Japanese Company Creates Huge VR-Piloted Robot to Work on the Railroad A Japanese rail business has developed a prototype of a massive robot capable of large-scale maintenance and construction activities. A human may steer the 32-foot…
How to Watch Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory Cyber Rodeo The Tesla Cyber Rodeo, an event commemorating the launch of the company’s Giga Texas facility outside Austin, will welcome 15,000 ticket holders (and presumably more)…
Grafana Labs Raises $240M Series D Grafana Labs, the maker of the famous Grafana visualization tools (as well as a contributor to other open source projects like the Prometheus monitoring system),…
How Do Keys Open Locks Have you ever been curious about how keys work? I teach a computer security course in which we cover how locks work and how they…
NASA’s X-59 Aircraft, Which May Allow Commercial Supersonic Flight, Passes Crucial Tests We all desire commercial supersonic travel, let’s be honest. Long-haul trips may be soul-crushing, and flying just a few hours to spend the weekend on…
Take The Movie Theater Anywhere And Save $140 On This Tiny Laser Projector! Are you ready for a movie night? Want to transform your living room or outdoor gathering into a movie theater without spending thousands of dollars…
Dyson Is Betting You’ll Want to Strap an Air Purifier to Your Face Air. It appeals to both me and you. We’re all out here walking around in it all day, inhaling it and absorbing it into our…
Instagram Expands Its Product Tagging Feature to All US Users Instagram said on Tuesday that product tagging would be available to everyone in the United States in the coming months. Only Instagram creators could tag…
India’s Zomato Says It Will Deliver Food in 10 Minutes in a Global First You’ve certainly heard of — and perhaps tried — businesses that bring groceries to your door in 10 minutes. But what if you could have…
People Are Sharing Facts That Look like Shitposts, and They’re Incredible Following a prompt from Independent writer Eric Michael Garcia, people are posting wonderful facts that seem like shitposts. Let us explain “shitposting” in case you’ve…