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S. Koppenhoefer @EPFL/STI🍁
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IT-Admin & Photographer {powders/liquids/instruments/labs/people} at #EPFL 50% (available for more); go.epfl.ch/Koppenhoefer making computers behave as we want.🇨🇭🇨🇦. Elsewise, I teach & explore #movement & #dance at TangoLausanne.ch.
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nanoraptor.danamania.com
The Apple PowerPod 500 was an external SCSI drive, keypad, battery, display, and extra speakers for the PowerBook 500 series.

PowerPod 500 could also be used as a portable music player with up to some songs available at your fingertips.
A photo of an apple PowerBook 500, a grey and plastic early 90s laptop, with the PowerPod 500 next to it open. The PowerPod is in the same style as the PowerBook but the width of a numeric keypad. It also has a display as tall as the regular PowerBook, but only an inch and a bit wide. A picture of a brochure advertising the apple PowerPod 500 which can be used to take things even more portable from the PowerBook it attaches to.
July 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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hourlycosmos.bsky.social
NGC 6334 - The Cat's Paw Nebula - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/puJ3EF
The Cat's Paw Nebula is located among the dense star fields of the southern constellation Scorpius. Being about 5,000 light years distant, in the direction towards our galaxy's crowded central region, it appears visibly reddened by large amounts of interstellar dust that lie between us and the glowing cloud. This gives it a much warmer deep red hue than most other emission nebulae. Some other nebulae which are similarly obscured are the gigantic NGC 3603 in Carina, as well as NGC 6357 (The Lobster Nebula), also in Scorpius. The Cat's Paw Nebula contains up to 200,000 solar masses of material and is currently undergoing a starburst; producing new stars at a very high rate. These newborn stars are the ones that light up the nebula and cause it to glow with the prominent red colour of hydrogen emission. The starburst activity will likely not last more than a few million years, after which a number of large star clusters will have emerged and replaced the once glowing gas. The nebula was first noticed by John Herschel in 1837 and its name refers to the distinct likeness with a giant feline paw print, particularly when viewed in wide field images. It is some 50 light years wide and covers an area in our sky equal to that of the full Moon. Image details: Date: 29th, 30th April and 26th, 27th, 31st May and 3rd, 22nd June and 15th, 17th, 19th, 22nd July 2014 Exposure: LRGB: 600:170:200:180 mins, total 19 hours 10 mins @ -25C Telescope: Homebuilt 12.5" f/4 Serrurier Tru...
July 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
koppenhoefer.bsky.social
#Fuite, #Agression, #inhibitionFaceAuxMenaces.
& filme: Mon Oncle d'Amérique
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L'article pressreader.com/article/2820... sur les #NeuroMythes pousse à réfléchir: "Le Cerveau reptilien - Sur la popularité d'une erreur scientifique".

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bit.ly/CritiqueDeLe...
December 22, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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muellershewrote.com
Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan. #FAFO
November 19, 2024 at 1:18 AM
koppenhoefer.bsky.social
Interesting argument Re: #Macmini base model is amazing price for what you get... but if you want upgrades, other options are much much better. Watch(?) youtu.be/P0pHSz4wyaw?...

Note: I have NOT gone down this rabbit hole yet.
Let me know how YOU see the ideal useCase for the baseModel is.
The $600 Mac Mini is a Steal—Until It’s a Scam
YouTube video by Snazzy Labs
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November 19, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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shrutinayar.bsky.social
The Rhodium Group released a report on where we stand re: NDCs and #CO2 emissions. I've summarized it here brightideasledger.substack.com/p/by-the-num...
By the Numbers | The 2024 Rhodium Climate Outlook
The Rhodium Group's second report on global energy and emissions projections shows it's unlikely we'll be able to keep warming to under 2℃. Here's why I'm feeling optimistic.
brightideasledger.substack.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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jaytcullen.bsky.social
🌊 Midnight sun heading north in Nares Strait this summer between Greenland and Ellesmere Island Nunavut this summer. Studying the decline of multi-year sea ice in the Lincoln Sea and impacts on physics chemistry and biology
November 17, 2024 at 6:13 AM
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Here’s a #retrocomputing starter pack that you can LOAD"*",8,1

(Please reply with suggestions on people or feeds to add!)

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October 19, 2024 at 2:34 PM
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christiangjoerret.bsky.social
Researchers at EPFL (Switzerland) and Konkuk University (South Korea) recently set out to explore how herbivorous insects known as rhinoceros beetles deploy and retract their wings.

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#Robotics #Research #EPFL #Konkuk #Microrobot
A flapping microrobot inspired by the wing dynamics of rhinoceros beetles
The wing dynamics of flying animal species have been the inspiration for numerous flying robotic systems. While birds and bats typically flap their wings using the force produced by their pectoral and...
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November 18, 2024 at 10:07 AM
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lhst-epfl.bsky.social
Sur la chaîne Youtube de l'Université de Lausanne, une vidéo sur la Collection d'instruments scientifiques que nous avons pour mission de valoriser #unil #epfl #histsci : www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQx0...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQx08WRWQGo
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October 29, 2023 at 2:26 PM
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polarobs.bsky.social
Two teams of scientists from #EPFL have visited the #Arctic area. One to gain a better understanding of the region's air composition, the other to quantify the greenhouse gases sequestered in #Greenland fjords sourced by glacial water.

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From clouds to fjords, the Arctic bears witness to climate change
Climate change is particularly intense in the Arctic. To assess its consequences and determine what role this region plays in global warming, two teams of scientists from EPFL have visited the area. O...
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August 26, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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annakarismo.bsky.social
The submarine data cable between Finland and Germany is kaputt, but there is still no news in the German media about it.

Interesting is that it runs right next to the NordStream line - the Russians know the exact location of the cable.

A Swiss tabloid was the first to report it in german.
C-Lion1 Seekabel ausgefallen: Reparatur könnte Wochen dauern
Störung im Unterseekabel C-Lion1 zwischen Finnland und Deutschland. Was dahintersteckt, ist noch unklar.
www.blick.ch
November 18, 2024 at 12:26 PM
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ethz.ch
ETH Zurich and EPFL are launching the “Swiss AI Initiative”, whose purpose is to position Switzerland as a leading global hub for the development and implementation of transparent and reliable AI. It will be supported by the new Alps supercomputer based at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre.
Joint initiative for trustworthy AI
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December 4, 2023 at 3:18 PM
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trainsetter.bsky.social
Today I visited the SMAKY6 and friends at the vintagecomputerfestival.ch. SMAKY was one of the first 8-bit personal computers from 1974, which was developed at the EPFL Lausanne in Switzerland. The collection of Micha and Röbi Weiss is also very impressive and can be viewed: www.robertweiss.ch/ewcg/
November 12, 2023 at 9:35 PM
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saramitri.bsky.social
Scientific papers hide a lot of the ups and downs people go through to get to the final version. Read more about @arias_flora's journey tinyurl.com/454pd989 And here's the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evolving Solutions: Breeding Bacterial Communities to Battle Pollution
Scientific research may seem neat in publications, but it’s a complex journey of trial and error. Our project, which used artificial selection to breed microbial communities to battle pollution, requi...
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October 16, 2024 at 7:41 AM
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veeninglab.com
Great episode of Night Science with one of my favorite scientists Dianne Newman! I completely echo with what she says (but could never say it so clear and eloquent). 'Don't worry with whats popular now, orient yourself to something that grabs you for a very fundamental reason'
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Dianne Newman and the visceral and intentional sides of science
Episode · Night Science · Dianne Newman – a molecular microbiologist at CalTech – is a professor both in Biology and Geology. In this episode, she encourages young scientists to pursue questions to wh...
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August 21, 2024 at 6:35 AM
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francescomondada.bsky.social
When robotics meets design, digital education and ... beauty. www.epfl.ch/labs/mobots/...
November 16, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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mschrimpf.bsky.social
One month left to apply to this faculty position in neuromodulation: www.epfl.ch/about/workin... The EPFL NeuroX institute is a truly unique environment combining neuro-technology, -science, and -computation with the ultimate goal of applications in medicine. Come be our colleague! #neuro #tech 🧠
Faculty Position in Neuromodulation
The Schools of Engineering (STI), Life Sciences (SV) and Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) at EPFL invite applications for a tenure-track assistant faculty position to hold the Medtronic chair ...
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November 14, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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diderich.sigmadream.com
That describes well why I did my PhD in Theoretical Computer Science (sigmadream.com/thesis.html or doi.org/10.5075/epfl...)
November 18, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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setiinstitute.bsky.social
The platypus may be weird, but it’s the result of nearly 200 million years of adaptation to its environment. Could a similar environment on another world produce platypus-like life? It’s “Platypus Crazy” on Big Picture Science. 🧪

Listen here: https://buff.ly/4ePHTXW
A young platypus rests in the open palm of someone's hand.
October 24, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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'We don't really consider it low probability anymore': Collapse of key Atlantic current could have catastrophic impacts

www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
'We don't really consider it low probability anymore': Collapse of key Atlantic current could have catastrophic impacts, says oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf
The Atlantic Ocean's most vital ocean current is showing troubling signs of reaching a disastrous tipping point. Oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf tells Live Science what the impacts could be.
www.livescience.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:08 AM