Category Archives: SFF Thought Starters

Oct 03

Robot Fish Swims Under Arduino Control #ArduinoMonday #Arduino

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Robot Fish Swims Under Arduino Control #ArduinoMonday #Arduino

https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/10/03/robot-fish-swims-under-arduino-control-arduinomonday-arduino/

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If you’re going to build an underwater vehicle, propeller control is the conventional solution. Eric Dirgahayu, however, created his underwater creature in the form of a fish, complete with a tail that powers it through the water, and pectoral fins that could, in theory, steer it in the correct direction. There is also a ballast tank to adjust its buoyancy. Interestingly, control of this “fish” is accomplished via a TV remote, so the surrounding water would need to be relatively clear.

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https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/10/03/robot-fish-swims-under-arduino-control-arduinomonday-arduino/

Oct 02

Via Winchell Chung.

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Via Winchell Chung. When creating your secondary-world fantasy, it’s good to be aware of this great variety of possible models, and how much the different empires and civilisations interacted.

Originally shared by Andrew Pam

A fascinating history of Asia during the Roman Empire.

https://medium.com/@writingben/when-roman-barbarians-met-the-asian-enlightenment-2be064d7af9b

Oct 01

This kind of shift from low-wage manual labour to technology work is going to be increasingly required in the next…

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This kind of shift from low-wage manual labour to technology work is going to be increasingly required in the next few years. And there are plenty of stories to tell right here: What is it like when parent and child have very different experiences of the world of work? What if a sibling has gone into the street gangs and resents the other sibling’s change in circumstances? How does it feel to be the first person in your family to get a degree?

Originally shared by Walter Roberson

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/salinas-computer-science-program-1.3779690

Sep 30

Very nearly mentioned in comment #9, but not quite: orbital datacentres.

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Very nearly mentioned in comment #9, but not quite: orbital datacentres. Lots of free solar power, and you could potentially even manufacture the chips in orbit.

There would be some transmission lag because of lightspeed limitations, so you would probably use it for big number-crunching primarily.

Originally shared by Winchell Chung

Charles Stross Trigger Warning

Speculations of other uses for the monstrous payload capacity of SpaceX’s proposed booster.

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2016/09/what-else-can-you-do-with-a-bi.html