RockDoctor (Slashdot reader #15,477) writes: For over a century, the “solar sail” has been a concept in theoretical spaceflight, in science fiction, and in the last few years, actual spaceflight. Recently, the Breakthrough Starshot project has been prompting and funding a lot of work to optimise and explore the operational possibilities of flying spacecraft to…

[Umar Qattan] is in tune with his sole and is trying hard to listen to what it has to say. At a low level, [Umar] is building an insole with an array of force sensors in it. These sensors are affixed to a flexible PCB which is placed in a user’s shoe. A circuit containing…

“Travis Casagrande, a research associate at the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at Hamilton’s McMaster University has created the smallest gingerbread house ever built,” writes long-time Slashdot reader Mr.Fork, “even smaller than the one made in France last year by nanorobotics researchers at the Femto-ST Institute in BesanÃon.” “Decking the halls is a whole lot…

A couple of Star Wars-themed devices ended up in Matt’s hands just as the new movie was released. We also spent more time with the 5G OnePlus phone on T-Mobile while Kevin is considering the folding Motorola RAZR. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Long-time Slashdot reader pvjr writes that “The Inquirer is giving up the ghost and going dark in March, 2020.” An announcement on the site from the site’s editor explains that the change is “due to a recent decline in digital advertising, along with a change of focus for the business…” “We came, we Inquired, we’re…

Jake Saper of Emergence Capital believes his portfolio companies, such as Vymo, Guru, Chorus, and Textio, are leading a “Cloud 3.0” wave in enterprise SaaS applications, one in which usage will be constant and pricing strategies will be very different. …read more Source:: ZDNet

But the Force was still with the movie as it’s expected to earn $176 million domestically this weekend. …read more Source:: CNet

orange (Slashdot user #12,033) writes: In a series of articles, a security researcher along with an investigative journalist have laid bare shenanigans involving millions of dollars of scarce IPv4 address space. In the latest developments, it seems a police case has been opened in Mauritius, the island headquartering afrinic.net — the IP address registry for…

The decade was rife with rules for life — we’d do well to pay attention. …read more Source:: CNet

Walmart has been discounting Arcade1Up video games all season, and you can still snag Star Wars, Pacman, and more at deep discounts. …read more Source:: CNet