Throaty Mumbo already spent an hour proving a vinyl record can cough up a SEGA game if you are patient enough and a little mean to the format. His follow-up, posted as Can We Port Video Games to VHS?, asks the meaner question. A cassette is linear. A videotape is also linear, except it also […]
Google will send its first AI chips into space next week as the opening flight of Project Suncatcher, a long-term research effort to find out whether machine learning hardware can run in low Earth orbit on solar power. A refrigerator-sized prototype named MVP, built with Planet Labs and carrying four Tensor Processing Units, is booked […]
Photo credit: The DIY LifeYou can close the lid, grab the handle, and walk away with Wikipedia, street maps, a media library, and a local language model riding in one printed case. That is the brief Michael Klements set for himself when he wrapped Crosstalk Solutions’ free Project Nomad stack in a 3D-printed rack that […]
Photo credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab/NSF/AURAHigh school students on Hawaiʻi Island gave NGC 7253 a name that already feels heavier than its catalog number. Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola translates to “The Twin Spirits Pulling Together Creating Life,” and Gemini North on Maunakea recorded the pair with enough reach that pink […]
Lenovo rolled Project AeroBlade onto the IFA Berlin floor this week as a ThinkBook-class concept that treats cooling as the last piece of bulk still worth removing. Shown at Innovation World on September 3, the 14-inch machine stays under 10 millimeters thick and under 830 grams, a magnesium-aluminum shell with a high screen-to-body OLED panel, […]
Con Hathy printed a stubby PETG rocket named Spark, loaded an Estes B4, and sent it up a launch rod. Jolly Logic Altimeter 2 data put the flight at 81 feet, 48 mph, and 6.4 G. He then wanted the same motor to do more work by firing it from a closed tube, the same […]
Acer used its next@acer briefing at IFA Berlin 2026 on September 2, 2026, to showcase Project DualPlay Mini, a Predator concept built around one stubborn idea: a Windows gaming handheld that can fold into a miniature laptop without adding a second machine to your bag. Closed, Project DualPlay Mini bears an interesting resemblance to Acer’s […]
First, a look at threats against U.S. judges under Trump. Then, collapse of U.S. shipbuilding poses national and economic security risks. And, a dog study may help pets and humans age well. 6/7/2026: Under Siege; Turning the Ship Around; The Dog Aging Project #Siege #Turning #Ship #Dog #Aging #Project