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In case you didn’t hear, it’s been flooding for the last few days. Before that we were in the grips of an epic drought that had been going on for over 2 years and predictions were that it would take decades to recover…and this past weekend happened…. [...]

[Jake] never ceases to amaze with his inventions, from his Powered respirator to his Steampunk LCD and more. Today he proves that not every hack has to be an amazing one requiring hundreds of hours, tons of soldering, and an Arduino. Instead, he was t… [...]

We were fortunate enough to StumbleUpon the most useless machine ever. Delightful! Eclipsed perhaps by the world’s most useless machine copy. We say that because the doll arm looks more realistic which creeps us out in a very entertaining way. S… [...]

The Blind Juggler is a robot that juggles or bounces balls in a controlled manner without any sensory input. It is basically just a linear actuator with a paddle on the end to smack the ball back into the air as it returns to the ground. Th… [...]

Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com title: "The Law of Free Food" – originally published 9/9/2009… [...]