Forget apps and smart displays. The most elegant kitchen calculator is a mechanical device from the 1600s. Entropic Thoughts ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This plastic circular slide rule has ...

Experts note that Boomers were taught what to think, while modern students are taught how to find information. While Boomers ...

The 1984 Chevrolet Corvette did more than usher in a new generation of America’s sports car, it dragged the dashboard into the computer age. Instead of analog needles and chrome bezels, drivers stared ...

The government has prepared plans in case of a nuclear conflict, even if you haven't. It's time to pay attention ...

It is no secret that we like slide rules around the Hackaday bunker, and among our favorites are the cylindrical slide rules. [Chris Staecker] likes them, too, and recently even 3D printed a version.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This ten-inch aluminum linear slide ...

U.S. job openings dropped to a 14-month low in November while hiring resumed its sluggish tone, pointing to ebbing demand for ...

SOME modern writers attribute the invention of the rectilinear slide rule to Edmund Gunter, others to William Oughtred, but most of them to Edmund Wingate. This disagreement is due mainly to lack of ...

One of the nation’s largest wholesale mortgage lenders reported significant insider selling amid a year of declining share ...

PepperBall® today announced four new projectiles designed to expand agency options while reinforcing the PepperBall ...