Notion's office leaves its patches visible
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SELF packs an ELF program into a valid SQLite database, registers four bytes at offset 68 with binfmt_misc, and runs it. strip becomes a transaction, ldd a JOIN.
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She draws buildings with a sewing machine, sometimes with no pencil at all
Ali Hill stitches architectural renderings on a sewing machine, feed dogs down, sometimes with no underdrawing at all. The process turns precision into a hand skill and mistakes into a permanent part of the work.
This 'tool-free' rail process ends with milling. The mold is what disappears
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The Fairphone opens with a T5 Torx. In the US, Verizon stays closed
The Gen. 6+ is repairable module by module, but its US launch exposes another kind of closure: a phone can welcome your screwdriver and still be refused by a network.
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IBM Built the Cold War’s Most Powerful Code Breaker for the NSA
Built by IBM for the NSA in 1962, the Harvest computer processed the agency's most sensitive intercepts for fourteen years with a pipeline architecture and fully automated tape library—concepts that became industry standards decades later.
clarence perry’s ‘neighborhood unit’: the century-old idea behind today’s 15-minute city
nearly a century after clarence perry proposed the neighborhood unit, the 15-minute city revisits his ideas about urban accessibility.
Magnetic Tape Storage Technology
The reference survey of magnetic tape storage, crediting IBM's 7955 Tractor as the first automated tape library, thirty years before broad adoption.
Building Technology People Can Trust
The future of engineering will be defined by those who verify and improve complex systems safely
From Selecting to Making: When Architects Become Material Producers
Some architecture practices develop their own materials — hemp, earth, and innovative processes — rather than simply selecting them.
Mattia Balsamini subverts sci-fi cliches of robotics with striking portraits of mechas and mechanical dogs
The photographer captures human innovation in robotics by centering the evocative rather than the menacing or charming.
MNT Station - A modular, open hardware desktop computer and server
A modular, open hardware desktop computer and server by MNT Research.
In Japan, an E-Biking Attraction on an Abandoned Railway
In Gifu, Gattan Go! repurposed the abandoned Kamioka Railway lines as a tourist attraction with electric-assist bikes on rails.
Radically Collective: The Legacy of Cuba's Microbrigadas Housing Program
In the 1970s, Cuba addressed its housing crisis by mobilizing workers on collective building sites, leaving a lasting mark on Havana architecture.
Reject Fluid Simulations, Return To Rheoscopic Fluid
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MIT & Sumitomo Develop a Better UI Design for Excavators
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Materials library: Material Cultures
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What 50 open source projects taught us about security in the AI era
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Former Tottenham goalkeeper Alfie Whiteman on his journey from professional footballer to photographer and director
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Riksbyggen creates Sweden's smallest apartments to "make the housing crisis tangible"
Developer Riksbyggen and creative agency BBDO Nordics have designed "Sweden's smallest apartments" based on what 25-year-olds can afford.
Native SMB3 Client Brings Modern NAS Access To 20-Year-Old PowerPC Macs
A native SMB3 client brings modern NAS access to 20-year-old PowerPC Macs despite outdated encryption.
Agentic Context Management: Memory and Cost as Architecture Problems
A paper on solving agent memory and cost by treating them as lifecycle and architecture problems.
Cheap AI Token Resellers: The Secret Ingredient is Fraud
An article explains how fraudsters offer cutting-edge AI models at a tenth of the price by subsidizing tokens.
AI Book Scanning: Just What Is A Rare Book?
AI companies are scanning rare books in bulk for training, raising the question of what truly qualifies as a rare book.
Blow Those Pyros With A Telephone!
A maker uses a telephone line to trigger pyrotechnic devices, mixing vintage and hacking.
Computer Development: StorageTek
The Cryptologic Museum exhibit linking Harvest's Tractor tape library to the robotic storage silos that later became data-center standards.
Industrial Design Trio Invents a Tile System for Three-Dimensional Space
A good designer, we were taught at ID school, pays careful attention to the transitions where two surfaces intersect.
Mischievous Cats Rule in Minyoung Kim’s Affectionately Quirky Paintings
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IEEE Student Conference Provides Visibility to Budding Authors
IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu’s Innovating the Future student conference, being held on 6 November, will provide visibility to budding authors.
Pearce+ stacks reclaimed materials to create multi-species wildlife tower
Pearce+ has added a wildlife tower for bats, owls, kestrels, invertebrates and wetland species at Honeygar Farm in Somerset, UK.
Zap Rocks. Add Water. Get Clean Hydrogen
Startup wields subterranean lightning strikes to conjure the gas
Predict Antenna Coupling on Electrically Large Platforms Before Building Hardware
Learn how full-wave simulation predicts very low antenna coupling on aircraft-sized platforms, and which three modeling techniques deliver accurate results with fewer computational resources. Download this free whitepaper now!
2022 Product Release of the Seed Eco-Home 2
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One Machine, Three Worlds of Creation: Inside the HeyGears G1 Series
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27-square-meter steel and timber pavilion in chiang mai is built for flood resilience
ROOF RAIN designs Sala Kin Khao in Chiang Mai, a modular open kitchen elevated 70 centimeters above ground.
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Blender 5.2 LTS Release
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A Permanent Stainless Steel Toothbrush with Replaceable Bristle Heads
This Berninox 316 is a toothbrush that reduces plastic waste.
How Lily Kong’s paintings of nature offer “a collective memory of sharing a space”
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Studio Blackburn’s new identity for folding bike icon Brompton cements the brand’s place in British engineering heritage
New branding, typography, and logo for bike company Brompton by Studio Blackburn.
Why R&D Waste Persists Despite Widespread AI Adoption
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2024 Product Release of Seed Eco-Home 4
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Show HN: AI Game Playtester
Ziva's Playtest Agent is an AI game tester that fully plays your game and returns pass/fail verdicts with video.
El Hospital Gregorio Marañón de la Comunidad de Madrid fabrica e implanta la primera prótesis ósea de metamaterial personalizada del mundo
The UPAM3D unit designed and printed in-house a titanium-lattice tibia prosthesis that imitates bone mechanics, packed with cancellous bone from the hospital bank, for a 38-year-old sarcoma patient.
Gregorio Marañón Hospital Implants World’s First Personalized Metamaterial Bone Prosthesis
UPAM3D at Gregorio Marañón Hospital has designed and implanted the world's first personalized metamaterial bone prosthesis for a patient with a high-grade tibial bone sarcoma.
Architectural Renderings Created with a Sewing Machine
Textile artist Ali Hill creates remarkably precise architectural renderings by drawing directly with her sewing machine, sometimes without any preliminary sketching, producing building representations freehand.
A User-Repairable Smartphone Finally Comes to the 'States
Fairphone, the Dutch manufacturer of modular, repairable smartphones, finally launches its Gen. 6+ model in the United States after more than a decade of availability only in Europe.
Concept — We transform bioregional and urban waste streams into circular building materials
BC architects' production arm formalizes five activities, from bespoke mixes to the Léém standard brand, with craftsman training in between.
Stop Hunting, Start Solving: Accelerating Root Cause Analysis with Agentic AI
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Autodesk's Own Luke Mihelcic on Judging the Fusion Forward Competition
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Andrew Ng: Unbiggen AI
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IA creates Craftsman-style office for AI company Notion in San Francisco
IA has added Craftsman-style detailing to combine the minimalism of a technical look with the details of its historic building.
Gravity-powered mountain trike among projects from the University of Ljubljana
A gravity-powered mountain trike designed to extend mountain tourism beyond the ski season is among the projects from the University of Ljubljana.
Digital Signal Processing Pioneer Bede Liu Dies At 91
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lens installation uses rhythmic timber slats to frame island’s historic churches
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In Holly Thomas’ comics beauty and grief collide to confront “the weird mystery of death and dying”
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Announcing our first Maintainers in Residence
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D&AD has a stark message for creatives: the industry is eating itself from within
D&AD's AI and Creativity Report, based on 197 conversations with creative leaders across 30 countries, reveals the creative industry is eating itself from within.
Core77 Weekly Roundup (8-17-26 to 8-21-26)
Here's what we looked at this week: In Holland, a self-powered river crossing for bikes. The Leitz Portable Desk Organizer for hot-desking. Sigma's minimalist unibody BF camera , by Iwasaki Design Studio. An "aerial school bus" system for kids who commute…
‘Handmade Utopia’ Relishes the Architecture of California’s Back-to-the-Land Movement
The new book by David Jacob Kramer, with photos by Michael Schmelling, represents a counterculture that, though changed, is still alive and well.
Make a Portable Wide-screen Mechanical TV
This compact mechanical tv harnesses the Raspberry Pi Pico and its PIO magic to stream video, transforming it into a 4K by 20 pixel display
A New NASA Design Turbocharges Nuclear Spacecraft
Synchronal bimodal nuclear spacecraft merge thermal and electric propulsion, providing power and swift burns for safer, longer deep-space journeys.
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Future Builder Crash Course Is Here
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Nosheen Iqbal Translates Islamic Ornament into Meticulous Wood-and-Thread Patterns
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How to choose a UI font (and 10 Inter alternatives)
Two real criteria — cap-centered vertical metrics and a tall x-height — for choosing a UI font, plus 10 alternatives from independent foundries.
Anatomy of an SLA Resin Printing Disaster
A maker documents the multiple causes of an SLA printing failure, offering a useful post-mortem.
Manyfold: Now with FreeCAD Thumbnails
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twelve tanks and dripping aqueduct trace water loss at mies van der rohe barcelona pavilion
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Inside the Data Bottleneck Slowing Visual and Physical AI
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Examples for the tcpdump and dig man pages
Examples for the tcpdump and dig man pages
Xbox teams up with IKEA for debut gaming furniture collection
Designers from IKEA and Xbox were paired up to create this furniture collection, including a stool that looks and tilts like a thumbstick.
Q-CTRL Achieves GPS-Free Quantum Gravimetric Navigation Demo in Field Trial
The company’s quantum navigation system maintained one nautical mile positioning accuracy over the mission duration, surpassing navigation-grade GNSS backups by more than 10 times.
Materialise Produces Certified Titanium Latch for Lufthansa Technik
Internationally licensed maintenance, production and development organization Lufthansa Technik has replaced a damage-prone polymer latch on Airbus A330, A340, and A380 roller shutter assemblies with a redesigned titaniu
Peaked volumes top Los Angeles house by Allprace
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Elegant Domino Clock
Beautiful domino clock build by maker Kotheson: My Clock design is a simplified version of the Domino Wall Clock by Carbon Design Group. I have made it smaller to put it on a table or in a shelf and simplified the mechanism that shows the time. Instead of…
lassie robot dog pairs quadrupedal mobility with a soft removable knitted suit
lassie is a next-physical companion developed around the ways dogs encourage people to spend time outdoors and stay active.
quail green and rose gold frame the obsessive details of spyker’s C8 preliator XXV
aircraft-inspired aluminum wraps the analog supercar built by spyker around an 800-hp V8 and a six-speed manual.
mark francis turns sound and frequency into vibrating abstract paintings
Mark Francis translates sound, frequency and resonance into vibrating fields of color and abstract rhythm for his Chroma exhibition.
20 years, a bunch of photographers, one very sweaty archive: how to shoot The Warehouse Project
As WHP launches a new archive documenting two decades of dance music, Gary Brown, Harriet Bols and Jody Hartley share the process behind photographing its crowds, artists and fleeting moments.
The AI-native SDLC playbook
Anthropic's stage-by-stage playbook for the AI-native SDLC: how teams plan, design, build, test, deploy, and maintain software with Claude.
Let me click
There is a principle in user interface design that I call “Let me click”
Balsa UI
Balsa UI is an agent-native, open-code component system for Vue and React.
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Please stop flooding our projects with AI slop to furnish your CV
Successful contributions to open source projects are a kind of currency.
DuckLabs to Join AWS, Projects to Remain Open Source
DuckLabs is the team behind the open-source Duck Stack: DuckDB, DuckLake, and Quack.
Importing a frontend Javascript library without a build system
Importing a frontend Javascript library without a build system
Getting Involved in 2020
We are getting ready for ambitious plans post-COVID 19.
Bidi Bidi Performing Arts Centre / To.org + Hassell + Localworks + Arup
The Bidi Bidi Performing Arts Centre, in Africa's largest refugee settlement in Uganda, is a cultural hub designed by To.org, Hassell, LocalWorks, and Arup to foster creativity and community dignity.
Detect Dark Matter’s Mark From Your Backyard
If you’re wondering what dark matter is, you’re not alone. Astronomers don’t know. But they’ve determined that this invisible material must be far more abundant than the stars and nebulas that they can see. They’ve surmised as much from observing the…
A data model for Git (and other docs updates)
Hello! This past fall, I decided to take some time to work on Git’s documentation. I’ve been thinking about working on open source docs for a long time – usually if I think the documentation for something could be improved, I’ll write a blog post or a zine…
Visualisation has become more than creating "a single visual output" says Chaos
Promotion: according to software company Chaos, AI-assisted tools, advances in rendering technologies, and shifting client expectations are transforming the architecture industry's visualisation workflows into a flexible communication tool. Chaos explained…
Bangkok Project Studio's "Non-Architecture" Town-Hall Pavilion
This example of "non-architecture," in the words of Thai architect Boonserm Premthada, is a striking example of form follows function.
When bike brand Brompton needed a refresh, Studio Blackburn didn't mess around—they headed straight to the factory floor
Iconic bicycle manufacturer Brompton needed a global brand platform.
Identifying the Root Cause of Electronics Failures With Simulation Apps
High voltage electronics corrosion modeling helps engineers design humidity-robust EV, wind, and data center systems using COMSOL simulation apps.
Downloading and Viewing OSE’s Wiki Offline
November 25, 2019: You can now download an archive of the entire Open Source Ecology Wiki.
HVE Completes Tool-Free 3D Printing Process for Rail Components
HÖRMANN Vehicle Engineering (HVE) and its research partners have completed a 34-month project developing a tool-free, fully recyclable manufacturing process for large-format heavy-duty rail vehicle components. The team v
‘Stories in the Seams’ Showcases the Enduring Legacy of Black Quilts Across Centuries
The book "Stories in the Seams" traces the legacy of Black quilts, from 18th-century hand-appliqué cotton bedcovers to contemporary narrative textile works.
Back to Compressed Earth Blocks
It is an interesting convergence – lumber prices shooting through the roof – and Compressed Earth Block being some of the most robust building material known to humankind. After all, the Smithsonian did claim that sophisticated buildings will be made of…
Combining Photogrammetry Utilities into a Simple GUI Tool
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cool blue tones meet a vivid red counter inside hubarch’s new optics boutique
pale blue interiors, polished concrete and a custom red counter shape bazilio optics boutique through a restrained play of color and material. The post cool blue tones meet a vivid red counter inside hubarch’s new optics boutique appeared first on…
3D printed standalone alarm clock lets you smash a giant arcade button to wake up
endothermal systems’ first product combines programmable alarms, mechanical controls, removable electronics, and local audio in an open-ended alternative to the smartphone alarm. The post 3D printed standalone alarm clock lets you smash a giant arcade…
WIP Wednesday, 19 August 2026
This week in FreeCAD development: Sketcher Part and PartDesign CAM Other changes Additional improvements and fixes were contributed by awgrover, chennes, dkleszyk, Gaurang-2005, jlewin, krissrex, Lgt2x, marioalexis84, maxwxyz, PaddleStroke, Roy-043,…
1968 seoul residence is reshaped with courtyard, annex and timber frame
Isak Chung and Jinpyo Hong transform a 1968 Seoul residence with a central courtyard, timber reinforcement, and reused air-raid shelter.
Myriam Wares crafts a winter that looks nothing like winter in a surreal series about starting again in Italy
To make sense of her move from Montreal to Turin, the French-Canadian illustrator turned to her art.
Cheap Sip-and-Puff Controller Inspires Gamers
Caleb Kraft's cheap sip-and-puff game controller could be what a lot of quadriplegic gamers need.
The AI Interface Museum
A visual history of how humans learned to interact with AI.
Changes to SourceHut's terms of service regarding LLMs
sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, continuous integration, and mailing lists.
Testing Vue components in the browser
Testing Vue components in the browser
Alina Derya Yakaboylu combines research and intuition to create culturally rooted design
The art director approaches each project holistically, using close observation, conversation and poetic sensibility.
Laura Clink designs a flexible identity for family-run print shop Phillips Print
Built around nine interchangeable logos and a hands-on approach to print, the identity reflects the warmth and versatility of the third-generation family business.
Tiny, modular pod attacks macro photography's lighting nightmare
The Adaptalux Pod Mini 2.0 now features Bluetooth and app control for macro lighting, plus a durable aluminum shell.
Abejas Sports and Recreation Center / border arquitectos
The center explores the role architecture can play in improving everyday life in underserved areas of Tijuana.
Every fork looks like adoption
How we measure design system adoption and how the graph keeps going up anyway.
Tooltips need a delay, and then they need to skip it
UX thinking on tooltips: a slight delay is nice, but they need to be skippable once shown.
C2PA Cameras Do Not Survive Contact with Reality
An analysis of the practical limitations of the C2PA standard for image authenticity on Android.
Two Experimental Mobile Drawer Designs
Keiji Ashizawa has a background most architects don't: After gaining his degree, he worked with a metalworking shop that produced furniture and lighting. When he eventually set up his own architecture and design studio, the metal fabrication background…
IEEE Engineering Summit Supports Bhutan’s Digital Transformation
In collaboration with the Kingdom of Bhutan government, IEEE recently introduced its Engineering Education, Research, and Innovation Summit. Held on 9 and 10 June in Paro, in the eastern Himalayas, the event was designed to help Bhutan navigate its digital…
Cars Communicating Badly Is an Already-Solved Problem
The history of networking is full of tools that repurposed solutions to very different kinds of problems first. Wi-Fi’s origins trace back , in part, to a team of Australian radio astronomers trying to detect signals from evaporating black holes. But the…
New microblog with TILs
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New European Union product repair rules come into force
New European Union (EU) rules have come into force designed to encourage consumers to repair rather than replace products to tackle the estimated 35 million tonnes of waste the premature disposal of consumer goods generates. The ‘right to repair’…
Some terminal frustrations
A few weeks ago I ran a terminal survey (you can read the results here ) and at the end I asked: What’s the most frustrating thing about using the terminal for you? 1600 people answered, and I decided to spend a few days categorizing all the responses.…
Anouk Wipprecht Brings Delft Blue to Life and Light for the Final Dutch Grand Prix
Anouk Wipprecht brings Delft Blue craftsmanship and light to the final Dutch Grand Prix trophies, fusing centuries-old ceramics with wearable tech.
Leslie Wayne’s ‘The Unintended Blues’ Contemplates Rising Seas and Vulnerable Shorelines
'The Unintended Blues' is presented as part of the 2026 River to River Festival, facilitated by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Counsel.
Gaining Leadership Backing for Your Innovations
Gain backing from your company’s leadership for your innovations by learning how to build a network of promoters.
Melanie Walsh
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Standards for ANSI escape codes
Standards for ANSI escape codes
"Rules" that terminal programs follow
"Rules" that terminal programs follow
Tato Architects uses silver-painted ceilings to draw light into Kyoto home
Skylights, an internal light well and silver-painted ceilings pull light deep into House in Shichiku in Kyoto designed by Tato Architects.
Full V8 Engine Block Printed as Single Piece on Nikon SLM’s NXG XII 600
Bosch and Nikon SLM Solutions have 3D-printed a complete V8 engine block as a single piece in AlSi10Mg aluminum, demonstrating the capabilities of the NXG XII 600 metal additive system.
How AI Will Change Chip Design
The end of Moore’s Law is looming. Engineers and designers can do only so much to miniaturize transistors and pack as many of them as possible into chips . So they’re turning to other approaches to chip design, incorporating technologies like AI into the…
How canvases make agentic workflows visible, steerable, and cost-efficient
Chat is great for intent, but agent work gets lost in the scroll. Here is how I use canvases with my agentic workflows—and why your workflow also deserves a canvas. The post How canvases make agentic workflows visible, steerable, and cost-efficient…
An Historical Industrial Design Beef: Raymond Loewy vs. Virgil Exner
Industrial design intrigue: Did you know Raymond Loewy and Virgil Exner, the man who turned Chrysler into a design force in the 1950s, didn't get along.
joshua vides’ mercedes SL500 looks like a drawing, and now it’s up for auction
joshua vides’ hand-painted mercedes SL500 -- now on auction -- turns a ’90s roadster into a full-scale automotive sketch.
Vans didn’t need reinventing – Accept & Proceed’s new brand identity understands that
New design system and visual identity and logo for skates hoes brand Vans by Accept & Proceed.
IEEE Senior Membership Demystified
This IEEE senior member explains the myths and benefits of the senior membership grade and how to apply.
MADE: bush terminal by NYCEDC empowers creative ecosystem on brooklyn waterfront
MADE: bush terminal by NYCEDC turns brooklyn’s waterfront into a hub for creative innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth.
Introducing the OSE Fellowship
Open Source Ecology launches a four-year, $100,000 fellowship to empower young people to re-imagine construction and manufacturing.
Introducing the Future Builders Academy
OSE launches a four-year apprenticeship program for Future Builders, outside of trade school or college.
How to bring your software delivery workflow into GitHub with agent apps
See how four GitHub agent apps can help you scope, secure, roll out, and ship a feature across the SDLC–all without leaving GitHub. The post How to bring your software delivery workflow into GitHub with agent apps appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
Demountable timber library in Amsterdam is "a living room for the neighbourhood"
Stepped, pastel-pink seating spills out from inside the OBA Next Lab library and community space in Amsterdam, designed by Dutch architecture practices Matter Makers, AWR and BAZ Studio as a public living room. Completed for The Public Library of…
Proposal tackling European eel decline among projects from University of Nottingham
Dezeen School Shows: a restorative infrastructure designed to support eel habitats among projects from the University of Nottingham. Also featured are artist housing and studios in Hull, and a circular economy materials warehouse in Liverpool. University…
Make: Live – Inside Volume 98, The Action Issue
Wednesday, August 19, 2026 @ 4 PM Pacific Time Join us live for a chat with the authors of Make: Volume 98 about getting out of the workshop and putting rubber to the road for our Action issue! Engineer and inventor Saul Griffith will show off his…
An Industrial Designer's Deconstructed Tape Measures Help Keep Ukraine Free
These unusual tape measures are by Vitaly Fedorchuk, a Kyiv-based industrial designer.
yayoi kusama leaves behind a world of dots, mirrors and infinity
yayoi kusama, the japanese artist who spent more than seven decades making art about dots, repetition and infinity, has died at 97.
Talk is Cheap. Code is Cheap. Show me the Source
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Vertico Installs Largest 3D Concrete Printing System to Date at Portuguese Precast Facility
Vertico has deployed its largest two-component 3D concrete printing system at Portuguese precast manufacturer Sirolis, pairing a 3.2m ABB robot arm with a 6.7m track.
Artificial Intelligence as It Once Was
Hackaday revisits early forms of AI, long before the current large-model hype.
From Barbie logos to medieval manuscripts: step inside Teddy Blanks’ film title design process
Teddy Blanks, the Chips co-founder behind the title sequences for Barbie, Weapons and Robert Eggers’ upcoming Werwulf, explains how eBay dolls, hidden AA symbolism and a 14th Century manuscript all found their way into his lettering.
Atomically Thin Materials Significantly Shrink Qubits
Quantum computing is a devilishly complex technology, with many technical hurdles impacting its development. Of these challenges two critical issues stand out: miniaturization and qubit quality. IBM has adopted the superconducting qubit road map of…
WIP Wednesday, 12 August 2026
This week in FreeCAD development: Sketcher Part and PartDesign Assembly TechDraw CAM Numerous patches by tarman3, including but not limited to these: BIM FEM marioalexis84 added boundary conditions to magnetic 2D examples (PR#31690) and a magnetization 3D…
Unique Architectural Features: This Disappearing Balcony and Coronally-Rotating Window
In the woods outside of Devon in the UK, sculptor Peter Randall-Page works out of the Art Barn, his studio and gallery.
The Summertime Temperature Differences of a Black Car vs. a White Car
We all know that when it's hot and sunny out, white clothing keeps you cooler than black clothing.
This rebrand of a voice-journalling app looks lovely, but is an 'AI illustration system' the right call?
The Working Assembly's new identity for Untold aims to avoid gen AI clichés, but still uses gen AI to create it.
Lindsay Adler on why a photographer's perspective will matter more in the future, not less
As AI reshapes creative work, the photographer and founding member of Adobe Creative Collective explains why picking up a camera helps to sharpen your creativit...
This Hi-Fi Tape Recorder Changed Radio Forever
The Magnetophon allowed radio shows to be prerecorded and edited, giving rise to the laugh track and reshaping broadcast programming.
Software for one
Robin Sloan wished for a HyperCard that could build a family app in a day.
FreeCAD and KiCad: CAD showdown at OSHOP 2026
After the success of the E-sport style FreeCAD and KiCad speed run competitions recently held at EMF camp, we are delighted to spot that the team behind this event are hosting another! If you are around OSHOP, the open s
Open Community License v1.1: The New Plugin System, More Examples, and Your Questions Answered
Five months after releasing CORE One CAD files under Open Community License, thousands of projects have been published, including research groups at UC Berkeley.
Europe’s Carousels Eternally Whirl in Luca Battaglia’s Nostalgic Photos
Battaglia creates bold portraits of carousels in city squares and parks across Europe in his ongoing series.
Photos reveal new facade of Google's Thompson Center
The Thompson Center in downtown Chicago has been given a new facade as part of a renovation for tech company Google by architecture studio Jahn. Photos taken earlier this month show the largely complete facade of the Thompson Center, which is in the midst…
Save the date: FreeCAD Hackathon August 29th 2026
The FreeCAD team is organizing an online Hackathon on August 29th starting at 12PM UTC.This event is open to everyone. It’s a great opportunity for anyone interested to start contributing to the project. There’ll help from experienced developers, you can…
Electronic component zero orientation for CAD library construction
Mentor Graphics Corporation, back in 2010, established a consistent technique for the description of electronic component orientation, and their land pattern geometries, that facilitates and encourages a common data capture and transfer methodology amongst…
Jazz Grant uses collage as a radical form of archiving for The V&A and Hackney City Library
Multimedia artist Jazz Grant joined London’s Nicer Tuesdays stage in July hot off the heels of her group show Are We Really Here? The collagist draws upon her dual heritage and the vast potential of physical materials – and Jazz takes our audience through…
Seed Eco-Homes – How to Build or Acquire One
With the completion of the open source Seed Eco-Home, and the final step of selling the house on the open market – we can now offer a number of ways that you can build or acquire a Seed Eco-Home. But let’s talk about solving housing first. The problem is…
The world's press descended on Ashton-in-Makerfield and missed the real story. StudioDBD didn't
The town made headlines after a local by-election made Andy Burnham Prime Minister.
Can scientific research be beautiful? Inside Marianne Tricot’s tactile book of drawings from the Quebec forest
For Petit Bois, the artist combined oil pastels and collage to capture the personal and poetic experience of exploring the forest.
How Chanida Areewatanasombat draws the feelings she can't say out loud
The Bangkok-based illustrator makes what she calls "visual diaries", recording her thoughts and feelings on paper and screen to try to make sense of t...
Cave Radio – Talking Through Solid Rock
Learn the secrets of underground cave radio, and you can talk through solid rock.
Maker Faire Hannover: Where Robots Fight, Flowers Dance, and Lightning Moves to the Music
On August 15 & 16 Hannover's Congress Centrum will open its doors for the 13th time to Germany’s largest Maker Faire.
Pattern and Bold, Saturated Color Commingle in Ben Sledsens’ Rhythmic Paintings
While bold in color, Ben Sledsens' oil-and-acrylic paintings on view next month at Tim Van Laere Gallery are quiet and intimate.
The System That Turned Paper Charts Into Digital Medical Records
Developed by Lockheed Martin, the medical information system made paper medical records digital.
Studio Three Sixty creates Sauna Theatre for Edinburgh Fringe festival
Studio Three Sixty has created a temporary sauna that is being used as a theatre in Edinburgh for the Fringe festival.
The Fountain of Youth: A Tale of Parabiosis, Stem Cells, and Rejuvenation
Transfusion (or drinking) of blood or of its components has been thought as a rejuvenation method since ancient times.
From AI Copilots to Agent Swarms
The next revolution in software engineering will redefine the workflow itself, according to AMD
Brilliant Design for a Specialty Construction Tool
This crazy-looking PRO-AM PA-5019H tool, by Japanese manufacturer Toyomitsu, is designed for construction workers working with steel or industrial equipment. An example of a workflow: Imagine a worker erecting steel scaf
Moving away from Tailwind, and learning to structure my CSS
Moving away from Tailwind, and learning to structure my CSS
Links to CSS colour palettes
Links to CSS colour palettes
Charlotte Rohde’s new typeface has heart-dotted i’s and a plan to overwrite problematic men
Designer Charlotte Rohde created a typeface with so much personality she made it the protagonist of her sci-fi feminist novel.
Learning a few things about running SQLite
Hello! I’ve been working on a Django site recently, and I decided to use SQLite as the database. When I was getting started with using SQLite as database for a website I read a bunch of blog posts about how it is totally fine to use SQLite in production…
Navigating the Pivot From Tech Expert to Organizational Leader
The transition from a purely technical expert or individual contributor position to a broader leadership role is one of the most challenging phases in a STEM career. It requires moving away from relying solely on technical excellence toward mastering…
Moriz Oberberger’s bendy figures and whimsical cartoons reveal “the strange beauty of ordinary situations”
Gracing storefronts and the pages of MacGuffin, this artist’s illustrations defy usual reasons, becoming a tangled mess of limbs and colours that’s lovely to look at.
At Joy Machine, Emmy Star Brown and Danym Kwon Revel in Memory and Childlike Wonder
At Joy Machine in Chicago, artists Emmy Star Brown and Danym Kwon present two new collections of paintings.
Bring a Product Manager Mindset to Your Next Engineering Job
Product engineer mindset turns coders into strategic builders who spot hidden costs, run safe experiments, and ship data-driven features that matter.
How we saved 100 terabytes of memory by optimizing 1.1.1.1’s DNS cache
Five Rust-level memory optimizations to the DNS cache layout of Big Pineapple cut per-entry memory by 56%, freeing approximately 100 TB of memory across Cloudflare's fleet.
No shortcuts: why AI threatens creative instinct
An editorial argues that the capacity for judgment now matters more than the capacity for execution, and designers must choose between AI as a collaborator or as an oracle.
I gave the same bug to Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, and their open-source rival — only one handled it like a pro
A comparison of AI coding assistants reliability on resolving the same bug.
The Most Hilarious Bloopers From the Robot Games in China
The 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing reveal the stumbles of robotic competitors.
Esquina Nativa Center / TACO taller de arquitectura contextual
The project preserves existing vegetation in Mérida and builds around it, letting trees determine the layout.
Notes on switching to Helix from vim
Julia Evans describes switching from vim to Helix, motivated by better language server setup.
'Hands are the protagonist': Stefhany Y Lozano on communicating with fingers and gestures in her paintings
The artist explains why hands have become a recurring motif in her work.
Photographer Sues Artist for Turning His Photo of British Rock Band Oasis Into $2 Million Painting
A music photographer sues an artist who turned his photo of Oasis into a painting sold for .92 million.
It’s different than Ublock and has a cat
CookieTin is a browser extension that automatically denies cookies, even when the reject button is hidden behind dark patterns.
Poetry for Engineers: Safe Distance
A poem by Danica Radovanović about communication across the ocean through optical fiber cables.
My Claude MCP made it in the front page on PH🎉
A developer/solopreneur created a Claude Code MCP to handle GitHub repos, branching and PRs, and the product hit the front page.
The Contax G2 Hype is Warranted: This Camera Rocks
A photographer tests a secondhand Contax G2 from KEH to see if the hype is justified.
How the Absurd Contax 1000mm f/5.6 Lens From the 1970s Performs Today
Map Camera tested an extremely rare Contax Mirotar 1000mm f/5.6 lens from the late 1970s on a modern Sony camera.
Claude Cowork finally remembers what you told the app in chat
Anthropic gives Claude shared memory across chat and Cowork, so users no longer have to re-brief the AI on context.
Transportation Design Student Work: A Repairable Vehicle for Rural Scandinavia
In rural America, the appeal of an old truck is immense—and reflected in used truck prices. Older trucks are in-demand because they can be user-repaired, and I've got plenty of neighbors that demonstrate this. So I was interested to see this project by…
IEEE Course Teaches How to Use AI to Modernize Power Grids
Today’s U.S. electrical grid, among the largest, most complex systems ever built, is operating at its limit. The combination of rapid industrial growth, more frequent extreme weather, and a record surge in electricity use has pushed the grid to its…
BikeBox: Bike-Storing Garden Planters
BikeBox is a lovely bicycle storage solution by Nomad Workshop, a London-based design/build firm. Partners Lawrence Friesen and Tracey Bendrien create garden planters large enough to hide two-wheeled transport inside: These are intended for Victorian…
WIP Wednesday, 29 July 2026
This week in FreeCAD development: Sketcher Part and PartDesign TechDraw ryankembrey improved the selection of leader lines (PR#30986) and made it possible to open the task panel by double-clicking on a view or a projection group in the page (PR#30797). BIM…
jae k kim’s timbercraft book rediscovers traditional east asian wooden construction
timbercraft book by jae k kim bridges ancient east asian timber joinery with contemporary architectural design. The post jae k kim’s timbercraft book rediscovers traditional east asian wooden construction appeared first on designboom | architecture &…
Hexagon LED Lights – Modular Panel with Glue or M4 Connections #3DThursday #3DPrinting
Vlasta_Ajm shares: A modular hexagonal LED lighting installation you can build to your exact preferences. Fully 3D-printable, connected by gluing or with M4 screws. Print the lid in transparent material for diffused light (community feedback: white…
John Park’s Workshop — LIVE! Today CircuitPython Day 8/21/26
Up next! It’s JOHN PARK’S WORKSHOP — LIVE! — Coming up at 4pm ET / 1pm PT Friday, 8/21/26 LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! Projects CircuitPython Parsec Learn Guide Recap Tool Tips Retro Gear! and more! The live video will be on Youtube…
John Park’s Workshop — LIVE TOMORROW CircuitPython Day 8/21/26
There will be no John Park’s Workshop today — this week it’ll be on Friday, CircuitPython Day See you tomorrow! It’s JOHN PARK’S WORKSHOP — LIVE! — Coming up at 4pm ET / 1pm PT Friday, 8/21/26 LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! Projects…
How to say yes to the big job when you're a one-person studio
If you're turning down work because there aren't enough hours in the week, read on.
Announcing Sovereign Tech Agency Investment in Flatpak
We’re building new Portals for audio, network, VPNs, and more.
Why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering
Why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering
Show HN: Beckon, distinct sounds for what your AI coding agent needs
Distinct sounds for your AI coding agent: know whether it finished, needs a decision, or failed, without watching the terminal.
Fixing high polling rate mice on Windows in Godot
Godot 4.7 fixes a critical performance bug where mice polling above 1 kHz caused severe FPS drops on Windows—a problem affecting thousands of games rooted in the OS's inability to handle high-frequency mouse events efficiently.
Susan Kare: Designing icons & graphics for the original Mac
Susan Kare shares stories behind the Happy Mac, Command key, Chicago font, and the design lessons learned from Steve Jobs and others.
BirdCalls: how an old payphone became a decade-long lesson in what technology is for
There’s a yellow payphone bolted to a wall in Takoma Park, Maryland. Pick up the handset, press a number, and instead of a dial tone you hear a night heron, a red-tailed hawk, a wood thrush. No spare change needed. No app to download. Just a phone, a…
WIP Wednesday, 5 August July 2026
(The post has been backdated due to traveling.) This week in FreeCAD development: Sketcher Part and PartDesign TechDraw WandererFan fixed an issue with missing views in PDF exports (PR#31650) and another bug where some documents would fail to load…
Affordable robot car kit becomes an intelligent creator-chaser
If you’re interested in robotics, a great way to get started is with an affordable kit that will let you focus on software and control, rather than frustrating and overwhelming hardware design. But once you play with that kit for while, you’ll probably…
Artis Sense and Artis Frame by Christian Haas for Villeroy & Boch
Dezeen Showroom: industrial designer Christian Haas has created two new bathroom products for German brand Villeroy & Boch, incorporating delicate ceramic reliefs and open shelving. Artis Sense is a washbasin with a textured surface informed by pleated…
SESC Pompéia indoor pond replicated for Lina Bo Bardi exhibition in Shanghai
International studio Open Architecture drew on Lina Bo Bardi's own designs when creating The Poetics of Survival, the first major exhibition of the architect's work in China. The studio centred the exhibition, which is on show at the Power Station of Art…
ann veronica janssens fills Hermès ginza with light, fog and shifting perception
from heat-sensitive swings to clouds of colored light, the show gives solid architecture a temporary identity crisis, transforming fixed structures into responsive, shifting environments. The post ann veronica janssens fills Hermès ginza with light, fog…
Designing for 3 billion: how Instagram built a brand system that celebrates everyone’s point of view
From a huge collaborative team to millions of tiny decisions, Meta’s Jasmine Probst and May Hartono reveal how a decade-defining rebrand comes together – and why the hardest work is meant to look effortless.
What It Takes to Be an Adaptable Engineer
The AI boom has disrupted the way engineers work, introducing new tools to learn, raising expectations for what teams can achieve in a workday, and making it harder to get hired in the first place. This makes it difficult to advise students on which…
This IEEE Senior Member Develops AI Tools for E-Commerce Sites
Balaji Ingole rarely saw televisions while growing up in Udgir, India. No one in the small Maharashtra village had computers or phones. Only one household owned a television, and neighbors often gathered there to watch shows together. Ingole never even saw…
Attachécade Luggable Arcade: New Learn Guide Alert
Build your own portable arcade machine housed inside of a repurposed record player case. John Park’s Attachécade Learn Guide shows you how. The Attachécade is a Raspberry Pi-based emulation machine with built-in 14″ monitor, arcade joystick and buttons,…
Pencil Sharpener Desk Organizer – Giant Pencil Sharpener-Style Pen Holder #3DThursday #3DPrinting
Shared by precisionprintpro on MakerWorld: Add a fun and functional twist to your workspace with this giant sharpener-style desk organizer, perfect for teachers, students, or anyone who loves stationery! This creative design brings the classic pencil…
“The truth is we are in sales”
Without the structures and parameters of conventional work places, career progression in the creative industry can become hazy.
Support Bath Enables an Epoxy Benchy
There’s plenty of substances that can theoretically be extruded from a nozzle, but only a regrettably small subset of them can actually be used for 3D printing.
Vibe coding and quality
When you hear that some app was “vibe coded”, how much quality do you expect.
World's first laser-beam mosquito shooter is now available to buy
A personal air defense system by Photon Matrix, using AI and radar to track and shoot mosquitoes with a blue laser, is now available for preorder worldwide.
Photographer Reveals How He Captured Tupac Shakur’s Final Moments
A photographer recounts the circumstances that allowed him to capture Tupac Shakur's final moments.
Comcast adds home motion sensing to millions of Xfinity routers
Comcast has begun rolling out WiFi Motion, a feature that allows compatible Xfinity routers to detect movement inside a home without the need for cameras or separate motion sensors. The move gives Comcast a way to add a basic layer of home monitoring…
Eight pavilion highlights from Jia Curated 2026
The fifth edition of Bali's Jia Curated design festival features pavilions that aim to put nature at the centre, including structures built from rice husks and salt bricks. Here are eight of the most interesting. Taking place from 13 to 17 August, this…
S+DLH and VASTO gallery bring contemporary art and collectible design under one roof
sierra+delahiguera and vasto gallery blur art, collectible design and interior space through a shared language of materiality and atmosphere. The post S+DLH and VASTO gallery bring contemporary art and collectible design under one roof appeared first on…
IEEE Publishing Ethics Team Upholds Research Integrity
Given a rising number of publishing misconduct allegations , IEEE in 2022 created the Publishing Ethics Team as a centralized department to assist in handling claims. The group also works to increase the organization’s visibility in the broader publishing…
Notes on clarifying man pages
Hello! After spending some time working on the Git man pages last year, I’ve been thinking a little more about what makes a good man page. I’ve spent a lot of time writing cheat sheets for tools (tcpdump, git, dig, etc) which have a man page as their…
Some notes on starting to use Django
Hello! One of my favourite things is starting to learn an Old Boring Technology that I’ve never tried before but that has been around for 20+ years. It feels really good when every problem I’m ever going to have has been solved already 1000 times and I can…
Skeleton Head Pumpkin – Skull-Textured Halloween Decor #3DThursday #3DPrinting
sektor7_studios shares: A pumpkin like no other — the classic pumpkin shape with an entire body made of skulls. One-piece 3D print, ready to go. Highly detailed skull texture for a chilling effect. Looks amazing in black, grey, or glow-in-the-dark…
Atelier Vens Vanbelle references brick industrial buildings for cubic home in Belgium
A brick cube reminiscent of old industrial structures forms this family home in the suburbs of Ghent, designed by Belgian architecture studio Atelier Vens Vanbelle. Named Project Tomas & Katrien after its clients, but nicknamed The Factory by its…