Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Quick notes: Rogue drones | Planet plastic...

  • Securing air space from rogue drones: IIT-M develops AI-powered drones to counter 'rogue' ones


  • Planet Plastic: We are ingesting nearly 2,000 particles of plastic a week. “Plastics recycling is a myth”. . . Deadly attraction: Sea turtles mistake the scent of plastic for food


  • Chinese coronavirus lives on some surfaces for up to 3 days : Viable virus could be detected up to three hours later in the air, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel.


  • Mind-blowing: Chinese semiconductor fab SMIC to start 7nm production in the fourth quarter of this year!


  • F-16 lost: Pakistan F-16 crashes in Islamabad, pilot dies



  • Holi: Excellent Holi pictures in a Pakistani daily.
  • https://www.dawn.com/news/1539605/what-coronavirus-revellers-across-asia-celebrate-holi-with-colours-dance


  • Better, cheaper super-capacitors: Jackfruit waste produced aerogels with excellent energy storage properties.


  • Save the spiders: Spiders regularly capture nuisance pests and even disease-carrying insects – for example, mosquitoes. So killing a spider doesn’t just cost the arachnid its life, it may take an important predator out of your home. Spiders are not out to get you and actually prefer to avoid humans. Bites from spiders are extremely rare. If you truly can’t stand that spider in your house, instead of smashing it, try to capture it and release it outside.


  • Bernie rally: "It is our chance to elect someone who will advance our rights as Moslems and as Arabs"


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