Saving the Songs of South Korea’s Female Divers

Beautiful story from Gastro Obscura about the South Korean women working to preserve haenyeo songs. Haenyeo is Korean for “sea women.” On clear mornings off Jeju’s coast, you can still see them emerging from the lucid waters in their black rubber suits. Nearly 90 percent of haenyeo are over the age of 60, and many are well into their eighties....

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Saving the Songs of South Korea’s Female Divers

Beautiful story from Gastro Obscura about the South Korean women working to preserve haenyeo songs. Haenyeo is Korean for “sea women.” On clear mornings off Jeju’s coast, you can still see them emerging from the lucid waters in their black rubber suits. Nearly 90 percent of haenyeo are over the age of 60, and many are well into their eighties....

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Create Snowflakes with Vivian Wu’s Snowflake Generator

We’re constantly on the lookout for moments of zen these days, and, well, this snowflake generator absolutely fits the bill. From Vivian Wu via Flowing Data: It takes the user input and distributes hexagons on a pinion accordingly, applies mirroring and sixfold symmetry, generates a height map, and adds lighting and refraction. This is...

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Create Snowflakes with Vivian Wu’s Snowflake Generator

We’re constantly on the lookout for moments of zen these days, and, well, this snowflake generator absolutely fits the bill. From Vivian Wu via Flowing Data: It takes the user input and distributes hexagons on a pinion accordingly, applies mirroring and sixfold symmetry, generates a height map, and adds lighting and refraction. This is...

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Black History Month 2021 #BlackHistoryMonth

Today marks the start of Black History Month 2021. All through February you can check out the blog for stories and figures that honor Black History Month. We are excited to share some of our favorite African American makers, scientists, artists, hackers and more! Did you know there was a theme every year? From The History Channel: Since...

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Black History Month 2021 #BlackHistoryMonth

Today marks the start of Black History Month 2021. All through February you can check out the blog for stories and figures that honor Black History Month. We are excited to share some of our favorite African American makers, scientists, artists, hackers and more! Did you know there was a theme every year? From The History Channel: Since...

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“Liquid” machine-learning system adapts to changing conditions

Researcher Ramin Hasani, the study’s lead author, coded a neural network that can recognize patterns by analyzing a set of “training” examples. via MIT MIT researchers have developed a type of neural network that learns on the job, not just during its training phase. These flexible algorithms, dubbed “liquid” networks, change their underlying...

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“Liquid” machine-learning system adapts to changing conditions

Researcher Ramin Hasani, the study’s lead author, coded a neural network that can recognize patterns by analyzing a set of “training” examples. via MIT MIT researchers have developed a type of neural network that learns on the job, not just during its training phase. These flexible algorithms, dubbed “liquid” networks, change their underlying...

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul on the protests rocking the Kremlin

More than 5,000 people were arrested during massive protests in Russia this week, demanding the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, marking the second straight week of the largest demonstrations the country has seen in years. Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, spoke to NBC’s Joshua Johnson on what the protests mean for Vladimir Putin, and the future of the U.S. - Russia relationship. from MSNBC Top Stories...

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Ten GOP senators propose lower, limited stimulus checks

Congressional Democrats have a plan to get Covid-19 relief to Americans, vowing to pass it quickly and by any means necessary. Ten moderate Republicans requested a meeting with President Biden to pitch a slimmed-down relief proposal. NBC News’ Sahil Kapur reports. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3ted8o4 via IFT...

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Making a Utility Knife Mold for Leftover Casting Resin @JimmyDiResta

Jimmy DiResta had a cool idea. He created a mold for a disposable utility knife, so if he’s casting something and has a bunch of leftover resin, he can cast a disposable utility knife with the excess. He’s planning on developing the mold into a product for sale, but you could obviously design, print, mold, and cast your own. This project raises another great question. If you do a lot of casting and have leftover resin, what other...

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Making a Utility Knife Mold for Leftover Casting Resin @JimmyDiResta

Jimmy DiResta had a cool idea. He created a mold for a disposable utility knife, so if he’s casting something and has a bunch of leftover resin, he can cast a disposable utility knife with the excess. He’s planning on developing the mold into a product for sale, but you could obviously design, print, mold, and cast your own. This project raises another great question. If you do a lot of casting and have leftover resin, what other...

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Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: Art Museums Are Creating 3D Versions of Paintings for Visually Impaired People To Touch, Neopixel Crystal Chandelier & More!

ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UP We’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more. BLOG Art Museums Are Creating 3D Versions of Paintings...

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The Sunday Show exclusive: Susan Rice makes case for Biden’s racial justice, equity plan

President Joe Biden’s racial justice and universal equity plans are explained by Fmr. Amb. Susan Rice, who is now leading these projects as the director of the United States Domestic Policy Council. In this exclusive on The Sunday Show, Rice also addresses the question of gun control activist David Hogg about the Biden administration’s plans to solve gun violence, posed earlier in this episode. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3cvAYpk via...

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Fmr GOP Rep. Joe Walsh on current GOP: ‘it’s a conspiracy-believing cult. It's a cult. And as you pointed out, Ali, I helped bring it here. I wasn't alone.’

Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh joins Ali Velshi to discuss the state of the Republican party and how it became what it is today. Walsh admits, “tea party people like me came along and we riled up those base voters and then Donald Trump came along, and he lied to them and he radicalized them and now the GOP base voter is radicalized.” from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2MEoAbV via IFT...

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Rep. Deutch, gun control activist David Hogg support Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s removal

President Joe Biden’s racial justice and universal equity plans are explained by Fmr. Amb. Susan Rice, who is now leading these projects as the director of the United States Domestic Policy Council. In this exclusive on The Sunday Show, Rice also addresses the question posed by gun control activist David Hogg about the Biden administration’s plans to solve gun violence, presented earlier in this episode. from MSNBC Top Stories...

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Covid crushed uninsured Americans. Here's how Biden's executive order can help.

How two simple changes can help uninsured Americans in states hit hardest by the pandemic. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/36suofz via IFT...

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How Dexterous Thumbs May Have Helped Shape Evolution Two Million Years Ago

via Smithsonian Now a new study combines the ancient evidence of fossil fingers and thumbs with cutting-edge computer muscle modeling to conclude that South African hominins boasted flexible, capable thumbs much like ours as far back as two million years ago. “It is remarkable that such a level of thumb dexterity, similar to that of people...

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How Dexterous Thumbs May Have Helped Shape Evolution Two Million Years Ago

via Smithsonian Now a new study combines the ancient evidence of fossil fingers and thumbs with cutting-edge computer muscle modeling to conclude that South African hominins boasted flexible, capable thumbs much like ours as far back as two million years ago. “It is remarkable that such a level of thumb dexterity, similar to that of people...

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Chess engine sacrifices mastery to mimic human play

Fascinating study on artificial intelligence through the lense of chess. From TechXplore: Since IBM’s Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, advances in artificial intelligence have made chess-playing computers more and more formidable. No human has beaten a computer in a chess tournament in 15 years. In new research,...

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Chess engine sacrifices mastery to mimic human play

Fascinating study on artificial intelligence through the lense of chess. From TechXplore: Since IBM’s Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, advances in artificial intelligence have made chess-playing computers more and more formidable. No human has beaten a computer in a chess tournament in 15 years. In new research,...

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The Indispensable Weirdness of Southland Tales: How It Happened #SciFi Sunday

Richard Kelly’s follow-up to Donnie Darko is one of the strangest movies ever made. It’s called Southland Tales and it’s a visionary near-future pop-comedy musical that stars Stifler, The Rock, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, that guy who had dinner with Andre, Avon Barksdale, and a bunch of moderately funny former SNL cast members. The whole...

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The Indispensable Weirdness of Southland Tales: How It Happened #SciFi Sunday

Richard Kelly’s follow-up to Donnie Darko is one of the strangest movies ever made. It’s called Southland Tales and it’s a visionary near-future pop-comedy musical that stars Stifler, The Rock, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, that guy who had dinner with Andre, Avon Barksdale, and a bunch of moderately funny former SNL cast members. The whole...

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HBO Is Reportedly Adapting George R.R. Martin’s Dunk & Egg Novellas

With all the ups-and-downs and false starts in the George R.R. Martin adaptation universe, we’re cautiously optimistic about this. Scoop vis Tor.com. HBO’s world of Westeros might be getting even bigger. Variety reported yesterday that the network is working to develop a new series set in the same world as Game of Thrones based on George...

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HBO Is Reportedly Adapting George R.R. Martin’s Dunk & Egg Novellas

With all the ups-and-downs and false starts in the George R.R. Martin adaptation universe, we’re cautiously optimistic about this. Scoop vis Tor.com. HBO’s world of Westeros might be getting even bigger. Variety reported yesterday that the network is working to develop a new series set in the same world as Game of Thrones based on George...

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Wow, this sled is bananas!

We’re loving this wonderful wintry build from KitKat1414 recently featured on The Brothers Brick. If you happen to wonder why so many recently featured LEGO models are using the banana part, it is the seed part in this year’s Iron Builder competition, where LEGO fans who participate are required to use it in their models. In this winter...

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Wow, this sled is bananas!

We’re loving this wonderful wintry build from KitKat1414 recently featured on The Brothers Brick. If you happen to wonder why so many recently featured LEGO models are using the banana part, it is the seed part in this year’s Iron Builder competition, where LEGO fans who participate are required to use it in their models. In this winter...

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Parkland’s David Hogg calls out Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

The Republican party has an extremist problem, and the face of that problem is Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Georgia congresswoman was caught on tape in 2019 harassing Parkland shooting survivor, David Hogg. Hogg sits down with MSNBC’s host of “American Voices” Alicia Menendez to discuss the incident, as well as the larger threat posed by Greene and her cohorts in the post-riot GOP. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/39AgI4e via...

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Velshi: Consequences are not "cancel culture"

In recent interviews, Senator Josh Hawley has repeated his grievance that he is being "cancelled" and "muzzled." The irony of Hawley freely and openly discussing his being "muzzled" seems lost on him. Hawley seems to believe freedom of speech means he has the right to say whatever he wants, truth and facts be damned. He and other elected officials need to understand that words have consequences, especially when they lead to an...

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WH Climate Advisor McCarthy: “last week was a terrific week for science”

White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy joins NBC’s Joshua Johnson to discuss the flurry of climate executive orders signed by President Biden. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3pzdPWX via IFT...

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New Products 1/27/2021 Featuring Adafruit SPI Flash SD Card – XTSD 512 MB

We’ve got the New nEw NEW for you right here: NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEK Kitronik Breadboard Breakout for BBC micro:bit – micro:bit Not Included The Kitronik Breadboard Breakout for the BBC micro:bit lets you plug a BBC microbit into a standard 2.54mm pitch breadboard. Two 11-pin headers are used to make connections into the breadboard. Works...

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New Products 1/27/2021 Featuring Adafruit SPI Flash SD Card – XTSD 512 MB

We’ve got the New nEw NEW for you right here: NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEK Kitronik Breadboard Breakout for BBC micro:bit – micro:bit Not Included The Kitronik Breadboard Breakout for the BBC micro:bit lets you plug a BBC microbit into a standard 2.54mm pitch breadboard. Two 11-pin headers are used to make connections into the breadboard. Works...

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Making Glowing Runestones from The Witcher 3

Martina and Hansi of NerdForge have been playing a lot of The Witcher 3 recently. This inspired their latest project, to create a set of glowing runestones (using the glyphs from the game). They 3D printed resign blocks for the stones, molded and cast them in colored resin, created a walnut base, and installed edge-illuminating LEDs to illuminate them. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!...

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Making Glowing Runestones from The Witcher 3

Martina and Hansi of NerdForge have been playing a lot of The Witcher 3 recently. This inspired their latest project, to create a set of glowing runestones (using the glyphs from the game). They 3D printed resign blocks for the stones, molded and cast them in colored resin, created a walnut base, and installed edge-illuminating LEDs to illuminate them. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!...

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Sen. Mazie Hirono says Sen. Josh Hawley is “good at playing the victim”

Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) joins Ali Velshi to discuss the ethics complaint she signed onto against Republican Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz over their objections to the Jan. 6 certification of the presidential election results that coincided with the deadly riot at the Capitol. She says Hawley and Cruz “were pushing the ‘Big Lie,’” She added, “When the Republicans say ‘move on, get over it’, it is astounding to me that's the value...

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Is Snowpiercer’s climate engineering realistic?

SyFy’s Science Behind the Fiction takes a look at the climate engineering featured in Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer and its tv adaptation. Both Bong Joon-ho’s 2013 cli-fi film, Snowpiercer, and the ongoing TNT television adaptation of the same name offer audiences a bleak view of humanity’s future. In a desperate attempt to combat rising global...

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A fantasy card-game based on Javascript #Javascript @BoingBoing

Summon The JSON is a fantasy card-game where the creatures are based on parts of Javascript. The creator, Tom Smykowski, claims the game “can be played by everyone. You don’t need to have any prior programming knowledge to do so.” I believe him, though when I ponder myself asking some noncoder friends “hey, want to play a Javascript...

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