This DIY project lets you catch a falling muon

This DIY project lets you catch a falling muon

 Physicists at MIT have developed and released a $ 100 muon detector that you can build at home, allowing you to sense deep space bombardment on something that looks like a TV remote. The CosmicWatch is basically a little box that can detect high-energy cosmic...
Hands-on with Microsoft’s high-end Surface Book 2

Hands-on with Microsoft’s high-end Surface Book 2

 Microsoft’s Surface Book 2 is the most powerful mobile Surface device yet. It easily blows away the Surface Pro, Surface Laptop and, of course, the old Surface Book. It’s also one of the odder devices in the lineup, though. It’s not just a...
Amazon brings Echo and Alexa to Canada

Amazon brings Echo and Alexa to Canada

 Amazon has finally brought its line of Alexa-powered Echo speakers to Canada. The release of Echo hardware has been long awaited by America’s northern neighbor, which could only watch and wait as Echo went through two generations in the U.S. Echo Dot, the...