Their newly developed SlothBot is built to study animals, plants and the overall environment below them by moving as little as possible. It inches along overhead cables only when necessary, charging itself with solar panels to monitor factors like carbon dioxide levels and weather for as long as possible — possibly for years. It even crawls toward the sunlight to ensure it stays charged.
The 3D-printed shell helps SlothBot blend in (at least in areas where sloths live) while sheltering its equipment from the rain.
The robot will start by watching over the Atlanta Botanical Garden for several months, hanging from a lone 100-foot cable.
I saw a van coming up behind us with sparks flying and then we caught this passing us by. A hit and run driver in Corona smashed into a motorcycle, pinning it under his bumper and dragging it off the highway. We doubled back to see if we could find him but he had run his car into a fence and presumably took off running. It looked straight out of a movie, we could not believe it, we hope the motorcyclist is okay!
Als ich das erste Mal von meinen Alten ins Ferienlager geschickt wurde, hasste ich es in diesem Moment. Zum Schluss der DDR war ich während der Sommerferien gerne drei mal für zwei Wochen weg und liebte es. Meine Alten auch – die hatten dann immer schön „kinderfrei“. Was ich dann immer dabei haben sollte:
Ich war ja damals immer eher so im Team ICQ, aber natürlich sind mir die Sounds vom AOL Instant Messenger dennoch nicht fremd. Und geben mir gerade so ein bescheuertes Gefühl der „guten alten Zeit“ und so. Ich nehme die mir mal eben. Ist immer noch besser, als sich heute durch Facebook-Kommentarspalten zu klicken. Ha!
Die wundervolle Alicia Keys spielt für NPR ein Tiny Desk Concert – und ich habe instant Gänsehaut. Wie verdammt gut sie ist. Und die Band. Und der Rahmen dafür. Alter! <3
This performance was recorded on Feb. 12, 2020. We will continue releasing Tiny Desk videos of shows that had already been taped. In light of current events, NPR is postponing new live tapings of Tiny Desk Concerts. In the meantime, check out Tiny Desk (home) concerts! They’re recorded by the artists in their home. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.
June 17, 2020 | Abby O’Neill — On a brisk February morning, Alicia Keys, full of effervescence, entered NPR through the loading dock wearing a canary yellow faux fur coat. During our ride to the fourth floor, she joked about how she hadn’t been invited to play at the Tiny Desk. That, of course, wasn’t exactly true. We worked on and off for years to make this moment happen, and I can say wholeheartedly that it was worth the wait.
Alicia Keys has an aura that you can sense the second she enters a room, or in my case, an elevator. She radiates compassion and kindness. This spirit is the key to Keys’s songwriting, which is rooted in introspection and mindfulness.
As she approached her piano, a bit surprised at the amount of people in the room, she smiled and remarked over her shoulder, „Gee, the Tiny Desk is tiny!“ She kicked off the set with an uncanny ode to combat the darkness of this moment in American history: „Show Me Love,“ a single she released in 2019. No one could have predicted then how much her lyrics and musical healing would be crucial during this emotionally fraught time of unprecedented political and racial unrest, heightened by three months of quarantine due to a global pandemic.
The stand-out moment during her Tiny Desk was the premiere of „Gramercy Park“, a song from her upcoming self-titled album, ALICIA, which is set to be released this fall. It’s one of those timeless songs that will transcend radio formats and genres, with lyrics that address how utter selflessness and worrying about making everyone happy but yourself can throw your own center askew. The song’s spiritual refrain is sure to be a sing-along moment for the rest of Keys’s career.
Schon faszinierend zu sehen, wie rasant die Videoverleihbude Blockbuster in den USA bis nach die Jahrtausendwende gewachsen ist, um dann noch rasanter wieder abzubauen, was ja auch beispielhaft für die hiesigen Videotheken sein dürfte. Da denkste vielleicht gerade noch an die Weltherrschaft, weil dein Laden unermesslich zu wachsen scheint, dann kommen neue Technologien – und zack – kannste deine Bude dichtmachen.
Blockbuster opened their first store in Dallas in October of 1985. They weren’t the first video rental company, but they did have the largest selection of movie titles, over 6,500, which was more than any of their competitors at the time. Their first store was a huge success and throughout 1986, they opened three more stores in Texas.
While Blockbuster’s store concept worked really well, it wasn’t unique enough to be patentable. They knew that other companies would likely start copying their business model. To overcome this, their strategy was to grab as much market share as quickly as possible to stay ahead of any potential competitors. Throughout 1989, they purchased another four established rental chains and by 1990, they had opened over 1000 stores.
Through 2005, Blockbuster began closing their most unprofitable stores while they struggled to return to profitability. By this point, in addition to Netflix, they were also facing competition from Redbox which pretty much offered the same product as Blockbuster, just as a vending machine instead of an entire store.
In 2010, they continued downsizing and closing stores and by the end of the year, they filed for bankruptcy. Blockbuster was eventually acquired by the television provider Dish Network. Dish initially had plans to keep around 1,500 stores open and launch their own streaming service to rival Netflix, but these plans never ended up happening.
The last surviving store is located in Bend Oregon, it’s not only the last store in the US, it’s the last one left in the entire world. They’re a small owner operated store which is supported by loyal local customers as well as tourists stopping by to experience the nostalgia of visiting a Blockbuster store.
Mash hat sich ein kleines Piano aus Eisstielen gebaut, das auch als hölzerne Kalimba durchgeht. Ob man das braucht, weiß ich nicht, jetzt aber, dass es möglich ist, sich derartiges selber zusammenzuschrauben.
People of the Chicago Roscoe Village Neighborhood participate in a ‚Silly Walking Zone.‘ I made 2 signs for the sidewalk across the street from my apartment to brighten my day as I worked from home during quarantine. Little did I know how many neighbors would join in, so I starting catching videos when I saw people silly walking.
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