from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsKeeping Track of the Night Sky with Discrete Logic Chips: As hobbies go, stargazing has a pretty low barrier to entry. All you really need is a pair of Mark 1 eyeballs and maybe a little caffeine to help you …read more https://t.co/1a2eGb4EnN #hadtips https://t.co/ypbGcf5ftp
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsNIF’s Laser Fusion Experiment’s Energy Gain Passes Peer Review: Back in December of 2022, a team of researchers at the USA’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) announced that they had exceeded ‘scientific breakeven’ with their laser-based inertial… https://t.co/zaJHYSFGeQ #hadtips https://t.co/gx5LMt80lC
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsThis Week in Security: Broken Shims, LassPass, and Toothbrushes?: Linux has a shim problem. Which naturally leads to a reasonable question: What’s a shim, and why do we need it? The answer: Making Linux work wit Secure Boot, and …read more https://t.co/HUthhhpNWN #hadtips https://t.co/1fk3Dwr7UA
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsSynthetic Spider Silk: While spider silk proteins are something you can make in your garage, making useful drag line fibers has proved a daunting challenge. Now, a team of scientists from Japan and …read more https://t.co/qY6oxSDLPQ #hadtips https://t.co/pXvZ2AtxEW
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisors3D Printing Silicone Parts: Silicone is a useful material for many purposes. Traditionally, creating something out of silicone required injection molding. That’s not difficult, but it does require a good bit of setup. As …read more https://t.co/8R6K51YyuI #hadtips https://t.co/QcJUrQskCY
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsRevisiting a Z80 Game From 1990: Back in the days of 8-bit computers, like no doubt many readers of similar age, we wrote little games. First in BASIC, then augmented with little machine code speed-ups. We …read more https://t.co/JYrzeYzOnf #hadtips https://t.co/LSy6ktir29
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) Mar 16, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsHow Airplanes Mostly Stopped Flying Into Terrain And Other Safety Improvements: We have all heard the statistics on how safe air travel is, with more people dying and getting injured on their way to and from the airport than while traveling… https://t.co/90fvXat70Z #hadtips https://t.co/sTUknWPc9S
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsMetal Crystal Stops Electrons: Researchers at Rice University have found an alloy of copper, vanadium, and sulfur that forms crystals that, due to quantum effects, can trap electrons. This can produce flat bands, which …read more https://t.co/nxFxHh3N8j #hadtips https://t.co/AMxjjcJ6Qh
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsYour 1983 Video Phone is Finally Ready: If you read Byte magazine in 1983, you might have expected that, by now, you’d be able to buy the red phone with the video screen built-in. You know, like …read more https://t.co/RqqHxyZWxz #hadtips https://t.co/5KLCSistfC
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) Mar 15, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsVesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize Awarded And 2024’s New Challenge: In the year 79 CE, a massive cloud of volcanic ash rained down on the Roman city of Herculaneum after an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Along with the city of …read more https://t.co/KSmD3Y2dvk #hadtips https://t.co/TzDv2TMKhT
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