LEDs last far longer than incandescent bulbs, are much more energy-efficient, and contain less toxic substances. Compact fluorescents give them a run for their money in some areas, although LEDs tend to have a warmer, “nicer” light. In the past few years, a number of companies have started marketing LED light fixtures that screw into traditional incandescent receptacles – these have included products from Geobulb, Switch, GE and Sharp. A … Read More → "LEDO offers LED lighting in a bulb-like form"

If you’re at that stage as a beginner where you wonder what’s going on behind the scenes on an Arduino board you should check out jumperone’s tutorial on using microcontrollers. via Dangerous Prototypes

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Results from a second experiment uphold the observation that neutrinos are moving faster than the speed of light. The OPERA collaboration, which first reported the superluminal neutrinos in September, has rerun the experiment and detected 20 new neutrinos breaking Einstein’s theoretical limit. via Wired

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Thanksgiving is almost here! Pass the turkey. Cut the pie. Oh, ugh, and somebody bring me a USB cable! Being the family gearhead often means you take on a new role as unpaid tech support.

When you arrive home for the holidays, suddenly you’re everyone’s Bill Nye. You may find yourself fielding questions about everything from Facebook to QuickBooks. And don’t plan on being able to Google your way out. Is that Bing in your parents’ search bar? And will your XBOX even work on dialup? via Read More → "How to keep Thanksgiving from being a family tech trainwreck"

Neil Campbell sounds tired. It could be jet lag from from working on three continents in the space of one week. More likely it is because it is the end of another diary-packed day with clients, business colleagues and others having all sought his expertise.

Hardly a day goes by without news of another cyber-attack, whether it is a credit card data breach, an assault by self-styled hacktivists or suspected industrial espionage – and the reports are just the tip of the iceberg. via Read More → "Fighting cybercrime on a global scale"

But you read all this last week – didn’t you?

https://www.eejournal.com/archives/articles/20111109-gps/

The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center is situated just off Sand Hill Road nestled in an expansive tract of verdant lawns and trees two miles west of the university’s main campus.

About 150 of the world’s best GPS engineers have gathered here this week, and the subject is war. via Wired</ … Read More → "GPS saves the world — but who’ll save GPS?"

Tyler’s creation essentially boiled down to taking a standard dual resonant solid state Tesla coil and shrinking it down to a reasonable size for mounting on his skull. The mini Tesla features a pretty compact boost core which worked reasonably well, at least for a little while. He says that the boost never truly worked properly and needs a redesign, which is something he’ll tackle when he gets some free time. via Read More → "A head-mounted Tesla coil – what could possibly go wrong?"

AllesWirdGut Architektur have converted an abandoned steel mill into a sleek public park, leaving many of the old structural remnants in place. This bi-level tunnel bench is especially brilliant.

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