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General knowledge

Monitor Connectors and Ports: A Complete Connection Guide

A guide to the connectors and ports used to hook up a monitor: the difference between a connector and a port, the features of HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI, and VGA, a comparison of the m

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Robotics

Machines That Move With Soft Bodies: Soft Robotics

Soft robotics builds robots from flexible materials such as rubber and silicone, taking inspiration from creatures like the octopus and the elephant's trunk. This article covers ho

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Statistics

Torture the Numbers and They Will Confess: P-hacking

P-hacking is the practice of analysing data in different ways until a “statistically significant” result appears. We look at what p-values mean, the common ways p-hacking happens,

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Robotics

Reaction Before Thought: Subsumption Architecture

Subsumption architecture is a robot control method in which simple behavior layers are stacked from the bottom up and higher layers override lower ones when needed. This article co

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Social welfare

Everyone's Hour Is Worth the Same: Time Banking

Time banking is a neighborhood service-exchange system in which people earn time credits for the hours they spend helping others and use those credits to get help when they need it

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Statistics

When to Stop and Choose: The Secretary Problem

The secretary problem asks how to maximize the chance of picking the very best candidate when you must decide on each one on the spot. This article explains its rules, why the answ