Battery powered flights from Washington DC to LA. No longer a pipe dream?
Just Have a Think with Dave Borlace
Battery technology is developing at breathtaking speed all over the world, but China still leads the way. Now they’ve created batteries with such high energy density that they’re using them to develop a commercial aircraft with a range of 2,000 miles – enough for most commuter flights in the US or Europe. So, has battery chemistry reached yet another previously impossible milestone?
KSL KL-504 3D-Sewing Ecosystem • PFAFF Industrial
PFAFF Industrial’s 3D Sewing Unit is based on an early iteration of the 6-Axes KR Quantec. SCARA Industrial Robot series by KUKA Robotics Corp. SCARA means Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm or Selective Compliance Articulated Robot Arm.
History of African American Cooperative Economy
With Prof. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Ph.D.
Collective Courage (Kindle/Hardcopy)
A History of African-American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice
By Jessica Gordon-Nembhard
Why “Great” American Cities Have a Toilet Problem • DamiLee
Most Underrated Flexible 3D Printing Filaments! • CNC Kitchen
Smart Air Quality Monitor (Open-Source) • Geerling Engineering
AirGradient ONE • Indoor Air Quality Monitor (Open-Source)
https://airgradient.com/indoor/
ESPHome Automation (Open-Source)
https://esphome.io
Open Home Foundation
https://openhomefoundation.org
🏳️🌈Roberto Benavidez’s Piñatas
Piñatas inspired by Hieronymus Bosch and medieval illuminated manuscripts.
By Roberto Benavidez, Half-breed, South Texan, queer, figurative sculptor specializing in the piñata form; playing on themes of race, sexuality, art, sin, humor, ephemerality and beauty.
His website: https://robertobenavidez.com
About The National Storytelling Festival • October 4-6, 2024
Since its launch in 1973, the annual National Storytelling Festival, held every first week of October in Jonesborough, Tennessee, has been America’s foremost storytelling showcase, nurturing and nourishing the storytelling revival across the United States and around the world.
Since its first days, the Festival has featured a stunning array of world-class talent that share oral traditions from across history and all over the globe. Cultural representation has included performers from the African American, Jewish, Aboriginal, Egyptian, Asian, Celtic, Hispanic, Israeli, Liberian, French, African, Caribbean, Native American, and the deaf communities, among others.
New 3D-Printed Active Fabric for Healthcare and Soft-Robotics
Scientists and engineers at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University has developed an innovative wearable fabric that is flexible but can stiffen on demand through a combination of geometric design, 3D printing, and robotic control, the new technology, RoboFabric, can be adapted for applications such as medical devices, soft robotics, drone limbs, or control surfaces of advanced design craft for water and air.