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AGI will take your job, your hobbies, your partner(s) and your pets (probably) (hackover2026)
With the inevitable march towards AGI™ ... one might reasonably ask: How much time do we have left? One hears promises like "AGI is just around the c…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
High-Power Rocketry on the Cheap (emf2026)
Rocketry is an expensive hobby. There are things you can do for cheap, but cutting costs too much can impact safety, or more importantly: fun. This i…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Reconstructing a 19th-Century Riverside Community with Historical GIS (emf2026)
I am a genealogist who uses maps and technology to explore how people lived. Historical GIS (HGIS) applies GIS tools to historical sources to underst…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Two Hobbyists, a Hedgehog Rescue, and an Exciting Hedgehog Tracking Project (Project HEDGE) (emf2026)
What began as a simple curiosity about what happens to rehabilitated hedgehogs after release slowly evolved into a long-term wildlife tracking system…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Photographing lightning with a DIY lightning trigger (emf2026)
Last year I went on a storm chasing road trip, aiming to capture some photos of lightning. I had a DSLR camera, a microcontroller, some wires, a ligh…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Tree Grafting in the Personality Disorder Wing (emf2026)
What happens when you put a therapeutic tree nursery inside a high-security prison? This talk covers the practicalities and surprises of setting up a…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The guidebook to successful alien contact - lessons from fostering rescue dogs (emf2026)
What can fostering rescue dogs teach us about first contact with aliens? A lot. Through the stories of dogs, including brothers Percy and Alfie (thin…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Indie Pen & Paper-Spiele (hackover2026)
Pen & Paper-Rollenspiele sind spätestens seit Critical Role und Stranger Things im Popkultur-Mainstream angekommen. Von Dungeons & Dragons, Das Schwa…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Hassle Hurdle: a philosophy to hack ADHD (emf2026)
Eight years ago a 5 second bit in a YouTube video led me to develop a generalised philosophy on how to design coping mechanisms for my ADHD: The Hass…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Sensing Our World: From Your Badge to the Future of Robotics (emf2026)
Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) are the tiny, unseen sensors that connect our digital and physical worlds. They're in our phones, our cars, a…
2 months, 3 weeks ago