“A reclusive Russian mathematician solves a $1 million question but refuses to take the prize money. Grigory Perelman has found a way to quantify voids, and has a proven the Poincaré conjecture. Proposed in 1904, it is based on topology — a geometry-related branch of mathematics that deals with spatial properties; the conjecture essentially states that any shape without a hole can be bent or stretched to form a sphere.” … Read More → "Math genius solves 100 year old problem but refuses million dollar prize"

Check out illucia: a modular codebending instrument:

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Behold the quick reload water clip:

Load it into your Super Soaker Thunderstorm or Tornado Strike water blaster and never run out of water ammo again.

via ars technica

source: Hasbro

This backpack has portable radar system can see through walls and send a live 3D map of the next room (and everything and everyone in it) straight to your smartphone. via Dvice

Source: Cambridge Consultants

If you love Strandbeests but don’t have the patience to build your own, Dutch artist Theo Jansen has you covered. 

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“When self-described “Pinball Amasser” Richard Conger stumbled onto what he believed to be the world’s first pinball machine, it was sitting in a farmhouse basement. The owner refused to sell him the game by itself, so Conger bought the entire farm.” via Wired’s Raw File

Read the article here (also a great collection of photos of vintage pinball machines)

Couple of interesting articles about people who have deliberately denied themselves the benefits of modern technology and are embracing retro tech instead.

Here at Techland

And the original article from The Guardian

An arcade shooting game using the MachXO2 CPLD.

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A trailer for the State of Electronics, a documentary about open hardware. The first trailer is here.

… Read More → "New State of Electronics documentary trailer"

PopSci teaches you how to make a crossbow, a wooden scooter, a psychedelic light show, and more contraptions you didn’t know you needed.

Read the article/see the photo archive here