Susan Stepney
I thought yesterday's SeeStar shot of the moon was good.But my other half also took a SeeStar video of it. Why would you take a video of a static scene? To enhance the view. He spent today fiddling around with AutoStakkert!, software to stack multiple frames to get a better image. The result...
Susan Stepney
I'm an AI skeptic, gleefully saving stories of AI deleting a company's entire database, or diagnosing faked diseases, or just frankly turning evil. Although it is more than happy to apologise for its poor behaviour, like after that time it set dinosaurs loose in Central Park. I'm waiting for the...
Susan Stepney
The latest batch:A friend was having a clearout, so we got a few old classic computer books. And the ZWO SeeStar User Guide should help us make better use of that telescope.
Susan Stepney
I've had my reMarkable Paper Pro Move for just over 6 weeks now, so how's it going?It's had a good tryout: taking notes at a science fiction convention, on a couple of plane trips, and on a train journey.My first serious use was at the science fiction convention. The note taking went well, but I...
Susan Stepney
I arrived in Bad Honnef, near Bonn in Germany, yesterday evening, after a flight to Cologne airport followed by a 30 minute local train ride. I'm attending the New Opportunities in Physics‐based Computing workshop at the Physikzentrum there.The view from my window in the Physikzentrum is down to...
DK
My fifth book, Computer Science from Scratch: Building Interpreters, Art, Emulators, and ML in Python was recently published by No Starch Press. It’s a great book for intermediate or advanced Python programmers who have some gaps in their CS knowledge and want to learn from a code-centric,...
Jonathan
In a previous article, I wrote about my experiences developing my first Alexa skill. I will update you on the status of my skill submission. Following submission, the Amazon Alexa skills team failed my skill because it was missing a background image for the Amazon Alexa display. This was my own...
Jonathan
This is awesome technology: control a robot with your biceps. The system is called RoboRaise. According to the article, the system "enables human orchestrators to perform tasks with machines by moving their arm muscles." Imagine what you could do: Lift heavy boxes in a factory on the other side...
Adam
I want to forget—selectively. That’s why I stick with Google Chrome, even though Safari outclasses it in almost every way. Safari is zippy and mindful of system resources; it doesn’t slurp battery, or ever kick on a laptop’s fan. It’s prompt and polite. I think I’d call it courteous. Even Safari’s...
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Mini Kossel 3D Printer. The lectures during my last semester were largely focused on digital image processing. Combining this with the inspiration for 3D printing, I gathered through my trip through South Korea, resulted in the following seminar paper. Seminars are a compulsory part of our...