General 
Strange Car Accidents
Came across a very interesting collection of weird accidents photos. The full gallery can be viewed on Dark Roasted Blend. Here are some of my favorites:
Electronics
Discrete Component Clock
Here’s an impressive digital clock kit based on discrete components. For those of you without electrical engineering experience. Read more…
Electronics
Shape-Shifting Robots
The University of Pennsylvania created these modular robots that are able to recognize each other and assemble themselves into 1 larger robot. Once assembled, the larger robot is able to walk…theoretically. A video of the bot in action is available here.
Today in history
1964: In the predawn hours of May Day, two professors at Dartmouth College run the first program in their new language, Basic. Mathematicians John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz had been trying to make computing more accessible to their undergraduate students. One problem was that available computing languages like Read more…