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New Panda font is designed to help protect beloved animals

May25
by on May 25, 2015 at 9:47 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev

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Extinction sucks and no one wants that to happen to the panda. Rare members of the bear family, the Giant Panda resides in bamboo forests high in the mountains of western China. They are highly prized throughout the world for their beauty and their peaceful natures. Despite lacking natural predators in the wild, they are endangered because their habitat is being systematically destroyed. Pandas require a diet almost totally consisting of bamboo and must eat between 26 and 84 pounds of the stuff every day, while at the same time their forest habitat is decimated by roads and railroads to support the Chinese economy.…

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Meet BRETT, the robot that learns by trial and error

May25
by on May 25, 2015 at 8:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Shareables

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Robots are remarkably efficient at handling pre-programmed tasks ranging from remarkably simple to incredibly complex. Tasks such as vacuuming a floor, flying an airplane, or near-complete assembly of modern automobiles are all currently within the realm of robot capabilities. The one inefficiency in modern robots is the reliance on humans to provide them with the correct sequence of 1’s and 0’s needed to carry out a task. This could soon change. Meet BRETT. BRETT – or Berkeley Robot for the Elimination of Tedious Tasks – is a creation of the Berkeley Robot Learning Lab that uses deep learning techniques in order to…

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Telegram with Aniways suggests GIFs and Smart Emoticons as you type

May25
by on May 25, 2015 at 7:30 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Telegram with Aniways is a new messaging app for Android and iOS that’s based on the official Telegram service. I use iMessage for almost all of my messaging and if someone’s not on iOS, I generally use Messenger or WhatsApp. I decided to give Telegram with Aniways a go to see if it would be the platform to replace the rest. If you don’t already use Telegram, you’ll need to give your phone number to set it up and then you can create a profile and choose a username so people can find you even if they don’t have your…

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Telegram with Aniways suggests GIFs and Smart Emoticons as you type

May25
by on May 25, 2015 at 7:30 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

Screen Shot 2015-05-25 at 17.13.02
Telegram with Aniways is a new messaging app for Android and iOS that’s based on the official Telegram service. I use iMessage for almost all of my messaging and if someone’s not on iOS, I generally use Messenger or WhatsApp. I decided to give Telegram with Aniways a go to see if it would be the platform to replace the rest. If you don’t already use Telegram, you’ll need to give your phone number to set it up and then you can create a profile and choose a username so people can find you even if they don’t have your…

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Here’s how a 353-gigapixel panorama is made

May25
by on May 25, 2015 at 7:28 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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There’s megapixels and then there’s gigapixels. Yes, the latter is actually a thing and it’s the hallmark of what’s being called “the world’s largest photo” at precisely 353 gigapixels. How does a photo get that huge? It takes a lot of photos. Photographer Filippo Blengini alongside a five-person international shooting team, has published a panorama of Mont Blanc, the tallest mountain in Europe. While the mountain itself rises to 4,810 meters (15,780 feet), the team shot the pano at 3500 meters (11.5 feet). Using a Canon 70D, a Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 II IS, and a Canon Extender 2X III on a special…

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