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October 22: Mount Pleasant Library - DIY Craft Night with the DC Punk Archive A mere hop, skip and jump from HacDC HQ dclibrary.libnet.info/event/11842651

Scientists enable hydrogel to play and improve at Pong video game; Researchers say their creation has memory, which it can use to perform better by gaining experience theguardian.com/technology/art… #science #news #hydrogel #memory #technology

Where are they now? 10 years ago: Five wonder materials that could change the world Materials such as graphene & shrilk are so new that the scientists who discovered them hardly know what to do with them – they only know they might yet transform our lives theguardian.com/science/2014/a…

Wafer-thin, stretchy and strong as steel: could ‘miracle’ material graphene finally transform our world? The material, discovered in 2004, was meant to be revolutionary. But only now is the technology coming of age theguardian.com/science/2024/a… #graphene #technology #materials #science

A year out of this world: Nasa seeks volunteers to simulate Mars mission; Four-person crew will inhabit 3D-printed replica of red planet to help develop and evaluate systems for missions slated for 2030s theguardian.com/science/2024/f…

Wet skin could save lives when lightning strikes, study finds; 3D models of human head experience less damage when subjected to lightning strike simulation theguardian.com/science/2024/f… #science #news

US outlaws robocalls that use AI-generated voices; ‘It seems like something from the far-off future, but this threat is already here,’ says chair of Federal Communications Commission theguardian.com/technology/202…

Energy based on power of stars is step closer after nuclear fusion heat record; Feat by scientists at Oxfordshire facility described as ‘fitting swansong’ for pioneering project as reactor is decommissioned theguardian.com/environment/20…

Elon Musk says Neuralink has implanted first brain chip in a human; Billionaire’s startup will study functionality of interface, which it says lets those with paralysis control devices with their thoughts theguardian.com/technology/202… #neurolink #musk #neurotech #brain #computer #BCI

Personally, I think NASA might have gotten it open faster if they had just bribed an octopus... 😉 NASA finally unlocks $1bn canister of asteroid dust theguardian.com/science/2024/j…

Pale, porous and 3D-printed: inside the weird and wonderful quest to make compostable shoes theguardian.com/environment/20… #compost #shoes #environment #3DPrinting

Japan’s ‘moon sniper’ lander heads for touchdown on lunar surface; If all goes to plan, Jaxa’s lander will make Japan the fifth country ever to land on the moon theguardian.com/science/2024/j…

IBM unveils new quantum computing chip to ‘explore new frontiers of science’ Computer and AI giant rolls out machine using ‘Heron’ chips using subatomic particles instead of ones and zeros theguardian.com/technology/202…

A 17-year-old engineer's magnet-free motor prototype could make electric vehicles more sustainable His new prototype had 39 percent greater torque over a traditional motor. interestingengineering.com/innovation/eng… #physics #engineering #sustainability #EV

I guess the scarecrow didn't really need one after all... theguardian.com/science/2023/s…

NASA has a new UFO / UAP research director... theguardian.com/world/2023/sep… #NASA #UFO #UAP

The 2023 IgNobels are out... theguardian.com/science/2023/s… #IgNobel

🎵We don't need no thought control🎵 theguardian.com/science/2023/a…

Po-tay-to, po-tah-to, man of steel, steel of man 😉 futurism.com/the-byte/scien…