Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

Abstract: In this study, actuator faults and unknown control directions are taken into account concurrently for a three-dimensional variable length flexible string system modeled by partial ...

[Originally published 11/30/25, Updated 12/2/25, 12/5/25, 12/6/25]: After using a Thanksgiving crossword puzzle to clue fans into the cities on his 2026 spring tour, Billy Strings on Tuesday ...

Abstract: This article describes the novel use of spread-spectrum time-domain reflectometry (SSTDR) for detecting and locating disconnection faults in photovoltaic (PV) power plants. We measure ...

Black is the uncompromising Python code formatter. By using it, you agree to cede control over minutiae of hand-formatting. In return, Black gives you speed, determinism, and freedom from pycodestyle ...

PowerShell is a versatile and powerful scripting language that can be used to automate various tasks on your system. One common task that often requires the use of PowerShell is working with strings.

Sensors often provide faulty or missing observations. These anomalies must be detected automatically and replaced with more feasible values before feeding the data to numerical simulation engines as ...

"Stranger Things" fans are one step closer to re-entering the Upside Down. The first four episodes of "Stranger Things" Season 5 premiere on Netflix on Wednesday, Nov. 26. The remaining episodes will ...