Michael and Michael get together to talk about IoT feeding chickens, vending machines, staying sociable during social distancing, innovations in 3D printing, photo background and foreground obfuscation, Pi-hole security and iPad functionality.
A Pizza ATM was installed at the University of North Florida in February, before all of the social distancing went into effect. It’s as easy as preparing the dough and put it into the cold storage and bake a fresh pie for the hungry students at 3am right in that kiosk. This reminded the co-hosts of the automat in New York City.
Guest Ian Hughes was among the featured webinar speakers on how to remain socially active during this time of social distancing, with suggestions such as engaging in the arts and in virtual meetings in other environments such as Fortnite and Animal Crossing.
Michael R describes the new innovations in 3D printing which allows for faster processing and shape forming. Have a look at the link below for all the 4D deets.
After a couple stories about video alteration, from PhotoRoom’s background removal to Signal’s ability to blur images, we take a clear look at how Pi-Hole treats DNS1 vs DNS2.
Rounding things out for this episode, Michael and Michael talk about how the newest iPad is more than a consumption device, and Michael R has been using his extremely creatively, such as doing all the processing for this podcast on it. See his blog post below for exactly how.
Selected Links
Solar Chickens — http://www.solarchickens.com
Delish article: College Students Can Now Withdraw Fresh Pizza From An ATM During Their Late Night Study Sessions — https://www.delish.com/food-news/a30767988/pizza-atm-machine/
Pizza ATM — http://pizzaatmllc.com/pizza-atm/how-it-works
Automat wikipedia article — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat
The Verge article: A restaurant in the Netherlands is using creepy robot waiters for social distancing — https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/31/21276318/restaurant-netherlands-robot-waiters-social-distancing-pandemic
The Chartered Institute for IT webinar: Cultural enrichment: 15 ways to use IT to stay sociable — https://www.bcs.org/content-hub/cultural-enrichment-15-ways-to-use-it-to-stay-sociable/
3DPrint.com article: 4DTexture: Holistic Computational Design for 3D Surfaces — https://3dprint.com/267028/new-4dtexture-system-offers-holistic-computational-design-3d-surfaces-texture/
TechCrunch article: PhotoRoom automagically removes background from your photo — https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/05/photoroom-automagically-removes-background-from-your-photo/
Signal — https://www.signal.org
Roy Tanck blog post — Using Pi-Hole to investigate DNS 1 vs. 2 usage — https://roytanck.com/2020/05/30/using-pi-hole-to-investigate-dns-1-vs-2-usage/
Raspberry Pi — https://www.raspberrypi.org
The Verge article: Apple is testing a better way to change iPad keyboard brightness — https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/5/21281334/apple-ipad-keyboard-brightness-shortcut
Random Thoughts blog post: iPad only Podcast Editing — http://michaelrowe01.com/index.php/2020/05/31/ipad-only-podcast-editing/
9 to 5 Mac article: How iPads have transitioned from consumption devices to productivity devices — https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/07/ipad-productivity-transitioned/
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Such a fun episode, Michael & Andy! Loved your discussion on Life by You.