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Christmas lights, nerd style: 22,000 remotely controlled lights, connected to the internet via Linux

Christmas lights, nerd style: 22,000 remotely controlled lights, connected to the internet via Linux

What do you get if you combine Christmas, jury-rigged electronics, 22,000 lights, over a dozen inflatables, webcams, and custom server software running on a Linux server? Alek Komarnitsky’s controllable Christmas lights, of course! Every year, Alek — who is one of the world wide web’s most infamous OGs — lights up his house with 22,000 lights and over a dozen inflatables, ...

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Scientists create ‘robotic sperm’ controlled by magnets

Scientists create ‘robotic sperm’ controlled by magnets

New Scientist/via YouTube Scientists have made tiny remote-controlled sperm robots, according to research published in the journal Advanced Materials. Scientists in Germany say they have created remote-controlled sperm biobots using magnets. These swimming “spermbots” are made by catching individual sperm cells in metal nanotubes, New Scientist reported. RELATED: SPERM SWIM BETTER IN WINTER, EARLY SPRING: STUDY The teeny-tiny magnetic tubes, ...

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