The Bullet That Could Solve 3-D Printed Guns’ Reliability Problem
As 3-D printed guns have evolved over the past 18 months from a science-fictional experiment into a subculture, they’ve faced a fundamental limitation: Cheap plastic isn’t the best material to contain an explosive blast. Now an amateur gunsmith has instead found a way to transfer that stress to a component that’s actually made of metal — the ammunition.
November 5, 2014 at 01:46PM
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The New Pornographers: GoPro Gets Sexy
Both professionals and amateurs are exploring the outer edges of GoPro’s filmmaking possibilities. Call it GoPorn.
November 5, 2014 at 01:46PM
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Google’s Quest to Write the Rulebook for Interactive Design
To hear Google’s designers explain it, material design is something far more ambitious than a new coat of pixels. By combining relevant rules from the world of graphic design with new ideas about interfaces and input, Google is aiming to establish some best practices for the fledgling field of interactive design at large.
November 5, 2014 at 12:40PM
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The Soviet History of the Failed Antares’ Engines
Turns out, the Antares launch vehicle that exploded during lift-off last week was riding on refurbished disco-era rockets that not even the vaunted Soviet Space Program could manage to get off the ground.
November 5, 2014 at 09:29AM
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The Sixth Stage of Grief is Retro-Computing
“Over the last few days I’ve been crazy for emulation — that is, simulating old, busted computers on my sweet modern laptop. […] Eventually I realized: This might be about my friend Tom dying.”
November 5, 2014 at 08:37AM
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Mercedes-Benz has a new concept car powered by its paint job
Mercedes-Benz has dubbed the paint a “multi-voltaic silver” finish, and it not only acts as a solar cell but can also generate an electrostatic charge from the wind that the car slices through.
November 5, 2014 at 08:37AM
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Work It Harder Make It Better Do It Faster Makes Us Stronger
Improving the least productive, most important, and definitely the longest part of your waking hours (your job).
November 5, 2014 at 06:31AM
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What Drones Are Learning From Insects
Large, unmanned aerial vehicles look like regular (albeit menacing) airplanes. But there are also small drones that resemble big insects, and they’re being programmed to act like them too. Insectile drones could evolve into useful minions to track, map, and respond to climate change.
November 5, 2014 at 04:42AM
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What Are the Anti-Apple Pay Merchants Afraid Of?
There’s some good news for everyone frustrated with Apple Pay’s absence from your favorite stores.
November 5, 2014 at 02:36AM
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Google Glass May Have a Blind Spot, Study Says
Is that an email in your eyes, or are you about to get hit by a truck?
November 5, 2014 at 12:36AM
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