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The Vâltoare: A Natural Washing Machine

core77.com

Prior to the invention of the washing machine, rural residents of Eastern Europe developed a way to wash bulky wool items like blankets, rugs and carpets. Water would be diverted from a nearby source into a roughly-made conical tub that was intentionally not made watertight.

BlockFace — A Stamp Kit to Explore Typography & More

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Paragraphica

bjoernkarmann.dk

The camera operates by collecting data from its location using open APIs. Utilizing the address, weather, time of day, and nearby places. Combining all these data points Paragraphica composes a paragraph that details a representation of the current place and moment.

Using a text-to-image AI, the camera converts the paragraph into a “photo”.

The resulting “photo” is not just a snapshot, but a complex and nuanced reflection of the location you are at, and perhaps how the AI model “sees” that place.

QAZ Cyberdeck

github.com

A compact cyberdeck, featuring a QAZ 35% keyboard, Banana Pi M2 Zero SBC and 7.9 inch monitor.

Rick Salafia

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Humane previews AI-powered wearable

axios.com

The screenless device, which does not require a nearby cell phone to work, uses a combination of voice and gestures for input and can display information by projecting it onto nearby objects.