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The only hackerspace in the nation's capital.
https://hacdc.org
- Joined
- Nov 10, 2022
- Location
- Washington, DC
- Meetup
- https://meetup.com/hac-dc
- Discord
- https://discord.gg/YAQUKRZ4eJ
- Website
- https://hacdc.org/
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Greetings from https://hacdc.org Washington, DC's #hackerspace #WashingtonDC #Washington #DC
HacDCHacDCThe Capital Hackerspace
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Clicker training your robot girl with a 2600 Hz DTMF tone.
October 22: Mount Pleasant Library - DIY Craft Night with the DC Punk Archive
A mere hop, skip and jump from HacDC HQ
https://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/11842651
Scientists enable hydrogel to play and improve at Pong video game;
Researchers say their creation has memory, which it can use to perform better by gaining experience
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/22/scientists-enable-hydrogel-to-play-and-improve-at-pong-video-game
#science #news #hydrogel #memory #technology
The Guardian · Scientists enable hydrogel to play and improve at Pong video game
Continued thread
Where are they now? 10 years ago:
Five wonder materials that could change the world
Materials such as graphene & shrilk are so new that the scientists who discovered them hardly know what to do with them – they only know they might yet transform our lives
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/apr/15/five-wonder-materials-graphene-shrilk-spider-silk-stanene-could-change-world
The Guardian · Five wonder materials that could change the world
Wafer-thin, stretchy and strong as steel: could ‘miracle’ material graphene finally transform our world?
The material, discovered in 2004, was meant to be revolutionary. But only now is the technology coming of age
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/13/could-graphene-finally-transform-our-world
#graphene #technology #materials #science
The Guardian · Wafer-thin, stretchy and strong as steel: could ‘miracle’ material graphene finally transform our world?
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HT to @wdormann here - somebody has backdoored the open source project XZ which has downstream impacts.
For example, although OpenSSH doesn’t use XZ, Debian patch OpenSSH and introduced a dependency which translates as the XZ changes introducing a sshd authentication bypass backdoor it appears.
One dude bothered to investigate in his free time about why ssh was running slow, so it was caught fairly early - i.e. hopefully before distros started bundling it.
www.openwall.comoss-security - backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise
In the "Where's My Flying Car?" Department:
Rust to riches? Ohio city’s fortunes set to rise with flying taxi startup
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/29/flying-taxi-joby-aviation-ohio
#TheJetsons #FutureIsNow #FlyingCar #technology #ScienceFictionBecomesScience #TheFifthElement
The Guardian · Rust to riches? Ohio city’s fortunes set to rise with flying taxi startup
A year out of this world: Nasa seeks volunteers to simulate Mars mission
Four-person crew will inhabit 3D-printed replica of red planet to help develop and evaluate systems for missions slated for 2030s
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/20/year-mars-simulation-volunteers-nasa
The Guardian · A year out of this world: Nasa seeks volunteers to simulate Mars mission
Wet skin could save lives when lightning strikes, study finds;
3D models of human head experience less damage when subjected to lightning strike simulation
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/09/wet-skin-could-save-lives-when-lightning-strikes-study
#science #news
The Guardian · Wet skin could save lives when lightning strikes, study finds
US outlaws robocalls that use AI-generated voices;
‘It seems like something from the far-off future, but this threat is already here,’ says chair of Federal Communications Commission
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/08/us-outlaws-robocalls-ai-generated-voices
The Guardian · US outlaws robocalls that use AI-generated voices
Energy based on power of stars is step closer after nuclear fusion heat record;
Feat by scientists at Oxfordshire facility described as ‘fitting swansong’ for pioneering project as reactor is decommissioned
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/08/energy-based-on-power-of-stars-is-step-closer-after-nuclear-fusion-heat-record
The Guardian · Energy based on power of stars is step closer after nuclear fusion heat record
Elon Musk says Neuralink has implanted first brain chip in a human;
Billionaire’s startup will study functionality of interface, which it says lets those with paralysis control devices with their thoughts
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/29/elon-musk-neuralink-first-human-brain-chip-implant
#neurolink #musk #neurotech #brain #computer #BCI
The Guardian · Elon Musk says Neuralink has implanted its first brain chip in human
Personally, I think NASA might have gotten it open faster if they had just bribed an octopus... 
NASA finally unlocks $1bn canister of asteroid dust
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/21/nasa-bennu-asteroid-dust-rock-samples-johnson-space-center
The Guardian · ‘It’s open!’: Nasa finally unlocks canister of dust from 4.6bn-year-old asteroid
Pale, porous and 3D-printed: inside the weird and wonderful quest to make compostable shoes
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/19/pale-porous-3d-printed-inside-weird-wonderful-quest-to-make-compostable-shoes-aoe
#compost #shoes #environment #3DPrinting
The Guardian · Pale, porous and 3D-printed: inside the weird and wonderful quest to make compostable shoes
Japan’s ‘moon sniper’ lander heads for touchdown on lunar surface;
If all goes to plan, Jaxa’s lander will make Japan the fifth country ever to land on the moon
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/18/japans-moon-sniper-lander-heads-for-touchdown-on-lunar-surface
The Guardian · Japan’s ‘moon sniper’ lander heads for touchdown on lunar surface
IBM unveils new quantum computing chip to ‘explore new frontiers of science’
Computer and AI giant rolls out machine using ‘Heron’ chips using subatomic particles instead of ones and zeros
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/04/ibm-quantum-computer-heron
The Guardian · IBM unveils new quantum computing chip to ‘explore new frontiers of science’
A 17-year-old engineer's magnet-free motor prototype could make electric vehicles more sustainable
His new prototype had 39 percent greater torque over a traditional motor.
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/engineer-young-motor-sustainable-ev
#physics #engineering #sustainability #EV
Interesting Engineering · A young engineer won a huge award for a new motor design
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Lots of improvements and fixes are coming to #LibreOffice, thanks to our #QA and developer community, and many others! Find out what they're doing, and give them a hand: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2023/10/06/qa-dev-report-september-2023/
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Thousands of Android devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled
Somehow, advanced Triada malware was added to devices before reaching resellers.
