Homemade chess board moves its own pieces. And wins.

To move its own pieces, a motorized mechanism beneath the board guides an electromagnet along the underside. When activated, ...
Hackaday

Taser Chess Teaches Valuable Lessons The Hard Way

Over the last few centuries, behavioral psychologists have documented all kinds of ways of modifying our actions and the ...
Reuters

GE Aerospace turns to robots and 'Lean' methods to tackle jet engine repair crunch

SINGAPORE, Feb 13 (Reuters) - GE Aerospace (GE.N), opens new tab technician Suresh Sinnaiyan has spent more than a decade repairing jet‑engine compressor blades by guiding them across a sanding belt ...
Hackaday

Building A Self-Playing Chess Board Robot

As popular as the game of chess is, it has one massive flaw. This being that it requires two participants, which can be a challenge. Although playing chess on a computer against an AI has been a ...
Reuters

Rolls-Royce defends pricing after airlines bash engine industry

SINGAPORE, Feb 3 (Reuters) - A senior Rolls-Royce executive (RR.L), opens new tab on Tuesday defended recent price rises and improvements in performance after airlines accused engine makers of ...
MacSources

Meshy AI REVIEW Turning Text and Photos into 3D Printable Models

I love creating things on my 3D printer, but I’ve always hit a wall because I’m not an engineer and traditional 3D design software can be really tricky. In ...
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No 'uncontained failure' of engines made by CT-based Pratt & Whitney in crash that killed NASCAR's Greg Biffle, NTSB says

Engines made by Pratt & Whitney do not appear to have catastrophically failed in the recent plane crash in North Carolina that killed seven people, including retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, ...