AI Summer published a handy overview guide to all the different types of deep learning algorithms, describing each and showing when you should use them.
For years, retiring Swiss cartographers have been hiding illustrations in the Swiss Federal Office of Topography maps, such as drawings of a marmot, a spider, a fish and even a face.
Cummins Sports, a Cork sportswear and equipment retailer, have published their photo archive online. The photos, taken by Kevin Cummins, capture a range of aspects of Cork life from the 1960s onwards, including when JFK visited Cork! (H/T to Vicky Langan for sharing).
An surprising article in Scientific American describes how there is still no scientific consensus on how to fully describe how lift occurs around an aircraft wing. A combination of Bernoulli's Principle and Newton's Third Law describe most of what happens during lift. However, neither are fully emcompasing and newer theories that address why an area of low pressure is created above an airfoil are not universally accepted by scientists.
The Forte Labs blog posted a interesting summary of Sönke Ahrens book How To Take Smart Notes. Ahrens note taking system involves three levels of written notes, fleeting, literature and permanent, which are then cross referenced to build up a second memory.
3D printing company materialise have created and openly released a hands free door handle that can be retrofitted to existing handles and allow people to open doors with the forearms.
Researchers at Stanford created an interactive model to simulate the results of different long term COVID-19 intervention strategies. The models show that lifting strong social distancing measures too quickly (between 5 and 10 months) will result in a resurgence of cases that could overwhelm hospital capacity. One solution to this in the long term is the lightswitch method, where strong social distancing measures are turned on once a hospital capacity threshold is reached (e.g.
Acoustic trad metallers The Scratch are back with a new motivational track and a new album! Check out Pull Up Your Jocks on YouTube. You are your own secret weapon!
Islander Music are streaming a concert tonight called Live From Home featuring Maija Sofia, John Francis Flynn, Anna Mieke and Junior Brother. Donations go directly to the artists. Check out the details on the Facebook event.
