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Friday, June 2, 2023

In This Edition:
AI prompt camera, NASA AI generative design, Spectra beats Hat - a new unique tile, Gigabyte motherboards backdoor, and Laptop Friendly!

AI Prompt Camera

Image: Bjørn Karmann

Bjørn Karmann created an AI prompt camera called Paragraphica, that can generate a photo using in situ to generate an AI representation of the location of the camera with added context such as weather, time of day, date, and points of interest.

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NASA AI Generative Design

Image: Henry Dennis/NASA

NASA has turned to AI to generate the design of components to use during space flight that reduce the amount of materials used, and thus weight, while also being better at stress and bearing. The designs reduced stress factors by 10 times and weight by 66%.

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Spectre Beats Hat, A New Unique Tile

Image: David Smith et al

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Gigabyte Motherboards Backdoor

Image: Unsplash, Bartosz Kwitkowski

Cybersecurity researchers discovered that a firmware update mechanism in 271 models of Gigbyte motherboards was implemented insecurely, thus creating a potential backdoor to install malware on the motherboard.

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Laptop Friendly

Image: Laptop Friendly

Laptop Friendly is a directory of locations & venues in cities around the world that have wifi, power points and seats where you can work on your laptop.

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About Found This Week

Found This Week is a curated blog of interesting posts, articles, links and stories in the world of technology, science and life in general.
Each edition is curated by Daryl Feehely every Friday and highlights cool stuff found each week.
The first 104 editions were published on Medium before this site was created, check out the archive here.

Daryl Feehely

I’m a web consultant, contract web developer, technical project manager & photographer originally from Cork, now based in Liverpool. I offer my clients strategy, planning & technical delivery services, remotely & in person. I also offer freelance CTO services to companies in need of technical bootstrapping or reinvention. If you think I can help you in your business, check out my details on http://darylfeehely.com

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