Robert J. Marks
Defense: EMP Cannons Could Down Drone Swarms like Bug Spray
Recently, the British military has developed an EMP cannon to do just that
Monday Micro Softy 25: The Fishing Rod Blues
The Memphis bus driver was sympathetic but he couldn't let Johnny ride with his overlong fishing pole. Johnny solved the problem—but how?
Micro Softy Monday 24: Have You Ever Tried 3D Tic Tac Toe?
To liven up a predictable game, try doing it in three — or even four — dimensions! You won't be bored
Monday Micro Softy 23: Barnum’s Circus Receipts
Circus master Barnum's ticket seller had not kept proper track of the tickets sold. Can the limited information — and some algebra — help Barnum figure it out?
Monday Micro Softy 22: Can There Be Two Daddies?
The solution to last week’s puzzler lies in things we can do with binary numbers
Monday Micro Softy 21: Finding More of the Deadly Fentanyl Pills
The solution to last week's deadly pills puzzle can be found, as we'll see, by numbering the bottles. But this week we make the challenge tougher…
Micro Softy 20: Which Bottle Holds the Deadly Fentanyl?
You can find out the answer, using advanced technology — but there is a price
Monday Micro Softy 19: The “Bermuda Triangle”
Why does the strange triangle, rearranged, appear to have a bit of extra area?
Monday Micro Softy 18: The Twin Paradox
It’s not Einstein’s Twin Paradox but it will certainly set you thinking anyway
America Must Be First to Beat the Looming Spectrum Crisis
AI and reconfigurable technology can help win the spectrum race
Monday Micro Softy 17: Mixed-up Bags of Marbles
The bags-of-marbles puzzle is comparatively simple: How many marbles must you pull from the mislabeled bags in order to relabel them correctly?
Monday Microsofty 16: The Leaky Bucket
The puzzler must decide where to place the hole for maximum distance of outward flow. And explain how the problem would change on the Moon
Micro Softy 15: What Happens to the Hole in a Hot Washer?
When a washer ring is heated, does the hole in the center get bigger or smaller?
Monday Micro Softy 14: How Did the Blind Ticket Seller Know?
This puzzle doesn’t require math skills so much as advanced common sense reasoning
Monday Micro Softy 13: Garbage Trucks, String Theory…
… and Stained-Glass Windows. What connects them?
AI Generated Content May Now Be Copyrighted
AI-generated work can be copyrighted if it involves “meaningful human authorship.”
Monday Micro Softy 12: Can You Connect the Dots?
You may use no more than four perfectly straight lines and the lines must be connected.
Monday Micro Softy 11: What Happened to That Other Dollar?
Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy get the discount for their cheap hotel rooms but the figures don’t really add up