If you follow me on Twitter, you may have already seen these. Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader or via twitter (please consider following some of the tweeters). What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!
Who knew flying robot quadrotors were even a thing? These ones play the James Bond theme!
Video description: Flying robot quadrotors perform the James Bond Theme by playing various instruments including the keyboard, drums and maracas, a cymbal, and the debut of an adapted guitar built from a couch frame. The quadrotors play this “couch guitar” by flying over guitar strings stretched across a couch frame; plucking the strings with a stiff wire attached to the base of the quadrotor. A special microphone attached to the frame records the notes made by the “couch guitar”.
These flying quadrotors are completely autonomous, meaning humans are not controlling them; rather they are controlled by a computer programed with instructions to play the instruments.
More information: http://www.upenn.edu/spotlights/penn-quadrotors-ted
Less whimsical links:
- RT @SabraLane: Despite some reports to the contrary: Bob Carr will not be sworn in today. The NSW parliament is yet to endorse the nomination. #auspol
- RT @ProfessorFunk: The world’s biggest slums as seen from space –http://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-…
- RT @bluemilk: Happy International Women’s Day NOT http://www.smh.com.au/nsw…
- RT @Raili_Sim: Finland’s school success is based on investment in teachers and public education, not measurement and testing systems: http://www.abc.net.au/news…
- RT @brainpicker: A brief history of the to-do list and the psychology of what makes a successful onehttp://www.brainpickings.org/index…
- RT @CrikeyWeekender: The Age’s film reviewer Jim Schembri now punks your employer if you tweet criticism: http://www.crikey.com.au/2012…
- RT @ACOSS: Skyrocketing no. of people in urgent need of disability services is “totally unacceptable”http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/disable…
- RT @edyong209: Reading the privacy policies you encounter in a year would take 76 work dayshttp://www.theatlantic.com/technol… HT @alexismadrigal
- RT @bluemilk: More great feminist children’s book recommendationshttp://margotmagowan.wordpress.com/2012…
- RT @Pirra_Jaide: Disney’s fat-shaming fail http://www.salon.com/2012…
- RT @yvettevignando: Laywer decides a #Pinterest board has potentially serious legal ramifications & deletes hers. Def’ly worth a read IMO http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin…
- RT @bluemilk: Interesting thoughts on why we struggle to apologise properly in our society.http://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2012…
- Seriously brill. #opennews RT @lehmo23: Agreed. Brilliant! RT @hamishNews: How good is this Guardian advert? http://www.youtube.com/watch…
- RT @guardiantech: Google privacy policy changes spark EU inquiry http://www.guardian.co.uk/technol…
- YES! RT @lukeayresryan: Think you know what order you should watch Star Wars in? Well, you’re wrong:http://nomachetejuggling.com.s…
- RT @AntDeRosa: How Facebook makes money (hint: you’re the product) http://www.reuters.com/video…
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The 105th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up! 
Hoyden About Town 
In the US, it’s Endometriosis Awareness Month, so I’m posting an endo fact per day.
Also pointing out the irony of Rush Limbaugh in case enough people hadn’t done that already.
I also wrote about memories of my dad.
I’ve also been checking out neato vids of quadrocopters.
If we’re talking quadrocopters, it just so happens that ABC’s Catalyst was in my office last week filming an episode about this. (My office is so cool)
It’s not like I’m seething with jealousy right now or anything.
This is what I’m writing and living at present. http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2012/03/02/my-legal-billl/
@Janet: I’m sorry to hear about this (I don’t follow MSM much), and I’ll see what I can contribute.
Thank you! That’s lovely of you. xx