While the world is eagerly waiting for COVID-19 vaccines to bring an end to the pandemic, wearing a mask to help prevent viral transmission has become more or less mandatory globally. Though…
Month: December 2020
The Kalashnikov CV-1 was meant to kill Tesla and impress Putin — but where is it?
It’s not uncommon in the tech world for new product concepts to never make it to reality. A sizeable number of ideas never even see the light of day and remain the…
Light on STEM toys this year? These kits can get a kid fully engaged in learning again
TLDR: These seven kits are all designed to spark STEM learning and get a kid engaged in science, engineering, robotics, and more. And they’re each now an extra 20 percent off. If…
A comprehensive guide to Typescript for JavaScript developers
If you are a JavaScript developer, you must have heard about Typescript at one point or another. If you have been reluctant about giving Typescript a try because you are not sure…
The 10 video games that made 2020 bearable
It’s been a heckuva year, hasn’t it? Global pandemic, mass lockdown, political strife, civil unrest, protests, conflicts, and I’m only just listing the things I can remember. But in the middle of it…
Kids who head soccer balls are more likely to develop dementia, neurologists say
Alarm bells are ringing in sport about the risk of a group of chronic, neuro-degenerative diseases, commonly understood as dementia. There is an increasingly large body of evidence which has identified that…
RIP Arecibo telescope — you’ll be missed
OK, 2020 — just stop it already. As might seem appropriate, at the start of 2020, astronomers using Arecibo found an asteroid resembling the head of a person wearing a face mask. The…
Here’s a bunch of apps that kept us distracted in 2020 — enjoy
It’s been a hell of a year and not in a good way. We’ve spent way too much time in front of our screens trying to make sense of things, but more…
Watch: Boston Dynamics robots dance to convince us that they’re friendly
Boston Dynamics robots have attracted a mix of amazement and terror for their diverse range of feats. The bots have already sniffed out bombs, patrolled oil rigs, monitored COVID-19 patients, done parkour, and occasionally fallen over….
The top 5 EVs you should be excited for in 2021
This past year was slated by some to be the “year of the EV.” Having seen a number of new electric vehicles reach the market, it’s certainly been a very positive year…