It is no secret that we like slide rules around the Hackaday bunker, and among our favorites are the cylindrical slide rules. [Chris Staecker] likes them, too, and recently even 3D printed a version.

Learning something on YouTube seems kind of modern. But if you are watching a 1957 instructional film about slide rules, it also seems old-fashioned. But Encyclopædia Britannica has a complete ...

The game of football is constantly evolving as it gets more aggressive as players get faster and stronger. But, the core issue of player safety, especially for the league's most valuable assets, ...

Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons wants the NFL to get its act together when it comes to running quarterbacks. Currently, rules that are meant to protect quarterbacks are also being exploited by ...

For about 350 years, humanity’s most innovative handheld computer was something called a slide rule. As typewriters once symbolized the writer, slide rules symbolized the engineer. These analog ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This ten-inch yellow plastic duplex ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — They weren’t exactly a “fad” (you couldn’t wear one, a barber or hairdresser couldn’t shave or sculpt one), but slide rules nevertheless became what might be called academically ...

Back when my kids were younger, I would periodically complain about the deafening racket coming out of their rooms that they passed off as music. The answer that came back was always the same: If it's ...