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Elaborate Heidelberg letterpress paper model. "Algorithm typesetting." Graphene's latest victory. The bird is not real! ! A new approach to wearable technology. Outdoor art installations are completely based on AR. Cutting board made from recycled bottle caps. A candy pushing robot will follow you in the supermarket. For some reason, the internal anatomical model of Jabba the Hutt. All the content in WhatTheThink's weekly miscellaneous and more.
Did the bird take this picture? continue reading!
It's too hot, the smart thermostat is like hello bro #heatdome #portand pic.twitter.com/t2TrzLPhVz
The basis of printing is to run the paper through the printing machine, oui? Well, our New Hampshire reporter and Mount Monadnock Media Maven pointed us to a printing press that itself is made of paper. Korean artist Lee Ji-hee has meticulously produced a life-size Heidelberg letterpress paper model.
Before creating her sculptures out of paper and corrugated cardboard, she carefully studied the original German model-complete with a series of mechanisms and brand details, including its trademark windmill feed and plates engraved with the company's logo and manufacturing information. This machine took three months to complete, celebrating the long history of the printing industry in Chungburi Street and Euljiro Street in Seoul.
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"The New York Times" recently introduced us to Erik and Martin Demaine, a pair of "algorithmist" father and son team. They are probably best known for their mathematical research on origami, especially their "curved crease sculpture". In 2008, their "computational origami" was part of the "Design and Flexible Thinking" exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
However, nowadays, Demaines is more focused on "algorithmic puzzle fonts", which are a set of fonts inspired by mathematics and also puzzles. The main application is very interesting. One typeface is a tribute to the mathematician and juggler Ron Graham who died in 2020. The letters are derived from the pattern of movement tracked by the ball thrown into the air in the juggling technique.
In the 2015 paper "The Fun of Fonts: Algorithmic Typography", Demaines explained their motivation: "Scientists use fonts to express their research through written words every day. But what if the font itself conveys the research (spiritual)? What if the way the text was written, not just the text itself, allowed readers to participate in science?"
Inspired by theorems or open questions, fonts—and the information they make up—usually can only be read after solving related puzzles or a series of puzzles.
Their latest font is Sudoku font:
In this font, each letter is represented by a standard Sudoku puzzle, and its unique solution "drawing letters" in the following sense: If you will have consecutive numbers (1 to 2, 2 to 3,... …, 8 to 9), and then draw letter shapes through the longest paths of these connections. Consecutive numbers are easy to track for puzzle solvers and can be controlled to a certain extent by puzzle designers, but it seems impossible to avoid false consecutive number connections; the longest path allows us to clear these false connections.
Hmm...maybe we will use Sudoku fonts in the next print edition, although if the printer has to solve a bunch of Sudoku puzzles before the file RIP, the problem may be later...but, an interesting idea.
More Britons would rather have no flush toilet than give up Facebook.
Is this a good week for graphene news? For Graphene News, this is always a good week! From Graphene News:
Metal electrode arrays are currently used in medical procedures that require monitoring or delivery of electrical pulses in the body, such as brain surgery and epilepsy mapping. However, the metal and plastic materials that make up them are hard and inflexible, while the tissues of the body are soft and malleable. This mismatch limits where the electrode array can be used successfully, and it also requires a large amount of current to be applied to "jump" the gap between the electrode and its target.
Can graphene solve this problem? sure!
A team of scientists from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) created a flexible, metal-free electrode array that fits the human body. For example, this consistency allows the recording and stimulation of electrical pulses at a lower required voltage, enabling it to be used in hard-to-reach areas of the body, and minimizing the risk of damage to vulnerable organs.
In other words, the team developed a set of alginate hydrogels that can successfully fit living tissues. That is the first part. "Once the team has a material that can bend and flow around the tissue, they must invent an electrode that can do the same thing. The vast majority of electrodes are made of metal because metal is highly conductive - but also Very hard and inflexible." But what can they use instead? Yes, big G. "After many experiments, the team determined the combination of graphene flakes and carbon nanotubes as their first choice."
The kind you found in a second-hand store? pic.twitter.com/UT4tl1U5Pn
It's hard to determine if this is true or just a joke, but in any case, it's hard to imagine that they might be wrong. We are talking about the fact that birds are not real (tell Tippi Hedren), and the movement believes through Boing Boing that “all birds in the United States are killed and replaced by drones operated by the federal government.” Well.
"I think the evidence is right by our side. The birds are sitting on the wires. We believe they are charging on the wires. We believe that the guano on the car is a liquid tracking device," movement leader Peter McKindo told KOLR.
It is estimated that there are about 7 billion birds in the United States and Canada (you have to include these two countries, and possibly even Mexico, because unlike humans-at the moment-there is nothing to stop them at the border). Therefore, a large number of birds must be captured and replaced. (Birds don’t really claim that the mountains have been hollowed out to build bird drone factories. Hmm...is this part of the infrastructure bill?) They also claim to have discovered a source from the White House and the Pentagon. The batch of e-mails confirmed that they were called "Poultry Gate". (Since the last time we roasted a chicken that obviously didn't have electronic equipment, it can only be used for wild birds.)
However, if they are just deceiving conspiracy theorists, it would be interesting. They also have some very interesting products.
An anthropologist who studies my phone photos in the future will come to the conclusion that I live in a family with accidental screenshots
Wearable technology has been touted for many years, and some new technologies have emerged, but one of the challenges of any kind of "smart clothing" is that sometimes it is necessary to wash clothes (especially when the temperature has been above the 90s) and electronic components cannot be very Treat water well. (This makes us wonder... what happens to bird drones when it rains? What about ducks? Anyway, back to this story...)
In the breakthrough of wearable devices, researchers at Purdue University (the university, not the chicken company, what drone technology do they hide?) have developed a silk-based method that may accelerate the development of wearable technology. Core77 says:
Their solution was to first sew a silk-based flexible loop to traditional clothes, and then spray a hydrophobic coating on the clothes. With these two techniques, they can use ordinary T-shirts and gloves to complete some impressive skills:
"I envision that smart clothes will be able to transmit information about the wearer’s posture and movement to mobile applications, allowing machines to understand human intentions without additional interfaces, thereby expanding our ways of communicating, interacting with devices, and playing video games. ," said Ramses Martinez, assistant professor of engineering. "This technology can be manufactured in traditional large-scale sewing facilities and is expected to accelerate the development and commercialization of smart clothing in the future."
They really skipped the passive voice and directly used the passive aggressive voice pic.twitter.com/YkjsHNESLN
The New York Times reported yesterday a completely virtual outdoor art exhibition because it is based on augmented reality (AR).
The exhibition "Mirror" lasts from Saturday to August 29th. It is an exhibition in which all "they"-the sculptures seen-are virtual and only exist in augmented reality or AR
Using an app developed by Acute Art, a digital art organization based in London, viewers can point their mobile phones to a QR code displayed on one of the websites—a gift in a “hidden” location of the virtual artwork. The code activates a specific sculpture, which appears on the viewer’s camera screen, superimposed on the surrounding environment. (Unlike virtual reality or VR where the viewer wears goggles and other devices, AR does not require full immersion.) Most of the virtual artwork will be placed in the square around the shed on 11th Avenue West 30th Street, supplemented by nearby high lines Of three locations.
This is part of the treasure hunt à la Pokemon Go and art exhibition. This is a new version of the similar exhibition "Unreal City" that opened on London's South Bank last year.
Although the title of the London iteration hints at the poem "The Wasteland" by TS Eliot of New York, the name of the show comes from Lewis Carroll. "In today's "Alice in Wonderland," mobile phones are the new rabbit hole," Enderby said.
Criticize bass theory. pic.twitter.com/2C2Z2fvfO1
We all know how to recycle (or try to recycle) plastic bottles, but one accessory of plastic bottles is often overlooked: bottle caps. What about the bottle cap? If you are Brothers Make, you will turn them into cutting boards. Via Core77:
An easy way to upgrade recycled wood cutting is to laminate them into cutting boards, which is why they are so common at your local craft fair. But British brothers, sisters and content creators Matt and Jonny, a/k/a Brothers Make, decided to make an upgraded cutting board with a more harmful material: used plastic. Specifically, "We have been collecting a lot of milk bottle caps and other recycled plastic," they wrote.
…We are very meticulous in cleaning plastics. All plastics we receive are manually sorted to ensure that it is indeed HDPE and that no non-plastic contaminants are left on the plastic. Before heating the plastic, we must perform at least 3 sorting and cleaning cycles.
It’s a disastrous ad placement. ???? pic.twitter.com/3hXM1tscmr
If the staff checkout line is long, self-checkout at the grocery store will be very convenient. However, one of the disadvantages of efficient self-checkout is that impulse purchases of gum, candy, magazines, etc. are reduced when shoppers are trapped in a queue. What should I do? Why not harass self-checkout shoppers by pushing candy robots? From the candy industry:
[Mars Wrigley] introduced Smiley, a new type of robot that can bring you candy when you shop.
Specifically, Smiley will display and ship Mars Wrigley candies that are usually found at checkout to customers throughout the store. It is characterized by catchy tunes and dances, as it runs through the aisles and offers snacks for sale.
It sounds scary. Smiley will debut at the ShopRite store in Monroe, New York, so if you travel this weekend, be sure to avoid it.
In the store, Smiley will display a variety of Mars Wrigley products-from M&M's and Snickers to Extra and 5 Gum to shoppers who are mixed together in the Shoprite store.
In addition, Smiley's operations can be modified quickly and easily to optimize engagement, support store promotions, and deploy new behaviors.
The Spot robot of Boston Dynamics challenges BTS to dance the boy band in the latest video https://t.co/TB1yCg8AlU pic.twitter.com/SA2iNDQCVx
Well, it's not really funny, but it's actually kind of funny. As a result, the Los Angeles Police Department seized more than 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks and proceeded to take them away and destroy them (ie, detonate them). CBS News LA reported this story:
The bomb disposal team’s technicians and investigators rushed to the scene to remove the fireworks from their homes, load the pallets full of explosives into multiple large vehicles in the alley behind the house, and then transport them to an off-site location for final destruction .
Officials also discovered what Moore called "improvised explosive devices," which were put into containment and detonated. Moore said that based on bomb technicians’ estimates, the ship should be able to handle the equipment safely.
However, when the police detonated the explosive, Moore said a "catastrophic" malfunction occurred, which caused the explosion.
Ya think? The lid of the one-ton container was blown open for two blocks.
Watch: When the police tried to detonate a bunch of illegal fireworks, Sky9 was overhead and eventually exploded in the 700 block of East 27th Street in South Los Angeles https://t.co/KpWiAEoyqv pic.twitter.com/UbIXLDoZjh
LAPD Lt. Raul Jovel said at a press conference on Thursday morning that the technicians involved “followed all protocols in place,” but added that the bomb truck could actually make the explosion worse.
"You put a destructive device in a closed container, where it is pressurized, and when it explodes, it's a big shock," he said. "If some of these devices explode in the open, the impact will be much smaller, because the explosion will really spread in all directions."
To make matters worse, the Los Angeles Police Department officials later confirmed that they had not evacuated nearby residents before the pre-planned detonation finally occurred. When the detonation went south, some of the bystanders eventually became one of the injured.
So please be careful this holiday weekend!
I have clicked to send https://t.co/pIY9rWhNEg
Have you ever wondered what the internal anatomy of Jabba the Hutt looks like? Gosh, no, neither do we. But some people have. By Laughing Squid:
Inspired by Jason Freeny's work, Mighty Jabba created a truly lifelike, highly detailed anatomical sculpture that reveals the possible physiology of the infamous Jabba the Hut. The sculpture was made on an Elegoo Saturn resin 3D printer, and the box was designed in Photoshop.
Visible Hutt will be on sale soon, but the number is limited.
I will run a small number of these numbers, so if you are interested, please let me know. Because this is the first time I have done such a thing, I will stay small at first. Once I figure out everything, I will announce when and how I will accept the order.
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1846: Adolphe Sax applied for a patent for the saxophone.
1926: American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Mel Brooks is born.
1975: American screenwriter and producer Rod Serling dies (born 1924).
2018: The death of American writer Harlan Ellison (born 1934).
1613: The Globe Theatre in London built by William Shakespeare's troupe is burnt down. A second globe was built in 1614, so everything is fine.
1900: French poet, pilot and author of the little prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) was born.
1920: American animator and producer Ray Harryhausen was born.
1975: Steve Wozniak tested his first Apple I computer prototype.
2007: Apple Inc. released the iPhone.
1937: The world's first emergency telephone number 999 was launched in London.
1874: The first commercially successful typewriter, the Holles and Glidden typewriter (also known as Remington No. 1), went on sale.
1881: The world's first international call was made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, USA.
1892: American journalist and writer James M. Cain was born.
1963: Introduced postal codes for U.S. mail.
1869: American writer and educator, and co-author of The Elements of Style William Strunk Jr. is born.
1566: French astrologer and writer Nostradamus died (born in 1503). (Interestingly, he didn't see it coming.
1698: Thomas Savery obtains a patent for the first steam engine.
1897: British Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtained a radio patent in London.
1900: The first Zeppelin flight took place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
1900: "Song of Finland" by Jean Sibelius premiered in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Robert Kajanus.
1961: The death of Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, journalist, and Nobel Prize winner (born 1899).
1962: The first Wal-Mart store (called Wal-Mart at the time) opened in Rogers, Arkansas.
1977: The Russian-born novelist and critic Vladimir Nabokov died (born 1899).
2013: Douglas Engelbart, an American computer scientist and inventor of the computer mouse, died (born in 1925).
1767: Adresseavisen, Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, was founded and published its first edition.
1877: German-born Swiss poet, novelist, painter and Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse was born.
1886: The New York Tribune became the first newspaper to use an online printing machine, eliminating the need for manual typesetting.
1883: Czech-Austrian writer Franz Kafka was born.
1804: American novelist and short story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne is born.
1826: The second president of the United States John Adams (born 1735) and the third president of the United States Thomas Jefferson (born 1743) died on the same day.
1831: American soldier, lawyer and politician, the fifth president of the United States James Monroe died (born 1758).
1855: The first edition of Walt Whitman's collection of poems "Blades of Grass" is published in Brooklyn.
1950: First broadcast on Radio Free Europe.
1883: American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer Rube Goldberg was born. This is an unnecessarily complicated birth.
1687: Isaac Newton published "Mathematics of Principles of Natural Philosophy."
1833: Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor and creator of the first known photo, died (born 1765).
1954: The BBC broadcasts its first television news briefing.
1958: American writer and illustrator Bill Watson was born.
1865: The first issue of "National" magazine was published.
1893: French short story writer, novelist and poet Guy de Maupassant died (born 1850).
1962: American novelist, short story writer, and Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner (born 1897) passes away.
1752: Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, and inventor of the jacquard weaving machine, was born.
1907: American science fiction writer and screenwriter Robert A. Heinlein was born.
1928: The Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri, sold sliced bread for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday). It is said that it was the greatest thing at the time... well...
1930: The death of British writer Arthur Conan Doyle (born 1859).
1822: British poet and playwright Percy Bysshe Shelley died (born 1792).
1889: The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
1947: There are reports that the UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico, which was later known as the Roswell UFO incident.
1901: The prolific British writer Barbara Cartland is born. She has published 722 novels and holds the Guinness World Record for the most novels written in a single year (23 in 1976). When she died in 2000, the paper industry fell into a severe decline.
1911: The British writer and illustrator Mervyn Peake, who is definitely not so prolific, is born.
1945: Dean Koontz was born, undoubtedly a prolific writer (but nowhere near the output of Cartland).
1851: Louis Daguerre, French photographer and physicist, and inventor of silver plates, died (born 1787).
1856: Serbian-American physicist and engineer Nikola Tesla was born.
1863: Clement Clark Moore, American writer and educator, died (born 1779).
1871: French novelist Marcel Proust is born. In Remembrance of Things Past, he may write as many words in a novel as Cartland wrote in 722.
1888: Greek-Italian painter and set designer Giorgio de Chirico was born.
1962: Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, was launched into orbit.
1978: ABC World News Tonight premiered.
2008: Apple's AppStore was opened.
1804: He did not throw away his gun: US Vice President Aaron Burr (spoiler alert) fatally wounded Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
1899: American essayist and journalist EB White was born.
1927: Theodore Maiman (Theodore Maiman), an American Canadian physicist and engineer, and inventor of the laser was born.
1960: Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" (To Kill a Mockingbird) was first published in the United States.
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