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"Fab" seems a bit of an overstatement. What he is describing is similar in capabilities to what any average university lab with a device fabrication facility is capable of.

Which, at least for the Oslo area, offers more reliable predictions than Apple's weather app (which is always weather.com, afaik) Having said that, and having the Norwegian Meteoro…

Can confirm, but not sure about better QA of the branded ones. Company issued macbook came with a "Satechi" hub, which died within 6 months, while two other noname AliExpress ones …

Examples lying around in my house: Bathroom scale: lovely it powers up when you tap it, but eats up 2 button cells a year for a few dozen uses a year Kitchen scales, bit more use, …

The “China Export” logo is a blatant but subtle imitation of the actual CE logo. Quite frankly insidious... https://support.ce-check.eu/hc/en-us/articles/360008642600-H...

Search for : NDIR CO2 sensor module. The ones without auto-calibration go for under $20 in China.

Evidence to the contrary: http://www.vdlbuscoach.com/News/News-Library/2018/Europa-s-g... I use these on a regular basis, for urban environments, electric busses combined with over…

I once had the pleasure to use a high speed travelator in Paris going at 8mph, I recall they used several acceleration stages in series before getting on the main section. Also rem…

I just viewed the stl-files, It's about 300x300x170mm

They went on an founded a startup called Tribogenics, raised a total of about $20M over the years (among others from Nikon and Founders Fund), They worked on developing lower cost …

Unfortunately for e-scooters and other novel vehicles, the government agency in the Netherlands that handles vehicle certification (RDW) is notoriously bureaucratic. By default any…

The main issue with using a synchrotron or Free Electron Laser EUV source might not be so much about the technology, but more about the mindset of the clients (Samsung, TSMC, Globa…

I have both Raspberry Pi's and a few of the cheap "clones". So some takeaways: The good: they're definitely cheaper, I paid about a third of the raspberry Pi 2 price for a comparab…

Apparently a movie has been in development hell for about 10 years now, can vaguely remember Colin Farrell being attached to it.

If you don't want your macbook to burn a hole in your lap, potentially. I'm sure most recent processors will be able to do playback, just not optimized, and at high cpu load.

Recently spent a few weeks in Nairobi, drivers accepting the ride and then spending 10+ minutes parked a few hundred meters down the road seem quite common. Could be misaligned inc…

That and dark silicon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_silicon Running a modern CPU with an acceptable TDP, means only so much of the transistors can be utilized simultaneously …

True, and besides having lost money, their investors also continue to lose credibility, considering the poor if not complete lack of due diligence on their part, as long as this fi…

And not to forget this tragic story, the suicide of one of Theranos's chief scientists: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/10/22/british-he...

When I tried KiCAD several years ago, I was drawn in by the extensive feature list only to find that it suffered from the same issues as Blender, another mayor open source project,…

Is it? The"loud pipes save lives" argument seems to be mostly a myth (I can't find any credible research backing it at least).