20241020
'When storms are active, people die, for instance, when floods rip through neighborhoods, or when trees fall on them. But the new study shows that losses continue for months, and can last as long as 15 years, after the storm passes taxing people’s health and economic well-being, contributing to thousands of premature deaths. The total impact, the study suggests, adds up to more than 3.5 million people since 1930, more than the total number of deaths from motor vehicle accidents over the same period of time and as much as 5% of the U.S.’s total deaths.’ NPR
People: Univ selling poors bodies. On the nature of time. Someone left US gov 7bn$. To (physical) books as memories. Port strike in the US. Golden owl chase ends (and the golden hare). Israel supply chain attack.
Tech: Hacked vacuum cleaners. Smart mowers sing for bdays. Are blue zones areas of data bias. Cars capture and sell your data. OTA restores of bricked iPhones. Using cold war spy satellites for archeology. The fickle nature of IoT stuff (even for gardening!).
Science: Teeth as time capsules. Fun tubular structures. Why is the speed of light so fast.
DIY: kit to transform hot wheels in remote controlled drift cars. RTOS on the pico/rp2040. Real-time Linux.