With a lumberjack-themed timbre-shaping module and a powerful auto-tuning MIDI interface, Czech builder Bastl are back to modular. And they might just solve polyphonic tuning in Eurorack, finally. Bastl Instruments have staked out the quirky end of synth manufacture in…
Stephen Hawking‘s final paper was just published in the Journal of High Energy Physics. The paper predicts there are not infinite parallel universes in the multiverse, but instead a limited number. These universes would have laws of physics like our…
On Saturday, NASA will launch its next mission to Mars. This time the lander, known as InSight, is focused squarely on learning more about the inner-workings of the red planet. The space agency’s InSight lander is expected to take about…
Wanting to design a seat that guides you into sitting cross-legged, Gao Fenglin’s Meditation Seat can only be sat on in a certain way, guiding the user’s behavior and encouraging a seating position that keeps your back upright, and your…
Shutterstock / Maslowski Marcin Odds are, most of you guys reading this aren’t reading it from a gold-encrusted toilet. You don’t have a mansion in the hills or a six-car garage or a fruit punch water fountain in your crib.…
ktsimage via Getty Images Facebook is continuing its push to more openly share its AI research and code with the release of PyTorch 1.0 — a deep-learning system that Facebook says represents a “fundamental shift” in open source AI frameworks.…
GIPHY’s office in New York City represents the company brand with color and character. Employees enjoy catered lunch every day, a hanging garden, a coffee bar, and an arcade with virtual reality at GIPHY’s office. The conference rooms are named…
Shutterstock / Mikayel Bartikyan If you grew up and learned to drive elsewhere in the country then driving a car in NYC genuinely changes your driver DNA. I had a car in Manhattan for a little over four years and…
One film crew trekked for four months through one of the most rugged trails in the world. Their goal? To uncover the greatest threats to the Patagonian people and wilderness. A recently released documentary film, “Unbounded” chronicles the unaided journey…
At a recent meetup with several photographers, during a discussion on composition, one of the beginners commented: “Why isn’t there a composition checklist for all the things we need to think about?” It was a good question and was the…