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• Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence

  By Shaun on January 17, 2017 • ( 0 )

  President Obama on Tuesday largely commuted the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the army intelligence analyst convicted of an enormous 2010 leak that revealed American military and diplomatic activities across the world, disrupted the administration, and made WikiLeaks, the… Read More ›

• Make Ordinary Subjects Extraordinary With Your Smartphone

  By Shaun on January 17, 2017 • ( 0 )

  One of the best arguments for using your phone as a camera is that you always have it with you. There are few cameras that are as accessible, easy to use, and ready to go at a moment’s notice. What’s… Read More ›

• The Fortress at the End of Time

  By Shaun on January 17, 2017 • ( 0 )

  The other major theme in The Fortress at the End of Time is the unexpected consequences of technology. Humanity has developed amazing tech: colonies far out in the depths of space, ansibles that teleport people across the stars, and starships… Read More ›

• What Apple still needs to do

  By Shaun on January 17, 2017 • ( 2 )

  Apple may have knocked me sideways with the quality of the AirPods, but there remain a few areas in which the company needs to improve its offerings. Some of these are quite small, but together they offer holes in the… Read More ›

• The incredible shrinking computer

  By Shaun on January 17, 2017 • ( 4 )

  The incredible shrinking computer. Tweeted by Luke Wroblewski. Makes you wonder where we will be in 20 years.

• How Designers Engineer Luck Into Video Games

  By Shaun on January 17, 2017 • ( 1 )

  Fairness is the unspoken promise of most video games. Controlled by an omniscient and omnipotent designer, a video game has the capacity to be ultimately just, and players expect that it will be so. (Designers also have an incentive to… Read More ›

• A One-Handed Shoelace Tying System

  By Shaun on January 17, 2017 • ( 0 )

  In addition to being convenient for the able-bodied, Knez’s QuickShoeLace should be a boon for single amputees or those born with only one hand. And if he could design an easier way to grasp the looping part, I’d think the… Read More ›

• The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Up Close

  By Shaun on January 17, 2017 • ( 0 )

  That is a stunning tribute.

• The MB&F HM7 Aquapod

  By Shaun on January 17, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Something to get out of the way up front is that the HM7 is big. Very, very big. In fact, it’s the largest machine in a collection of large machines. Bezel and all, the watch measures a whopping 53.8mm across,… Read More ›

• The Inside Story of BitTorrent’s Bizarre Collapse

  By Shaun on January 16, 2017 • ( 0 )

  BitTorrent had already tried to be the next Netflix, starting long before Netflix had become the next Netflix. The company was founded in 2004 by Bram Cohen, inventor of the open-source protocol that lent the startup its name, and Ashwin… Read More ›

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