Introducing Handle
Handle is a research robot that stands 2 m tall, travels at 14 kmh and jumps 120 cm vertically. It uses electric power to operate both electric and hydraulic actuators, with a range of about 24...
Monthly Archive: February 2017
8 healthy winter soups
Besides being comforting and soul-soothing, soup has many practical virtues: It can often be made ahead of time and frozen, making later preparation quick and easy. Soups are perfect for using lots and lots...
Julie Atlas Muz & Mat Fraser
Julie Atlas Muz, one of the most acclaimed and prolific conceptual performers and choreographers in New York, sucker punches the boundaries between performance art, dance and burlesque with dark, twisted, come-hither performances that have...
Hot Dr Pepper poetry
You want to heat up a pan or anything? And just pour a little Dr Pepper in there as much as you want. If you’re using a glass glass glass made of glass...
Automatic vs manual transmission
Which is better: Manual or Automatic transmission? This debate has been present for the last seven decades. Manual and automatic transmissions are completely different technologies, which use different configurations and principles. One is based...
Aluminum can engineering
Bill Hammack details the engineering choices underlying the design of a beverage can. He explains why it is cylindrical, outlines the manufacturing steps needed to created the can, notes why the can narrows near...
Retro gaming with RetroPie
Complete RetroPie Tutorial – A beginners Guide to Setting up RetroPie 3.6 / EmulationStation on the Raspberry Pi 2 and Raspberry Pi 3 This tutorial will guide you from start to finish on how...
Bohemian Grove
Bohemian Grove is a 2,700-acre (1,100 ha) campground located at 20601 Bohemian Avenue, in Monte Rio, CA, belonging to a private San Francisco-based men’s art club known as the Bohemian Club. In mid-July each...
G.Spirits
The G-Spirits company, started by a pair of former bartenders, was founded on the principle that liquor is about both taste and that “special feeling” one gets when drinking. “For us there is nothing...
7 Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby star discovered
Astronomers have never seen anything like this before: Seven Earth-size alien worlds orbit the same tiny, dim star, and all of them may be capable of supporting life as we know it, a new...