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Friday, March 11, 2022

In This Edition:
Plant music, the history of fruit stickers, mixed reality development for beginners, web development for dual & foldable screens, & password length guide!

Plant Music

Image: Tarun Nayar

The Verge published an interesting round-up of a group of musicians and artists connecting synths and equipment to plants to generate music, while also going viral on Tik Tok.

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The History of Fruit Stickers

Image: Fast Company, El Vivero

Did you know that fruit exporting companies starting putting stickers on fruit in the 1920s and 1930s because they realised that putting a name or brand on the fruit made it easier to sell more fruit? Spanish design studio El Vivero has curated an exhibition of the sticker and logo designers of over 300 Spanish brands from the 1950s onwards.

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Mixed Reality Development For Beginners

Image: Microsoft

Microsoft has launched a video tutorial series that introduces beginners to development in mixed reality, covering both XR (extended reality) and AR (augmented reality).

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Web Development For Dual & Foldable Screens

Image: Smashing Magazine

Password Length Guide

Image: Hive Systems

Simon Kuestenmacher shared this great table released by Hive Systems that describes how long it takes to brute force a password based on its length and composition.

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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