Items of Interest

Podcast of the Week: Blindboy with Dr. Rory Hearne on How to Solve The Housing Crisis

Last week Blindboy interviewed Dr. Rory Hearne about how state of the housing crisis in Ireland, and how it can be solved. This is a very important podcsat episode.

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Ocean Microplastic Satellite Detection

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Researchers at University of Michigan have discovered a technique to detect the build-up of microplastics in the ocean by measuring ocean surface roughness using the Cyclone Global Navigational Satellite System (CYGNSS).

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Night Vision Film

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Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) have developed a nanocrystal ultra-thin film that can be applied to a pair of glasses to convert infrared light light into visible light, allowing the wear to see in the dark.

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In Browser Image Compression

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Compressimage.io is a browser based image compression tool that runs completely in the browser, meaning it works offline, is completely private, and results in zero server side emissions because there is no server!

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Website Starter Kits

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Smashing Magazine put together a very useful list of starter kits and boilerplates that you can use to build websites quickly, using a number of web languages and frameworks, form PHP to Vue.js.

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All The Passes

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Karim Douieb published a great interactive visualisation on Observable of 882,536 football passesObservable over 890 matches.

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Architecture Terms

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Do you know your Burtalism from your Butresses? If not, this beautiful piece on My Modern Met will give you a glossary of architecture terms along with some lovely illustrations.

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Quantum Computing Explainer

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Quanta Magazine published a nice Quantum Computing expaliner video and article that gives a good overview of the fundametals of quantum computing, and why it is sometimes hard to describe when compared to classical computing.

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The Best Physics Movies

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Wonder of Physics published a great list of the best science movies, many of which are rate above 7 on IMDB, which I have found is a good indicator of a good film. Special shout out for Predestination, the best time travel movie ever made.

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