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An 18-year-old high school student just built a water filter that removes 96% of microplastics from drinking water.
Not in a billion-dollar lab.
In her garage.
Meet Mia Heller from Virginia.
Her secret? A magnetic liquid called ferrofluid that grabs microplastics from water… then magnets pull them out.
No expensive membranes.
No endless replacements.
Low waste.
Self-recycling system.
Meanwhile, most treatment plants remove ~70–90%.
She built it
Also, hey there - if you are using Gander.social and can see this post from @johannab.ca, fire off a reply or something? I am rearranging electrons again and trying something.
Very much liking that I can build my own pretty cohesive feed across protocols. And now use completely independent clients if I prefer.
Hacking Hard Drive Firmware
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/15/hacking-hard-drive-firmware/
Mesh has been re-written, so let's talk about Mesh IRL: Meshtastic and NYC Mesh are examples of mesh networking already at work! We've already talked about mesh networking in other posts, now let's take it one step further. STEM kids and parents take note - this is a cool, easy project for summer break. You
Princeton scraps honor code and will supervise exams for first time in 133 years because of AI
While most puns make me feel numb.
Math puns make me feel number
Microsoft is working on a fix to downgraded GPU drivers in Windows Update — new system uses multiple IDs
Microsoft has finally confirmed that Windows Update downgrades GPU drivers in certain circumstances. A partial fix is coming later this year to reduce the chances of driver downgrades occurring on newer devices.
#hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-is-working-on-a-fix-to-downgraded-gpu-drivers-in-windows-update-new-system-uses-multiple-ids
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