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Friday, October 8, 2021

In This Edition:
Keeping 1.5°C alive, power lasers, git command explorer, FB & BGP, & a universal sci-fi prop!

The first episode of Hector's new show Éire Nua on TG4 was very enjoyable and informative. In this show, Hector travels around Ireland meeting first/second generation immigrants to Ireland and talks to them about what living in Ireland is like for them.

Keeping 1.5°C Alive

Image: Energy Transitions Commission

Power Lasers

Image: PowerLight Technologies

Ericsson and PowerLight Technologies have developed a method to send power wirelessly to 5G base stations using lasers. The power lasers can send 480 watts over 300 metres and are expecting to upscale to 1,000 watts over 1km.

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Git Command Explorer

Image: gitexplorer.com

Summitech created a very handy git command explorer tool that displays the relevant git commands when the user selects the desired actions.

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FB & BGP

Image: Cloudflare

Cloudflare published a good explainer on how and why Facebook disappeared from the internet this week because of a BGP update.

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Universal Sci-Fi Prop

Image:YouTube, Major Grin

Check out all the sci-fi shows that have used this mysteriously useless but somewhat fancy looking universal prop!

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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