Getting Inked Up? Thank Thomas Edison
Edison’s electric pen was designed for printing documents. But it’s still used today for tattooing Photo: Science Museum Group Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+P. Copy, Paste, Print. Or maybe skip that last step and don’t.....»»
Historian recreates Thomas Cromwell’s London mansion in exquisite detail
Why yes, there are floor plans for the 58 rooms, plus servants' attic garrets. Enlarge / Artist's reconstruction of Thomas Cromwell's mansion on Throgmorton Street in 1539, London, England. (credit: Peter Urmston) Tudor England was a treachero.....»»
Ignoring Intel Rumors, GlobalFoundries Will Do $1-billion Expansion
Plus the foundry will build a new fab in New York state It used to be rare that the semiconductor industry made the news, as Thomas Caulfield, CEO of GlobalFoundries, said on Monday. Caulfield was addressing an assembly of i.....»»
Edison Opto, EOI setting up LED automotive lighting module lines
LED packaging service provider Edison Opto is establishing two new production lines for LED automotive lighting modules in Taiwan, while LED automotive lighting module maker Excellence Optoelectronics (EOI) is setting up production lines at its facto.....»»
Farm robots are the future; let"s start preparing now, researcher argues
No longer science fiction, farm robots are already here—and they have created two possible extremes for the future of agriculture and its impacts on the environment, argues agricultural economist Thomas Daum in a Science & Society article published.....»»
Roblox cuts deal with Sony to produce in-game "music experiences"
On Tuesday, Roblox Corporation announced that it inked a deal with Sony Music Entertainment to bring its recording artists into the game. The arrangement sees Roblox and Sony collaborating to create "innovative music experiences" for the community, s.....»»
This astronaut dance is more than a simple space boogie
Shortly before embarking on Friday's spacewalk, ISS astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Shane Kimbrough performed what looked like a little dance......»»
Image: Thomas and the blue marble
A snap of ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during the second spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station's power system, taken by NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough......»»
This astronaut cheered his national soccer team from space
Staying in space 250 miles above Earth doesn't mean you can't enjoy live sports games, as French astronaut Thomas Pesquet showed this week......»»
Astronauts set for Friday spacewalk — here’s how to watch
American astronaut Shane Kimbrough and his French counterpart Thomas Pesquet will embark on a spacewalk on Friday. Here's how to watch the livestream......»»
Scientists design superfast molecular motor
Light-driven molecular motors have been around for over 20 years. These motors typically take microseconds to nanoseconds for one revolution. Thomas Jansen, associate professor of physics at the University of Groningen, and Master's student Atreya Ma.....»»
Astronauts install new rollout solar panels on International Space Station
Astronauts Thomas Pesquet of France and Shane Kimbrough of the United States spacewalked outside the International Space Station on Wednesday as they began the painstaking process of installing new solar panels to boost the orbital outpost's deterior.....»»
Spot market prices for wafer-use polysilicon rise by over 20%
Spot market prices for polysilicon have recently risen by over 20% to US$36-37 per kilogram from the level early this year, but silicon wafer makers will be little affected by the price hikes as they have inked long-term contracts with suppliers of t.....»»
Space station photo attempts to convey satellite’s high speed
Space station astronaut Thomas Pesquet has posted a photo that tries to convey the satellite's high speed as it orbits Earth......»»
Bitcoin now legal tender in El Salvador, first nation to adopt cryptocurrency
Central American nation hopes to lower remittance costs and boost investment. Enlarge / El Salvador now says both US dollars and bitcoin are legal tender. (credit: Thomas Trutschel / Getty Images News) On Wednesday, El Salvador’s president.....»»
Spurred by Clarence Thomas, Ohio AG wants Google declared a public utility
Ohio lawsuit quotes Justice Thomas' opinion that websites can be common carriers. Enlarge / Googleplex office in Palo Alto, California in January 2018. (credit: Getty Images | Ingus Kruklitis) The state of Ohio sued Google today in an unusual.....»»
This is what a birthday party on the space station looks like
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough recently celebrated his 54th birthday on the space station, with fellow astronaut Thomas Pesquet posting a photo of the event......»»
New form of silicon could enable next-gen electronic and energy devices
A team led by Carnegie's Thomas Shiell and Timothy Strobel developed a new method for synthesizing a novel crystalline form of silicon with a hexagonal structure that could potentially be used to create next-generation electronic and energy devices w.....»»
Texas’ “failsafe” generators failed, risking weeks-long catastrophe
Black start generators—and their backups—failed en masse during deep freeze. Enlarge / A worker repairs a power line in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (credit: Thomas Ryan Allison/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Texas’ days-long.....»»
EU bodies’ use of US cloud services from AWS, Microsoft being probed by bloc’s privacy chief
Europe’s lead data protection regulator has opened two investigations into EU institutions’ use of cloud services from U.S. cloud giants, Amazon and Microsoft, under so called Cloud II contracts inked earlier between European bodies, inst.....»»
Another Laptop Theft Exposes 21K Patients" Data
Philadelphia's Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is in the process of notifying more than 21,000 patients that a stolen laptop has exposed some of their most sensitive personal information......»»