What were you doing when you were 15 years old? Maybe getting your driver’s permit? Or finding the guts to ask out that crush of yours? Or thinking about a way to build a giant ping pong-ball machine ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Kurt Schlosser on Jan 12, 2018 at 12:03 pm January 12, 2018 at 1:09 ...

[Jacob] has put a slightly new twist on the levitating ball trick with his ping-pong ball levitation machine. We’ve all seen magnetic levitation systems before. Here on Hackaday, [Caleb] built a ...

In the waiting rooms of some dentists or doctors, you might have seen a giant metal ball rolling around in a large glass case. While it sure beats looking through those magazines, the sculpture can’t ...

New research suggests brains require more cognitive effort to play table tennis with a robotic ball machine than against a human. Researchers studying people playing table tennis have found that their ...

The NBA regular season ends on Wednesday, and the 14 teams that fail to make the playoffs will cast their lonely eyes toward this year’s draft. The current wisdom suggests earning a high draft pick ...

NEW YORK – In front of a lottery ping-pong ball machine in a private banquet room turned NBA studio at a massive Manhattan hotel, NBA vice president of basketball operations Kiki VanDeWeghe said, ...