This project on Thingiverse is just about amazing. It's a complete lock and key set made entirely using open source plans and a printed on a Makerbot . [......]
On Tuesday, Wikipedia took the drastic step of replacing every Italian-language page with a statement warning that a law now under consideration by the Italian parliament could force the shutdown of the Italian edition of Wikipedia. In the English version of its statement, Wikipedia says the law includes "a requirement to all websites to publish, within 48 hours of the request and without any comment, a correction of any content that the applicant deems detrimental to his/her image." Wikipedia says this requirement is "an unacceptable restriction of the freedom and independence of Wikipedia," and would paralyze Wikipedia's bottom-up editing process[......]
You might remember Rob Spence, known online as the Eyeborg for his project to create a working bionic eye. We wrote about him before , and interviewed him a while back, but the project has advanced to the point where even a seasoned tech blogger is left speechless with amazement. [......]
The Terminator movies are entertaining and all, but they forget to point out one important fact in the midst of all the cybernetic shotgunning; if Skynet is ever going to actually become self-aware, it'll probably require a drastic change in the way computers process information. Hey, James Cameron – don't sweat it. [......]
Researchers at Stanford University have created what is thought to be the world's first transparent battery, indicating that invisible devices may be an imminent possibility. Inside the lithium-ion battery is a tight mesh of electrodes that are so tightly packed that they appear invisible to the naked eye and the outside is made of a fully transparent polymer called Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)[......]
Responding to Google's ban of +YourAnonNews on new social network Google+, "hacktivist" group Anonymous and Presstorm Media began discussing the possibility of a new social network called AnonPlus (or Anon+). "This project is not overnight and will take many of those out there who simply want a better internet," the site's landing page says. [......]
Everyone with writing sensibilities dreams of becoming a published author. Magazine publishing houses are full of frustrated novelists "getting by" writing magazine and online articles while trying to find time to cram in a novel or two. The self-publishing route is nothing new, but it's only now you can actually get published for no upfront costs by publishing digitally using a service like Lulu . [......]
These "Exposed Concrete" speakers are a grad school design project by Israeli designer Shmuel Linski. His rationale for the unusual material choice is that… well, okay, there is no rationale, he just thought it’d be cool. And certainly more love goes into creating them than your average robot-assembled standing set: On the project’s page, he notes: In my work I tried to give, in addition to great aesthetics, practical reasons for using concrete as a main material in a product. [......]
A new super speed aeroplane concept is to be unveiled today, which claims 'hypersonic' speeds that could get you from Paris to New York in three and a half hours running on a seaweed-based fuel. [......]
If you're looking to customize the look of your Windows PC, then you might start with wallpaper, icons, sounds maybe -- they're all quick and easy to customize. Animated cursors are more difficult to work with, and so tend to get a little neglected by comparison. But it doesn't have to be that way. Especially if you install a copy of the free AniTuner 2 [......]
The United States government's National Broadband Map has been out for three months and hasn't generated much heat—until now. Suddenly advocates from the New America Foundation are posting commentaries calling the project a big disappointment. [......]
The Federal Communications Commission has launched the pleading cycle for the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile. The union would make AT&T the nation's largest wireless carrier, with over 41 percent of wireless subscriber market share. Whether you love or hate the idea—get your feedback to the FCC soon[......]
The latest interface on the block, Thunderbolt , is barely on the market and there’s already talk of its replacement. It’s a good four years down the road, of course (companies like Intel have to think ahead), but there are already prototypes and Intel is already talking it up. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have a cool code name yet, but they’ll fix that soon. [......]
To figure out how to most efficiently handle the massive amount of traffic to Facebook and its related pages, a team of just three engineers working for the popular social network designed a new style of servers and power management systems and a new data center architecture. [......]
NASA had every intention of building a 3D camera for the next robotic rover to be sent to Mars. Movie director James Cameron has been helping to upgrade the camera on the Mars Science Laboratory rover, called Curiosity, into a 3D camera before it launches into space later thsi year. [......]
