Listen to episodes of Welcome to Night Vale on podbay.fm. Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: If you have not given yourself the pleasure, go listen to some podcasts from “Welcome to Night Vale.” From Wikipedia: Welcome to Night Vale is a… Continue reading

A new report from the nonprofit research group In the Public Interest shows that outsourcing public services hurts middle and working class communities as well as workers. Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: Habibi noted that there was a growing body of… Continue reading

It converts chemical energy directly into electrical energy. Still, there hadn’t been a market breakthrough for the fuel cell. The systems were too complex. Now, Fraunhofer and Vaillant have developed a simple device for home use. Together with the heater… Continue reading

Self-folding sheets of a plastic-like material point the way to robots that can assume any conceivable 3-D structure. Programmable matter is a material whose properties can be programmed to achieve specific shapes or stiffnesses upon command. This concept requires constituent… Continue reading

Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: An interview with the author of a new book, The Newton Papers: The Strange and True Odyssey of Isaac Newton’s Manuscripts, which traces the mysterious and precarious history of Newton’s works–not only on science but a… Continue reading

Wireless networks are getting a big upgrade for the smartphone generation. Beamforming was part of 802.11n, the previous Wi-Fi version, but 11ac defines it in more detail, making interoperability between access points and end-user devices more likely. Separately, beamforming plays an… Continue reading

A court has been called to rule on whether a wealthy guru is dead or in a transcendental meditative state. Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: “…Maharaj’s family has filed a court application for further investigation and release of the body for… Continue reading