Saturday, March 14, 2026

Making tires with robots, and rubber harvesting.

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https://youtube.com/shorts/mCqXL96yyLg?si=nzb0xeciGUBDuH8u I found this video totally mesmerizing. The level of robotic automation i...

Fully robotic tire factory

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https://youtube.com/shorts/mCqXL96yyLg?si=L18bc8uqeRLR-P9D
Saturday, March 7, 2026

How to fall asleep at 3 am

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Box breathing counting to 4-7-8 Tense then relax ascending muscles groups  Cognitive shuffle - spell "blanket" with 3 ra...

Trump has "Victory disease"

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History provides important lessons. This sobering and sad essay from the Atlantic yesterday describes the mismatch between military surgic...

Giant salmon-growing ships can seek out perfect conditions for on-board fish farms.

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A novel way of meeting the world's growing food needs. China 2:34 lacks the right conditions for salmon in near-shore aquaculture. Col...
Friday, March 6, 2026

Salvaging wastewater in a dessert with plants

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https://youtu.be/f0skGsSd3jE?si=znpGdj4O6YhRdwGa 9:44 "over 1 billion people live in desserts." Biological eater t...
Monday, March 2, 2026

Does the tail wag the dog? Index funds.

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Do index funds drive the price of their underlying stocks? Do the index funds instantly purchase shares of their individual stocks when th...
Friday, February 27, 2026

Is your relationship ok? Science vs

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Economically-disadvantaged people have more arguments about finances, and accordingly higher divorce rates; (indirectly substantiated by -...

Centrum multivitamins and blueberries combat aging brain

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https://youtu.be/cYxshzF9P34?si=HdsXQ7x3e0NJ6mTh 1:22 3500 took multivits improved memory recall and 3 yr of preserved m...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Chinese competition for Tesla electric truck

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https://youtu.be/Y0VlpCukR4U?si=_HllSo0Yq4tZ1dXh 400kWh battery, 1400 HP equivalent, low 0.26 drag coefficient (although it ...

Dashboard for live visualization anywhere in the worldwide

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https://youtu.be/rXvU7bPJ8n4?si=udMKHukDH70PVjzs 6:40 live CCTV of anywhere that 7:02 updates once a minute

Clever cream uses stinging plant as defense

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https://youtu.be/FYUnzoETIvQ?si=2KDGRMyE-tCixSxb
Monday, February 23, 2026

Realistic fat while robot movement

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https://youtu.be/eQpyvR-B7hc?si=qMaHZlzBEev2WkyB

Back-in to parking spaces

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Yesterday's NYT article  complaining about people backing into parking spots got me thinking.  I back in to parking spots becaus...
Sunday, February 22, 2026

Predicting Alzheimer's from a blood test.

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"models predicted the onset of Alzheimer's symptoms within a margin of three to four years…shows the feasibility of using blood t...