Safe, Smart, and… Fun? The Surprising Science of ATMs
Using an automated teller machine is inherently risky. You stand there, your back turned, signaling to everyone around that you’re about to have a wad of twenties in your pocket. If you’re lucky, there’s a security guard on duty. But usually it’s just you and whoever is lurking in that little convex mirror. ATMs themselves…
I Have a Magnet Implant In My Finger
Let’s talk about magnet implants. I don’t really bring it up much, but I have a small rare earth magnet implanted in the pinkie finger on my right hand. I’ve had it for around three years now. Whenever someone finds out that I have this implant, they’ve always got a ton of questions. Usually the…
Nvidia’s GTX 680 Benchmarked: The Beast Lives Up to the Hype
Johannes Kepler once wrote, “Nature uses as little as possible of anything.” Nvidia’s latest GPU, code-named Kepler after the German mathematician, looks to be inspired by that quote, as much as by the original Kepler’s mathematical prowess. The new GPU-the GTX 680- offers superb graphics horsepower, but requires only two 6-pin PCI Express power connectors.…
Pentagon: Trillion-Dollar Jet on Brink of Budgetary Disaster
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the supposed backbone of the Pentagon’s future air arsenal, could need additional years of work and billions of dollars in unplanned fixes, the Air Force and the Government Accountability Office revealed on Tuesday. Congressional testimony by Air Force and Navy leaders, plus a new report by the GAO, heaped bad…