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Friday, August 22, 2025

In This Edition:
Microwave brain chip, Google AI prompt energy & water usage, STEG efficiency increased to 15%, using maths to cut an onion, & the Bluesky dictionary!

Microsoft released Presidio, an open-source SDK that can remove, mask, redact, or deidentify sensitive data in text and images.

Microwave Brain Chip

Image: Cornell University

Researchers at Cornell University have developed an analog microwave based neural network chip with low power usage (200 milliwatts) and 88% accuracy at classifying wireless signal types.

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Google AI Prompt Energy & Water Usage

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Google released data on how much energy and water a Gemini AI prompt consumes, which is 0.24 Wh of electricity and 0.26ml of water.

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STEG Efficiency Increaed To 15%

Image: Rochester University 

Researchers at the University of Rochester have increased the efficiency of a solar thermoelectric generator (STEG) to 15% by improving heat dissipation on the cold side and heat absorption on the hot side of the panel.

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Using Maths To Cut An Onion

Image: The Pudding

The Pudding shows us the most mathematically optimal way to cut an onion with excellent uniformity.

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The Bluesky Dictionary

Image: Avi Bagla

The Bluesky Dictionary tracks how many words of the English dictionary have been used across Bluesky.

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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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