Bringing GPS, efficiency tracking, and more—to 15-year-old clunkers
“Device-and-app solutions like Automatic and Mojio mean more cars can get to the cloud. Today, almost any car built after 1996 can join the...
Monthly Archives: July 2015
This Little Seahorse Will Teach Us How To Build Better Robots
“Clemson University mechanical engineer Michael Porter, whose research group is in the business of designing new structures based on biological templates, has for years...
The Chemistry of Fireworks, Sparklers, Gunpowder
It’s July 4th. Let’s think about (the peaceful uses of) Fireworks, Sparklers, and Gunpowder. compoundchem.com “Compound Interest is a site that aims to take...
Why it pays to read the privacy policy before you sign up for a service
By Martin Brinkmann on July 4, 2015 in Internet – Last Update: July 4, 2015 “Free is not always free on the Internet, and...
“Terms of Service; Didn’t Read” (short: ToS;DR)
TOSDR service: Terms of Service, didn’t read! “TOSDR is a web-service which grades other services on how much they screw you over. The database...