I hope that by “need,” this website means “don’t need”. Genderflipping these tropes just shows more clearly how hokey and ridiculous most of them are.
Tag Archives: Mike Reeves-McMillan
Electricity-Generating Clothing is Officially a Reality
Originally shared by CM Stewart
http://futurism.com/electricity-generating-clothing-is-officially-a-reality/
The good news: there’s a plan.
The good news: there’s a plan.
The bad news: it’s unlikely to be implemented in its entirety.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/11/stiglitz-heres-how-to-fix-inequality/413761/
Robot Fish Swims Under Arduino Control #ArduinoMonday #Arduino

Originally shared by Adafruit Industries
Robot Fish Swims Under Arduino Control #ArduinoMonday #Arduino
https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/10/03/robot-fish-swims-under-arduino-control-arduinomonday-arduino/
via Arduino Blog
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/
Via Winchell Chung.
Via Winchell Chung.
Originally shared by Peter Svensson
http://gizmodo.com/nasas-blue-collar-robot-is-an-unstoppable-miner-1787337025
With thanks to Samantha Dunaway Bryant.
With thanks to Samantha Dunaway Bryant.
Originally shared by Robert Hansen
This man is a hero. Read it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/opinion/sunday/if-i-sleep-for-an-hour-30-people-will-die.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/opinion/sunday/if-i-sleep-for-an-hour-30-people-will-die.html
Via Winchell Chung.
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
Conspiracy theories. They’re a wonderful demonstration of the human mind’s ability to create patterns.
Conspiracy theories. They’re a wonderful demonstration of the human mind’s ability to create patterns.
Originally shared by Jennifer Ouellette
The Doctor Who Designed a Cipher Wheel to Decode Shakespeare http://buff.ly/2dk5lPo
This kind of shift from low-wage manual labour to technology work is going to be increasingly required in the next…
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
Via MrsA Wiggins.
Via MrsA Wiggins.
Originally shared by Tshaka “Villain McBeardface” Armstrong
Often, what children see, they want to be. What they are most inundated with shapes their worldview, for better or for worse. And, ultimately that’s what seeing powerful images of blackness, or Asian-ness (Ghost in the Shell‘s missed opportunity), or any ethnicity, is all about. A sense of power, of confidence.
This is probably one of the most important pieces I’ve written in quite some time.