Roy Mitsuoka <X, formerly Twitter @surflightroy>
@surflightroy.me
Placeholder & not sure about based on prior projects building peer-to-peer web. FYI, https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/whats-difference-between-mastodon-bluesky-and-threads & https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/meet-spritely-and-veilid.
Maybe near future use of #SpectrometerOnAChip that is scalable & affordable for #crowdsource & #citizenscience? Check out “Thermal light emitters based on #graphene directly grown on chips by etching-precipitation method:” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... HT @Keio_Univ CC @SonySemicon_JP
May 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Maybe near future use of #SpectrometerOnAChip that is scalable & affordable for #crowdsource & #citizenscience? Check out “Thermal light emitters based on #graphene directly grown on chips by etching-precipitation method:” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... HT @Keio_Univ CC @SonySemicon_JP
Chainsaw effects mixed with certain industry push back in Washington DC apple.news/A-zvxdX6JQSS... I recommend @HorizonEU reach out to impacted civic #publicprivatepartnerships #sensors R&D for #crowdsource & #citizenscience; materials R&D to remove #PFAS, #microplastics >
May 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Chainsaw effects mixed with certain industry push back in Washington DC apple.news/A-zvxdX6JQSS... I recommend @HorizonEU reach out to impacted civic #publicprivatepartnerships #sensors R&D for #crowdsource & #citizenscience; materials R&D to remove #PFAS, #microplastics >
Given #hyperlocalenergyinfastructure push back in certain parts of USA (eg. IBIS Power PowerNest.) Maybe those push back sources might like framework via Rep. Ward’s HB340: pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/03/05/b... (eg. @EcoFlowTech: www.zdnet.com/home-and-off... #PowerSystemResilience #homeowner #renter
May 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Given #hyperlocalenergyinfastructure push back in certain parts of USA (eg. IBIS Power PowerNest.) Maybe those push back sources might like framework via Rep. Ward’s HB340: pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/03/05/b... (eg. @EcoFlowTech: www.zdnet.com/home-and-off... #PowerSystemResilience #homeowner #renter
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Starting in Utah!
The Utah legislature passed a bill this session to clarify that small-scale balcony solar systems do not need either a permit or an interconnect agreement.
The Utah legislature passed a bill this session to clarify that small-scale balcony solar systems do not need either a permit or an interconnect agreement.
I'm loving these plug and play solar+storage products.
Now available in the U.S. (starting in Utah).
Energy abundance! Local resilience!🔌
⚡💚🌍
Now available in the U.S. (starting in Utah).
Energy abundance! Local resilience!🔌
⚡💚🌍
EcoFlow's new backyard solar energy system starts at $599 - no installation crews or permits needed
The Stream series is a plug-and-play solar energy solution designed for homeowners and renters alike. Place on a balcony, roof, or backyard, and plug into a wall socket.
www.zdnet.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Starting in Utah!
The Utah legislature passed a bill this session to clarify that small-scale balcony solar systems do not need either a permit or an interconnect agreement.
The Utah legislature passed a bill this session to clarify that small-scale balcony solar systems do not need either a permit or an interconnect agreement.
Viable direction for reducing #PFAS based on real-world tests. Study at pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/..., also identify advantages of #nanocages over other purification methods like #ActivatedCarbon, #ReverseOsmosis, ... (eg. maintenance cost, environment impact) HT @StBonaventure @UBuffalo @stonybrooku
May 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Viable direction for reducing #PFAS based on real-world tests. Study at pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/..., also identify advantages of #nanocages over other purification methods like #ActivatedCarbon, #ReverseOsmosis, ... (eg. maintenance cost, environment impact) HT @StBonaventure @UBuffalo @stonybrooku
Look forward to next phase of #PublicPrivatePartnership for scaling reusable & low-cost sponge, affinity for #lead, #phosphate, #microplastics, & more based on small tests. HT @NSF #GreatLakesWaterInnovationEngine: www.nsf.gov/funding/init... + @northwesternu: news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...
May 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Look forward to next phase of #PublicPrivatePartnership for scaling reusable & low-cost sponge, affinity for #lead, #phosphate, #microplastics, & more based on small tests. HT @NSF #GreatLakesWaterInnovationEngine: www.nsf.gov/funding/init... + @northwesternu: news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...
Check out research at journals.aps.org/prresearch/p..., model & physics-based avenues for controlling #emerin #nanodomain self-assembly by modifying the emerin reaction or diffusion properties. Emerin has been shown to have diverse functions #proteins
May 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Check out research at journals.aps.org/prresearch/p..., model & physics-based avenues for controlling #emerin #nanodomain self-assembly by modifying the emerin reaction or diffusion properties. Emerin has been shown to have diverse functions #proteins
Based on views on harm & human bias in centralized lists, identity theft, fraud. Time to revisit #blockchain & #tokenization with #CAC to create more secure, user-centric, self-sovereign tech for “#NationalID.” Example: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... & Why: identity.utexas.edu/sites/defaul...
May 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Based on views on harm & human bias in centralized lists, identity theft, fraud. Time to revisit #blockchain & #tokenization with #CAC to create more secure, user-centric, self-sovereign tech for “#NationalID.” Example: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... & Why: identity.utexas.edu/sites/defaul...
DOGE by #ExecutiveOrder with limited challenges by #Congress cdt.org/wp-content/u... = federal expansion of centralized identification system that is a form of “#NationalID” & dismissal of Congress, history, & civics www.heritage.org/civil-societ... & www.cato.org/sites/cato.o...
April 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
DOGE by #ExecutiveOrder with limited challenges by #Congress cdt.org/wp-content/u... = federal expansion of centralized identification system that is a form of “#NationalID” & dismissal of Congress, history, & civics www.heritage.org/civil-societ... & www.cato.org/sites/cato.o...
This is what could be done by exploiting a backdoor in the #ESP32 chip to perform impersonation attacks.
🔷 Infect millions of IoT devices of enterprises and citizens.
Miguel Tarascó Acuña, director of the Innovation Area of Tarlogic and Antonio Vázquez Blanco, …
🔷 Infect millions of IoT devices of enterprises and citizens.
Miguel Tarascó Acuña, director of the Innovation Area of Tarlogic
Tarlogic detects a backdoor in the mass-market ESP32 chip that could infect millions of IoT devices
Tarlogic presents research revealing undocumented commands in the ESP32 microchip, present in millions of smart devices with Bluetooth
www.tarlogic.com
March 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This is what could be done by exploiting a backdoor in the #ESP32 chip to perform impersonation attacks.
🔷 Infect millions of IoT devices of enterprises and citizens.
Miguel Tarascó Acuña, director of the Innovation Area of Tarlogic and Antonio Vázquez Blanco, …
🔷 Infect millions of IoT devices of enterprises and citizens.
Miguel Tarascó Acuña, director of the Innovation Area of Tarlogic
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Did you know that fiber optic cables can be used to detect earthquakes? Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) uses fiber optic cables connected to an instrument that sends pulses of light through the cable, detecting strain from environmental disturbances.
➡️ https://www.earthscope.org/what-is/das/
➡️ https://www.earthscope.org/what-is/das/
October 28, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Did you know that fiber optic cables can be used to detect earthquakes? Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) uses fiber optic cables connected to an instrument that sends pulses of light through the cable, detecting strain from environmental disturbances.
➡️ https://www.earthscope.org/what-is/das/
➡️ https://www.earthscope.org/what-is/das/
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🎥 Check out our new video on how #Gaia 🔭 has given us the best insight yet of what our home galaxy looks like... 👇
youtu.be/wEZBNsU4dMU
youtu.be/wEZBNsU4dMU
The best Milky Way animation, by Gaia
YouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA
youtu.be
January 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🎥 Check out our new video on how #Gaia 🔭 has given us the best insight yet of what our home galaxy looks like... 👇
youtu.be/wEZBNsU4dMU
youtu.be/wEZBNsU4dMU
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So long Gaia. Possibly the most amazing project I have worked on. This will be the cornerstone of stellar and Milky Way astronomy for decades to come and results have and will be useful to other branches of astronomy.
Gaia has been with us at the Institute of Astronomy for as long as some of us can remember, so its rather sad to see it being retired. But it has been amazingly successful, observing well over a billion stars! www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Last starlight for ground-breaking Gaia
The European Space Agency’s Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than three trillion observations of
www.cam.ac.uk
January 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
So long Gaia. Possibly the most amazing project I have worked on. This will be the cornerstone of stellar and Milky Way astronomy for decades to come and results have and will be useful to other branches of astronomy.
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The Watch Duty app has been without peer the safest and most reliable source of information around the fires in the last few days. Lives were saved because of them. Give if you can, they have earned our admiration and support. app.watchduty.org/donate
January 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The Watch Duty app has been without peer the safest and most reliable source of information around the fires in the last few days. Lives were saved because of them. Give if you can, they have earned our admiration and support. app.watchduty.org/donate
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I just donated to the Watch Duty app. It has been invaluable over the past two days. It’s only $25 a year for an annual subscription, which is basically free considering what you get from it. Please donate.
The CEO of Watch Duty used his skills as a software engineer to build the app to amplify fire safety information as a public service: “Techies are obsessed with going to Mars and inventing an AGI robot to do art. But I’m obsessed with time and life.” sfstandard.com/2025/01/09/w...
A Bay Area fire tracking app is saving lives — and correcting Elon Musk
Watch Duty has overtaken ChatGPT to become the top free app in Apple’s App Store.
sfstandard.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I just donated to the Watch Duty app. It has been invaluable over the past two days. It’s only $25 a year for an annual subscription, which is basically free considering what you get from it. Please donate.
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Québec sending 2 more Super Scoopers and quite frankly I hope the FAA finds and prosecutes everyone flying an unauthorized drone right now and puts them in prison for a year. They're endangering everyone.
bsky.app/profile/rine...
bsky.app/profile/rine...
More info here, and Québec has announced sending two more scoopy bois—I mean, planes:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
January 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Québec sending 2 more Super Scoopers and quite frankly I hope the FAA finds and prosecutes everyone flying an unauthorized drone right now and puts them in prison for a year. They're endangering everyone.
bsky.app/profile/rine...
bsky.app/profile/rine...
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Federal authorities can subpoena flight data from DJI to identify drones flying in that region during that time slice. Assuming DJI complies, that information is knowable. An example must be made. Most likely it’s some influencer trying to get dramatic footage for clicks
January 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Federal authorities can subpoena flight data from DJI to identify drones flying in that region during that time slice. Assuming DJI complies, that information is knowable. An example must be made. Most likely it’s some influencer trying to get dramatic footage for clicks
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And it's clearly marked.
January 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
And it's clearly marked.
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FAA says drone collided with firefighting aircraft flying over Palisades Fire
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
FAA says drone collided with firefighting aircraft flying over Palisades Fire
The aircraft landed safely and the incident is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), officials said.
www.usatoday.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
FAA says drone collided with firefighting aircraft flying over Palisades Fire
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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…Southern California wildfires.
January 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
…Southern California wildfires.
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grow larger."
Super Scoopers can fly quite low, scooping up water from the ocean to drench fires.
The Super Scooper holds 1,600 gallons of water and can refill in about five minutes.
Just a single grounded Super Scooper is a significant setback in the ongoing battle to contain these…
Super Scoopers can fly quite low, scooping up water from the ocean to drench fires.
The Super Scooper holds 1,600 gallons of water and can refill in about five minutes.
Just a single grounded Super Scooper is a significant setback in the ongoing battle to contain these…
January 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
grow larger."
Super Scoopers can fly quite low, scooping up water from the ocean to drench fires.
The Super Scooper holds 1,600 gallons of water and can refill in about five minutes.
Just a single grounded Super Scooper is a significant setback in the ongoing battle to contain these…
Super Scoopers can fly quite low, scooping up water from the ocean to drench fires.
The Super Scooper holds 1,600 gallons of water and can refill in about five minutes.
Just a single grounded Super Scooper is a significant setback in the ongoing battle to contain these…
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…”When people fly drones near wildfires, fire response agencies often ground their aircraft to avoid the potential for a midair collision. Delaying airborne response poses a threat to firefighters on the ground, residents, and property in nearby communities, and it can allow wildfires to…
January 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
…”When people fly drones near wildfires, fire response agencies often ground their aircraft to avoid the potential for a midair collision. Delaying airborne response poses a threat to firefighters on the ground, residents, and property in nearby communities, and it can allow wildfires to…