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- Slack engineer figures out way to load messages into a 1995 SNES game
- The NYPD is pulling thousands of body cameras after one ‘burst into flames’
- A new Kickstarter project will publish an undiscovered novel that inspired The Thing
- Audi’s E-tron SUV will be delayed due to regulatory approval over a software update
- My Dead Wife, the Robot Car is a Black Mirror-equse podcast about autonomous cars
- Electric scooters are inspiring lazy people to get creative
- Flatworms fence with their penises and other fun science facts
- Amazon’s Fire Kids Edition tablets are up to $40 off
| Slack engineer figures out way to load messages into a 1995 SNES game Posted: 21 Oct 2018 11:00 AM PDT  Slack is a relatively simple chat application with a powerfully complex set of capabilities. Case in point: Bertrand Fan's "Slack on a SNES" project, in which the Slack engineer figured out how to load messages from a custom channel into a 1995 Nintendo game by way of a spoofed satellite transmission. BS-X: The Story of The Town Whose Name Was Stolen was a SNES game that shipped with an accessory called the Satellaview, which was a modem peripheral for the Super Famicom (the Japanese SNES) that allowed it to receive data transmissions much in the way games are now frequently updated over the internet. Back then, however, you had to wait for Nintendo to beam some data to you. Also, the set up looked wildly complicated: |
| The NYPD is pulling thousands of body cameras after one ‘burst into flames’ Posted: 21 Oct 2018 10:48 AM PDT  The New York City Police Department has been working for years to test and outfit its entire force with body cameras, with a goal of having one for every officer by next year. That plan appears to have hit a snag: a camera worn by an officer in Staten Island last night began smoking and "burst into flames," prompting the NYPD to pull them from use while it investigates. According to The Daily Beast, the incident occurred around midnight in Staten Island, and involved a Vievu model LE-5 camera. An official told the publication that "It unexpectedly began to smoke and fell from his shirt to the ground," where "it then caught fire and was damaged." In a statement, the NYPD says that it's been made "aware of a possible product defect," and... |
| A new Kickstarter project will publish an undiscovered novel that inspired The Thing Posted: 21 Oct 2018 10:00 AM PDT  John Carpenter's The Thing is a classic science fiction horror film that has scared audiences for decades. But the film was inspired by an earlier story published in the 1930s, "Who Goes There?" by noted editor John W. Campbell Jr., and it turns out that that there's more to that story. A researcher recently discovered an unpublished, novel-length manuscript of the story, and a small press is using Kickstarter to publish it. Campbell is best known as the long-time editor of Astounding Science Fiction (now Analog Science Fact and Fiction), one of the most influential science fiction magazines of all time. But before he took over the publication in 1937, he worked for years as an author, often writing under the name Don A. Stuart. In his... |
| Audi’s E-tron SUV will be delayed due to regulatory approval over a software update Posted: 21 Oct 2018 09:07 AM PDT  In September, Audi revealed the final production version of its forthcoming electric SUV, the E-tron, which is due out sometime next year. The wait for the car looks as although it'll take a little longer: Reuters reports that Audi is delaying the vehicle's release by four weeks due to a software issue. According to an Audi spokesperson, the company needs to obtain new "regulatory clearance," after some of the vehicle's software was "modified during the development process," and as a result, vehicle will take a bit longer to reach showrooms. Reuters cites a report from German paper Bild am Sonntag, which say that the vehicle could be delayed by several months. The paper also noted that Audi was working to negotiate with South Korean... |
| My Dead Wife, the Robot Car is a Black Mirror-equse podcast about autonomous cars Posted: 21 Oct 2018 08:00 AM PDT  There are a ton of podcasts out there, but finding the right one can be difficult. In our column Pod Hunters, we cover what we've been listening to that we can't stop thinking about. In the beginning of Stitcher's new podcast, My Dead Wife, the Robot Car, a widower named Matt signs up with a mysterious tech company to work as a test driver for a new autonomous car. After a confusing introduction — the company rep won't divulge any details about the company or even tell him his name — he's set up in one a car, when he receives a rude surprise: the car's AI is programmed to replicate his recently-deceased wife Joyce, whom he was about to divorce. "Yeah, you big idiot, what part of this are you not getting?" The company pulled together a... |
| Electric scooters are inspiring lazy people to get creative Posted: 21 Oct 2018 07:00 AM PDT  The scooter craze sweeping the nation is now over a year old, which means its been around long enough to start producing its own distinct subcultures. There's the subculture of scooter "juicers," people who gather up the devices in the evening to charge them for the next day's riders. There's the teenagers who love riding scooters despite the rules prohibiting it. And then there's the emerging subculture of scooter riders that I like to call "lazy geniuses." In order to ride an electric scooter, you need some familiarity with the activity known as standing. Much like the kick scooters of our youth, the e-scooters offered by companies like Bird and Lime require riders to grasp the handlebars whilst standing on a narrow platform attached... |
| Flatworms fence with their penises and other fun science facts Posted: 21 Oct 2018 06:00 AM PDT  It sounds like something out of a filthy fairy tale: the mountain tree shrew visits certain species of pitcher plant to grab a bite of nectar, and poop into the plant's commode-shaped cup. These plants appear to have evolved so that their openings fit perfectly under the tree shrew's behind, and they're sturdy enough to support the animal's weight. It's a crappy relationship, in the sense that the pitcher plant is actually crapped on — but the pitcher plant gets nutrients out of the deal by extracting them from the shrew's feces. "Everything that led up to that is amazing," says Ethan Kocak, illustrator of the new book True or Poo? The Definitive Field Guide to Filthy Animal Facts and Falsehoods. The book, which hits shelves in the US on... |
| Amazon’s Fire Kids Edition tablets are up to $40 off Posted: 20 Oct 2018 09:00 PM PDT  Amazon's lineup of Fire tablets for kids is up to $40 off until the beginning of November. Compared to its standard tablet offering, which is cheaper upfront, each Kids Edition tablet ships with a colorful case that protects it from general wear and tear, plus a two-year "no questions asked" warranty that lets you replace it for any reason. You also get a year-long subscription to FreeTime Unlimited, Amazon's all-in-one service that combines a selection of kid-appropriate games, apps, ebooks, and TV shows / movies. The cheapest Kids Edition tablet option is the $79 Fire 7, or you can opt for the Fire 8 or the Fire 10, which has the largest screen. All three sizes feature a microSD slot that allows for... |
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