I love this quote from Ray Bradbury about Edgar Rice Borroughs, the author of Tarzan and John Carter stories: “Edgar Rice Burroughs never would have looked upon himself as a social mover and shaker with social obligations. But as it … Read more
From launching our technology preview of the new and improved code search experience a year ago, to the public beta we released at GitHub Universe last November, there’s been a flurry of innovation and dramatic changes to some of the … Read more
Developed by Manel Torres, Bella Hadid’s spray-on dress uses 3D technology. Photograph: Instagram/Bella Hadid DURING PARIS FASHION WEEK French Label Coperni delivered a performance involving a spray-on dress on Palestinian/Dutch model Bella Hadid. Hadid was, quite literally, spray-painted with a … Read more
Two years ago, I started out building a new software product. From the start, it would require mobile, web, and backend components to make it work, so I had to make quite a few technology choices. Here is how those … Read more
A lot has changed about air travel since it went mainstream in the 1930s. On-board smoking, free-flowing booze, and five-star meals have given way to baggage fees, cramped seats, and mystery meat. It ain’t all bad, though — flying is … Read more
As we continue to irc our way through the apocalypse, let’s look at the happenings in the ecosystem during the second half of 2021. Baby’s first Limnoria plugin and other notable world events I have been using a custom bot … Read more
At the beginning of December 2020, I joined Lilium as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining, I was Chief Engineer and Managing Director at Rolls-Royce Germany. In my career I have been responsible for delivering a number of world leading … Read more
Roomba Vacuum Cleaner Roomba doesn’t have a spoken language, just simple tones. This tone-based language makes it easy for anyone to understand what Roomba is saying, and elimates the need to translate the tone into many different languages. Roomba chirps … Read more
May 6th 2021 NOBODY LIKES a call from the taxman. Donald Rumsfeld, who as America’s defence secretary oversaw a budget bigger than the economy of a typical country, nonetheless finds the rules so confusing that he writes to the Internal … Read more