Items of Interest

Apollo 11 MOCR

#128
The Internet Archive have released a collection of communications recordings from the Apollo 11 mission. The recordings contain hours of everyday mundane (if you can call space travel mundane :-p) communications between the astronuats and ground control.
Science
Space

Jumping Robots!

#128
Boston Dynamics have released footage of Atlas doing parkour jumps from leg to leg! Also this week, researchers at Berkeley have developed the second iteration of a one legged jumping robot called Salto 1-P which can accurately control it's jumping patterns and trajectory.
Innovation
Tech

Cardiff Blues A V Munster A

#127
This week I was back pitchside in The Cardiff Arms Park, this time for the visiting Munster A match against the Cardiff Blues A side. Munster A were leading at half time and pulled away in the second half with 3 tries from Sean French, Keynan Knox and Alex McHenry. Cardiff A made a comback towards the but Munster managed to hold on to a one point lead and won the match 32-33. You can see my photos from the match here.
Photo

Sans Forgetica

#127
The Behavioural Business Lab at RMIT University Melbourne Australia worked with RMIT lecturer and typographer Stephen Banham to create a new font called Sans Forgetica. The font is designed to invoke enough cognitive processing in the brain to prevent the scanning of the text and to prompt the brain to engage in deeper processing, thus enhancing memory retention. The aim of the font is to help students remember their study notes. Sans Forgetica is available as a free download and a Chrome extension.
Design
Innovation

The Goblin & Planet Nine

#127
A dwarf planet named The Goblin has been discovered in a large elongated orbit within our solar system beyond pluto. The planet is just an estimated 300km and takes 40,000 years to loop around the sun. The large orbit of The Goblin is believed to be influenced by the hypothesised existence of Planet Nine on the outer reaches of the solar system.
Space

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