A Drawing Machine That Tracks Satellites Whizzing Overhead
To most people, GPS technology exists in the form of a tiny blue dot rendered in a map app on a smartphone screen. Only occasionally, if ever, do we mentally unfurl the acronym and think about what it actually describes: satellites, in space, talking to our gadgets.
March 14, 2015 at 07:10AM
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Why Are Tampons Still a Thing?
We have drone boats that suck up oil spills, couldn’t we come up with some nano “woombas” to suck up a couple of ounces of blood every month?
March 13, 2015 at 03:09PM
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Man 3D Prints A Whole Transmission
Eric Harrell printed this working 5 speed manual transmission modeled after a W56 Toyota transmission. It’s a great learning tool, but we’ll probably never get the hang of driving stick.
March 13, 2015 at 02:28PM
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Venture capital has a self-dealing problem
“This week, I did something very dumb: I got into a Twitter fight with a bunch of venture capitalists.”
March 13, 2015 at 01:10PM
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See The World Through A Self-Driving Car’s Map
Whereas humans can interpret the differences between maps and their environments, robots see maps as the world. Their margin for error is virtually nonexistent. Thus, self-driving cars, such as those currently being developed by Google, cannot operate on the basis of normal street maps.
March 13, 2015 at 10:06AM
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These 3 charts prove you should be excited about solar energy
Solar power is blowing up in the United States. Adding tons of jobs, driving progressive policies, and attracting millions of dollars in investment from major corporations. And it’s not slowing down anytime soon.
March 13, 2015 at 12:18AM
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The PancakeBot Will 3-D Print Any Image As Pancakes
How do you make pancakes more amazing? That’s easy. You create a robot that can 3-D print any shape you want into pancakes.
March 12, 2015 at 11:07AM
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Jamie Hyneman Built A Pulley-Based Racing Spider
Anyone who’s watched “Mythbusters” knows Jamie is obsessed with simple, elegant design. The robot spiders might not have achieved exactly what they were built to do, but they demonstrate interesting principles of robotics that take cues from the human body.
March 12, 2015 at 10:52AM
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This 1,000-MPH Car Has to Be Bullet-Proofed for Safety
At 1,000 mph, even pebbles and sand kicked up by the vehicle can be problematic.
March 12, 2015 at 08:54AM
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The New York Times
People in the tech industry have been digging a grave for email for more than a decade, but their predictions have always seemed a little out of touch.
March 12, 2015 at 07:48AM
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