Monthly Archives: July 2022

Analogue Pocket gets future-minded FPGA “cores” update—with MiSTer in its sights

Enlarge / Every Analogue Pocket system will function as a “dev kit,” but this special developer version of the portable system will be sent to interested FPGA “core” developers starting this week as a freebie to encourage their contributions to Analogue’s new, not-quite-open OpenFPGA standard. (credit: Analogue) Upon its launch in December, the portable Analogue…

Russia: We’re not leaving the Space Station until our own is ready

Humans have lived aboard the International Space Station for more than two decades. (credit: NASA) Earlier this week, Russia indicated that it was not extending the current cooperation agreement for the International Space Station, which expires in 2024, and would be departing the project after that. Nearly everyone noticed that there was no actual departure…

Fluance Ai41 stereo speakers review: Pint-sized powerhouses

The Fluance Ai41 bookshelf speakers offer the convenient of Bluetooth with the quality of true stereo. Mike Levine With portable Bluetooth party speakers so common nowadays, it’s easy to forget what real left-and-right separation sounds like. We often sacrifice a wide stereo image for convenience. It’s understandable to want a battery-operated, one-driver unit for your…

Polymath Robotics launches to bring plug-and-play autonomy software to any industrial vehicle

“Robots suck.” It’s a bold declaration for a startup founder aiming to work with robots — or more accurately, the software that helps turn a tractor, tiller or forklift into an automated vehicle. But Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, who previously founded and led the now shuttered autonomous vehicle startup Starsky Robotics, is trying to make a point….

NASA lunar payload service provider Masten Space Systems begins bankruptcy process

Masten Space Systems began the process of filing for bankruptcy on Thursday, telling a Delaware court that it owed millions in liabilities to companies including SpaceX, Astrobotic, NuSpace and others. Masten Space, a startup founded in 2004, had ambitions to send a lander to the Moon as early as next year. The company was selected…