Neo dans Matrix avait le choix entre pilule rouge et bleue et nous, c’est entre fermer les yeux sur les domaines qui s’inspire des nôtres pour nous voler du trafic, ou ouvrir dnstwist et voir jusqu’où va le terrier du lapin.
Après avoir testé plusieurs scanners anti-phishing qui promettent monts et merveilles, j’étais sceptique, mais dnstwist fait partie des rares qui tiennent leurs promesses. J’ai lancé un scan sur korben.info pour voir ce que ça donnait, et là… 434 permutations générées, 19 domaines déjà enregistrés ce qui est pas mal pour un site qui existe depuis des temps immémoriaux ^^.
Vous en avez marre de galérer avec LaTeX pour rédiger vos docs techniques ? Et bien de mon côté, j’ai découvert Quarkdown et c’est vraiment cool, vous allez voir.
Quarkdown, c’est donc le projet coup de coeur de Giorgio Garofalo, un étudiant en ingénierie à l’université de Bologne qui a eu une idée de génie : et si on combinait la simplicité de Markdown avec la puissance de LaTeX ? Le résultat, est donc un système de composition moderne qui compile en millisecondes là où LaTeX nous fait poireauter des secondes entières.
Quand j’étais jeune, j’ai eu la chance d’avoir une Game Boy originale et au fil des années, j’avais accumulé pas mal de jeux. Malheureusement un jour, un membre malfaisant de ma famille a quasiment tout volé pour les revendre à je ne sais qui, mais j’ai quand même réussi à sauver ma GB d’origine et surtout Tetris qui est, encore aujourd’hui, mon jeu préféré.
Je n’y joue pas souvent, mais je sais que si un jour elle tombe en panne, grâce à ce projet, je pourrais la réparer sans souci et même avoir de nouvelles fonctionnalités super cools. D’ailleurs qui n’a jamais rêvé de pimper sa bonne vieille Game Boy tout en conservant son look d’origine indémodable ?
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Many of our electronics today rely on batteries, from laptops to phones to smart home appliances to even cars. It’s almost ironic, then, that these critical batteries are also one of the most dangerous things we keep near our bodies, not to mention a hazard to the health of the planet as well. From the way they are made to the unsustainable metals and chemicals they contain, batteries, by nature, seem opposed to life itself.
Green energy like solar and wind can go only as far as recharging batteries, but we still need these volatile objects to power devices directly. This innovative battery, however, attempts to reinvent batteries from the ground up to provide true sustainable power to the point that they can even be broken down as compost. Even more intriguing, they’re made of materials you’d least expect to find in batteries: paper and water.
Technically speaking, the batteries aren’t made of the same kind of paper you write on or read from. It actually uses cellulose as the structural backbone and separator of the battery, an abundant material derived from plants and also used in paper, hence the name. As for water, it’s used as the foundation for the electrolytes that actually carry the electrical flow between the zinc-based anode and the manganese-based cathode, both of which are non-reactive, safe, and commonly found everywhere.
This unusual composition for a battery yields many benefits beyond simply being made of sustainable materials. For one, the battery has unbelievable resilience and can still output power even when cut in half, let alone not explode in your pocket when punctured. It’s also impervious to fire since it uses water-based electrolytes. This practically removes the need for those fancy but complicated and expensive cooling systems in phones and laptops, presuming they get used in those devices. The batteries can also be folded and bent safely, finally realizing the dream of flexible batteries.
The Flint Paper Batteries are advertised to have the same performance in terms of output and longevity as typical toxic rechargeable batteries. And yes, they’re rechargeable as well. They won’t live forever, though, and when they’ve finally lost their charge for good, simply removing the vacuum-sealed casing starts the natural degradation process that breaks them down into harmless components.
It all sounds idyllic but the technology is not completely ready for mass consumption just yet. One of the biggest hurdles that still needs to be overcome is mass production, and Flint’s creators are planning on using currently existing lithium-ion battery manufacturing processes in order to minimize production and adoption costs. When that happens, we could finally take a major step forward in running not only on green power but also on safe and recyclable batteries as well.
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We’ve seen many striking lamp designs inspired by beautiful things in the world. Most of them get their cues from nature, taking inspiration from the moon, trees, or even mushrooms. While that in itself is a form of art, it takes more creativity and skill to turn something uninspiring or unsettling into a stunning and elegant design. This desk lamp, for example, looks soothing and calming in the dark, and you’ll probably never guess that it was made by repurposing an existing object that is associated not with beauty or elegance but with blood, pain, and wounds.
You might not be familiar with its name, but the pus tray is a common sight in hospitals, operating rooms, and TV shows depicting such scenes. Often made of stainless steel or even plastic, the kidney-shaped vessel is often used to collect pus but is sometimes depicted to hold bloody cotton, surgical tools, bullets, and other things that might come out from a body during surgery. Even the name alone carries a very negative connotation, and one can hardly imagine such a medical device being used for something less disturbing.
POND, however, proves that presumption wrong. It is part of a project that attempts to give new meaning to existing products, transforming them for a completely different and almost opposite purpose. In this particular case, a white-coated tray serves as the base for a cylindrical lighting element that’s placed not in the middle but near the edge of the tray. In daytime or in bright light, the lamp already looks interesting because of its unique shape, but the real magic happens when it becomes the only light source in a dark room.
The bowl virtually becomes a literal pond of light, using the natural contours of the tray to create an enchanting play of light and shadow. Unlike other lamps, the outward-facing surface of the pus tray is completely devoid of illumination, creating an effect not unlike the dark side of the moon. The curves and gently diffused light work together to create a soothing effect, the complete opposite of the proper medical use of the pus tray.
Given its bowl shape, POND can also be used as a container of sorts for small items. Of course, those objects will interfere and interact with the light, but that, in turn, could create an even more interesting visual, like fish swimming in a mystical pond of light.
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