Engineer Devises "UFO Patents" For US Navy
Paul Ratner writes via Interesting Engineering: Theoretical inventions known as the "UFO patents" have been inflaming worldwide curiosity. A product of the American engineer Dr. Salvatore Cezar Pais, the patents were filed during his work for the U.S.....»»
Check out this Apple Car rendering based on the company’s patents
A U.K. company has provided one take on what the Apple Car could look like, assuming it ever makes it to production......»»
The First Cracks In Sony"s PS5 Firmware
Over the weekend, the hacking group Fail0verflow claimed to have obtained PS5 root keys allow them to decrypt the console's firmware. "Additionally, Andy Nguyen (a security engineer at Google who's better known under his handle, theflow0) managed to.....»»
Metallurgist Admits Faking Steel-Test Results For US Navy Subs
schwit1 shares a report from the Miami Herald: A metallurgist in Washington state pleaded guilty to fraud Monday after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make U.S. Navy submarines. Elaine Marie Thom.....»»
Reddit To Tokenize Karma Points and Onboard 500M New Users, Report Says
American social media giant Reddit may soon convert users' karma points into Ethereum-based (ERC-20) tokens and onboard 500 million new crypto users in the process, according to a newly hired Reddit engineer. From a report: A series of tweets made by.....»»
Forget bendy screens—Microsoft patents “foldable mouse”
A newly published patent shows designs for a Microsoft Arc-like mouse that bends. Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) Foldable screens have allowed for some wacky phone and PC designs over the past few years. As bendy tech continues t.....»»
Desperate US bid to engineer corals for climate change
A bit of coral shimmers like gold in a US lab as part of urgent work to help the species protect itself from climate change, an effort even skeptical experts see as sadly justifiable......»»
System76 Engineer Confirms Work on New Rust-Written Desktop, Not Based on GNOME
Phoronix reports: System76's Pop!_OS Linux distribution already has their own "COSMIC" desktop that is based on GNOME, but moving ahead they are working on their own Rust-written desktop that is not based on GNOME or any existing desktop environment.....»»
Google is now offering free limited-time trials for Stadia games
YouTube channel Gem (via 9to5Google) spotted that users of Stadia's free option can now access a 30-minute trial of Hello Engineer. It's already free to those who subscribe to the service's Pro tier, while those on the free tier have to pay $20 for t.....»»
PS5 faceplate or IP violation? The law behind Dbrand’s “Darkplates”
Design patents, brand confusion, and "familiar-but-legally-distinct" logos. Enlarge When gaming peripherals company Dbrand started selling its custom black PS5 faceplates in February, its website cheekily suggested that its e.....»»
Researchers engineer microorganisms to tackle PET plastic pollution
From overflowing landfills to floating garbage islands in the oceans to microplastics in remote wilderness areas, billions of tons of discarded plastic have created a global pollution crisis......»»
Researchers engineer hardier microbes to improve bioproduction of fuels, chemicals
Busy, productive microbes use enzymes to break down leaves, stalks and other biomass and then convert that material into renewable fuels and chemicals. But some of those enzymes can't function at the high temperatures or acidity that maintain low ope.....»»
Robotics Engineer Adds a Working USB-C Port To An iPhone
Ken Pillonel, a robotics engineer on YouTube, replaced an iPhone's Lightning port with a working USB-C port. AppleInsider reports: In a YouTube Short titled "World's First USB-C iPhone," Ken Pillonel claims to have installed the component into the iP.....»»
Navy Facebook Account Hacked To Stream "Age of Empires"
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: The U.S. Navy has lost control of the official Facebook page for its destroyer-class warship, the USS Kidd. Someone has hacked the page and, for the past two days, done nothing but stream Age of E.....»»
Top Gun 2: Why Tom Cruise Wasn"t Allowed To Fly An F-18 Fighter Jet
Throughout Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise's character Pete "Maverick" Mitchell pilots multiple aircraft, but the US Navy forbade the actor from piloting the F-18 Super Hornet. Set for release, after several bumps in its schedule, on May 27,.....»»
Watch this: YouTuber creates a real-life version of Apex Legends" loot robot
Words alone aren't enough to fully encapsulate just how impressive this little project is, so be sure to take a look at its creator's official build video below. In it, YouTuber and engineer The3DPrintSpace summarizes the entire construction process......»»
After years of futility, NASA turns to private sector for spacesuit help
"A flight-ready suit remains years away from completion." Enlarge / NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine high-fives Kristine Davis, a spacesuit engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, wearing a ground prototype of NASA’s new Exploration Extr.....»»
Alphabet Gives Some Loon Patents To SoftBank, Open Sources Flight Data and Makes Patent Non-assertion Pledge
TechCrunch reports: Alphabet's Loon was a stratospheric moonshot that saw the company fly high-altitude balloons to provide cellular network coverage to target areas. The project broke a lot of new ground, including developing technology that enabled.....»»
Engineer Devises "UFO Patents" For US Navy
Paul Ratner writes via Interesting Engineering: Theoretical inventions known as the "UFO patents" have been inflaming worldwide curiosity. A product of the American engineer Dr. Salvatore Cezar Pais, the patents were filed during his work for the U.S.....»»
Netflix leverages AMD Epyc processors to achieve 400 Gbps video data flow per server
Recently, Netflix senior software engineer Drew Gallatin offered some valuable insights into the company's efforts to optimize the hardware and software architecture that makes it possible to stream enormous amounts of video entertainment to over 209.....»»
Maker Spotlight: Maarten van Lier
name Maarten van Lier Where are you located? Wisconsin What is your day job? Maker/inventor/designer/engineer Do you attend a makerspace/fablab/hackerspace? Not currently but, I caught the maker Bug at the Milwaukee Makerspace some years ago W.....»»