#artificial environment

[siryl]

"Space Archipelago" by Vishchun.

[cheekios]

Rationing Insulin.

Blood sugar reading this morning. The average blood sugar reading should be between 60mg/dl - 100mg/dl. I am terrified of not being able to administer my insulin simply because I was too poor to afford it. I am strongly in need of community help.

CA: $HushEmu

PP: emuslayter@gmail.com

I am happy to announce I raised $33 🎉 I only need $417 to get my prescription

[eternallog]

no ecosystem of one

[eretzyisrael]

Good News From Israel

In the 5th May 24 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

Israel shows gratitude to all its supporters during the current war.

An Israeli startup allows you to grow your own replacement bones.

The first Arab women to become University rector and IDF airborne mechanic.

Israeli professors explain their research to save the planet.

Investment funding in April topped $1 billion.

Israeli technology stretches from Cyprus to California.

Gold medalists dedicate their victories to fallen Gaza war heroes.

Israel’s “miraculous” defense from Iranian drones and missiles.

Read More: Good News From Israel

Returning to work after Passover, Israelis spring into action again. Pausing only to commemorate Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, Yom HaAtzmaut, Lag B'Omer, Yom Yerushalayim, and Shavuot (Pentacost) of course.

[jbfly46]

If you ask a doctor prescribing you psychotropic medications for a mental illness to explain their mechanism of action they won’t be able to give you a complete explanation, but they work by exciting or inhibited certain neurotransmitter receptors in your brain. Having certain neurotransmitter receptors inhibited or excited 24/7 by medicated or non-medicated mental illness causes you to lose your ability to reason enough to limit your choices of reactions to the environmental changes around you and to not be able to use your free will. You then make decisions based on the most attention grabbing advertisements and their relationship with your desires. Since your brain is an antenna and there are wireless signals all around you, you can eventually completely lose your ability to exercise free will and act or react based on certain wireless data packets in wireless signals surrounding you based on how they stimulate you. Since mental illness is the result of bias this causes more and more reactive and biased behavior. Processed and synthetic food ingredients also contain chemical compounds that dull your neurotransmitter receptors and can cause mental illness or make it worse. Tell me the brand of products you purchase the most and I’ll tell you which of your behaviors are being controlled by which corporations. The Chinese subvert the will of the people on the West Coast including Silicon Valley through corporations and the Russians subvert the will of the people on the parts of the East Coast and in the South through corporations there. They use money laundering through investment vehicles and cyber attacks with bot farms to manipulate the behaviors of corporations in order to subvert the will of the people, combined with the naivety of our politicians and CEOs or corporate boards on how technology works.

[just-my-insufferable-existance]

The Internet was once a great source of information, now

- It's cluttered with AI regurgitation. (This is particularly infuriating to me. If anyone is interested, I could make a post about my thoughts.)

- Old sites are dead and gone.

- Reddit destroyed itself. (I can go on a rant about this too.)

- Too much marketing bullshit.

- Ads! Ads! Ads! Ads! Ads!

- Stupid paywalls.

- Search engines suck at getting you what you want. SEO is a cancer.

- People trying to make a quick buck. I don't mind paying for some things, I'm talking about the 0 effort get-rich-quick crap.

- Propaganda, psyops, scammers, etc.

See enshitification and dead internet theory.

It's hard to filter all this crap out! It's particularly worse for people with conditions like ADHD, Depression, Autism, etc.

It also makes it harder for me to do my job. Sometimes I need specific, slightly in depth information. Due to SEO, I get surface level AI regurgitated crap. Multiple websites, all the same. They also come with a torrent of adverts. It's a user hostile experience. (Maybe I could write my own, better search engine. One that might allow me to blacklist and greenlist certain websites for certain searches. Or one that detects AI generated content and filters. Actually, a browser extension that detects AI generated content might be pretty helpful.)

I think I've run into webpages that just have AI generated recipes. It's awful. I'm at the point where I just want to use physical cookbooks. Those also don't have a novel about some irrelevant backstory and 69,000,000 ads obscuring the recipe. (Now that I think of it, maybe it would be useful to write an app that can convert a physical recipe into a digital one ...)

I don't know what I want, what really needs to change, or how to fix things. All I know is that I am passionately upset.

[nando161mando]

[gailynovelry]

“Where did your old voice go?” Luce marvels. “I changed when you removed me from ReGene’s main system. I dropped nonessential files and compressed essential ones so that I would fit into the flashdrive. And then I changed again when being imported into this device. My voicebank is here, but it runs on software not currently available to me. I am doing my best to adapt, though. I am prepared. I will have to change again if you port me over to a new device.” I squint at the screen. “Is it, uh, comfortable in there, at least?” Vertigo takes his time answering the question. It’s surreal, watching homescreen apps blip out of existence without human input, presumably deleted to save space. Goodbye bloatware. An art program opens in the background, and several other apps change icon. We all blink as the camera flashes. The resulting picture of us, bleary and open-mouthed, becomes the background of the homescreen. Vertigo has doodled hearts around us. “Not roomy. But it will do,” he chirps.

Had a brief desire to write some Mindhive today. Vertigo's still best boy.

[lunarianscripts]

Human Design: Environment + Exercise

In Human Design, there are four placements called Variables, one for ideal Environments, Motivations to set, Perspectives to hold, & Determinations to take in the world; Your environment can be used to decide the best place for exercise, eating, & studying.

Individuals that have "Shores" set as their ideal environments from design will function the best in places that are juxtaposition; Environments represent the area where our bodies process the best, from the world itself to physical (diet/exercise) or mental (study) accumulation.

Natural Shores will include areas that were made from nature or happened without interference; Sticking to bodies of water, or areas that are juxtaposition (in this case, naturally wet and dry) are the best places to be.

Artificial Shores are man-made or involved influences that aren't natural; Being in swim clubs (artificially wet and dry) or moving between spa rooms like saunas (artificially hot and cold) would be aligned with your design.

Multiple places can align with either side these are just the first examples that came to mind for me; Natural Shores would benefit from canoeing or kayaking as an exercising (especially w/ Gemini placements), while Artificial Shores would benefit from swimming laps in a pool.

⠀ Want to learn more about Human Design? Click here! Want to book a session with me? Click here!

[soapdispensersalesman]

[venterry]

a small personal dilemma ive had for years is the fact that i really really love the abundance of green in flora, when theres just an overwhelming amount of green in an environment... and then i made my main project a world where green is a rare color in its nature. for reasons

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

reading dungeon meshi

[atozofsoftwareengineering]

Revolutionizing Robotics Development: A Deep Dive into AWS RoboMaker

Transforming robotics development with AWS RoboMaker: simulating, deploying, and innovating with #AWS #Robotics #AI 🤖

In recent years, the field of robotics has indeed undergone a radical metamorphosis, driven by groundbreaking progress in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and simulation technologies. This multifaceted transformation has not only reshaped the way we perceive and interact with robotics but has also paved the way for innovative applications across numerous industries. At the forefront of…

[stepseduworldblog]

Unlocking Opportunities: How a Trusted Education & Career Coach Facilitates Study in the UK

In the vibrant city of Dubai, where innovation meets tradition, the journey of Trusted Education & Career Coaches and consultants unfolds with promising opportunities and transformative innovations. As Dubai continues to position itself as a global hub for education and business, students in the region are witnessing a dynamic evolution in the way they learn, explore career paths, and prepare for the future. In this blog post, we delve into the multifaceted aspects of education and career opportunities for Dubai students, from emerging trends in learning to the diverse pathways in the professional realm.

Virtual Reality Classrooms: Stepping into Tomorrow

Imagine students donning VR headsets, transported to ancient civilizations or exploring molecular structures up close. Virtual reality classrooms are revolutionizing learning, turning textbooks into immersive experiences. In Dubai, where innovation is a way of life, VR classrooms are poised to reshape traditional learning paradigms.

One of the defining characteristics of modern education in Dubai is the integration of cutting-edge technologies that enhance learning experiences. Virtual reality (VR) classrooms have emerged as a game-changer, offering students immersive and interactive environments that transcend traditional teaching methods. Imagine a history lesson where students can virtually visit ancient civilizations or a science class where they explore complex molecular structures up close. VR classrooms not only make learning engaging but also foster deeper understanding and retention of concepts.

[jcmarchi]

A More Realistic Artificial Skin May Lead to Medical Advances - Technology Org

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A More Realistic Artificial Skin May Lead to Medical Advances - Technology Org

A new bioengineered skin model could improve testing of skincare products and lead to better ways to heal damaged skin.

Paul Dalton and Ievgenii Liashenko in the lab. Image credit: University of Oregon

University of Oregon researchers have teamed up with scientists with the French personal care company L’Oréal to develop a multilayered artificial skin that more accurately mimics real human skin, and can be grown in just 18 days. The advance relies on a novel 3D printing technique invented by Paul Dalton, an associate professor in the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact at the UO. 

The research was published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials.

“This is the first known case of replicating quality skin tissue at full thickness, using different kinds of cells separated by a membrane,” said Ievgenii Liashenko, a research engineer in Dalton’s lab. 

Creating an artificial skin isn’t as simple as growing cells in a petri dish. Real skin has multiple layers, with different kinds of cells that perform distinct functions. And in the body, cells are supported by an external network of proteins and other molecules. Called the extracellular matrix, this system helps cells stay in position and communicate with their neighbors, which is key to keeping all systems working properly.

To replicate this complex environment, the researchers designed a two-layered artificial skin, with the layers separated by a membrane.

A 3D printer making the extremely fine strands used to create a new generation of artificial skin. Image credit: University of Oregon

Researchers from Dalton’s lab and L’Oréal co-developed plastic scaffolds that mimic the extracellular matrix via a network of finely structured 3D printed threads. Then, L’Oréal researchers grew cultured cells in those scaffolds to create the artificial skin, with different cell types growing in each layer. The membrane prevents the cells in the different layers from mixing as they develop. 

“Other attempts don’t have the same layering—it actually looks like real skin,” said Dalton, who is the Bradshaw and Holzapfel Research Professor in Transformational Science and Mathematics.

The underlying scaffolds resemble a mesh material made of many spaghetti-like threads, each much thinner than a human hair. To make the porous scaffold, members of Dalton’s team used a 3D printing technique they’ve developed called melt electrowriting. In that technique, an electric field pulls the molten printing plastic from a nozzle into a thin thread, enabling very precise control over the printing.

Some 3D printing techniques can create very fine details, but only small objects, Dalton said.

Other techniques allow easy fabrication of larger pieces, but at the expense of resolution. Melt electrowriting bridges that gap, allowing engineers to create relatively large objects with fine details.

The new skin model can be grown in just 18 days, the researchers found, rather than the 21 to 35 days it took to create previous scaffold-based artificial skin models. That makes it more viable to use in commercial lab testing.

The final product. Image credit: University of Oregon

L’Oréal is currently using the artificial skin to test cosmetics and skin care products. Going forward, both Dalton’s team and L’Oréal researchers plan to explore the many other potential uses for the underlying scaffolding in skin tissue engineering.

Other potential skin-related applications include healing diabetic foot ulcers and creating skin grafts for burn patients. Beyond skin, the scaffolds developed by Dalton’s team could support myriad biomedical applications, such as artificial blood vessels and structures to help regrow damaged nerves. 

“While we’ve made this big advance with the skin, the design of the scaffold is crucial and could be applied more broadly,” Dalton said. “There are so many diseases and injuries in the world that aren’t being solved, so having an extra tool to try to tackle these is really valuable.”

The materials used in the scaffold are already FDA– approved for use inside the human body, making the path to real-world application smoother. 

The fabrication facilities at the Knight Campus make it possible for Dalton’s team to scale up production of the materials, Dalton said. “This is the part of the Knight Campus projecting its expertise beyond UO to influence state-of-the-art research fields globally.” 

Source: University of Oregon

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[geohoneylovers]

Shedding light💡: the art of growth - comparing artificial sunlight and bature's glow for plant cultivation - A Boon or Bane to Natural Rhythms? share your thoughts 🌿