Daily Bulletin

Men's Weekly

.

How we built an Arduino-powered ping pong scoreboard

  • Written by Mark Cipolla, Senior Developer & Content Platform Project Coordinator, The Conversation
image

At The Conversation, we take table tennis very seriously. After setting up a new ping pong table, and wanting to learn how to use an Arduino, I had a bit of time to build a scoreboard.

An Arduino is a small, programmable device that can take inputs (in this case, two buttons) and control outputs (a LED screen to show the score).

The Arduino, and the...

Read more

Thanksgiving space dinners, threading Saturn’s rings and impossible warp drives

  • Written by Alan Duffy, Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
imageThe gas giant Saturn revealed in all its splendour by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This vantage point revealed the hexagonal storm raging on the pole as well as the innermost rings surrounding the planet.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute, CC BY

It’s been a busy time in space with a Thanksgiving meal that was out of this world, as well as...

Read more

FactCheck Q A: what are the facts on funding for domestic violence legal services in Australia?

  • Written by Heather Douglas, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland
imageWriter and actor Nakkiah Lui, speaking on Q&A. Q&A

The Conversation is fact-checking claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9.35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or by email.


Excerpt from Q&A, November 21, 2016. Watch from 5.10.

…...

Read more

Full response from Nakkiah Lui

  • Written by Sunanda Creagh, Editor, The Conversation

In relation to this FactCheck on funding for legal services for victims of domestic violence, writer and actor Nakkiah Lui said:

The main source I was referring to in my statement on Q&A was the following from The Guardian [which reported]:

“These cuts include $35m from community legal centres, which provide frontline support services to...

Read more

More Articles ...

  1. Cooling-off periods for consumers don't work: study
  2. No politician can singlehandedly bring back coal – not even Donald Trump
  3. Why coal-fired power stations need to shut on health grounds
  4. Health Check: why men wake up with erections
  5. Islamic religious texts must be read in context to understand blasphemy
  6. Comments on mobile
  7. A licence to print: how real is the risk posed by 3D printed guns?
  8. Backpacker tax deal finally – at One Nation's 15% rate
  9. Australia is discriminating against investors and we're the poorer for it
  10. New laws are not necessarily the answer to counter the real threat pornography poses
  11. Why adult children stay at home: looking beyond the myths of kidults, kippers and gestaters
  12. Why music is not lost
  13. The Australian manufacturing industry is not dying, it's evolving: CSIRO study
  14. More Australians are behind on their housing loans, how worried should we be?
  15. The ten things Australia needs to do to improve health
  16. China's plan to increase coal power by 20% is not the climate disaster it seems
  17. Sanitation projects will go down the toilet unless we ask people what they really want
  18. A Galah to help capture millions of rainbows to map the history of the Milky Way
  19. New model for school funding that won't break the budget
  20. Turnbull takes charge on water in bid to get ABCC deal
  21. Good riddance to innovation talk, in Abbott's view
  22. I used to be 'neoliberal', but I'm 'hard left' now
  23. Farewell Fidel: Castro dies aged 90
  24. Carmichael mine jumps another legal hurdle, but litigants are making headway
  25. Banking inquiry findings – ask the wrong questions get the wrong answers
  26. Changes to Radio National are gutting a cultural treasure trove
  27. Why we require real names
  28. If Trump pulls America out of the TPP, the question is: what next?
  29. Research Check: can eating aged cheese help you age well?
  30. We could've seen thunderstorm asthma coming and there are ways to prepare
  31. Trump or NASA – who's really politicising climate science?
  32. A new phonics test is pointless – we shouldn't waste precious money buying it from England
  33. Reinventing density: bridging the live-work divide
  34. Please, Donald Trump, don't send climate science back to the pre-satellite era
  35. Smash it up, burn it down: should Joe Corré set fire to punk history this weekend?
  36. Workers fight back with deviant behaviour in a precarious workplace: study
  37. Zika 'health emergency' status removed but it's sad news for reproductive health
  38. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on One Nation's troubles
  39. The rise and rise of the omniscient ‘I’
  40. Why we need to educate journalists about Aboriginal women's experience of family violence
  41. Changes to contract laws could give small farming businesses more control of data and innovation
  42. Reinventing density: bending the rules can help stop urban sprawl
  43. Friday essay: the loss of music
  44. Vital Signs: construction slump points to cooling economy
  45. Can the way we move after injury lead to chronic pain?
  46. 2050 climate targets: nations are playing the long game in fighting global warming
  47. Pink balls in day-night cricket could challenge players at sunset
  48. Grattan on Friday: The government is compromising Malcolm Turnbull's commitment to inclusion
  49. Politics podcast: Jenny Macklin on Labor's approach to welfare
  50. The limits of Silicon Valley: how Indonesia’s GoJek is beating Uber

Business News

Why More Aussie Tradies Are Moving Away From Paid Ads

Across Australia, a lot of tradies are busy. There’s no shortage of demand in industries like plumbing, electrical, landscaping, and building. But being busy doesn’t always mean running a smooth or...

Daily Bulletin - avatar Daily Bulletin

Why Careers In The Defence Industry Are Growing Rapidly

The defence sector has evolved far beyond traditional roles, opening doors to a wide range of opportunities across technology, engineering, intelligence, and operations. This is where defense industry...

Daily Bulletin - avatar Daily Bulletin

Strategic partnerships to enable global acceleration for Aussie fashion brands: SHEIN Xcelerator launches

SHEIN Xcelerator is introducing a more agile, demand-led operating model, allowing brands to scale while retaining control over creative direction and identity. For fashion brands, the pressure t...

Daily Bulletin - avatar Daily Bulletin