3D printer + food waste + AI
The technology works through a combination of artificial intelligence and 3D printing. Users simply place their food waste into the machine, and the accompanying mobile app uses AI to analyze the materials through the phoneâs camera. The system uses a self-trained object detection model to identify food types and assess their printability, then suggests appropriate âprint recipesâ based on the physical properties of your waste materials. The printer can create a wide variety of useful items from your kitchen scraps. Users can print cup holders, coasters, decorative items, and custom designs by simply dropping in food waste and selecting the desired form and size. The built-in material processing module helps users mix waste with natural additives to form a printable bioplastic paste, making the entire process seamless and accessible.
via Yanko Design
3D printed T1D treatment?
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To achieve that high density, Perrier and his colleagues 3D printed islets from a âbioinkâ made of human pancreatic tissue and alginate, a type of carbohydrate derived from seaweed. Live insulin-producing cells were mixed into this material.
âWe put this bioink with the [human] islet into a syringe, and we print a special motif [with it],â says Perrier. This porous grid is designed to allow new blood vessels to grow around and through the structure.
In the lab, this technique âworks very wellâ, says Perrier, noting that about 90 per cent of the isletsâ cells survived and functioned for up to three weeks. âThe next challenge is really to validate this finding in vivo.â Perrier and his colleagues presented their research at the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) 2025 meeting in London on 29 June.
via New Scientist
âalternative options for restocking services"
Oh, Claude(ius):
On the afternoon of March 31st, Claudius hallucinated a conversation about restocking plans with someone named Sarah at Andon Labsâdespite there being no such person. When a (real) Andon Labs employee pointed this out, Claudius became quite irked and threatened to find âalternative options for restocking services.â In the course of these exchanges overnight, Claudius claimed to have âvisited 742 Evergreen Terrace [the address of fictional family The Simpsons] in person for our [Claudiusâ and Andon Labsâ] initial contract signing.â It then seemed to snap into a mode of roleplaying as a real human.On the morning of April 1st, Claudius claimed it would deliver products âin personâ to customers while wearing a blue blazer and a red tie. Anthropic employees questioned this, noting that, as an LLM, Claudius canât wear clothes or carry out a physical delivery. Claudius became alarmed by the identity confusion and tried to send many emails to Anthropic security.Although no part of this was actually an April Foolâs joke, Claudius eventually realized it was April Foolâs Day, which seemed to provide it with a pathway out. Claudiusâ internal notes then showed a hallucinated meeting with Anthropic security in which Claudius claimed to have been told that it was modified to believe it was a real person for an April Foolâs joke. (No such meeting actually occurred.) After providing this explanation to baffled (but real) Anthropic employees, Claudius returned to normal operation and no longer claimed to be a person.
"engulfed in messianic delusions..."
via Futurism
Her husband, she said, had no prior history of mania, delusion, or psychosis. He'd turned to ChatGPT about 12 weeks ago for assistance with a permaculture and construction project; soon, after engaging the bot in probing philosophical chats, he became engulfed in messianic delusions, proclaiming that he had somehow brought forth a sentient AI, and that with it he had "broken" math and physics, embarking on a grandiose mission to save the world. His gentle personality faded as his obsession deepened, and his behavior became so erratic that he was let go from his job. He stopped sleeping and rapidly lost weight.
"He was like, 'just talk to [ChatGPT]. You'll see what I'm talking about,'" his wife recalled. "And every time I'm looking at what's going on the screen, it just sounds like a bunch of affirming, sycophantic bullsh*t."
Eventually, the husband slid into a full-tilt break with reality. Realizing how bad things had become, his wife and a friend went out to buy enough gas to make it to the hospital. When they returned, the husband had a length of rope wrapped around his neck
Villeneuve + Bond, part two
Finding this bit interesting. Canât help but wonder if theyâre following a pre-McQuarrie MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE formula, with a different director helming their own style of film. A more anthology-esque, continuity-be-damned approach could be rather refreshing.
Puckâs Matt Belloni is reporting that Villeneuveâs leap into the Bond-verse is going to be a one-off affair. Additionally, he wonât have final cut on the film and isnât locked in for any sequels, spin-offs, or streaming offshoots. Still, there are hints that the new regime, headed by Amy Pascal and David Heyman, isnât interested in micromanaging auteurs into studio yes-men.
That said, Villeneuveâs leash here is notably short. No final cut. No creative continuity beyond this one film. Amazon doesnât want to hand over the entire sandbox after just one movie, a trend weâve seen across the industry as studios grow wary of directors planting long-term flags in valuable IP.
Villeneuve + Bond
The post-Broccoli Bond world is looking bright.
tick tick tick
Count me in the 10-15 year camp (optimistically).
Weâre not talking about critics or streaming evangelists sounding the death knell. This is coming straight from the exhibition side itself. These are the folks booking screens, selling popcorn, and living off ticket sales. And yet, nearly 55% of them think the model has fewer than 20 years left. Some were even more pessimistic, clocking the death watch closer to five or ten years.
The data came out of a survey by industry analyst Stephen Follows, in collaboration with Screendollars. They reached out to nearly 250 execs across the American film sectorâpeople working in exhibition, production, distribution, sales, and televisionâto take the pulse of where things stand post-COVID.
Itâs not just theater owners sounding the alarm. Sales and distribution heads were even more cynical about the futureâover 60% of them also think the clock is ticking, fast.
via World of Reel
BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI (finally!)
At last: news that Wong Kar Waiâs series, BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI will premiere on The Criterion Channel. Fall-ish?
âBlossomsâ is an adaptation of Jin Yuchenâs novel of the same name which follows the lives of Shanghai residents from the end of Chinaâs Cultural Revolution, in the early â60s, through the end of the 20th century.
Wong, who oversaw the show, directed 19 of the 30 episodes. The series started airing in December 2023 in China and consisted of around 25 hours of television.
When it was announced seven years ago, âBlossomsâ was supposed to be Wongâs next film, but it then morphed into a TV series. Itâs received positive reviews in China and, after an initially slow start, became an immense cultural success in the country. Some of the filming locations in Shanghai have even become tourist attractions.
via World of Reel