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We ended up building an “expo”, but for Godot:
https://zirk.us/@Eyelit/115547519055762618

Surprise moves in Pittsburgh, Miami open up head coaching vacancies https://insidethestar.com/surprise-moves-in-pittsburgh-miami-open-up-head-coaching-vacancies

🫧 Artificial muscles use ultrasound-activated microbubbles to move
#machines

Artificial muscles use ultrasound-activated microbubbles to move
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed artificial muscles that contain microbubbles and can be controlled with ultrasound. In the future, these muscles could be deployed in technical and medical settings as gripper arms, tissue patches, targeted drug delivery, or robots.

A look at Cybathlon, an event by ETH Zurich where researchers team up with people with disabilities in a competition to test brain-computer interfaces (Oliver Whang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/scien…

At the Cybathlon, May the Best Brain-Computer Interface Win
Every four years at the Cybathlon, teams of researchers and technology “pilots” compete to see whose brain-computer interface holds the most promise.

(1) This is horrific.
(2) Please note that the supposed “fraud” is a small kernel of genuine concern wrapped in a massive blanket of bullshit. It cannot be repeated often enough. Because the actual amount of fraud is greater than zero, reporters keep making a show of Taking It Very Seriously — but when the actual fraud is…what, 1% the size of BS they’re making up??…well, taking it more than 1% seriously is a failure of reporting.
Via @…: https://zeroes.ca/@broadwaybabyto/115851757331687367

Kid1 has discovered text-based adventure games and is having a blast. Who knew the kids of 2025 would leave the PS5 to collect dust while playing what are effectively a souped-up versions of Hunt the Wumpus and Zork?

Corner of Church Street and Kirk Gate, Newark-on-Trent, August 2025
#photography #ukphotographer #documentingbritain

I'm sitting at Zurich Airport waiting to pick someone up. Next to me sits a German person who has propped up their iPad on their suitcase. They are in a video conference with several people from banks and legal, discussing tax "optimization" from Germany by buying real estate in different US states and pretending to live elsewhere. On loudspeaker.
"Don't make a bank account, don't change your drivers license. We have checklists we can provide you."

💪 Muscle tissue from a 3D printer—produced in zero gravity
#muscle

Muscle tissue from a 3D printer—produced in zero gravity
Human health is the Achilles heel of space travel. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now succeeded in printing complex muscle tissue in zero gravity. This will enable drugs for space missions to be tested in the future.

Newark-on-Trent (Nottinghamshire), July 2025
#photography #ukphotographer #documentingplace #documentingspace