New Hampshire has installed what appears to be the first historical highway marker honoring computer programming, according to the Concord Monitor. The new sign honors BASIC, Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, a programming language that was invited at Dartmouth College in 1964. The sign came about after Concord Monitor journalist David Brooks noted in a
Read MoreThis booth was easy to miss at Maker Faire Bay Area 2019 amidst tall professional conference signage erected by adjacent exhibitors. It showcased the work of [Dr. Victor Chaney] who enjoys his day job as a dentist and thus feels no desire to commercialize his inventions — he’s building fun projects for the sake of
Read MoreChances are if you’ve seen a deepfake, such as this now infamous video of Obama ‘speaking’ Comedian Jordan Peele’s words, it has left an uncomfortable feeling. Since deepfakes emerged in December 2017, most media coverage has focused on their potentially catastrophic applications. These range from deepfake pornography, ransomfakes, smear campaigns against politicians, and a new
Read MoreHarvest Moon: Mad Dash is not your typical Harvest Moon. Instead of settling in to farm and starting a family, Mad Dash has you racing to harvest crops, catch fish, or milk cows alongside another player. It’s a frenzied version of a franchise that has long played with long-term player investments. If Mad Dash seems
Read MoreBrowse through a treasure trove of curated fonts, graphics, templates & more EpicPxls offers pro web design assets for life, and it’s over 90% off Source: The Next Web
Read MoreA first in the city Continue reading… Revel’s mopeds are a fun ride around Brooklyn and Queens Source: New feed
Read MoreThese massage guns can help ease sore muscles and speedup recovery. Theragun, Hypervolt & more: The best percussive therapy massage guns – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCan this massage for elite athletes be the answer to your chronic soreness? What is a Theragun? Why you should try this power drill-like self-massager – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! One of the most iconic images in music is the Marshall stack. Most of us would be lying if we said we never imagined ourselves on a huge stage, a wall of Marshall amps behind us, as we play
Read MoreWill the next iPhone switch from Lightning to USB-C? Or will it include a fast charger in the box? The iOS 13 developer’s beta hints at one of these becoming a reality and why 3D Touch could be left out of the iPhone 11 line-up. 2019 iPhone clue hidden in iOS 13 beta and the
Read MoreFirst soldering irons are often of the Radioshack or Maplin firestarter variety. They’re basically wall power shorted across a nichrome heater or similar with some inline resistance to make it harder to burn down the house. You plug them in, the current flows, and they get hot. Done. If you stick with the hobby for
Read MoreOne is a space western, the other a dystopian techno-thriller. Both feel familiar but only one is part of the Keanuaissance. The Outer Worlds and Cyberpunk 2077: Two competing RPG views of the future at E3 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAll companies need is insurance and the ability to remotely monitor the vehicle. Florida's new bill lets driverless cars be tested with minimal restrictions – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreYou’ve got the turntable. You’ve got some records. Now what? Make your vinyl sound better with these hacks and upgrades – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: Galaxy Fold and Mate X holdup shows that it’s best to go slow. Delays reveal foldable phones as the beta devices they always were – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThrust vectoring is one way to control aerial vehicles. It’s become more popular as technology advances, finding applications on fifth-generation fighter aircraft, as well as long being used in space programmes the world over.[RCLifeOn] decided to try and bring the technology to a prop-powered RC aircraft, in an unconventional way. After attending a lecture on
Read MoreStepper motors are great for projects that require accurate control of motion. 3D printers, CNC machines and plotters are often built using these useful devices. [InventorArtist] built a stepper-based cycloid drawing machine, and made use of a nifty little hack along the way. The machine uses a rotating turntable to spin a piece of drawing
Read MoreTwo of my friends and I crammed into a small and aged European hatchback, drove all day along hundreds of miles of motorway, and finally through a succession of ever smaller roads. We were heading for a set of GPS co-ordinates in the north of Scotland, along with all of our camping gear. There’s nothing
Read MoreThey say you can’t manage what you can’t measure, and that certainly held true in the case of this bicycle that was used to measure the speed of cars in one Belgian neighborhood. If we understand the translation from Dutch correctly, the police were not enforcing the speed limit despite complaints. As a solution, the
Read MoreSurprise: Twitter notices. Target says all’s well now though. Target down (then back up) as store registers fail and leave long lines – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe United States Cyber Command has made a number of incursions into Russia’s electrical infrastructure in recent months, according to a new report in The New York Times. Officials that the publication spoke with characterized the moves as a warning to Russia that the US is willing to operate more aggressively in this arena to
Read MoreSometimes you want to own a new item rather than a used one. However, there are a number of things out there where the used version is just as good as buying a new one. Goodwill Shopping is a Chrome extension that helps you find them. Read more… Find Out an Item You're Shopping For
Read MoreThe folks behind the Atmos Extended Reality (XR) headset want to provide improved accessibility with an open ecosystem, and they aim to do it with a WebVR-capable headset design that is self-contained, 3D-printable, and open-sourced. Their immediate goal is to release a development kit, then refine the design for a wider release. An early prototype
Read MoreA little over a year after discontinuing its Mac desktop app, Twitter says that it’s bringing the program back after Apple unveiled Project Catalyst for macOS 10.15 Catalina. It explained why it decided to drop the app last year. Twitter made the announcement during Apple’s WWDC conference last week, saying that the app would launch
Read MoreAggressive moves to implant malware are both a warning and an effort to enable crippling attacks if necessary, says The New York Times. US Cyber Command powers up attacks against Russia's electrical grid – CNET Source: CNet
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