Christoph S

2024-05-18 18:35:14

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/cats-playing-with-robots-proves-a-winning-combo-in-novel-art-installation/

#caturday #science #art

Very cool experiment and love how the cat 🙀 could learn to break the robot

And as any cat owner will tell you, cats can learn new tricks and complicate matters in unpredictable ways. Notably, 10 days into the experiment, Clover figured out that she could physically overpower the robot's joints by pulling from a particular angle. When the robot tried to take away her favorite orange bird toy before she was ready to relinquish it, Clover pulled on the joint and unlocked it so that the human operator lost control. Clover then took the orange bird toy away from the robot and dragged it away. The string connecting the toy and the stick the robot was holding then got stuck in the water fountain, tipping the fountain over.

Cats playing with robots proves a winning combo in novel art installation

Cat Royale project explores what it takes to trust a robot to look after beloved pets.

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Susan ✶✶✶✶

2024-05-14 16:36:40

Easy Tahini Cookies Recipe 🍪 https://youtube.com/shorts/AH2qBfQK8A0?si=v10jj25jwQFFUBw5

https://yewtu.be/shorts/AH2qBfQK8A0?si=CFUGrXkIh8rEkMWT&local=true

Easy Tahini Cookies Recipe 🍪

So simple yet so delicious, these easy tahini cookies recipe will be something you bake over and over again. Tahini is such an unique and tasty flavor that t...

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Susan ✶✶✶✶

2024-05-11 18:13:23

https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/112423794935144809 AkaSci@fosstodon.org - Here is an image of last night's aurora over N. America as seen from space.

The image was taken by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer (VIIRS) instrument onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite, using its Day Night Band sensor (DNB), at 0658 UTC.

The VIIRS DNB can image at very low levels of light at night in wavelengths between 0.5 – 0.9 µm (visible and some near-infrared).

https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/59112
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Aurora over the northern United States

The Space Weather Prediction Center (link) has recently noted strong solar activity as part of the ongoing solar maximum (see the images below from 10 May and 11 May). The result on 11 May was an aurora borealis observed south into the United States.

^{cimss.ssec.wisc.edu}

Susan ✶✶✶✶

2024-05-11 18:16:21

#caturday

https://mstdn.social/@GayDeceiver/112420428767625462 GayDeceiver@mstdn.social - “Around the world, people are reporting that their house cats are now speaking perfectly and that all they’re doing is calling the name of Bastet, their queen. Most folks think it’s the solar flare and the Aurora.”

Susan ✶✶✶✶

2024-05-11 16:09:28

These "Pizza" Flatbreads Will Change Breakfast Forever! https://youtube.com/watch?v=38Azgn0K_BA&si=G8kNzKhE4JoG2qQu

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=38Azgn0K_BA&si=e2Iz_pii8YPyaUAO&local=true

These "Pizza" Flatbreads Will Change Breakfast Forever!

These delicious topped flatbreads called Manousha (Manaeesh plural) are one of the most popular breakfast foods in the Middle East. They're soft, fluffy and ...

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