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Sonus ex nihilo (emf2026)
Join me on an audible journey through the history of electronic audio synthesizers. You'll learn how popular analog synths from the 1970s operate, ho…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
An Appreciation of Ecological Sanitation (or Turds for Nerds) (emf2026)
Our modern sewage system relies on vast amounts of water and this causes huge problems. Perhaps the greatest being that the anaerobic microbes that …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Mountains, Rescues, and Risks (emf2026)
It's human nature to ignore or downplay risk until it actually happens - but how do you handle it in a high-consequence environment? How do you take …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
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