These nifty buttons come from [Marc Schömann], and they are intended to cover just about any kind of tact switches. The buttons, their cover, and the compliant bits that act as a spring can be 3D printed as a complete unit that requires no assembly, and can be used fresh off the print bed. The
Read MoreThe Walkman was just as big of a change in the way we listened to music as the iPod was in the early 2000s. The Sony Walkman changed the way we listened to music 40 years ago – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Audiophiliac kicks back with one of Klipsch’s more affordable tower speakers. Klipsch RP-5000F, a tower speaker to be reckoned with – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s great until you try to watch Netflix Continue reading… Nebula Capsule II mini projector review: TV in a can Source: New feed
Read MoreBudding programming professional can add this vital tool to their coding skillset with the training in The Ultimate Java Expert Certification Bundle. The collection is on sale now at over 90 percent off its retail price, just $31.01 from TNW Deals. Start learning the Java essentials with this course bundle Source: The Next Web
Read MoreBased on the 991.2 GT3 RS, it’ll start racing in the 2019-2020 World Endurance Championship season. Porsche's new 911 RSR makes its debut at Goodwood – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Summer’s here. That means a few things: sunshine, chilling in the park, cold brews, and hanging out with your friends. Although this is a beautiful picture we’ve painted, there’s something missing. Something big. Something like a Nerf battle. Maybe
Read MoreChristopher Beam / MIT Technology Review: Privacy advocates warn that innovation in satellite imagery is outpacing the ability to regulate the technology to prevent 24-hour real-time surveillance — Can privacy survive? — In 2013, police in Grants Pass, Oregon, got a tip that a man named Curtis W. Croft had been illegally growing marijuana in
Read MoreThe best-selling spy thriller author on the dangers of deep fakes, disinformation and social media. CNET Book Club: Brad Thor on Backlash and why he'll never trust Alexa – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: The Harry Potter game’s biggest stumbling block is its maddening paywall. The Harry Potter: Wizards Unite game sadly hexes itself – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe digital art museums of TeamLab Planets and Borderless use mirrors, LEDs, projectors, and more to create unique and stunning experiences. Have a look. Infinite worlds: TeamLab Planets and Borderless will blow your mind – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTwo digital art museums in Tokyo offer incredible otherworldly experiences by playing with all your senses. Here’s what they’re like. Labyrinths of light and mirrors: Exploring Tokyo's TeamLab Planets and Borderless – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen it comes to chiptunes, the original Nintendo Entertainment System and the Game Boy get all the accolades. The OPL synths have all the fun. But there’s another chip out there in dusty old machines that is at least as interesting with a repertoire at least as influential as the Mega Man 2 OST. It’s
Read MoreAnker Surge Protector | $26 | Amazon Read more… You Should Probably Replace Your Surge Protector, And This One's On Sale Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreScreen consultants are here to help you remember life before smartphones and tablets. (Spoiler: get a dog!) Now Some Families Are Hiring Coaches to Help Them Raise Phone-Free Children Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThere are many reasons why one would want to measure voltage and current in a project, some applications requiring one to measure mains and even three-phase voltage to analyze the characteristics of a device under test, or in a production environment. This led [Michael Klopfer] at the University of California, Irvine along with a group
Read MoreNew York Times: How researchers combined AI and manual counting techniques to estimate the size of the crowd at Hong Kong’s annual pro-democracy protest on July 1 — Crowd estimates for Hong Kong’s large pro-democracy protests have been a point of contention for years. The organizers and the police often release vastly divergent estimates. How
Read MoreThe various displays and interfaces in Star Trek, especially The Original Series, were intentionally designed to be obtuse and overly complex so they would appear futuristic to the audience. If you can figure out how Sulu was able to fly the Enterprise with an array of unlabeled buttons and rocker switches, we’d love to hear
Read MoreHannah Murphy / Financial Times: Inside Facebook’s elite “info ops” team, created in 2017 to respond to worst co-ordinated disinformation campaigns that state actors like Russian IRA can launch — Among the thousands of staff at Facebook, there is one group that talks about the company not as a social network, but as a battlefield.
Read MoreThe Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is one of the most exciting tools in the modern hacker’s arsenal. If you can master the FPGA, you can create hardware devices that not only morph and change based on your current needs, but can power through repetitive tasks at phenomenal rates. The only problem is, working with
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: TrapX, which makes tools to thwart cyberattacks in real time via decoy databases and workstations, raises $18M Series C, bringing its total raised to ~$50M — San Jose-based cybersecurity company TrapX has secured $18 million in a round led by Ibex Investors, bringing its total raised to nearly $50 million. TrapX,
Read MoreIn some ways, the Nintendo Switch can already provide one of the biggest benefits of cloud gaming: the ability to sling a game from a big TV to a portable device and carry it anywhere you go. But Nintendo isn’t pretending that capability is enough to weather what could be a sea change in how
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Google Play app called “Updates for Samsung”, with 10M+ installs and no affiliation with Samsung, tricks users into paying $35/year to download firmware updates — “Updates for Samsung” app promises firmware updates but only shows ads and wants money for (working) downloads. Google Play app called "Updates for Samsung", with 10M+
Read MoreJohn Lippman / Valley News: New Hampshire-based Appcast, which makes programmatic job advertising tech, has sold an 85% stake of itself to Axel Springer’s StepStone job portal for ~$79M — LEBANON — A 5½-year-old Upper Valley digital startup that has become a major player in helping national employers find job candidates … New Hampshire-based Appcast,
Read MoreIf you’re doing a lot of metal working, a chop saw is a great tool to have. It’s an easy and quick way to do a lot of neat, clean accurate cuts. [Making Stuff] wanted to do just that, but didn’t have a chop saw lying around. Instead, an old Stihl chainsaw was placed on
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