Robot takeover delayed
The much-heralded robot takeover probably won’t happen soon judging by results of the World Humanoid Robot Games. More than 500 humanoid robots from 16 countries…
Category: General Interest
How many gadgets do you need to check the weather?
The kids were excited when they got their new voice assistants but a week later — and for ever after — they merely used it as an alarm clock. A new…
What happens when an F-16 says ‘Hi’
Imagine tooling along on a beautiful day in your snazzy Cessna 177 Cardinal aircraft. You are having a little radio trouble, so you are fiddling with the…
A dating app — but for friendship
Dating apps are ubiquitous these days and its certainly possible to find friends with them, but wouldn’t it be nice to have an app that ditched the…
Local news goes dark
What is your local city council doing this month? Are they changing zoning? Raising taxes? What is your school district doing? Chances are increasingly…
How were glasses invented, anyway?
It’s difficult for us to imagine, but before glasses existed or were available to anyone except the very wealthy, a huge number of people just couldn’t…
Grandma’s needlepoint is the new hot hobby
Haven’t you heard? There’s a hot new hobby that everyone wants to try, and it’s needlepoint. Yes, the same skill that your grandmother used to stitch up…
Why (and where) do people move?
People move mainly for economic reasons, especially housing, according the a survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. Data from 2022 show that 14.4 percent of…
The Original Harlem Globetrotters turns 99
Even if you’ve never been to a single Harlem Globetrotters exhibition game, you probably know their theme song, that distinctive whistled version of Sweet…
Need a break? Spend it with Denali’s sled pups
There’s a new generation of sled dogs growing up at Alaska’s Denali National Park, and you can get a front row seat with the Denali Sled Dog Kennels’…