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Friday, September 16, 2022

In This Edition:
WikiHouse, Have I Been Trained?, how QR codes work, brick toaster industrial battery, & how transistors work!

I recently started learning to play the guitar (using a £1.99 tutorial book I bought in a charity shop). Last week I made the plunge and bought my first electric guitar!
What inspired me to make the purchase was watching the super enthusiastic & talented Dagan Wilkin demonstrate lots of guitars with molto gusto on the PMTVUK YouTube Channel.
I challenge you to watch this video, or any of his other videos, and not want to learn to play! :-D

WikiHouse

Image: WikiHouse

WikiHouse is an open-source house design using precision cut, responsibly-grown wood, that can be assembled without traditional construction skills.

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Have I Been Trained?

Image: Ars Technica

Have I Been Trained is a tool that you can use to search a range of image databases that are used in machine learning training.

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Brick Toaster Industrial Battery

Image: Rondo Energy

Rondo Energy are developing a 98% efficient brick toaster battery for industrial use, made from clay and sand, that can store heat up to 1,500 degrees Celsius. If the company's planned roll out over the next 15 years materialises, it would reduce global emissions by 15%!

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How Transistors Work

Image: YouTube, The Engineering Mindset

Do you want a short video describing how transistors work? If so, check out The Engineering Mindset's great video.

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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