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Jul 30

3 Kitchen Gadgets NY Times Food Writer Melissa Clark Can’t Live Without

Looking to up your cooking game? The first step is always making sure your kitchen is stocked with all the essential tools. New York Times food writer Melissa Clark does a whole lot of cooking—so she’s sharing her top three kitchen essentials that make cooking and baking so much easier.

Mini Mandolin

Opting for a mini mandolin is a lot easier than using a full-size mandolin. “I use [it] almost every day,” says Melissa. “I don’t know about you, but whenever I try to slice something really thinly with a knife, I get uneven pieces. This mandolin makes the pieces super even and it goes really fast.”

Melissa also suggests getting a mandolin glove to keep your fingers protected, although you can also use a dish towel—or some mandolins come with a little plastic piece to help protect your fingers. Just be careful not to cut yourself.

Mini Whiskey

“Using a smaller whisk works so much better when you have a small amount of liquid. [These are perfect for] a salad dressing or a little pot of hot cocoa or if you’re making yourself some oatmeal,” says Melissa. “What’s so great about these is I can hold them in my hand and get a lot of control and I can whisk really quickly , which is nice.” Plus, they’re really inexpensive and super cute!

Digital Scale

Say goodbye to dry cakes due to mis-measured flour. “This [digital scale] will guarantee you a perfect result,” says Melissa. “It is so much easier for baking, because instead of using measuring cups and measuring spoons and making a big mess, I can mix everything in my baking bowl and it’s a lot more precise. ”

Jul 30

The Secret to Longevity? Here Are 7 Health Tech Gadgets That Can Help

In a world submerged by economic, social and ecological crises, health emerges as the number one priority for people. Everyday life has become so stressful that it takes its toll on our well-being.To stay alert and in sync with everything, we are glued to our phones, making plugging off a real mission. Physical activity is a real struggle.

Luckily for us, there’s also a whole branch of technology, helping us navigate this rugged terrain. The Recursive compiled a list of 7 health tech gadgets developed in Southeast Europe with a mission – to take better care of our bodies and minds. From wristbands, to headbands and glasses, these health tech gadgets aim to help us understand our hearts, brains and needs better, in order to lead a better life.

Health tech gadgets developed in Southeast Europe

Name: Zeit Medical

Year of founding: 2019

Headquarters: California, United States

Founders: Orestis Vardoulis and Urs Naber

What it does: The company developed a headband for people to wear while sleeping. The wearable monitors the impulses of their brain. The software analyzes those impulses and it can detect a few hours early if a stroke or seizure will happen. It is advised to be worn by patients prone to neurological injuries.

The band can be set to call for help as soon as possible if even the smallest danger is detected. The latest round of investmentin total of €1.8M was raised by American VCs SeedtoB and Digilife in 2021.

Name: COME ON

Year of founding: 2015

Headquarters: Sofia, Bulgaria

Founders: Aleksandar Dimitrov, Branislav Nikolic

What it does: The company developed glasses which project blue light for 20-30 minutes, imitating natural sunlight, improving the human internal body clock. The specific light sends signals to the brain, through the retina, and then makes changes in the creation of the sleeping hormone – melatonin. Users experience better sleep, boosted energy levels and reduced jet lag effects in a natural way. The goAYO app provides personalized therapy, with science-based guidance, to help customers reach their goals for a healthier lifestyle. When downloading the app, they complete a simple test which helps the software get an idea of the body’s usual rhythm, the unique wake/sleep cycle, and from then on it makes recommendations for changes in their routine.Their latest round of investment is €190K in total, and was raised by Eleven Ventures.

Name: SparkVision

Year of founding: 2021

Headquarters: Sofia, Bulgaria

Founders: Ilko Simeonov and Ivan Tsvetkov

What it does: Glasses with bluetooth connection and installed camera to help visually impaired people orientate better when outside, but also read text and call a friend, if needed. The little speakers on the glasses enable people to hear the text they had scanned before with the glasses’ camera. It uses a specific software, available both in English and Bulgarian.

Name: ECG for Everybody

Year of founding: 2016

Headquarters: Novi Sad, Serbia

Founders

Jul 29

Grid Studio’s beautiful gadget art is taxidermy for geeks

If there’s one good thing about growing older, it’s that all the goofy stuff you liked when you were a kid is now prime nostalgia material. A framed poster for the original Power Rangers movie isn’t a sad obsession with a kid’s TV show, it’s retro chic! But there’s a difference between simply nailing up a bunch of old junk and decorating with intent. And the difference is, apparently, about two hundred bucks.

That’s cynical, especially for a man who actually does have Star Trek paintings in his house. But I have to admit, Grid Studio’s loving presentation of old tech as art is incredibly appealing to me, and I assume, people like me. When offered a chance to review one of their framed, dissected gadgets, I leaped on the opportunity for the original Game Boy Advance, which I think has yet to be topped for both ergonomics and visual appeal.

Not quite museum-grade memories

The package came in a stunning presentation, wrapped in high-quality paper with a ribbon sealed in actual wax. If I didn’t know what was inside I’d think I was being sent a box of chocolates that cost more than my monthly car payment. Upon opening it I found a rather more down-market shadowbox, flat black processed wood, and plexiglass with a plastic shipping protector.

Michael Crider/IDG

The unit they sent me looks identical to the presentation on the Grid Studio website, down to the Indigo color of the GBA itself and the printing of the Pokemon Ruby start screen. The various bits of the console are lovingly cleaned and meticulously placed, and are clearly a real Game Boy Advance that at one point bounced around a real kid’s backpack. The plastic screen cover might be replaced, but the rest has some faint wear and tear to show it’s the genuine article. That said, this GBA wasn’t abused — none of its imperfections detract from the piece as a whole.

The removed and stuck-on parts are aesthetically pleasing, especially the white PCB. Labels are hardly necessary, but they’re very cleanly presented in an appealing pixelated font to make you remember all those hours you spent blowing through AAs.

Michael Crider/IDG

Though that’s a strange omission here: While I appreciate that sticking actual zinc batteries onto something meant for long-term display isn’t a great idea, there’s no mention of them anywhere in the labeling or fakes used in some of the phone designs. The LCD screen from the Game Boy Advance is also missing. That glimpse through the plastic cover is the only indication it was ever there, despite the fact that we’re looking at the front of the PCB. Other Grid Studio game presentations also commit the screen panel, and I’m not sure why.

Any color you want, as long as you want purple

These nitpicks aside, it is a very nice presentation, and the presentation is what you’re paying for. That being the case, I would have liked the option to choose my color

Jul 29

Navajo man using designs to shed a light on MMIP

A Navajo man is getting a lot of support for his artwork. Not just because of his designs, but how they represent the issue of missing and murdered indigenous people (MMIP).”I used to sketch a lot. Three in the morning, I would just be sketching. I had books and tons of sketches, Delwin Lewis, owner of Creations Ink Apparel. Graphic designing was a passion Lewis always had, but he didn’t draw just anything. The Diné husband, and father of two, often includes a variety of Native American symbolism in his crafts. Particularly when it comes to certain issues within his own community, such as MMIP. “Growing up, I knew a lot of people. I just know where they were at,” he said. “I see their names sometimes on the missing . I’m like ‘oh, I went to school with them.'”Lewis’ own grandfather was murdered in Gallup in 1968.”Long time ago, my grandpa Leo Lewis was murdered in Gallup , New Mexico. He was stabbed in the heart. They took his money and they just left him there,” Lewis said. The graphic designer said the impact of his grandfather’s passing, and his family’s mourning, served as an inspiration one day. That led to the creation his first design, known as “Breaking Silence.” It features a native woman with a red handprint across her face. An image shared online and immediately loved by everyone. I started seeing the numbers kept going ,” he said. “So, I just started designing stuff.”The sketch is now one of over 100 creations Lewis has on his iPad. “Sometimes I just sit there and watch TV, and all of a sudden, I’ll just think of something. Then I’ll just go to my iPad and I’ll just sketch,” Lewis said. Some of Lewis’ designs are already on t-shirts, hats, and posters. Then, he sells his merchandise to customers from all over the world via social media. Lewis also attends local flea markets across New Mexico.”I have some people that are buying my stuff from Canada and mostly towards the east coast, like Alaska,” he said. All in hopes of spreading the awareness of MMIP even further, and to prevent others from experiencing the pain his own family feels to this day. “Mostly spread awareness to wherever they’re going, and to the families,” Lewis said. “To take care of them and teach them about everything that’s going on.”Lewis is already planning to expand his business with other merchandise, like skateboards and handbags. To learn more about Kreations Ink Apparel, visit his Facebook page here.

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A Navajo man is getting a lot of support for his artwork. Not just because of his designs, but how they represent the issue of missing and murdered indigenous people (MMIP).

“I used to sketch a lot. Three in the morning, I would just be sketching. I had books and tons of sketches,” Delwin Lewis, owner of Kreations Ink Apparel.

Graphic designing was a passion Lewis always had, but he didn’t draw

Jul 29

A Beginner’s Guide to Quantum Programming

A new guide on programming quantum algorithms leads programmers through every step, from theory to implementing the algorithms on IBM’s publicly accessible 5-qubit ibmqx4 quantum computer and others.

The guide covers the fundamentals, along with a summary of the main quantum algorithms and instructions on how to implement them on publicly available quantum computers

As quantum computers proliferate and become more widely available, would-be quantum programmers are left scratching their brains over how to get started in the field. A new beginner’s guide offers a complete introduction to quantum algorithms and their implementation on existing hardware.

“Writing quantum algorithms is radically different from writing classical computing programs and requires some understanding of quantum principles and the mathematics behind them,” said Andrey Y. Lokhov, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and lead author of the recently published guide in ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing. “Our guide helps quantum programmers get started in the field, which is bound to grow as more and more quantum computers with more and more qubits become commonplace.”

The book reviews 20 quantum algorithms in brief, stand-alone parts and includes well-known, fundamental quantum algorithms like Grover’s Algorithm for database searching and much more, and Shor’s Algorithm for factoring integers. The tutorial then teaches programmers how to implement the algorithms on several quantum computers, including IBM’s publicly available 5-qubit IBMQX4 quantum computer, to make the connection to the real world. In each instance, the authors go through the implementation’s outcomes and clarify the differences between the simulator and actual hardware runs.

“This article was the result of a rapid-response effort by the Information Science and Technology Institute at Los Alamos, where about 20 Lab staff members self-selected to learn about and implement a standard quantum algorithm on the IBM Q quantum system,” said Stephan Eidenbenz, a senior[{” attribute=””quantum computing scientist at Los Alamos, a coauthor of the article and director of ISTI when work on it began.

It was intended to train employees who had little or no training with quantum computing to implement a quantum algorithm on a real-world quantum computer in order to prepare the Los Alamos workforce for the quantum era, according to Eidenbenz.

These staff members, in addition to a few students and well-established quantum experts, make up the long author list of this “crowd-sourced” overview article that has already been heavily cited, Eidenbenz said.

Before moving on to the more complex topics of unitary transformations and gates, quantum circuits, and quantum algorithms, the first section of the guide explains the fundamentals of programming a quantum computer, including qubits and qubit systems, superposition, entanglement, and quantum measurements.

The section on the IBM quantum computer covers the set of gates available for algorithms, the actual physical gates implemented, how the qubits are connected, and the sources of noise, or errors.

Another section looks at the various types of quantum algorithms. From there, the guide dives into the 20 selected algorithms, with a problem definition, description, and steps for implementing each one on the