We don’t know where [Scott M. Baker] calls home, but it must be a pretty humid place indeed. After all, he has invested quite a bit in fancy vacuum storage containers to keep his 3D-printer filament dry, with the result being this sensor-laden filament drying farm. [Scott] wasn’t content to just use these PrintDry containers…

Long-time Slashdot reader cccc828 shares a Nature article “about genetically modified mosquitoes that were supposed to reduce the mosquito population. However, instead of dying, some survived, spreading the new genes.” In an attempt to control the mosquito-borne diseases yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, and Zika fevers, a strain of transgenically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes containing a…

Cameras, battery life, storage and more: Apple takes on Samsung’s phones on value for money. …read more Source:: CNet

When it comes to software, iPhone and Android phones are neck and neck. …read more Source:: CNet

Somewhere along the North Raccoon River in Adel, Iowa — population 3,682 — two men were arrested for trying to break into the county courthouse. And then things got weird, the Des Moines Register reports: The men, outfitted with numerous burglary tools, told authorities they were on contract to test out the courthouse alarm system’s…

Google’s previewing something new in the SDK for their Dart programming language: machine learning-powered automatic code completion. ZDNet reports: ML Complete works with the editor to offer developers completions as they type their code. It’s also meant to help developers quickly explore lists of completions that are likely to be what they want next, rather…

These shows serve up plant-based cooking know-how and entertainment too. …read more Source:: CNet

It is easy to find technology success stories: the PC, DVD, and cell phone are all well-documented tales. However, it is a little harder to find the stories behind the things that didn’t quite take off as planned. As the old saying goes, “success has many parents but failure is an orphan.” [Technology Connections] has…

From pajamas to panty liners, companies are infusing everything with bioceramic particles. …read more Source:: CNet

This year’s theme was ‘habits’ and they were baaaaad The Annals of Improbable Research held its annual award-giving ceremony – the Ig Nobel Prize – on Thursday night at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre, and the entries were as worthy as ever.… …read more Source:: TheRegister