New robots: Magni, Misty, and Loomo

Misty by Misty Robotics

Every week or so, I see a new robotic system pop up in my social feed. I do a bit of research and digging around and move on to other things. I finally decided to start writing about these robots, here, on my blog. Two of these robots rely on the idea that users will…

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Practicing Python: 3 favorite online resources

I’ve been actively learning Python for almost a year and—as obvious as it sounds—one important aspect of learning is practicing! Here are my three favorite online resources for practicing Python. Practice Python Practice Python is the side project of Michele Pratusevich, a research engineer. With over 30 beginner Python exercises, full with discussion of a…

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How to read more

As I’m building new skills and learning about emerging technologies, I have focused on improving my reading. Here are a few thoughts and strategies I’ve been using.

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Video recap #1

I have a couple of posts in the works, but I’d still like to post some things here. So I decided to start video recap posts. These are videos I’ve watched over the past couple of weeks (some are recent; others are not). Origami-inspired artificial muscles “Researchers at the Wyss Institute, Harvard SEAS, and MIT…

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