Engineer Turns An E-Ink Dev Board Into A Slick 60Hz Game Boy Handheld

Wenting Zhang successfully converted the M5Stack PaperS3 dev kit into a functioning Game Boy, though not without caveats.

Playing Game Boy on an E-Ink screen looks surprisingly good

A YouTube creator has built a Game Boy emulator using a basic E-Ink screen and the ESP32 chipset, while achieving a suitable refresh rate.
Hackaday

Making A Magnetic Core Memory USB Drive

Some of us have felt somewhat nervous about the collapse of DRAM and NAND Flash memory supply in the consumer market, while others seem to have fully embraced it. Someone like [polymatt] for example, ...
Wall Street Journal

We’re Using So Much AI That Computing Firepower Is Running Out

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...
NPR

A college student's perspective on using AI in class

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...
Harvard Business Review

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...
Men's Journal

Gym Machines You Should Never Use and Their Safer Alternatives

Your favorite equipment might get you hurt. These are the gym machines you should never use and their safer, more effective alternatives. Let’s be clear: Not all fitness equipment is created equal.
IEEE

IoT-based Meat Adulteration Detection using ESP32 with Wokwi and MATLAB Validation

Abstract: Fraudulent practices in meat products present a substantial food safety concern, which threatens consumer health and requires low-cost real-time sensing technology. This paper describes the ...
Education Week

More Teachers Are Using AI in Their Classrooms. Here’s Why

The percentage of teachers who are using artificial intelligence-driven tools in their classrooms nearly doubled between 2023 and 2025, according to data from the EdWeek Research Center. In 2023, a ...
Pew Research Center

Americans’ Social Media Use 2025

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...
Healthline

Does Using AI Affect Your Brain Performance?

Emerging research suggests that the more you use AI, the more it may negatively affect your critical thinking skills. But it depends on the tasks you use it for and how you use it. Share on Pinterest ...