github.com
The FindMy Flipper app turns your FlipperZero into an AirTag or other tracking device, compatible with Apple AirTags and Samsung SmartTag and Tile Trackers. It uses the BLE beacon to broadcast, allowing users to clone existing tags, generate OpenHaystack key pairs for Apple’s FindMy network, and customize beacon intervals and transmit power.
npr.org
MIT sociologist Sherry Turkle shares her new research into “artificial intimacy”—the emotional connections humans form with chatbots… and the impact of these relationships on our health.
latimes.com
Here are the rules. The person in the center ring can say anything she wants to anyone, anywhere. She can kvetch and complain and whine and moan and curse the heavens and say, “Life is unfair” and “Why me?” That’s the one payoff for being in the center ring.
Everyone else can say those things too, but only to people in larger rings.
github.com
My DIY home computer with VGA and PS/2 and 4x(!) the processing power of a Commodore C64 or Apple II.
microkits.net
So many people are missing out on the joy of building their own electronics, but MicroKits is here to change that! We create STEM kits and products that anyone can build, learn, and play with, without simplifying away what makes it so fun to build your own circuit.
bitti-gitti.com
A German Design Award winning smartphone speaker, handcrafted from prime quality birchwood. ‍> Requires no batteries or power source, and the universal design fits all smartphone models to provide the best listening experience.
Saw one of these at local shop recently. Great idea and execution.
github.com
Can we count pushups, sit-ups, squats etc using the motion detection features of AirPods? We’ll see! Inspired by: https://richarddas.com/blog/turning-airpods-into-fitness-trackers-to-fight-cancer/
pdxmonthly.com
“Anybody in Portland can walk through Errol Heights and see active beaver habitat,” says Ali Young, a capital project manager with BES. “That’s a cool, unique thing. Not a lot of other cities have that.”
nytimes.com
France’s most popular singer at home and abroad gyrated as she strode forth over the Pont des Arts in her laced golden gladiator sandals. A Republican Guard band accompanied her slang-spiced lyrics. Her confidence bordered on insolence, as if to say, “This, too, is France.”
independent.co.uk
The US could have avoided almost 250,000 Covid-19 deaths if every state had adopted stricter mask and vaccine requirements seen in the Northeast during the height of the pandemic, according to a new study.