Robot voices rapping, TR-808 kicks hitting breakbeats, and Kraftwerk-esque synth phrases drifting through outer space—Electro can be considered the ancestor of electronic music, sitting at the source ...

We will never know how many died during the Butlerian Jihad. Was it millions? Billions? Trillions, perhaps? It was a fantastic rage, a great revolt that spread like wildfire, consuming everything in ...

On Version History: how to play your voice like an instrument, with a little help from Chromeo. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. is ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. In the field of embedded systems development, integrating radio frequency (RF) functionality into a product often ...

Earlier this month, 36 sharp-witted high school students from around the globe stepped foot on the warm and breezy campus of Stanford University. Out of more than 4,000 students from more than 2,000 ...

A programmable logic controller (PLC) is an industrial solid-state computer that monitors inputs and outputs, and makes logic-based decisions for automated processes or machines. 1. The image above is ...

The rigid structures of language we once clung to with certainty are cracking. Take gender, nationality or religion: these concepts no longer sit comfortably in the stiff linguistic boxes of the last ...

Apple today released Logic Pro 11.1 for Mac and Logic Pro 2.1 for iPad, adding new features for songwriting, producing, and mixing. There's a new Quantec Room Simulator plug-in that uses the original ...

Half a century ago, the art-rock band introduced the world to the vocoder. Their sound – and pop music – was forever changed. By Jude Rogers Fifty years ago in West Germany, a country at the heart of ...

The Maryland-raised artist announced his retirement in 2020, though he's since returned with three albums, the last of which closes the chapter on his first act Harmony Gerber/Getty After years of ...

What is a logic bomb? A logic bomb is a set of instructions embedded in a software system that, if specified conditions are met, triggers a malicious payload to take actions against the operating ...

This is FRESH AIR. Rock critic Ken Tucker has noticed that there are a number of significant albums that are celebrating their 50th anniversary. And he's decided to devote a summer series to ...