Category: open source

CERN turns to open source software as Microsoft increases its fees

[ad_1] In its blog post, CERN said “MAlt’s objective is to put us back in control using open software.” Its goal is to break CERN’s dependency on commercial vendors and “keep hands on the data.” The multi-year project will begin with a pilot mail service for the IT department and volunteers this summer. If that […]

Microsoft’s built-in Linux kernel for Windows 10 is ready for testing

[ad_1] Just as promised, Microsoft has delivered a built of Windows 10 to members of its Insiders beta program that includes Windows Subsystem for Linux 2. It was announced just last month at the Build event, and the tech included in Preview Build 18917 (20H1) should bring much faster I/O performance than the previous emulator […]

Stanford students’ robot dog does backflips for (relatively) cheap

[ad_1] It’s tiny, but it’s also more powerful than you might think. As it’s both very light and dense, it can jump as high as 3.5 feet in the air. This isn’t the most sophisticated robot. It requires manual control, and it’s not about to hold the door for you. The relatively affordable off-the-shelf parts […]

Bioengineers 3D print complex vascular networks

[ad_1] For decades, one of the challenges in replicating human tissues has been figuring out a way to get nutrients and oxygen into the tissue and how to remove waste. Our bodies use vascular networks to do this, but it’s been hard to recreate those in soft, artificial materials. This new tool overcomes those challenges […]

This guy built his own smartwatch and so can you

[ad_1] Smarchbme, who calls his stunning creation the “Smarch Watch,” said it took him a few weeks to build the fully-functional, self-coded device, which boasts a battery life of seven days and takes just 2.5 hours to fully recharge (because of course he went the whole hog and built a charging cradle, too). The watch […]