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SparcStation 1+ Finally Gets Attention


We can’t throw stones. [Leaded Solder] picked up a SparcStation 1+ in 2018 and found it only produced illegal instruction errors. We’re sure he’s like us and meant to get back to it, and, instead, it sat on the bench, taking up space. You eventually have to move it, though, so seven years later, it was time for another go at it.

The first pass back in 2018 revealed that the machine had an interesting life. The full-sized hard drive was salvaged from an Apple computer. Removing the drive resolved the illegal instruction error. The drive seemed to work, but there was still nothing that suggested the machine would fully boot up. The next step was to try booting from a floppy, but that didn’t work either. The floppy cable had been surgically altered, again hinting this machine had seen some tough love.

Fast forward to 2025. This time, a Pi Pico-based SCSI emulator would stand in for the aging and suspect hard drive. Unfortunately, as noted, this machine has undergone some extensive and strange surgery. The power cable feeding the emulator had been rewired backwards, exposing the poor Pi Pico to 12 V, with predictable results. Luckily, it didn’t seem to phase the SparcStation.

The machine has some hard-to find micro fuses and one that powers the SCSI bus was blown. You could wonder if the SCSI emulator blew the fuse, but it appears it didn’t. Pulling the Ethernet fuse and placing it in the SCSI slot improved the machine’s behavior. But the termination power was still a problem. A USB cable temporarily solved that and, in fact, got the machine a little bit further.

That’s as far as he got this time. We’d imagine if you know a lot about this computer and have ideas on how to solve some of the remaining problems [Leaded Solder] would be glad to hear from you. But take your time. We estimate you have at least a few years.

There was a time when every geek wanted a Sun computer. Of course, if this is too much work for you, there’s always emulation.


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Hacking Printed Circuit Board to Create Casing and Instrument Panels


A photo of the PDP-1 replica.

Over on Hackaday.io our hackers [Angelo] and [Oscarv] are making a replica of the PDP-1. That is interesting in and of itself but the particularly remarkable feature of this project is its novel use of printed circuit boards for casing and instrument panels.

What does that mean in practice? It means creating a KiCad file with a PCB for each side of the case/panel. These pieces can then be ordered from a board house and assembled. In the video below the break you will see an example of putting such a case together. They use sticky tape for scaffolding and then finish things off by soldering the solder joints on each edge together.

We cover so many PCB hacks over here at Hackaday that we have an entire category dedicated to them: PCB Hacks. If you’re interested in PCBs you might like to read about their history, as before they were everywhere they were nowhere.

Thanks to [Oscarv] for writing in to let us know about this one.

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Desk Top Peltier-Powered Cloud Chamber Uses Desktop Parts


There was a time when making a cloud chamber with dry ice and alcohol was one of those ‘rite of passage’ type science projects every nerdy child did. That time may or may not be passed, but we doubt many children are making cloud chambers quite like [Curious Scientist]’s 20 cm x 20 cm Peltier-powered desktop unit.

The dimensions were dictated by the size of the off-the-shelf display case which serves as the chamber, but conveniently enough also allows emplacement of four TEC2-19006 Peltier cooling modules. These are actually “stacked” modules, containing two thermoelectric elements in series — a good thing, since the heat delta required to make a cloud chamber is too great for a single element. Using a single-piece two stage module simplifies the build considerably compared to stacking elements manually.

To carry away all that heat, [Curious Scientist] first tried heatpipe-based CPU coolers, but moved on to CPU water blocks for a quieter, more efficient solution. Using desktop coolers means almost every part here is off the shelf, and it all combines to work as well as we remember the dry-ice version. Like that childhood experiment, there doesn’t seem to be any provision for recycling the condensed alcohol, so eventually the machine will peter out after enough vapor is condensed.

This style of detector isn’t terribly sensitive and so needs to be “seeded” with spicy rocks to see anything interesting, unless an external electric field is applied to encourage nucleation around weaker ion trails. Right now [Curious Scientist] is doing that by rubbing the glass with microfiber to add some static electricity, but if there’s another version, it will have a more hands-off solution.

We’ve seen Peltier-Powered cloud chambers before (albeit without PC parts), but the “dry ice and alcohol” hack is still a going concern. If even that’s too much effort, you could just go make a cup of tea, and watch very, very carefully.

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28.000 server Microsoft Exchange vulnerabili a CVE-2025-53786: lo stato della minaccia


@Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁)
Un’analisi condotta da Shadowserver Foundation ha messo in luce un quadro preoccupante: oltre 28.000 istanze Microsoft Exchange Server esposte pubblicamente risultano vulnerabili alla recente CVE-2025-53786, una falla critica che, se



2025 One Hertz Challenge: Estimating Pi With An Arduino Nano R4


Humanity pretty much has Pi figured out at this point. We’ve calculated it many times over and are confident about what it is down to many, many decimal places. However, if you fancy estimating it with some electronic assistance, you might find this project from [Roni Bandini] interesting.

[Roni] programmed an Arduino Nano R4 to estimate Pi using the Monte Carlo method. For this specific case, it involves drawing a circle inscribed inside a square. Points are then randomly scattered inside the square, and checked to see if they lie inside or outside the circle based on their position and distance of the circle’s outline from the center point of the square. By taking the ratio of the points inside the circle to the total number of points, you get an approximation of the ratio of the square and circle’s areas, which is equal to Pi/4. Thus, multiply the ratio by 4, and you’ve got your approximation of Pi.

[Roni] coded a program to run the Monte Carlo simulation on the Arduino Nano R4, taking advantage of the mathematical benefits of its onboard Floating Point Unit. It generates 100 new samples for the Monte Carlo approximation every second, improving the estimation of pi as it goes. It then displays the result on a 7-segment display, and beeps as it goes. [Roni] readily admits the project is a little too close in appearance to a classic Hollywood bomb.

We’ve seen some other neat Pi-calculating projects before, too.

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2025 Hackaday One Hertz Challenge


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Da mesi mangio meloni (della COOP) di tutti i tipi e sono uno più buono dell'altro. Una meraviglia della natura.

Per quanto riguarda le pesche invece sono arrivato alla conclusione che chi le vende deve aver trovato una procedura per rimuoverne completamente il sapore.

Non è possibile che siano una schifezza in qualsiasi momento dell'estate le compri.

Devono aver trovato un processo di desaporificazione con cui estraggono completamente il sapore, magari per usarlo ad altri scopi. Ci faranno degli shampoo forse...

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prova le pesche bianche schiacciate fiorfiore coop, dure e saporite, come piacciono a me
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@Roberta Lazzeri

Quelle bianche non sono le mie preferite ma se mi dici che sanno di pesca lunedì le provo subito 😁




Scientists have discovered the culprit behind sea star wasting disease, the most devastating marine epidemic on record.#theabstract


Billions of Sea Stars Mysteriously Turned to Goo. Now We Know Why.


Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that gave me hope, sent me back in time, and dragged me onto the dance-floor.

First, what’s your favorite cockatoo dance move? To be fully informed in your response, you will need to review the latest literature on innovations in avian choreography. Then: salvation for sea stars, a tooth extraction you’ll actually like, ancient vortex planets, and what to expect when you’re an expecting cockroach.

Everybody do the cockatoo

Lubke, Natasha et al. “Dance behaviour in cockatoos: Implications for cognitive processes and welfare.” PLOS One.

If you play your cards right as a scientist, you can spend all day watching cockatoos dance online and IRL. That’s what one team of researchers figured out, according to a new study that identified 17 cockatoo dance moves previously unknown to science.

“Anecdotally, parrots (Psittaciformes) have been reported to show ‘dancing’ behaviour to music in captivity which has been supported by studies on a few individuals,” said researchers led by Natasha Lubke of Charles Sturt University. “However, to date it remains unclear why parrots show dance behavior in response to music in captivity when birds are not courting or in the absence of any potential sexual partner.” Cockatoos, by the way, are a type of parrot.

It’s worth pursuing this mystery in part because parrots are popular pets and zoo attractions that require environmental enrichment for their welfare while in captivity. Listening to music and dancing could provide much-needed stimulation for these smart, social animals.

To that end, the authors watched dozens of videos of cockatoos on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, with search terms like “birds dancing Elvis,” “bird dancing to rap music” and “bird dancing to rock music.” They also played music and podcasts to a group of captive birds—two sulphur crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita), two Major Mitchell cockatoos (Lophochroa leadbeateri) and two galahs (Eolophus roseicapilla)—housed at Wagga Wagga Zoo in Australia.
Illustration of the 10 most common recorded dance movements. Ethogram descriptors based on Keehn et al. [3] and illustrations by Zenna Lugosi. Image: Lubke et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/b…)
The results expanded the existing database of cockatoo dance moves from classics like headbang, foot-lift, and body roll to include new-wave choreography like jump turn, downward walk, and fluff (wherein “feathers are fluffed” in a “fluffing event” according to the study).

All the birds that the team studied onsite at the zoo also danced at least once to audio playback of the song “The Nights” by Avicii. They even danced when music was not playing, bopping around to silence or to tips from the financial podcast “She’s on the Money.”

“Dance behaviour is perhaps a more common behaviour in cockatoos than previously thought,” the team concluded. “Further research is required to determine the motivational basis for this behaviour in captivity.”

It will be interesting to see what forthcoming studies reveal, but my own prediction is that the motivational basis falls under Lady Gaga’s edict to “Just Dance.”

In other news…

Solving the mystery of what’s killing billions of sea stars

Prentice, Melanie et al. “Vibrio pectenicida strain FHCF-3 is a causative agent of sea star wasting disease.” Nature Ecology and Evolution.

Over the past decade, a devastating illness has killed off billions of sea stars in what is the largest marine epidemic on record. Scientists have finally identified the culprit that causes sea star wasting disease (SSWD) as the bacteria Vibrio pectenicida, which is from the same family that causes cholera in humans (Vibrio cholerae).

Sea stars infected with SSWD form lesions and rapidly disintegrate into goo in mass mortality events that have upended ecosystems on the Pacific coast from Alaska to Mexico. The isolation of the agent involved in these grotesque die-offs will hopefully help restore these vital keystone species.
Hakai Institute research scientist Alyssa Gehman checks on an adult sunflower sea star in the US Geological Survey’s Marrowstone Marine Field Station in Washington State. Image: Kristina Blanchflower/Hakai Institute
“This discovery will enable recovery efforts for sea stars and the ecosystems affected by their decline,” said researchers led by Melanie Prentice of the Hakai Institute and the University of British Columbia.

Psst…you have some ancient atmosphere stuck in your teeth

Feng, Dingsu et al. “Mesozoic atmospheric CO2 concentrations reconstructed from dinosaur tooth enamel.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed atmospheres that existed more than 100 million years ago by studying the teeth of dinosaurs that breathed in this bygone air.

A team analyzed oxygen remnants preserved in the dental enamel of roughly two dozen dinosaur teeth including sauropods (such as Camarasaurus), theropods (including Tyrannosaurus), and the ornithischian Edmontosaurus (go Oilers). This data enabled them to infer carbon dioxide concentrations of around 1,200 parts per million (ppm) and 750 ppm in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, respectively.

This is in line with other findings that have found wild swings in CO2 levels during the dinosaur age, likely due to volcanic activity. Earth’s current atmosphere is about 430 ppm, and is rapidly rising due to human-driven greenhouse gas emissions.
Skull with teeth of a Kaatedocus siberi found at Howe Ranch, Wyoming, USA. Image: © Sauriermuseum Aathal
“Fossil tooth enamel can thus serve as a robust time capsule for ancient air [oxygen] isotope compositions,” said researchers led by Dingsu Feng of the University of Göttingen. “This novel form of analysis can “provide insights into past atmospheric greenhouse gas content and global primary productivity.”

Vortex planets from the dawn of light

Eriksson, Linn E J et al. “Planets and planetesimals at cosmic dawn: Vortices as planetary nurseries.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

The first planets ever born in the universe may have formed in vortices around ancient stars more than 13.6 billion years ago. These stars were made of light elements, such as hydrogen and helium, but each new generation forged an itty-bit of heavier elements in their bellies that could potentially provide basic planetary building blocks.

By running simulations of this early epoch, known as cosmic dawn, researchers led by Linn E.J. Eriksson of the American Museum of Natural History found that small rocky worlds, on the scale of Mercury or Mars, could coalesce from dust and pebbles trapped in so-called “vortices,” which are like cosmic eddies that form in disks around newborn stars.

As a consequence, this “suggests that vortices could trigger the formation of the first generation of planets and planetesimals in the universe,” the team said.

Congratulations to everyone who had “ancient vortex planets from cosmic dawn” on their bingo card this week.

Wash it all down with a glass of cockroach milk

Frigard, Ronja et al. “Daily activity rhythms, sleep and pregnancy are fundamentally related in the Pacific beetle mimic cockroach, Diploptera punctata.” Journal of Experimental Biology.

We began with cockatoos and we’ll close with cockroaches. Scientists have been bothering sleepy pregnant cockroaches, according to a new study on the Pacific beetle mimic cockroach, which is one of the few insects that produces milk and gives birth to live young.

“To our knowledge, no study has investigated the direct relationship between sleep and pregnancy in invertebrates, which leaves open the questions: do pregnant individuals follow similar sleep and activity patterns to their non-pregnant counterparts, and how important is sleep for successful pregnancy?” said researchers led by Ronja Frigard of the University of Cincinnati.
Biologists found that pregnant cockroaches need more sleep and those that are sleep-deprived have babies that require longer gestation to develop. Image: Andrew Higley
As it turns out, it’s very important! The team disrupted pregnant cockroaches by shaking their containers four times during their sleeping period for weeks on end. While the well-rested control group averaged 70 days for its gestation period, the sleep-deprived group took over 90 days to deliver their young. In addition, “when chronic sleep disturbance occurs, milk protein levels decline, decreasing nutrients available to the embryos during development,” the team concluded.

For those of us who have been woken up at night by the scuttling of cockroaches, this study is our revenge. Enjoy it while you can, because the smart money is on cockroaches outliving us all.

Thanks for reading! See you next week.





Telemeloni esiste e lotta contro l’EMFA


@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
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I solerti vertici della Rai hanno risposto sdegnati alla nota con la quale il sindacato unitario dei giornalisti Rai, l’Usigrai, ha dato conto dell’entrata in vigore dell’European Media Freedom Act. Così facendo, sono stati costretti ad ammetterne



Io ho firmato.
L'oscurantismo medievale non è accettabile!
La melma novax nei ministeri per decidere sulla nostra salute, no, grazie!
W la Scienza

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In un libro della biblioteca sull'art nouveau ho trovato questa foto della centrale elettrica di Trezzo d'Adda di Gaetano Moretti. Ecco, la dedico a chi insiste che l'estetica #solarpunk sono enormi spazi hi-tech di design + alberi.

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I padroncini calabresi soppiantarono i lombardi a suon di bombe nell’arco di un decennio collasgarba2.altervista.org/i-…


Anche Gpt5 di OpenAI ha limiti (e Altman lo sa)

L'articolo proviene da #StartMag e viene ricondiviso sulla comunità Lemmy @Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁)
Gpt-5 segna sicuramente un passo avanti nel perfezionamento dell'esperienza utente e dell'efficienza operativa, ma non rappresenta ancora la svolta radicale startmag.it/innovazione/anche-…




Nuova iscrizione


Nuovo utente, mi interesso di ambiente, diritti umani, democrazia, tecnologia solo se etica, e dei miei bambini, naturalmente.


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questi vogliono guadagnare sempre di più, e l'italia è un paese sempre più povero. non può funzionare se domanda e offerta non si incontrano. il capitalismo all'italiana.

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Douglas Bauer – Il mondo che chiama
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Tra la fatica delle miniere di carbone all’inizio del Novecento e il sollievo delle partite domenicali di baseball, Earl Dunham ha imparato a non aspettarsi troppo dalla vita. Il modo è duro, il futuro incerto, e ogni giorno è una battaglia per sopravvivere. Ma quando un incontro casuale lo avvicina al baseball professionistico, Earl si […]
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Tsmc, Tokyo Electron e la competizione tra “amici”

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Un ex dipendente di Tokyo Electron è sospettato di aver sottratto segreti industriali a Tsmc, la più importante azienda manifatturiera di microchip al mondo. Il caso ci ricorda che la proprietà intellettuale è centrale nella competizione



Paramount’s $36 million babysitter


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It’s the 136th day that Rümeysa Öztürk is facing deportation by the United States government for writing an op-ed it didn’t like, and the 55th day that Mario Guevara has been imprisoned for covering a protest. Read on for more, and click here to subscribe to our other newsletters.

Paramount’s $36 million babysitter


Paramount and Skydance Media finally completed their merger this week. To get there, Paramount paid $16 million to settle President Donald Trump’s absurdly frivolous lawsuit against CBS News, while Skydance reportedly will chip in $20 million in Trump-friendly PSAs.

So now Trump will leave them alone, right? Of course not. Skydance also committed to Federal Communications Commission chair and Trump bootlicker Brendan Carr to appoint a “bias ombudsman.” Skydance CEO David Ellison assured skeptics that the position will be a “transparency vehicle, not an oversight vehicle.” He promised that “we’re not being overseen by the FCC or anyone else.”

Carr sees it differently. He told The Washington Post’s Jeremy Barr that the FCC is in a “trust but verify posture,” noting that “when you make a filing at the FCC, we have rules and regulations that deal with false representations to the agency.” He added, “I’m confident that we’re going to stay in touch with [Skydance and Paramount] and track this issue.”

It sure sounds like Carr’s leaving the door wide open to threaten regulatory action whenever CBS broadcasts something he doesn’t like. Carr — who intends to monitor bias while wearing the president’s bust as a lapel pin — is the poster child for why the Constitution bars the government from meddling in newsrooms’ editorial decisions. Carr has also said he’s keeping his FCC’s nonsense investigation into CBS open, giving him another cudgel to wield if journalists forget who’s boss. There’s $36 million well spent.

Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Advocacy Director Seth Stern talked more about Carr’s censorial antics and our attorney disciplinary complaint against him on Legal AF’s “Court of History” podcast on the MeidasTouch network. Watch it here.

FPF’s barrage of FOIAs seeks to combat secrecy


Since our Freedom of Information Act request exposed the lies underpinning the Trump administration’s crackdown on leaks to journalists, FPF has filed over 100 more FOIAs to learn how the administration is targeting journalists and stifling dissent.

We put together a list of our top 10 most urgent FOIA requests. Read more here.

How federal law enables retaliation against incarcerated journalists


These days the president of the United States files frivolous lawsuits at an alarming clip, including against news outlets that displease him. He’s far from the only prominent public figure abusing the federal court system in this way.

And yet, Congress has not seen fit to pass a federal “anti-SLAPP” law to stop powerful billionaires and politicians from pursuing strategic lawsuits against public participation. But powerless prisoners? That’s another story. If they want access to the federal courts, they need to navigate the Prison Litigation Reform Act — a maze of onerous procedural requirements.

We hosted a webinar with incarcerated journalist Jeremy Busby and two attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union, Nina Patel and Corene Kendrick, to hear more about how the law silences journalism. Read and watch here.

Don’t let the leading voice for digital journalists be silenced


For decades, the National Press Photographers Association has protected the rights of news photographers and videographers. But recently, NPPA announced that it faces financial difficulties. We spoke to NPPA’s longtime General Counsel, Mickey Osterreicher, about NPPA’s work and the impact on the First Amendment if it shutters. You can support the NPPA’s programs here.

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The price of approval: How Paramount sold out the First Amendment for a merger

Protect the Protest
FPF’s Stern spoke to Protect the Protest — a coalition of nonprofit organizations fighting back against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, of which we are a proud member — about what the Paramount merger means for press freedom.


Ohio reporter’s notebook searched by Secret Service at Vance fundraiser

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
This is an obvious violation of reporters’ rights. Secret Service members should have basic First Amendment training, especially if they are going to be dispatched in the field.


New York Times responds to Benjamin Netanyahu’s lawsuit threat: “An increasingly common playbook”

Deadline
The government that has killed more journalists than all other countries combined over the last few years shouldn’t be lecturing a newspaper about anything — let alone an obviously true story.


US appeals court upholds SEC ‘gag rule’ over free speech objections

Reuters
An unfortunate decision, but this might be one of the rare instances when this Supreme Court accidentally does some good. We wrote last year about how this rule impacts the press.


Home Depot and Lowe's share data from hundreds of AI cameras with cops

404 Media
First, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a public records request that uncovered how Home Depot and Lowe’s are cooperating with cops. Then, 404 Media made the story free thanks to their commitment to dropping paywalls for public records-based reporting.


Govt. website ‘glitch’ removes Trump’s least favorite part of Constitution

Rolling Stone
We’re skeptical of the government’s excuses for deleting habeas corpus from an online copy of the Constitution. Let us guess, the next “glitch” makes the First Amendment disappear?


Law strikes back: Lawyers doing Trump’s bidding targeted where integrity still matters

MSNBC
Rachel Maddow discussed our disciplinary complaint against Carr as an example of using the legal profession’s standards “as a way to stand up and push back against” attacks on the press.


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Il Ministro Giuseppe Valditara ha firmato un decreto che autorizza ulteriori 164 interventi, per un investimento complessivo di quasi 104 milioni, destinati alla costruzione di nuovi #asili o alla riconversione di edifici non già destinati ad asili i…


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tastiera virtuale per ipovedenti


ora avrei bisogno di aiuto..

Mio fratellino (storia lunghissima che racconterò, forse, un'altra volta) è ipovedente.
Purtroppo essendo nato sordo, non parla nemmeno. Grazie agli impianti cocleari sente e capisce quasi tutto, ma non emette suoni.
Grazie alla tecnologia, però, sta imparando a comunicare. Sa leggere e scrivere al computer, anche se solo su nostro input, mai in modo spontaneo.
Usa una tastiera fisica per ipovedenti, con tasti grandi e ad alto contrasto, e la gestisce discretamente bene.
Recentemente ci siamo dotati di una lavagna interattiva per supportare il suo percorso educativo e di sviluppo.
Ho collegato la tastiera alla lavagna, ma non vuole usarla: preferisce stare in piedi e utilizzare quella virtuale direttamente sullo schermo della smart board (o forse semplicemente associa la tastiera fisica al computer... poco importa!).

Problema: la tastiera virtuale dobbiamo ri-attivarla spesso, inserire il CAPS LOCK (sa leggere e scrivere solo in maiuscolo) e con certe app non funziona..
Ecco perché avrei bisogno di una tastiera virtuale — che rimanga sempre visibile, o almeno di facile attivazione, sullo schermo della smart board — ad alto contrasto e con lettere maiuscole. La lavagna è basata su android.

Grazie se qualcuno può aiutarmi

#tastiera #ipovedenti #LavagnaInterattiva #smartboard #AltoContrasto #android #supporto #sordociechi




tastiera virtuale per ipovedenti


ora avrei bisogno di aiuto..

Mio fratellino (storia lunghissima che racconterò, forse, un'altra volta) è ipovedente.
Purtroppo essendo nato sordo, non parla nemmeno. Grazie agli impianti cocleari sente e capisce quasi tutto, ma non emette suoni.
Grazie alla tecnologia, però, sta imparando a comunicare. Sa leggere e scrivere al computer, anche se solo su nostro input, mai in modo spontaneo.
Usa una tastiera fisica per ipovedenti, con tasti grandi e ad alto contrasto, e la gestisce discretamente bene.
Recentemente ci siamo dotati di una lavagna interattiva per supportare il suo percorso educativo e di sviluppo.
Ho collegato la tastiera alla lavagna, ma non vuole usarla: preferisce stare in piedi e utilizzare quella virtuale direttamente sullo schermo della smart board (o forse semplicemente associa la tastiera fisica al computer... poco importa!).

Problema: la tastiera virtuale dobbiamo ri-attivarla spesso, inserire il CAPS LOCK (sa leggere e scrivere solo in maiuscolo) e con certe app non funziona..
Ecco perché avrei bisogno di una tastiera virtuale — che rimanga sempre visibile, o almeno di facile attivazione, sullo schermo della smart board — ad alto contrasto e con lettere maiuscole. La lavagna è basata su android.

Grazie se qualcuno può aiutarmi

#tastiera #ipovedenti #LavagnaInterattiva #smartboard #AltoContrasto #android #supporto #sordociechi

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@aimee80 non si può fare molto con queste cose qua, se uno un ausilio non ne vuole sapere, non lo userà (come gli anziani col bastone; quanto fa incazzare i parenti?)
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@Elena Brescacin lo so, non lo forziamo assolutamente. È che in estate esisteva solo la LIM e la piscina per lui, ora non entra nemmeno nella stanza dove ci sono i dispositivi 😅


This week, we discuss Wikipedia's ethos and zooming in on a lot of pictures of cops' glasses.

This week, we discuss Wikipediax27;s ethos and zooming in on a lot of pictures of copsx27; glasses.#BehindTheBlog


Behind the Blog: Speculation, Distraction, and Smart Glasses


This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss Wikipedia's ethos and zooming in on a lot of pictures of cops' glasses.

EMANUEL: I’m going to keep it very short this week because I’m crunching on a feature, but I wanted to quickly discuss Wikipedia.

This week I wrote a story about a pretty in-the-weeds policy change Wikipedia’s community of volunteer editors adopted which will allow them to more quickly and easily delete articles that are obviously AI generated. One thought I’ve had in mind that didn’t make it into the last few stories I’ve written about Wikipedia, and one that several people shared on social media in response to this one, is that it’s funny how many of us remember teachers in school telling us that Wikipedia was not a good source of information.

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Più o meno una volta al mese, torno a scrivere qualcosa 😁
Le cose stanno iniziando ad andare meglio (non lavorativamente), anche se il mio tempo libero è sempre pochissimo.
Comunque domenica mattina partiamo in vacanza e non vedo l'ora. Abbiamo proprio bisogno di ricaricarci un po'. Andremo in Slovenia 😀

Io, molto a rilento, sto cercando di togliere google e tanto altro schifo dalla mia vita. E questo mi fa sentire bene.



Sergio Zavoli e il senso della RAI


@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
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Cinque anni senza Sergio Zavoli (scomparso a 96 anni il 4 agosto 2020) e la sua idea dell’informazione, intesa, come ha ricordato di recente Vincenzo Vita, come una forma d’arte. Giornalista, scrittore, poeta, inventore di format televisivi straordinari come il




Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi's office said this was “a formal investigation into Flock Group Inc. over its role in enabling invasive surveillance practices that threaten the privacy, safety, and civil liberties of women, immigrants, and other vulnerable Americans.”#Impact


Congress Launches Investigation into Flock After 404 Media Reporting


Two members of Congress have launched a formal investigation into automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company Flock and demanded it turn over details of all searches of its national camera network concerning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and abortions. The move comes after 404 Media revealed that local cops were performing lookups in Flock on behalf of ICE or for immigration enforcement, and that a Texas officer searched cameras nationwide looking for a woman who self-administered an abortion.

The congressional investigation is just the latest impact from those articles, which have resulted in a wave of similar coverage around the country and Flock making major changes to its platform. The letter announcing the investigation explicitly cites 404 Media’s articles.

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The Halo 3C is a vape detector installed in schools and public housing. A young hacker found it contains microphones and that it can be turned into an audio bug, raising privacy concerns.#News #Hacking


It Looks Like a School Vape Detector. A Teen Hacker Showed It Could Become an Audio Bug


This article was produced with support from WIRED.

A couple of years ago, a curious, then-16-year-old hacker named Reynaldo Vasquez-Garcia was on his laptop at his Portland-area high school, seeing what computer systems he could connect to via the Wifi—“using the school network as a lab,” as he puts it—when he spotted a handful of mysterious devices with the identifier “IPVideo Corporation.”

After a closer look and some googling, Garcia figured out that a company by that name was a subsidiary of Motorola, and the devices he’d found in his school seemed to be something called the Halo 3C, a “smart” smoke and vape detection gadget. “They look just like smoke detectors, but they have a whole bunch of features like sensors and stuff,” Garcia says.

As he read more, he was intrigued to learn that the Halo 3C goes beyond detecting smoke and vaping—including a distinct feature for discerning THC vaping in particular. It also has a microphone for listening out for “aggression,” gunshots, and keywords such as someone calling for help, a feature that to Vasquez-Garcia immediately raised concerns of more intrusive surveillance.

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Monitor Dell U2312HM - Questo è un post automatico da FediMercatino.it

Prezzo: 50 €

Vendo monitor 23" Dell U2312HM, condizioni estetiche perfette, neanche un graffietto. Pixel perfetti, non c'è n'è uno bruciato o spento. Il connettore VGA balla leggermente: se spostate il pc tutti giorni da un po' fastidio, se lo tenete fisso, non ci sono problemi.

Sono inclusi il cavo di alimentazione e quello VGA/HDMI.

Zona di consegna Milano/Pavia. Visto il prezzo e le dimensioni, non credo convenga la spedizione.

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Monitor Dell U2312HM

Vendo monitor 23" Dell U2312HM, condizioni estetiche perfette, neanche un graffietto. Pixel perfetti, non c'è n'è uno bruciato o spento. Il connettore VGA balla leggermente: se spostate il pc tutti giorni da un po' fastidio, se lo tenete fisso, non ci sono problemi.

Sono inclusi il cavo di alimentazione e quello VGA/HDMI.

Zona di consegna Milano/Pavia. Visto il prezzo e le dimensioni, non credo convenga la spedizione.

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Gli Usa accelerano sulla difesa laser contro missili e droni. Ecco le ultime novità

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Negli ultimi anni l’Esercito statunitense ha accelerato lo sviluppo delle armi a energia diretta, e sulla base dei risultati ottenuti ne sta valutando un impiego più ampio anche nel contesto della difesa antimissile. “Le tecnologie per i laser a energia




Più di 16mila persone hanno contattato il Numero Bianco nell’ultimo anno


Si è registrato un aumento del 14% delle richieste arrivate alla nostra infoline: da Liguria e Lazio il maggior numero di chiamate in proporzione al numero degli abitanti

580 le richieste di aiuto alla morte volontaria


Negli ultimi 12 mesi sono arrivate 16.035 richieste di informazioni sul fine vita tramite il Numero Bianco(06 9931 3409), coordinato da Valeria Imbrogno, compagna di Dj Fabo, e attraverso le email dirette all’Associazione Luca Coscioni. Una media di 44 richieste al giorno, in crescita del 14 per cento rispetto all’anno precedente.

Si tratta di un servizio attivo tutti i giorni per ascoltare, orientare e informare sulle possibilità offerte oggi dall’ordinamento italiano in materia di fine vita, su temi come eutanasia e suicidio medicalmente assistito, testamento biologico, interruzione delle terapie e sedazione palliativa profonda. In assenza di risposte istituzionali adeguate, il servizio aiuta a costruire percorsi legali e umani verso la libertà di scelta sul fine vita.

Nel dettaglio, le richieste hanno riguardato soprattutto eutanasia e suicidio medicalmente assistito (circa 5 al giorno), ma anche interruzione delle terapie e sedazione palliativa profonda (più di una al giorno). Sono inoltre aumentate le domande pratiche per accedere alla morte volontaria medicalmente assistita in Svizzera o attraverso percorsi legali in Italia, arrivate da 580 persone (51 per cento donne, 49 per cento uomini), contro le 533 dell’anno precedente.

Sulla base delle informazioni disponibili sulla provenienza geografica di chi ha contattato il servizio, quando fornite, è stata elaborata una proiezione regionale ponderata per popolazione, che restituisce una fotografia della richiesta di aiuto a morire in Italia.

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La classifica delle regioni con il maggior numero di richieste rapportate a 100.000 abitanti vede al primo posto la Liguria con 48 ogni 100.000 abitanti, seguita dal Lazio con 43 richieste. Al terzo posto si posiziona la Toscana con 35, affiancata dal Friuli Venezia Giulia. Seguono Umbria, Emilia-Romagna e Lombardia con 33 richieste. Poi Piemonte con 28, il Veneto e le Marche con 26.

L'articolo Più di 16mila persone hanno contattato il Numero Bianco nell’ultimo anno proviene da Associazione Luca Coscioni.