Building Crazy Lego Robots Has Never Been Easier
There are a lot of crazy Lego builds out there. This Rubik’s Cube solver, or this hypnotic ball contraption, for example, give you an idea of just how technical some of these projects can be. Now, Lego is finally making robotic toys for everyone who’s too lazy to learn to code.
Don't Throw Out Your Game Boy Classic; Use It To Pilot a Drone Instead
What do you do with your old Game Boy? Some of us try and boot it up for the first time in decades, while others look at this brick that we played with in our childhood and make something of it.
Why New Games Are Always Garbage on PCs
On Friday the very hotly anticipated No Man’s Sky was finally made available for PC gamers, a full four days after console gamers got it. Reportedly this was because the developers wanted to “make it right.” Unfortunately it was still a rush job and game stores like Steam and GoG have pages and pages of angry…
Use This Predictive Text Generator To Write The Best Internet FanfictionÂ
“Batman isn’t paid to destroy crime corners. He is actually attracted to the crimes and also The Penguin.”
With Just Three Keys, Keyboard Manages To Make Typing More Complicated
Learning how to efficiently type on a QWERTY keyboard is tough enough for many of us, but one Reddit user decided to make the process even more complicated thanks to a three-button binary keyboard.
Bing's New Live Code Editor Is Surprisingly Useful
Google is famous for integrating tiny, handy features directly into its search results. With a new in-line live code editor that pops up when you search for programming questions, Bing may just have beaten Google at its own game.
Bored With BB-8? Sphero’s SPRK App Lets You Reprogram Your Droid to Be Exciting Again
You played with it for hours on end after it was first released, but by the time The Force Awakens hit theaters months later, you had probably lost interest in your Sphero BB-8. But don’t bury the little droid in a drawer just yet, because a free app will make your BB-8 even more exciting than the day you first opened…
Why the 1970 Bug Bricks Your iPhone
Thanks to scum-of-the-internet 4chan, we’ve all been hearing lately about a particular iOS bug that will brick modern iPhones, if you set the date back to 1/1/1970. Why does that happen? YouTuber Tom Scott explains.
Watch Daft Punk's 'Aerodynamic' Played Using Just Code
To anyone who ever tells you that programming isn’t creative, show them this. In this video, Sébastien Rannou recreates the whole of Daft Punk’s “Aerodynamic” using just a hundred or so lines of code. And it sounds pretty damn great.
How Pointy Brackets Became a Computing Icon
The <pointy brackets> are an archetypal pair of characters in the world of computing. But if you’ve ever wondered how they became so pervasive, you’re in luck.
There's a Donald Trump Programming Language
If programming isn’t political enough for you, maybe you need to try a new language. How about TrumpScript, which lets you create code that the great Donald Trump would be proud to execute. If he could, you know, understand it.
Is It Worth It To Study Computer Science?
Today a kid in college told me he was debating whether to major in CS or not. How would you settle that debate?
You Don't Need To Understand Programming to Appreciate This Awesome Rant
Linus Torvalds is a legendary software engineer and founder of the Linux kernel. He also can’t stand bad code, so sit down, grab the popcorn, and enjoy.
Learn About Coding with These Ultra Nerdy Playing Cards
Everybody loves playing cards because they’re fun. But as the geeky designers behind code:deck prove, playing cards can be educational, too!
MIT Invented a Way to Automatically Fix Software Bugs With Borrowed Code
A new system from MIT’s CSAIL, or Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, does something incredible to fix buggy software: It borrows healthy code from other applications–and then fixes the bug without ever accessing the original source code.
iRobot Founder Says She Learned to Program at Radio Shack
Helen Greiner, founder of iRobot, almost single-handedly started the home robotics revolution. Her company produced the sweeping robot, Roomba, and now makes the PackBot, a military robot that can defuse bombs and aid in rescue missions. But she never would have learned to program without Radio Shack.
How Microsoft Is Going to Port Everything to Windows
We heard the rumors over and over: Android apps are coming to Windows 10. It sounded like a good way to let Windows Phone and Desktop users fill the gaps in the Windows Store—but it isn’t happening. Instead, Microsoft is making it ridiculously easy to port Android apps to the Windows Store. And everything else too:…
