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Friday, August 8, 2025

In This Edition:
Solar power plant asteroid tracker, Vatican to become 1st carbon neutral state, AI lab creates new Covid vaccine, 5 strangest books, & cloud gazing!

The Guardian's exclusive report on how Israeli Intelligence is using Microsoft Azure to store 1 million calls an hour in a mass surveillance of Palestinians is a shocking read. 

Solar Power Plant Asteroid Tracker

Image: Sandia Labs

A project at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility in New Mexico is repurposing the solar power plant while it is inactive at night to use the panels to track asteroids in the night sky by measuring changes of light detected by the array at sub-milliHertz resolution.

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Vatican To Become 1st Carbon Neutral State

The Vatican have achieved agreement with Italian authorities to turn a 1000-acre field north of Rome into a solar farm to power The Vatican.

AI Lab Creates New Covid Vaccine

Image: Unsplash, CDC

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5 Strangest Books

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Big Think published an interesting list of the 5 strangest books ever written, with Finnegan's Wake making the list.

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Cloud Gazing

Image: Cloud Gazing

Cloud Gazing is a neat website that lets you upload images of clouds to identify them, but also lets you draw on the many images of clouds for fun!

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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 Liverpool. 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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