Šibenik is a city on the Adriatic coast of Croatia. It’s known as a gateway to the Kornati Islands. The 15th-century stone Cathedral of St. James is decorated with 71 sculpted faces. Nearby, the Šibenik City Museum, in the 14th-century Prince’s Palace, has exhibits ranging from prehistory to the present. The white stone St. Michael’s Fortress has an open-air theater, with views of Šibenik Bay and neighboring islands.
Top Invention Review: Time Magazine – Nov 21, 2022
Intuition Robotics ElliQ
Chaperone robots have helped the world’s elderly overcome loneliness and social isolation worsened by the pandemic. But where most bots need prompting, ElliQ is proactive: the voice-operated AI-powered “personal sidekick” initiates conversation and helps its human companion develop healthy habits—social, physical, and mental.
Phonak Audéo Fit
Hearing aids are often stigmatized as a device for the old or infirm. But the latest hearing aids are anything but old–fashioned: they’re teched out with AI, fitness trackers, streaming capability, and more. Now Phonak is out with the first commercially available hearing aid with a heart-rate sensor. Audéo Fit’s receiver-in-canal device tracks fitness data, such as steps, activity level, and distance walked, while also monitoring the wearer’s heart rate when paired with the MyPhonak app.
Esper Hand
Capitalizing on advances in artificial intelligence and digital signal processing, Esper Bionics’ prosthetic hand is the first AI-powered, cloud-based robotic prosthetic that gets smarter over time. The lightweight device has up to 24 wearable sensors that detect and process muscle activity and brain impulses; machine learning from Esper’s platform enables the hand to act more “intuitively” over time.
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Previews: The Economist Magazine – Nov 12, 2022
The Trump effect
Despite the former president’s efforts, America and its democracy look stronger after the midterms
Imagining peace in Ukraine
How a stable and successful country could emerge from the trauma of Russia’s invasion
Great powers must talk
Refusing to speak is what children do when they are angry
View: A Cultural Road Trip Through East Germany
Video timeline: 00:00 Intro 00:41 Berlin 02:01 Saxon Dialect 03:02 Division Between East And West 04:25 A Brief History of Eastern Germany 04:55 Bauhaus & Architecture 06:05 Cultural offer 06:22 The Sorbs 08:22 Food 08:42 Natural Beauty Spots 09:21 Outro
Walking Tours: The ‘Paris Photo 2022’ Exhibition
Paris Photo is the largest international art fair dedicated to the photographic medium and is held each November in the heart of Paris.
Aging: ‘Healthy Longevity’ Journal – November 2022
Inside the November 2022 Issue:
Research & review on #Alzheimers, global burden of benign prostatic hyperplasia, #WHO def of vitality capacity, IPD meta on social connection & #cognition, #oralhealth for older people & more.
Hope on the horizon for Alzheimer’s disease treatment?
Social connectedness and cognitive decline
Time to take oral health seriously
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – Nov 10, 2022
A natural experiment shows electric scooters really do cut traffic
A US city’s crackdown inadvertently reveals the vehicles’ value.
Extra-strength mRNA vaccine fends off a bevy of flu strains
A vaccine upgraded to target four influenza proteins instead of the usual one protects mice against a range of viral variants.
How the dinosaur got its long neck: slowly
A Brazilian fossil suggests that the super-stretcher necks of Argentinosaurus and its ilk evolved gradually rather than in a rush.
Sounds of the stars: how scientists are listening in on space
In astronomy, the use of sound instead of light is breaking down barriers to participation and providing insight into the Universe.
News: Russia Withdraws From Kherson, France To Quit Mali, China-Australia
Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson, the end of the French-led anti-jihadist Operation Barkhane and Australia’s decision to block pilots from training the Chinese military. Plus: a look ahead at the 2024 US presidential election, a review of the papers, urbanism news and the fifth series of ‘The Crown’.
Front Page: The New York Times – November 10, 2022
Election Denial Didn’t Play as Well as Republicans Hoped
Democrats won races for top election posts in several political battlegrounds where their Republican rivals had cast doubt on the 2020 contest and signaled their desire to overhaul voting systems.
Russia Orders Retreat From Kherson, a Serious Reversal in the Ukraine War
Russia’s position had grown perilous in Kherson, a strategic city and one of the biggest prizes seized in its Ukraine invasion, but Russian hawks reacted angrily to the withdrawal.
Biden Celebrates Beating the Odds, but He Faces a New Challenge
President Biden appeared to have the best midterms of any president in 20 years, avoiding the “shellacking” his predecessors endured. But even a narrow Republican majority could transform his presidency.
Previews: New Scientist Magazine – Nov 12, 2022
How JWST could find signs of alien life in exoplanet atmospheres
The James Webb Space Telescope can peer into alien skies like never before. With six potentially habitable planets within its sights, astronomers are entering a new era in the search for biology beyond our solar system
What age do you really become an adult? And why it’s vital to know
The age at which you are considered an adult differs around the world, but emerging research into the developing brain suggests we may have got the concept of adulthood all wrong. When do we really become a grown-up?
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