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- Traffic Signal Timing Manual: Chapter 4 – Traffic Signal Design http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop08024/chapter4.htm 19 comments
- Classic Mac Video Signals Demystified Designing a Mac-to-VGA Adapter with LM1881 https://www.bigmessowires.com/2023/10/04/classic-macintosh-video-signals-demystified-designing-a-mac-to-vga-adapter-with-lm1881/ 12 comments
- An Opinionated Series on Why Signal Protocol is Well-Designed: Deniability https://www.praetorian.com/blog/an-opinionated-series-on-why-signal-protocol-is-well-designed-deniability 27 comments crypto
- Signals design-team needs to interact more with users! https://community.signalusers.org/t/design-advise-want-to-help-out/20487 12 comments signal
- The most well designed privacy app since Signal https://github.com/henryboldi/felony 12 comments privacy
- The design of everyday things: What BMW's turn signals can teach us about application design https://www.rypple.com/blog/2009/08/14/turn-signals/ 61 comments programming
- WhatsApp End-to-end Encryption: Why this cryptographer thinks Signal Protocol is well-designed https://www.praetorian.com/blog/whatsapp-end-to-end-encryption-why-signal-protocol-is-well-designed 10 comments crypto
- noise.sh - digital signal processing spreadsheet for sound design https://noise.sh 10 comments programming
- Antenna designer explains the iPhone 4 signal issue http://www.antennasys.com/antennasys-blog/2010/6/24/apple-iphone-4-antennas.html 5 comments apple
- Can a train send a signal to a circuit network? (Trying to design a true omni pickup depot) https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/6mud8k/can_a_train_send_a_signal_to_a_circuit_network/ 23 comments factorio
- Robots Finally Have a Good Way to Communicate Underwater - NATO designed a communications standard for signals traveling underwater. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a27247/nato-janus-underwater-communication/ 3 comments technology
- Apple has been granted a patent for an emergency communication system, designed to extend cellular coverage to areas that would otherwise have no signal https://9to5mac.com/2022/07/20/emergency-communication-system/ 17 comments technology
- Mysterious, Ancient Radio Signals Keep Pelting Earth. Astronomers Designed an AI to Hunt Them Down. https://www.space.com/fast-radio-bursts-australia-artificial-intelligence.html?utm_source=notification 5 comments space
- Mysterious, Ancient Radio Signals Keep Pelting Earth. Astronomers Designed an AI to Hunt Them Down. https://www.livescience.com/66116-fast-radio-bursts-australia-artificial-intelligence.html 25 comments aliens
- Animal rights activists designated ‘domestic terrorists’ in Australia - ‘Our farmers have had a gutful. They don’t deserve, nor have time, to be dealing with illegal trespass and vile harassment from a bunch of virtue-signalling thugs’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/animal-rights-activists-australia-domestic-terrorists-new-south-wales-a9015346.html 1108 comments worldnews
- FCC Designating Sinclair Issues for Hearing - Ajit Pai signals some elements of deal appear illegal https://www.multichannel.com/news/fcc-designating-sinclair-issues-for-hearing 5 comments technology
- Genetic Programmers Are the Next Startup Millionaires: The big-ticket acquisition of genetic design company Cell Design Labs signals a coming wave of precision cures. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609726/genetic-programmers-are-the-next-startup-millionaires/ 3 comments technology
- Question on hash ratchet design and KDF iterations in Signal protocol. https://github.com/trevp/double_ratchet/wiki 7 comments crypto
- Currently designing railway blueprints for my playthrough inspired by Factorio Meiosis. Is this the correct way to signal this junction? http://image.prntscr.com/image/60cee5277d2244dda8b14e304b7e50fd.png 38 comments factorio
- Engineered bacteria emit signals that can be spotted from a distance: « These bacteria, which could be designed to detect pollution or nutrients, could act as sensors to help farmers monitor their crops. » https://news.mit.edu/2025/engineered-bacteria-emit-signals-spotted-from-distance-0411 5 comments science
- Device that turns Wi-Fi signals into electricity created by scientists | This rectifier is designed to operate at extremely low power levels, even below -20 dBm, overcoming the limitations faced by conventional technologies. https://interestingengineering.com/energy/device-turns-wi-fi-signals-into-electricity-created 15 comments technology
- Checkout Solid Structure, a frontend developer tool designed to live render dependency and structural graphs along with a log monitor that tracks updates from Signals to display all the reactivity in a SolidJS application. https://github.com/oslabs-beta/Solid-Structure 2 comments javascript
- Apple's new patented desktop/keyboard hybrid could signal a classic twist on next-gen portable Mac design https://www.notebookcheck.net/New-II-Apple-s-new-patented-desktop-keyboard-hybrid-could-signal-a-classic-twist-on-next-gen-portable-Mac-design.604683.0.html 57 comments apple
- Korea will demonstrate an AI based system that will autonomously control the time a pedestrian crossing signal is lit. Crossing lights will stay green until all pedestrians have crossed the road. The new system is designed to help children, old people and the disabled cross the road safely https://www.ajudaily.com/view/20210820092846435 43 comments technews
- Marathon Digital To Begin Signaling For Bitcoin Taproot Activation: These features are “designed to improve privacy, improve scalability, and lay the groundwork for future enhancements to Bitcoin's functionality.” https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/21/06/21360416/marathon-digital-to-begin-signaling-for-bitcoin-taproot-activation-heres-what-that-means?utm_campaign=partner_feed&utm_source=robinhood.com&utm_medium=partner_feed&utm_content=ticker_page 6 comments cryptocurrency
- Inferring the population properties of binary black holes from unresolved gravitational waves - We show that some population properties of compact binaries are well constrained by unresolved signals after about one week of observation with Advanced LIGO at design sensitivity. https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.09700 8 comments science
- Despite making up about 85 % of the total mass of the universe, Dark matter has so far defied every type of detector designed to find it. Now a new study suggests new paths for catching the signals of dark matter particles that have their energy absorbed by atomic nuclei. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2020/05/04/study-could-dark-matter-be-hiding-in-existing-data/ 345 comments science
- Roland Quandt: "New Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 15-inch runs.... AMD! Massive design win for AMD and their Ryzen SoCs. Also could signal an attractive pricing on the new 15in model. Confirmation based on non-public retail info." https://twitter.com/rquandt/status/1173225183232049153?s=20 31 comments microsoft
- Scientists have designed a new drug compound that dials down inflammation, suggesting possible future uses against autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis. Studying mice, rats, and human cells, researchers showed that the compound reduces levels of inflammatory signaling molecules. https://source.wustl.edu/2018/03/drug-compound-shows-promise-against-rheumatoid-arthritis/ 14 comments science
- FAUST (Functional Audio Stream): functional programming language specifically designed for real-time signal processing and synthesis http://faust.grame.fr/about/ 4 comments programming
- I made a 350MHz remote control for my ceiling fan with a Lattice iCE40 FPGA. Every part of the project; signal capture, analysis, FPGA design, simulation and synthesis was done using open source software. https://airwebreathe.org.uk/doku.php?id=350mhz_fpga_ceiling_fan_remote 19 comments electronics
- Last June, Google Purchased Telecommunication Start-up 'Alpental Technologies'. Rumored To Be Developing New 5G Wireless Technology Designed To Boost 7 Gigabits Of Fiber Signals "Up To A Mile". Essentially Turning Future Google Fiber Routers Into Cell Towers. http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/06/19/google-buys-alpental-to-gain-fast-wireless-technology/ 130 comments technology
- Open Whisper Systems has announced the release of Signal, the first iOS app designed to enable easy, strongly encrypted voice calls for free. http://www.wired.com/2014/07/free-encrypted-calling-finally-comes-to-the-iphone 3 comments crypto
- "Using inexpensive materials configured and tuned to capture microwave signals, researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have designed a power-harvesting device with efficiency similar to that of modern solar panels." http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/du-wdc110713.php 29 comments technology
- Nazi U-Boat Found Near Norway—German submarine found by Norwegian oil firm. The “U-486” broke in 2 when torpedoed in April 1945 by a British sub. It sank in 820 ft of water with 48 on board, no survivors. “It had a special synthetic rubber coating designed to significantly reduce its radar signal.” http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/aleqm5h3dwk5qi3vdaww261vdilnccqhxw?docid=cng.8e8f00d845224cb24533051f3d59de13.11 33 comments history
- A "bionic" leg designed for people who have lost a lower leg is undergoing clinical trials sponsored by the US Army. The researchers hope the leg will be able to learn the patient's nerve signal patterns and be able to move in response to the patient’s own muscles and nerves. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-bionic-leg-clinical-trials.html 20 comments science
- Scientists are considering relocating an underground experiment designed to search for signals from dark matter from a mine in Minnesota to a deeper facility in Ontario, Canada. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10751940 19 comments science
- Bomb Designer, Mars Expert Sent by Obama to Fix Oil Spill -- U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu signaled his lack of confidence in the industry experts trying to control BP Plc’s leaking oil well by hand-picking a team of scientists with reputations for creative problem solving. http://preview.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-14/obama-sends-bomb-inventor-mars-expert-to-fix-bp-oil-spill-in-mexican-gulf.html?xid=huffbloomberg 38 comments politics
- Congress signaled its disapproval of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with a vote Tuesday to tighten sanctions against his government and a call to designate his Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070925/ap_on_go_co/us_iran;_ylt=ava.8otk5sup_9emyklxones0nue 6 comments reddit.com
- Joyeur: Joyeur: Slingshot Apologia: We Didn't Design Slingshot for Planes [Joyent's reply to DHH of 37 Signals that offline webapps are not needed] http://joyeur.com/2007/04/02/slingshot-apologia-we-didnt-design-slingshot-for-planes 2 comments programming
