IFLScience

Serial Killer Database Shows Strange Decline In Serial Killers Since The 1980s

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
Pacific Standard

The FBI Built a Database That Can Catch Serial Rapists—and Almost Nobody Uses It

For roughly 30 years the FBI has virtually ignored a system meant to help cops track the behavioral patterns of violent criminals. QUANTICO, VIRGINIA — More than 30 years ago, the Federal Bureau of ...
Hackaday

Getting Serial Data Out Of An Old Spectrophotometer

[Jure Spiler] came into possession of an old spectrophotometer, which measures the absorbance and transmittance of light in a sample. Getting data out of the device was difficult, particularly as the ...
Hackaday

A Tool For Spying On Serial Data

[Piotr] was working on a recent Arduino project when he ran into a problem. He was having trouble getting his Arduino Pro Mini to communicate with an ESP8266 module. He needed a way to snoop on the ...
Electronic Design

Serial I/O Interfaces Dominate Data Communications

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Practically every electronic product made today uses one or more serial data interfaces. A serial interface is the ...