3D printing company materialise have created and openly released a hands free door handle that can be retrofitted to existing handles and allow people to open doors with the forearms.
The new built in Linux kernel in Windows 10 will be available when Windows 10 version 2004 arrives. It will need to be installed manually for a few months before automatic installs are added. For a certain generation of computer people (including me!), hell hath just frozen over :-p
Analst Benedict Evans has publised an interesting presentation on the state of Tech in 2020, from a talk he gave at Davos. The interesting presentation looks into how regulation may be the next societal step for the tech revolution to take.
The Oman Humanitarian Delsalination Challenge is running a competition to create a hand-held, low-cost desalination device and is offering a prize of $700,000.
Wesley Aptekar-Cassels published a great list of beliefs about software engineering. The list could be interpreted as wisdom from experience, especially the last point about sleep is more important than choosing a programming language.
A research team at the University of Glasgow have developed a novel way to generate true random numbers. They built an automated robot to manage chemical reactions in crystals which produce inifintely possible physical changes. The robot detects and records the changes in the crystals across multiple variables such as size, location, colour and shape and then converts the images to binary sequences.
Researchers at The University of Chicago have developed a noise bracelet that jams smart speakers and microphones. The bracelet transmits white noise randomly in the 24kHz to 26kHz range.
Swedish product designers teenage engineering have released a set of 3D printed accessories for the modular IKEA frekvens speaker and light system. They even offer the 3D printer files available for download on their website. This is the best example of a prcatical application for 3D printing that I've seen in while.
