Man builds electrified chessboard that shocks players for bad moves

Heisler’s Skinner box-esque chess set was inspired by similarly masochistic DIY projects like an electrified keyboard, and gets its voltage from a reconfigured TENS unit. Short for Transcutaneous ...

What do curlers do when they're not at the Olympics?

Lifting weights like sprinters, strategising like chess players, and fuelling like Tour de France cyclists, the life of a ...
IEEE

Checkmating One, by Using Many: Combining Mixture of Experts with MCTS to Improve in Chess

Abstract: In games like chess, strategy evolves dramatically across distinct phases — the opening, middlegame, and endgame each demand different forms of reasoning and decision-making. Yet, many ...
Yahoo

Mom shares 'game-changer' tip to make use of empty medication bottles: 'I literally [do] this all the time'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: @redeux_style / TikTok When it comes to medicine bottles, if you're anything like most people, you have them in ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

She’d love to see more women play chess, and maybe join her for a game over a beer

Julia Gale is one of the co-founders of Beers by the Bay Chess & Social, a social club started with co-founders Mark Laturno and Aidan Ryan in 2024. It works just like the name says—they meet up each ...
GameSpot

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Director Shares How The Game Is Using AI

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The use of AI tools in game development has been a controversial topic, as more developers have begun using the toolset, including Final Fantasy ...
New Atlas

Review: Smart chessboard has an epic Harry Potter special edition

The makers of a smart Rubik's Cube-like puzzle have upped the ante with their game technology with a special-edition Harry Potter-themed chess board, complete with character pieces. But can AI help ...
New York Post

US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky suffered cardiac arrhythmia after meth, kratom use — death ruled an accident

US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky suffered cardiac issues after taking kratom and meth, according to a detailed medical examiner’s report that ruled the 29-year-old’s death an accident. Friends ...
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Netflix’s Upcoming ‘Queen of Chess’ Tells the Incredible True Story of the Girl Who Challenged a Man’s Game

For a sport that prides itself on logic, chess has spent decades clinging to one of the least logical traditions of all: separating women from men. There are no tackles to absorb, no finish lines to ...
Popular Science

Chess or video games—which actually makes you smarter? The answer may surprise you.

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Interesting Engineering

Cerebral palsy patient plays Chinese chess match using non-invasive brain device

Han Binbin seen playing chess wearing a non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) device.Jiemian News In a world-first for national-level sports, Han Binbin, a player with cerebral palsy, competed ...
GameSpot

Arc Raiders Is My Game Of The Year, But Its Use Of Generative AI Really Sucks

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. These past two months with Arc Raiders have been the most fun I've had with games all year. It represents the most exciting and unpredictable ...