Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Robotic Arms
"Researchers at UC San Francisco have enabled a man who is paralyzed to control a robotic arm that receives signals from his brain via a computer."https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/03/429561/how-paralyzed-man-moved-robotic-arm-his-thoughts?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4
ESP32 microchip
"The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains undocumented commands that could be leveraged for attacks."https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/undocumented-commands-found-in-bluetooth-chip-used-by-a-billion-devices/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4
Saturday, March 1, 2025
GLOBAL DAY OF UNPLUGGING
"From sundown to sundown on Global Day of Unplugging, a 24-hour period kicks off, to unplug, unwind, relax, and do things other than using today’s technology, electronics, and social media."
https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/march/global-day-of-unplugging-sundown-to-sundown-march-1-2?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12725626&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Neuralink
"Neuralink is ready to test using its brain chip to control robotic arms."
https://www.pcmag.com/news/neuralink-preps-brain-chip-that-can-control-robotic-arms
Monday, August 26, 2024
Internet
"Few inventions are as indispensable to modern life as the World Wide Web. Created by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, this now-ubiquitous application consists of interconnected hyperlinks that connect information located on servers around the world."
https://interestingfacts.com/world-wide-web-facts/
Monday, August 19, 2024
Emails
"You’re trying to do something on your computer or smartphone, maybe send an important e-mail or enjoy some Netflix."
https://www.ba-bamail.com/computers-and-internet/cant-connect-to-the-internet-heres-what-to-do/
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Internet Creation
When the internet was first created, it was predicted to bring people around the world closer together than ever before. But as we now know, technological innovations such as the internet have proven to be an inadequate substitution for in-person interaction, and contrary to those initial predictions, our society often seems to feel more fractured and disconnected than ever.
In fact, the U.S. surgeon general released a 2023 advisory regarding the “healing effects of social connection and community” in response to “our epidemic of loneliness and isolation.”
In many ways, it does feel as if our connections to each other are uniquely fraught. We may complain about our neighbors on Facebook groups and Nextdoor more often than we knock on their doors to offer our friendship, and generational divides have begun to seem more like chasms than gaps.
We have to remind ourselves that a strong society starts with us. If we want a solid community, we have to act accordingly. Each of us has the power to replace the suspicion, blame, and judgment we may be guilty of hurling at our (literal and figurative) neighbors with a warm remark or a helping hand, and we don’t need to wait to make those changes.
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