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Spear: the earliest “superweapon” from the wood age
This is a photo of a spear (from Mesa Verde National Park). New research suggests is the earliest “superweapon” that the ancestors of humans developed (and probably drove evolution not just of our species but the whole genus.) The is is actually a rather advanced-looking model of a spear as it already attaches stone (so Stone Age). It is know that the ancestors of humans (preceeding our species) already using spears 400,000 to 500,000 years ago. Apparently there was a “wood age” that preceded the stone age (Wikipedia) by millions of years, but hasn’t survived much in the archaeological record. However, the latest evidence from just this year shows chimps already use spears in difficult circumstance (or rather sharped or broken sticks as spears, nothing as advanced here). This suggests the ancestors of humans used them 5-7 million years ago (and that early “superweapon” and need to make competent spears probably drove the evolution of our whole genus.… Read the restEncore glitch art of the AQE IoT device
This is an encore glitch art version of our earlier layout collage photo (and blog post) on the AQE IoT air quality sensing device (no affiliation). To do the encore post, we, of course, did a glitched version of the photo we previously posted here and on our IG feed. (Think we hinted we would do that in our earlier post.) Post and some comments below may be synced from our original Instagram version. Instagram likes: (more…)… Read the restGlitched King George III (July 4 Seasonal)
We did an earlier IG post (and longer blog article) about how King George III of the UK is believed to have suffered a rare genetic illness that eventually drove him mad. (The post itself is pretty cool. King George III was related to Vlad Drac, so it was originally a Halloween post.) Anyway, this is a glitch art encore of the historic painting post, this time for the US Independence Day holiday. Post and some comments below may be synced from our original Instagram version. Instagram likes: (more…)… Read the restAir Quality Egg (AQE) open-source IoT photo
This is a first-generation Air Quality Egg (AQE) node (Wikipedia article) from WickedDevices in Ithaca, New York (no affiliation, although our mobile app does support it). Yes, it looks like holiday lights when operating. It changes color form purple, green, and other colors when it receives data. The AQE is an open-source hardware Internet of Things device. That means you can download the schematic and modify it yourself. Nowadays, most hardware prototyping (especially open-source) is done with the Arudino hardware prototyping system. There’s a special “Air Quality Egg” shield circuit board that holds the air quality sensors, but you can think of the Arudino as software. In the old days, electronics engineers would have to rewire stuff. But, in an Arudino, you “rewire” things by changing the software code in its microcontroller. The Arudino takes the output from the AQE shield bus and transmits it (via ethernet cable in this case).… Read the restRecent Posts
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