The US government says China is using the world’s largest supercomputer for nuclear-related activities. It’s banned Intel from supplying chips to expand Tianhe-2’s capabilities. The computer has been listed as the world’s fastest since June 2013 when it took top spot on the bi-annual TOP500 list. Housed at the National Supercomputing Center in Guanghzhou, it’s […]
Tron was a movie that was well ahead of its time. Dealing with A.I and the idea of a creator actually ending up as a sentient being within his own program. It was nerdtastic, and instilled in many of us geeks a love for programming, coding, and gaming in general (which some of us already […]
Dominic Wilcox is a man quite unlike any other. A genius who thinks so far outside the box he can no longer tell you the shape of on. Wilcox invents things that cause people to look at him, and question their own version of reality for a minute. Some people are born with brains that […]
We finally have it, people. A computer so small it is comparative in size to a grain of rice. But do not let the size of the M^3 (real name: Michigan Micro Mote) fool you. It is completely capable of taking pictures and reading temps, ย among other things. It was created by the folks over […]
3D printing already allows replicator machines, but they aren’t exactly pocket-sized. Now researchers believe it could be possible to scan an object for 3D printing using a smartphone camera. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have produced a proof-of-concept camera chip that’s considerably less than a millimeter square. If successfully developed and built into […]
Sort of speaks for itself, for those who did not get the see the lovely blood moon this past weekend, here is a version of it in real time, shot by N.A.S.A. Still pretty dang cool. Did seem like it was in an awful hurry for an eclipse, though. [Via Laughing Squid]
Stanford researchers have developed a flexible aluminium battery that charges in under a minute and may be safer than lithium-ion models. The downside is that it has a lower voltage than most rechargeable batteries. Rather than a solid casing, the battery consists of a pouch filled with two metals and a liquid. The anode is […]
One big problem right now with social media is the fact that many of us use it and end up being depressed because we compare our lives to the inaccurate lives we see show up in our feeds. So what if someone became aware of that problem and wanted to create a social network that […]
Calder Wilson is an artist who does very particular things your eyes have never seen before. By attaching fireworks to drones and then filming them using long exposure, he gets amazing works of art that look like some sort of advanced firefly mid-flight. Check out some of his other work at his site. A wild […]
In a stroke of genius, SnapPower has combined a 1-amp USB charger into a simple, thin wall coverplate! As of this writing, there are over 40 days left in its Kickstarter and already the project has exceeded it’s $35,000 by OVER TEN TIMES! Clearly the world is ready for this USB coverplate. And for as […]