Strontium optical clock accurate to within 1 second over 30 billion years

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China have achieved a major breakthrough in optical clock technology, developing a strontium optical lattice clock with stability and ...
Will Cogley on MSN

DIY animatronic 3D printed mouth using Arduino and Python

Here's the assembly instructions for my 3D printed Arduino / Python controlled animatronic mouth! #animatronics #arduino #3dprinting #python #robotics #makerproject #diyrobot #mechanism #engineeringpr ...

This vibe-coded operating system looks like a nightmarish version of our AI OS future, although some of the function keys change the wallpaper so that's fun

Every now and then, someone brings up the haunting spectre of an AI-focused Windows 12. While recent rumours about the fabled ...
Hackaday

Creating An Ultra-Stable Lunar Clock With A Cryogenic Silicon Cavity Laser

Phase-coherent lasers are crucial for many precision tasks, including timekeeping. Here on Earth the most stable optical ...
InfoWorld

What I learned using Claude Sonnet to migrate Python to Rust

Using an AI coding assistant to migrate an application from one programming language to another wasn’t as easy as it looked. Here are three takeaways.
eWeek

Xiaomi Puts Humanoid Robots on a Factory Clock

In a March 3 update, Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun said the company’s humanoid robots have started “internships” at its EV plant, including autonomous operations in real manufacturing scenarios. He ...

I finally fixed my gamer posture, and it's all thanks to this floating backrest

The Eureka Ergonomic Python II comes in considerably cheaper than the Autofull M6 Ultra II, but still offers a floating backrest with dynamic lumbar support. While it's not quite as adjustable as ...
WBEZ

What traffic controls will make Chicago safer?

Experts are going ‘round and round’ trying to decide if roundabouts can take the place of traditional intersections in the city. The number of roundabouts in the suburbs is increasing and state ...
Engadget

Anthropic beefs up Claude's free tier as OpenAI prepares to stuff ads into ChatGPT's

Anthropic is upgrading Claude's free tier, apparently to capitalize on OpenAI's planned integration of ads into ChatGPT. On Wednesday, Anthropic said free Claude users can now create files, connect to ...
KVIA

Surprise US military plans to use counter-drone laser triggered El Paso airspace closure, sources say

Washington — A Pentagon plan to use a high-energy, counter-drone laser without having coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration about potential risks to civilian flights prompted ...
Stuttgart Daily Leader

Intermittent fasting: Using the clock to manage calories

LITTLE ROCK — Counting hours rather than calories — known as intermittent fasting — may help some people manage weight. “Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern based on time instead of specific ...
IEEE

Demonstration of a Clock Distribution Method using Switching Matrices and a Two-Phase Clock Signal on an FPGA

Abstract: Very large-scale Integrations (VLSIs) are vulnerable to radiation, and VLSIs used in high radiation environments such as space environment and nuclear power plants have a short lifetime.