HERE ARE TWO "improved" solutions that simplify tedious or time-consuming tasks. The first is a nifty label printer that would accommodate almost any contractor need. The second is a highly evolved ...

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There's nothing more fulfilling than explaining a complicated computer fix to an audience of admirers at a party. Talk slowly and in a deep voice. Speak knowingly about interrupts, DIMMS, SIMSS and ...

We’ve chosen this project as one of the great engineering milestones of the recent past. Tell us which engineering project you think will have the biggest impact on human life in the next 30 years and ...