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Dave Pentecost Nov 6, 2024

Well I'm back on Mastodon toad.social again after quite a long break. Many thanks to @davetroy for hosting this.

I planned to leave Twitter some time ago and then found a cohort of visionOS and Swift developers there who inspired me.

Recently I've scaled back my visionOS ambitions, gone back to basics to learn Swift, started working with Claude to code small apps, and returned to a new project - building a new planetarium in New York.

So I am checking in, saying hello. We carry on.

Dave Pentecost Oct 17, 2023

Serenity Caldwell Oct 4, 2023

While I was off in a galaxy far far away last week, we launched a TON of new activities for Apple developers, including more #visionOS labs, in-person events, and 1:1 consultations. You should check it out. 👀 https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=gv83byb2

Hello Developer: October 2023 - Discover - Apple Developer

Explore developer activities, go behind the scenes with Plex, catch up on the latest news, and more.

Dave Pentecost Aug 3, 2023

Latest from my visionOS effort - a first version of a virtual planetarium, with a frame from Maya Skies show. It has to display a fulldome (circular fisheye) image or video, not the equirectangular 360 of Apple's full immersion. More to come.

Dave Pentecost Dec 31, 2022

Wonder of Science Dec 30, 2022

Amazing footage of a Cirroteuthid octopus stretching its tentacles to form a huge balloon, filmed by EVNautilus at a depth of around 1,600 metres.

Source and more details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbHjs9A7sis

Cirroteuthid Octopus Billows Like a Circus Tent | Nautilus Live

YouTube

Dave Pentecost Dec 29, 2022

The (inflatable) planetarium we helped launch in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico is open!

Dave Pentecost Dec 28, 2022

Interstellar pico-scale probes
https://twitter.com/liebertpub/status/1605603428750745602?s=46&t=HFPyjpAC2DmkEUnfsuSndQ

Mary Ann Liebert Inc on Twitter

“Picogram-Scale Probes to Explore Nearby Stars @geochurch fascinating article @Astrobiology_jn proposes the use of picogram to nanogram-scale probes that can land, replicate, and produce a communications module at the destination to explore nearby #stars: https://t.co/gSvi0ZTCdy”

Twitter

Dave Pentecost Dec 17, 2022

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/travel/how-to-save-mexicos-rivers-take-people-kayaking-down-them/

How to save Mexico's rivers? Take people kayaking down them

By getting people enjoying some of Mexico's most pristine rivers, the nonprofit SierraRios hopes to inspire conservation efforts.

Mexico News Daily

Dave Pentecost Dec 11, 2022

TheAtlantic Dec 11, 2022

2022's promising discoveries include snapshots of the beginning of the universe, medicine that can (kind of) reverse death, and more: https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/12/technology-medicine-law-ai-10-breakthroughs-2022/672390/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=true-anthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1601761943777431553

The 10 Most Promising Breakthrough Innovations of 2022

Pictures of the beginning of the universe, medicine that can (kind of) reverse death, and other leaps of human ingenuity

The Atlantic

Dave Pentecost Dec 5, 2022

Spaceflight 🚀Dec 1, 2022

At the moment there are about 4,852 working #satellites in #orbit, playing crucial roles in #communications, remote sensing and other tasks. Two new missions will take #servicing a step further. Semiautonomous #robots equipped with mechanical arms to add #fuel to orbiting satellites, and even to make simple #repairs. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/robots-may-soon-fix-fuel-satellites-in-space-180979659

#SpaceMaintenance