From dungeon crawling to zombies to Prohibition-era ghostbusting, these tabletop games combine traditional real-world cards and dice with companion apps and video game themes. …read more Source:: CNet

There is a dedicated community of plotter enthusiasts who keep their often-aging X-Y axis pen drawing devices going decades after they were built, and who share plotter-generated paper artwork online. [Dhananjay Balan] was seduced by this, so acquired a second-hand HP7440A through eBay and set about bringing it to life. Bringing it to life was…

…And more from the world of infosec this week Roundup Here’s a quick catch-up of all things infosec beyond what we’ve already reported this week.… …read more Source:: Register

The 5G revolution is nearly upon us. Here’s when to expect super-fast 5G devices from top phone-makers. …read more Source:: CNet

Ben Sisario, American author, academic, and journalist who covers the music industry for The New York Times, shares why he still likes to list to compact discs: I try to keep an eye on all the major platforms out there, which means regularly poking around on about a dozen apps. My go-to sources are Spotify,…

Making an event badge is hard work. Making a single prototype badge is hard enough, but the whole process of sourcing components and coordinating manufacture for hundreds of badges on a shoestring budget with the looming deadline of the event and its expectant attendees is a Herculean task. [Uri Shaked] is one who bears the…

Charlie Brown and Snoopy go to the Moon Part One Today marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 10, the mission that would do pretty much everything except land on the Moon.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

NGOs, academics warn about DPI’s impact on user privacy, that net neutrality might be watered down in the EU. …read more Source:: ZDNet

German startup Lilium has unveiled a new “flying taxi” that can vertically take off and be the basis for an on-demand air service within six years. The Guardian reports: The electric jet-powered five-seater aircraft is designed to travel up to 300km, a journey that would take it an hour at top speed. While a smaller…

German researchers have a line on 3D printed circuitry, but with a twist. Using silver nanowires and a polymer, they’ve created flexible and transparent circuits. Nanowires in this context are only 20 nanometers long and only a few nanometers thick. The research hopes to print things like LEDs and solar cells. Of course, nothing is…