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Friday, October 20, 2023

In This Edition:
26 hour 3D printed earthquake resistant house, 10 second diabetes voice test, biomechanical capturing using smartphones, society designed against the elderly, & chairs of Star Trek!

"Never forget this: The forces undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win." - Robert Reich

26 Hour 3D Printed Earthquake Resistant House

Image: COBOD

In Guatemala, cement company Progreso 3D printed an earthquake resistant house in 26 hours over the space of 7 days.

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10 Second Diabetes Voice Test

Image: Unsplash, Allison Saeng

Biotech firm Klick Labs developed a 10-second smartphone voice test that uses AI to detect type 2 diabetes, with an accuracy of 89% for women and 86% for men.

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Biomechanical Capturing Using Smartphones

Image: YouTube, Stanford University

Stanford University researchers launch the OpenCap software system, which uses two smartphones to capture and track biomechanical movement.

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Society Designed Against The Elderly

Image: Unsplash, David Travis

Don Norman wrote in Fast Company about how society is designed against the elderly and doesn't take into consideration reduction in vision and auditory capabilities.

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Chairs of Star Trek

Image: Ex Astris Scientia

Ex Astris Scientia maintain a list of commercially available chairs that were used as props across all the Star Trek series, currently totalling 163.

About Found This Week

Found This Week is a curated blog of interesting posts, articles, links and stories in the world of technology, science and life in general.
Each edition is curated by Daryl Feehely every Friday and highlights cool stuff found each week.
The first 104 editions were published on Medium before this site was created, check out the archive here.

Daryl Feehely

I’m a web consultant, contract web developer, technical project manager & photographer originally from Cork, now based in London. I offer my clients strategy, planning & technical delivery services, remotely & in person. I also offer freelance CTO services to companies in need of technical bootstrapping or reinvention. If you think I can help you in your business, check out my details on http://darylfeehely.com

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