Some Things I Read Last Week Jan 23 — Jan 29
Metallic hydrogen, cancer detecting AI, tracking Trump’s first 100 days, chips that can steer light, and more in this weeks edition of Some Things I Read Last Week.
With all of the upheaval from the new administration, I felt that all of the articles I read on Trump’s policies from this past week deserved their own article:
In case you missed last week:
Interesting
It’s incredible how far stem cell therapy has come.
As if the US spying on Americans wasn’t bad enough, now they’re willing to use data collected by the Russians.
Activism
Step by step, how to leak information to the press while protecting your identity.
Daily tracking of Trump and his campaign promises.
Looks like Shkreli has finally done something good. Here’s some dirt on big Pharma.
Science
If their research holds up, the never before seen metallic hydrogen could be a technological game changer.
Brain size may not be as important as we originally thought.
One of the takeaways is that they were likely much smarter than people at the time realized.
Design
I happen to love both design AND math, so this article really hit the spot.
As I’m getting ready for a rebranding of TheCallKC, I’ve been doing a lot of reading design systems and design documentation.
8pt Material Design GUI Templates
A walk-thru of Design Inc.’s visual design & base metrics
medium.com
For work, I’ve been looking at how to build a better price filter. Most sliders suck, but these articles give a great start into making them better. (Hint: make them non-linear)
Squares with rounded corners are so early 2000's
Self Driving Cars
This article is a good dose of reality of where we are and what needs to be worked on in the world of autonomous vehicles.
LIDAR is a key, and expensive, piece of technology to enable self driving cars. Luckily, there are a lot of companies working on driving down the cost in fascinating ways.
On a smaller scale, here’s a walkthrough of how someone built a self driving RC car.
Artificial Intelligence
If you’re interested in Deep Learning, but don’t know where to start, look no further.
Computers are continuing to match and beat humans at these crucial life saving tasks.
