One more for the list of pretty awesome:
“Many robotic designs take nature as their muse: sticking to walls like
geckos, swimming through water like tuna, sprinting across terrain like cheetahs. Such designs borrow properties from nature, using engineered materials and hardware to mimic animals’ behaviour.
Scientists at MIT and the University of Pennsylvania have genetically engineered muscle cells to flex in response to light, and are using the light-sensitive tissue to build highly articulated robots.”
Check out the full article here.
Somehow I NEVER get enough of this…. It’s such a shame that Aisth doesn’t have a lot of tracks.
So here’s something I received in the post recently, from Venice. It’s a dip pen, entirely made out of glass, also known as a “Murano Glass Pen”. Thanks to a good friend I recently learned about the existence of these… yes, I had never seen one of these before, which given my general obsession with odd writing/drawing equipment, says something about the rarity of these pens. Apparently they’re quite old, and even less popular than normal dip pens.
I must say this is definitely the smoothest dip pens [or generally drawing / writing equipment] that I’ve ever used. The numerous cuts around the tip allow the pen to hold onto enough ink to fill a page with, without any need for re-dipping. And the glass tip simply draws like a dream… Honestly the pen feels like magic in my hand. I’m generally a huge fan of dip pens, but this is just mind blowing.
Oh by the way, I just got me one of these for my Sony Android Tablet S, and it’s super super helpful! Recommended for anyone who has a Tablet S.
I can hardly believe this… one of my favourite actors. I loved his acting in every role I had seen him in, from “The Green Mile” [which still breaks my heart every time I watch it] to his latest role in “The Finder” series. May he rest in peace.
So, that was Demodays 2012. The crowd was much bigger than last year, which was fantastic. The quality of the demos however still needs a bit of work. Altogether, it was a fun weekend. [Of course the fact that the Expat Expo was on the same weekend didn’t make my life any easier… but oh well, they were both great. =) ] You can check out all the prods here.
[Few more pictures here]
P.S.: A whole lot more pictures [even a couple including the back of my head 😉 ] here!
Due to requests from friends [since a very long time ago] and some recent developments, I finally sat down and came up with a way of having private content on Verse. The code and the solution itself are somewhat messy, mainly because a Wiki is basically not designed for private content [quite the opposite…]. But well, so far it looks like it works. It is now possible to have private categories, all items belonging to which would be private. Private categories can be accessed by certain user groups.
It should be kept in mind though, that this is basically like a lock on a diary. It is simply for the purpose of picking and choosing what content will be shared with whom, but it should not in any way be considered truly secure. So basically don’t store your credit card numbers in there please.
Now, anyone who wants to use this feature, should tell me to set category[s] and user group[s] for them.
