Dan Kohn’s Blog

I usually do not get political on my blog, but I have see an anti-science tendency in the USA and it is getting worse……. I think this says it all:

A friend sent me a link to Hackaday’s article “This is the Raspberry Pi Mini Laptop that We Want” and it made me miss my old HP 200LX Palmtop. Take a look side by side:

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The one on the left is the Pi and the one on the right is the HP.

Funny what is old is new again!

My department chair suggested this video for all students and I totally agree….

Tim Urban: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

I watched this TED Talk and thought you would find it interesting.

Christoph Keplinger: The artificial muscles that will power robots of the future:

Learn more about watching TED Talks on all of your favorite platforms: https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-talks/ways-to-get-ted-talks

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/high-school-robotics-students-build-power-wheelchair-for-2-year-old/89-b9219b88-1ba7-4c8e-abff-b3e6b880c16e

This is really really scary. This BBC report states that Russians are using strong radio [GPS] signals to drown out reliable navigation data.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47786248

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/closing-the-gender-gap-in-the-tech-industry-60-minutes/

Just saw a story on the new Apollo 11 documentary out today. They dug into the NASA archives for never before seen footage shot it large format film (so it looks like HD).

I’ve got to see this…I hope it comes to the Pink Palace in Memphis!

Related Stories:

Apollo 11

http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-021419a-apollo-11-documentary-imax-release.html

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/apollo-11-documentary-imax-release-1203138469/

Trailers:

This interesting concept is worth the read and watching the video. https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkobayashisolomon/2019/01/11/capitalism-versus-climate-change-case-carbon-engineering/#19a9d07544e6