There are many advantages to having your leg amputated.Pedicure costs drop 50% overnight. A pair of socks lasts twice as long. But Hugh Herr, the director of the Biomechatronics Group at the MIT Media Lab, goes a step further. "It's actually unfair,"...
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Patrick Priebe, a German hacker who seems to be very good with tools, has constructed a handheld pulse laser pistol. It fires off a 1mw bast of infrared light through a Nd:YAG laser. In the video below you can see the effectiveness of his laser pisto...
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I don't do conventions very often, but I recently went to out in Northampton, MA, while visiting some friends. While I was there, I had a guy propose something fascinating to me. I can't remember the guy's name, so if he or one of his friends sees...
My name is Linus Torvalds, and I am your god.
Wolfram Research has the CBS/Paramount show since its first season. Now in the fifth season, it remains the most popular show of Friday nights. "" gives a more in-depth look at some of the mathematics in each episode. With , we've added a math puzz...
The Apple device survived the fall thanks to a protective case designed by the firm G-Form.
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The Motorway Problem, also known as the Steiner tree problem, is a problem in which you have to find the shortest interconnect between a certain number of