moon First person to wait in the ship while other astronauts walked on the moon President Vice president Former president (non-disgraced) Decorated general National hero Local hero Singer of “Anti-Hero” Flew around the world … | Continue reading
Introducing little ones to new foods is never boring. Sometimes you hit the jackpot, and their faces light up at the taste of roasted broccoli or fried shrimp. Sometimes, not so much. One day may be a yes and the next day a no, but every day is an adventure — and we promise, it a … | Continue reading
The drift to normal can only be countered by persistent effort, usually at the cost of some element of short-term scale. I am in the process of writing down my thoughts about google’s idiosyncratic culture, how that perpetuated products and how the normalcy has effectively remove … | Continue reading
"I've been looking for a large container for my orchids." Home stylist shares 'brilliant' alternative use for old cooking pots just in time for spring: 'Love that idea' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading