Coir rioee chimmeeagh?

V'eh ry-yerkal, gyn ourys, agh she skeeal mie t'ayn ny yei shen. Ta ronseyderyn er ngeddyn feanish dy dug magh coyr rioee "inçhynagh" post-l spammagh.

Ren Proofpoint (ny cholught shickyrys fysseree) cronnaghey soiaghey spammagh rish y Nollick. Hug ny kimmee postyn-l tree keayrtyn 'sy laa er feie ny cruinney dys sleih as colughtyn, 100,000 'sy cheayrt. Cha daink agh 10 postyn-l ass enmys IP er lheh, myr shen by ghoillee eh ad y haghney liorish lhiettal IP. Y red anaasoil, shen dy daink 25 'sy cheead jeh jeshaghtyn elley, cha nel jeh co-earrooderyn tradishoonagh. Hooar ad çhaghteraghtyn daink ass "router" thie, jeshaghtyn yl-vean, çhellveeishanyn as coyr rioee; va co-earrooder as ablid eddyr-voggyl ec dagh fer. Son y chooid smoo nagh row ny kimmeeyn er mrishey jeshaghtyn sauçhey, agh er ngeddyn adsyn nagh row reaghit dy cooie hoshiaght, as adsyn ragh row er gaghlaa focklyn arrey jeh ny dug colughtyn er dagh fer. Myr shen, by aashagh eh ad y chleayney.

Cha nel mee goaill yindys kyndagh rish shen. Ta jeshaghtyn inçhynagh goaill stiagh co-earrooder dys geddyn fysseree as aawoalley yn aghtey oc rere eh, ny kiangley rish jeshaghtyn elley, agh ta'n ablid shen nyn vosley magh dys kimmee. S'doillee dy liooar eh cur er sleih co-earrooderyn tradishoonagh y choadey, gyn çheet er y choyr rioee! Mannagh vel jeshaght jeeaghyn dy ve ny cho-earrooder, s'cosoylagh nagh ver sleih my ner dy vel feysht ayn. Chammah's shen, cha nel eh baghtal cre'n feeu t'ec kimmee geddyn greim er coyr rioee - cha neeu eh boirey ort lesh stiurey eh, cha nel fysseree scanshoil aynsyn. Cha nel eh baghtal da cagh noadyr cre'n assee jeh my ghoys ad greim er noadys, ga dy dod veerys neuchramp cur er meeobbraghey er lhiam.

As erskyn shen, cha nel ny jeshaght jeant dy ve feer sauçhey. Dy cadjin, rere Proofpoint, cha nel eh aashagh da'n çhellooder kiangley roo as reaghey ad, dys aanoaghey claareyn noi-veerys as reddyn elley. S'doillee eh feddyn veeryssyn er y jeshaght mannagh vel corys-obbree cadjin oc, ny aght neuchramp dy obbraghey er. Cha nel coadey noi-veerys mie ry-gheddyn, cha nel claareyn oc ta shickyraghey as gaanoaghey lheid ny cooid vog, as cha nel skimmee coadee cur geill da'n 'eysht. Er lhiam nagh vel sleih smooinaghtyn dy baghtal - she co-earrooder t'ayn, myr shen t'eh lane scanshoil ad y choadey noi kimmee, son ta co-earrooder gyn coadey ny cho-earrooder gyn mainshtyr, as dy leah she co-earrooder kimmeeagh t'ayn. Ta co-earrooderyn feer ymmydoil da kimmee - ta niart co-earrooagh lhiggey daue brishey coryssyn scanshoil elley, my she glioonagh ny coyr rioee t'ad gaavainshtyr, she co-earrooder t'ayn.

She eiyrtys gyn shaghney t'ayn, er lhiam, as wheesh sleih cur wheesh jeshaghtyn elley er y voggyl (cre'n fa? cha nel mee toiggal), as toiggalys beg oc er sauçhys co-earrooder. Wahll, chammah's shen, she dooghys lhiastey t'ain, son y chooid smoo, as cha nel monney sleih coadey y co-earrooder hene oc, gyn çheet er jeshaghtyn elley. Cha neeu eh, ta shin lieh-chredjal, as shen dy liooar dooin gyn jannoo eh.

As rish 2020, myr shen, bee y kishtey stiagh ad lane dy soilsheenyn noa-Viagra hug y coyr rioee dhyt, as bee y jeshaght chaffee as y çhellveeishan cur co-chialg er bun dty varroo ass lieh possan kimmeeagh ayns çheer elley.

Coontey y Veeb

Robotyn karree corryl

Er y gherrid, ta mee er chur cooney da kuse dy hroddanyn Indiegogo, as nyn mast'oc troddan as yn ennym Coralbots echey. Ga dy row dagh troddan anaasoil, ta mee son loayrt er ny robotyn rish tammylt.

Skerryn corrylagh

S'cosoylagh dy vel oo er glashtyn nagh vel skerryn corrylagh ayns slaynt vie. T'ad troggal ad hene dy moal, pollyp er phollyp, rish bleeantyn. Agh ta ro-eeastaghey, cur stiagh sampleyryn, lhongvrishaghyn as reddyn elley jannoo assee dy tappee (as trawlal grunt erskyn ooilley), as ta stroos orroo myrgeddin bentyn rish faarkaghyn goll sharroo, ny sollaghey.

Aachouyral

Ta sleih gobbraghey hannah dy aachouyral skerryn, liorish çhaglym meeryn corryl brishtey ta bio foast, as ad y aachiangley rish y sker hene: ta shiartanse dy ghooieyn corryl surranse shen. S'cosoylagh eh shen e skerryn thanney ta so-roshtyn ec thummeyder scuba (wheesh as 600t fo'n eaghtyr), agh t'eh moal agglagh as lane doilleeidyn, er y fa nagh dod oo tannaghtyn 'syn ushtey rish foddey, ny roshtyn skerryn dowin. Shimmey sker jeeylit t'ayn er grunt ny marrey ass roshtyn thummeyderyn. Haink yn eie da'n Olloo Lea-Anne Henry (Ollooscoill Herriot-Watt)dy nod ad jannoo ymmyd jeh robotyn 'syn obbyr (as lhig dou gra s'treih lhiam nagh row lheid yn olloo breeoil gynsaghey y coorse bea-oaylleeaght ayms).

Robotyn

Ta fwirran dy oaylleeyn as çhaghnoaylleeyn gobbraghey er robotyn seyr-obbree aachouyrys skerryn corryl. Ta lheid ny robotyn ry-akin hannah: t'ad tayrn caslyssyn-hallooin er grunt ny marrey, shirrey mianee, patrolaghey ayns ynnydyn coadit, ronsaghey cooishyn marrey as reddyn elley. Ta oayllee gobbraghey er armyn son robotyn noa, do nod ad cur lhieu erash nheeghyn scanshoil: sampleyryn, jeantaneyn ny kishtaghyn recortys etlan. Ta armyn ry-akin er robotyn fo smaght foddey voue ta cummal seose croanyn ooill, karraghey piobyn as cur lhieu ny nheeghyn heose, agh t'adsyn fo stiurey sleih, as ta stiureyderyn schlei goan as deyr! Chammah's shen, cha nel radio gobbraghey dy mie fo ushtey, as myr shen s'doillee eh cummal seose kiangley rish y bot; t'ou croghey er caabyl fysseree (as e ghoilleeidyn hene echeysyn) ny er kiangley er lhag-venkid ta feer voal. Liorish cur armyn er robotyn seyr-obbree, oddagh oo jannoo foddey ny smoo, ny s'tappee as ny sloo deyr. As shen gyn gaue da deiney: ta feanish ayn dy vel thummey gaueagh, ga nagh vel sleih coardail er y ghaue t'ayn. Ayns ayrn, shen er y fa nagh vel fys baghtal er wheesh dy 'leih ta thummey, ny cre cho liauyr. Rere ooryn jeant, t'ad credjal dy vel eh mysh 96 keayrtyn ny smoo gaueagh na imman, agh rere baaseyn 'sy vleih t'eh ny sauçhey, dy baghtal.

Ta fo'n wirran Coralbots robotyn y chroo nod cooilleeney y lane obbyr gyn feme er deiney. Ta daa ghean ec yn çhalee. Hoshiaght, lhisagh ny robotyn feddyn meeryn corryl ta er nyn mrishey voish y sker, ny meeryn er nyn troarey ayns ymmyr corryl; nee ad shirrey ynnyd cooie da'n veer 'sy sker, as ad y aachiangley rish. Agh erskyn shen, ta fo'n wirran ny robotyn y chiangley ry-cheilley myr scruin. Lhisagh ad co-obbraghey rere sniengagnyn ny shellanyn, as 'syn aght shen ta ymmyrkey neuchramp cooilleeney obbraghyn cramp: shen yn aght ta shellanyn ny dooarchooghyn troggal thieyn yl-chast. T'adsyn co-reaghey dys feddyn bee, troggal clein as fendeil yn edd noi beiyn elley. Ga nagh vel monney fys ec unnaneagh erbee, as cha nod ad fakin y lane obbyr, t'ad troggal strughtooryn foawragh as lane vynphoyntyn scanshoil. Ta shen taghyrt gyn ard-reiltagh, liorish biallys da reillyn neuchramp t'er nyn reaghey ec aafilley. Ga nagh vel unnaneagh erbee scanshoil, ta co-obbraghey ymmodee jeu (as co-obbraghey ny reillyn shen) cooilleeney eiyrtys fondagh.

Ta'n olloo David Corne, fer jeh'n wirran, ronsaghey claareyn co-earrooder ta cochiangley jeshaghtyn myr scruin. T'eh jannoo ymmyd jeh co-earrooaght aafilleydagh son shen: croo ymmodee claareyn, scryssey adsyn ta falleil, as croo straih noa rere ny fir hare. Rish jannoo shen ymmodee keayrtyn, t'eh feddyn claare ta fondagh as ta cooilleeney'n dean dy mie. 'Sy chooish shoh, nee eh reillyn vennys rish cur enney er nheeghyn, rheynn obbraghyn eddyr y 'cruin, as feddyn ynnydyn cooie da meeryn corryl. Shegin da Corne feddyn magh paramateryn cooie da'n obbyr, as ny mooadyssyn share daue. Myr sampleyr, ta corryl gaase dy mie my t'eh cour y stroo ushtey (dys beaghey), as ta s'mie lesh kuse jeu soilshey ny greiney. T'eh er Corne ronsaghey as shareaghey algorithmyn bentyn rish laueaghey, fakin as stiurey ny robotyn. T'eh fo y 'wirran robotyn Nessie 4 y chaghlaa son yn obbyr.

Er y fa dy bee ny robotyn lane gollrish y cheilley, t'ad shassoo noi doilleeidyn ny share. Foddee fer erbee jeu caghlaa yn obbyr echey, as cha nel fer erbee femoil. Myr shen, my ta fer jeu brishey, cha nel eh ro-hrome; ta ny fir elley gobbraghey foast as goaill orroo hene yn obbyr v'echey. Cha bee bot erbee stiurey, agh nee ad nyn mriwnys hene er quoi jinnys c'red. Er lesh yn olloo Henry dy nod ad karraghey sker rish ymmodee meeghyn, foddey ny sloo na deiney. My ta ny h-oaylleeyn cooilleeney'n dean shen, er lhieu dy nod oo cur geill da deanyn freayllagh elley: glenney trustyr ass y cheayn, ny marroo deill "attey dy ghrineyn" ta cur naardey y Rinn Vooar.

Cre'n fa?

Gyn çheet er eieyn freayllagh, ny er kiedyn deiney dy chur naardey y seihll mygeayrt y mooin, ta skerryn feer scanshoil son slaynt ny marrey, son coadey slystyn marrey (jeeagh er y ny caslyssyn) as myr oayllyn ymmodee eeastyn as cretooryn marrey elley.

Er raad elley, s'cosoylagh dy nee yn çhalee shoh feddyn magh reddyn scanshoil mychione co-obbraghey robotyn, as shen y traa ry-heet, nagh vel? Scruinyn dy robotyn ta karraghey raadyn, cuirr troaryn, ny aachuirrey keyljyn ny red erbee by vie lhiat, gyn feme er peiagh erbee dyn stiurey. Ny jannoo coloin er seihll elley, my share lhiat.

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Er lhiam dy nee shalee feeu as lane anaase t'ayn, as freayllym shilley er y 'wirran shoh.

(Oh, as jus rish screeu yn art shoh, hug mee my ner dy vel y skeeal er y Veeb nish. Jeant dy mie!)

Skieltan aahjioogh clouit

Ta fys ayd, s'cosoylagh, dy vel anaase aym er cooishyn slaynt as aachuirrey. Shoh cooish noa: ta fir-lhee er chur aahjioogh noa da lhiannoo as aahjioogh faase echey. Ta çhingys goan ec y lhiannoo, myr shen ta lungane ny h-aahjioogh feer 'aase, as t'ee jee-volgey ny keayrtyn rish ennal. Shen cooish ghaueagh dy liooar, as son y chooid smoo cha nel ad feddyn magh ny ta taghyrt roish my dooar y lhiannoo baase.

'Sy chooish shoh, hooar magh ad y çhingys dy leah. Va ollee Glen Green as Scott Hollister, ec Ollooscoill Michigan, ronsaghey aght dy yannoo aachuirraghyn as stoo plastagh, polycaprolactone, ta lheie ersooyl beggan er veggan 'sy stoo kirpey. Cha row peiagh erbee er nyannoo lheid yn ymmyd jeh hannah, agh er y fa dy nee cooish vea as baase v'ayn, hooar ad kied egin jeh Reagheydys Bee as Stoo Lheeys ny SUA.

Ren ad jalloo-cronneyder jeh aahjioogh y lhiannoo, as kiaddey skieltan lane chooie jee. Eisht chlou magh ad y skeiltan aahjioogh ass polycaprolactone, as eh y 'uailley mygeayrt yn aahjioogh do nagh dod ish jee-volgey. Va'n lhiannoo ass y thie lheeys dy leah, as cha nel doilleeid erbee echey neayr's shen.

Blog yn ollee
Art earishlioar oaylleeagh
Art TIME

Bree ass sahll 'uillee

Ta lughtyn-dellal 2OC, Thames Water as iCON Infrastructure er nyannoo coardailys vees jannoo ymmyd jeh sahll ‘uillee dy yientyn bree ayns Lunnin.

Ta sahll ‘uillee ny h-ard-voirey d'adsyn ta reaghey, glenney as freayll seose sornaigyn. T'ee roie dy aashagh tra t'ee çhiow, as myr shen t'ee skellal roish sheese y veilley-niee, agh 'syn ushtey feayr heese t'ee cochruinnaghey myr sahll stooalt reesht. Ta'n stoo shoh toghtey sornaigyn, as cha aashagh eh sahll y ghlenney magh. Ta Thames Water ceau mysh £12m 'sy vlein er yn obbyr.

Nee ad çhaglym sahll 'syn tornaig ec buill er lheh, agh t'eh foue y doilleeid y lhiettal rolaue liorish çhaglym sahll ‘uillee ass thieyn bee as thieyn greasey bee. Ta'n sahll hene yn-ymmydey myr conney, agh erreish da covestey marish jeeyl 'syn tornaig t'eh foddey ny s'doillee shen y yannoo. Er lhieu dy vow ad mysh 30 thunney dagh laa.

Ec y traa cheddin, t'ad troggal stashoon lectraghys noa ec Beckton ghoys toshiaght dy yientyn bree ayns 2015. Cha nee ad ymmyd jeh ooyl noa ass troarag, rere 2OC, agh croghey er y tahll ‘uillee chammah's ooyl lossreeyn ‘uillee as geirr ‘uillee. Er lhieu dy nee eh troarey 130 ooryn Gigawatt (GWh) dy lectraghys yn-chummalagh 'sy vlein, dy liooar da 40,000 thie. Nee Thames Water kionnaghey 75GWh jeh er son boayl mooynlee as farrys jee-hailjey Breckton. Shen bun pooar yn-chummalagh er prios soit daue, chammah's aght dy leodaghey bluckanys-sahllagh as y leaght oc son shen.

Lectraghys shooylagh

Ta Buffalo Grid (colught Lunninagh) prowal aght dy lhieeney shooylvaneyn liorish jeshaght lhieentagh ymmyrkagh ta croghey er soilshey ny greiney. Ayns çheeraghyn ennagh, cha nel lectraghys ry-gheddyn dy aashagh; t'eh ort shooyl ymmodee meeilaghyn dys balley as gienneyder pooar pedryl echey. T'eh deyr myrgeddin, faggys da faill lane laa 'sy çhiaghtin ny keayrtyn. As er y fa nagh vel monney tooryn çhellvane ayns ardjyn çheerey, ta'n çhellvane ceau ny smoo pooar dys troggal kiangley fondagh na ayns ardjyn as ram tooryn ayndaue.

Ta'n saase noa lughtey kishtaghan-pooar ymmyrkagh liorish soilshey ny greiney, as eh y chur gys balley ennagh er roar. Ta kionneyder cur çhaghter teks dys kionnaghey lectraghys: shen mysh 20% costys lectraghys gienneyder pooar. 'Sy traa ry-heet, by vie lesh Buffalo Grid ny colughtyn shooylvane y choyrlaghey dy cooney lesh y costys shen; nagh beagh sleih ceau ny smoo argid er shooylvaneyn dy beagh lectraghys ry-gheddyn gyn costys?

Chammah's shen, ta sleih jannoo ymmyd jeh shooylvaneyn er son dellan nish: kionnaghey reddyn ny eer geddyn faill. T'eh fo Buffalo Grid prowal elley y yannoo ayns Sierra Leone, raad ta delleyderyn caffee kiarail dy chionnaghey troar caffee liorish shooylvane. Ta'n lheid scanshoil ayns ynnydyn gyn coryssyn argidoil fondagh as sheer-ry-laue. Ta argid glass gaueagh dy liooar, nagh vel? Shen un fa nagh vel shin shooyl mygeayrt as lane phoagey d'airh ain (agh er lhiam dy noddin dy hurranse un cheayrt gyn assee...).

Art New Scientist er y chooish, liorish Anil Ananthaswamy.

2013-03-09, earroo 2907: "Text your way to a phone recharge"

Aght Twitter noa

Beggan er dy henney, ren mee aahaishbyney aght dy lhaih strooghyn Twitter as Weibo liorish RSS.

Wahll, ta Twitter er marroo yn aght shen beggan er dy henney. My t'ou er nyannoo ymmyd jeh hannah, bee ny kianglaghyn ayd foast geddyn naight, agh cha nod oo croo stroo RSS noa 'syn aght shen. Twitter mollaghtagh. Er lhiam nagh mie lhiat dy nod sleih lhaih strooghyn Twitter gyn listal ayn nyn hene...

Aghterbee, ta Falsinsoft er soilshaghey magh aght noa as ny sassey shen y yannoo. GMA!

1. Fow coontey Twitter yn ymmydeyr t'ou stolkey
2. Cur stiagh yn ennym coontey 'sy raa shoh:
   http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=ENNYM COONTEY
3. Cur y kiangley heose stiagh 'sy jeeagheyder RSS ayd

Myr sampleyr, ta'n Ghreinneyder ry-lhaih myr RSS liorish

http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=greinneyder

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A while ago, I shared a way to read Twitter and Weibo feeds with RSS.

Since then, Twitter's broken that technique. You can still get feeds you've set up already, but you can't create new ones. Weird! Maybe they didn't like people being able to read Twitter without signing up for it, I dunno.

Anyway, Falsinsoft have found another way to work it. Cheers!

1. Find the Twitter account you want to follow
2. Add the account name (lowercase, it seems) to the following link:
   http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=ACCOUNT NAME
3. Stick the link into your RSS reader

For example, the Greinneyder can be followed on RSS via:

http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=greinneyder

Tostid 'sy lioarlann!

She shiaghtin skeeagh elley v'ayn. Ta shin tarroogh dy liooar. Shen ny haghyrys my t'ou jannoo un lioarlann ass daa, as freayll skimmee fer jeu dys tendeil ymmydeyryn y jees oc ta çheet da'n un voayl nish. Va daa wheesh ny h-ymmydeyryn jannoo famman dys cur erash daa wheesh ny lioaryn da lieh ny sleih dobbree lieh ny buird do nagh dod ny smoo jin cur shirveish eer dy row traa ain. Va barraghyn scudleelioaryn myr nah voalley rish ny boallaghyn, as dagh shirveishagh roie mygeayrt my fer keoie.

Ec y traa cheddin, ta ard-eiyr ayn. Hoshiaght, dy chredjagh oo rieau dy vel lioarlann ny voayl shee, jean aasmooinaghtyn. Ta'n boayl lane dy yeshaghtyn sheeanagh: co-earrooderyn, taishbyneryn boalley foawragh beilloo, jeshaghtyn coip-hollys, dagh fer jeu sheer-chronnaney eer tra nagh vel peiagh erbee bentyn roo. Ta çhellvaneyn oik, intercom as tree(!) coryssyn arree screeaghey er fud y laa, as mannagh vel, ta çhellvaneyn as radioyn laue ny dorysseyryn ry-chlashtyn dy baghtal trooid dorryssyn foshlit failtagh ny lioarlann. S'doillee eh feddyn magh my ta bun sheean ennagh mastey'n tharmane, ny loayrt rish sleih harrish yllagh y giat "sauçhys" ta shassoo noi peiagh neuloghtagh ennagh, as yllagh yn ourallagh boght tra ta'n giat dooney er e lurgaghyn. Ta'n giat jouyllagh shen screebey er ard lesh dagh peiagh goll ny hrooid, as eisht erash lesh cling; myr noi-chastey skeeys, ny keayrtyn t'eh aaghooishtey ass cadley boiragh, builley ry-cheilley myr ribbey roddan as cur magh sheean ny s'cooie da clag raauee çhennar fovooirane na da jeshaght stiuree entreilys ta currit ass nagh ren oo cur jee y kaartey ayd kiart er yn aght oardit. Gow padjer nagh jagh y larym arree lioaryn hene er bioyraghey! Ta'n gullyrnee shen dy liooar dy chur er fakideryn roie er çhea er son fastee, er deiney lajer giallaghey, as er shenn ard-scoillaryn baneaghey as tuittym dy trome noi boalley ennagh fo aggle. Foddee oo credjal dy vel peiagh ennagh fo drogh-ouyrys eab kynney-ghunverys, cha nel jus er n'eeassaghey lioar ennagh nagh ren ny lioarlannee aarlaghey dy kiart. Shen gyn çheet er beepyn as çherryn gyn scuirr lesh lioaryn goll er eeassaghey, glionnagyn goll er dooishtey as y corys intercom goll er brishey er lesh çhellvane creeney ennagh gyn coodagh fondagh, as frappal myr aile lane fuygh glass. Ta shligganys beayn lectraneagh ayn nagh lhiggagh dhyt ny sheeanyn y aarheynn; t'ad covestey myr sheer-tarmane ta soodraght harrish keeallyn castit myr mooir leoaie seiy.

'Sy choirrey çherragh cronnaneagh shoh, ta sheean beayn tarrarey boallaghyn, cur sheese caabylyn, bwoalley dorryssyn, builley coshey as obbraghey oardyn faggys as foddey jeed neuvaghtal, bunnys, da cleayshyn skee. Da peiagh erbee elley - noanee neuchreoit ta ventreil stiagh son y chied cheayrt 'sy çhiamble ynsee shoh - t'eh clashtyn dy vel ard-eailley electronica annymoil er lheh ayns Akihabara er ny crosh-skedjal marish taishbynys çhaghnoalleeaght lhieggey bleinoil yn teihll. Aigh vie nagh vel peiagh erbee geabbey dy obbraghey ayns shoh, eh?

As shen jerrey shayll 10-oor Jeheiney ec jerrey'n çhiaghtin. As ta mee gobbraghey mairagh myrgeddin. As kiart erash da'n fer oast aym cur stiagh - fy-yerrey, er dy shiaght shiaghteeyn! - jeshaght deayrtee noa (dgms, fer ta cur magh ushtey gyn screeaghey as gyn ceau lieh jeh trooid ny boallaghyn as sheese da'n çhamyr aarlee!) ta'n uinniag shamyr aarlee er ngoaill toshiaght lhiggey stiagh ushtey.

"T'eh tayrn dy traa ny lhiabbagh", myr shen.

新浪微博 (Weibo) & RSS, as beggan Twitter maroo

As mee gynsaghey Sheenish, ta mee cur geill da 新浪微博 (Sina Weibo) ny keayrtyn (shen shirveish raad ennagh eddyr Twitter, Facebook as Tumblr: çhaghteraghtyn beggey, jallooyn, kianglaghyn as ooilley shen). Agh son y chooid smoo ta mee croghey er shirveishyn syndicaitee (RSS) ta cur çhaghter dou tra ta cooid noa ry-gheddyn. Liorish çhaglym ad 'sy jeeagheyder post-l aym, foddym ceau shilley beg orroo as feddyn magh my ta red ennagh anaasoil ayndaue. Er y fa nagh vel mee jannoo monney ymmyd jeh Weibo, cha mie lhiam dy vel eh orrym loggal stiagh dagh keayrt as scrutaghey taghyrtyn jeianagh. Gyn çheet er reddyn elley, t'eh foddey ny sassey dou jeeaghyn er çhaghter beg teks 'sy post-l aym 'syn obbyr na laadey duillag neucheirdee 'syn oik dy yeeaghyn er. Dindys mee my row aght ennagh ayn dy gheddyn cooid coontys Weibo ennagh myr stroo RSS, 'syn aght cheddin as noddym lesh Twitter, as fy-yerrey hooar mee dy row.

Shoh kiangley dhyt: http://ishow.sinaapp.com/rss.php

T'eh cur magh kiangley myr shoh:

http://myrss.sinaapp.com/sina.php?uid=1813080181&item=20

as foddee oo cur earroo coontey Weibo ennagh stiagh ayns ynnyd yn earroo shen my share lhiat jannoo dagh ooilley red dty hene.

Shoh sannish elley: my t'ou jeeaghyn er coontey enmyssit, myr coontey Charles Xue, cha nel earroo ry-gheddyn, dy baghtal... as cha nel Sinaapp gobbraghey marish enmyn. Agh my t'ou jeeaghyn er ny kianglaghyn 粉丝 as myr shen er y çheu hoshtal, hee oo dy vel earroo 'sy chiangley shen, as shen earroo y choontey.

As my ta anaase ayd er yn aght Twitter, shoh eh (cha lhiams eh, hooar mee eh raad ennagh ta jarroodit aym nish):

1. Fow coontey Twitter yn ymmydeyr t'ou stolkey
2. Jean ymmyd jeh Idfromuser, ny shirveish gollrish, dys feddyn magh earroo coontey'n ymmydeyr
3. Cur stiagh yn earroo shen 'sy raa shoh: http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/EARROO.rss
4. Cur y kiangley heose stiagh 'sy jeeagheyder RSS ayd

Myr sampleyr, ta'n Ghreinneyder ry-lhaih myr RSS liorish

http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/18951158.rss

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I've been making use of Sina Weibo 新浪微博 (Sina Weibo) as part of studying Chinese. It's a service somewhere between Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr, if you don't know. Anyway, for most websites with updating content, I get notifications of new articles and so on via RSS feeds, and it was a bit annoying that I had to log into Weibo and manually check for interesting stuff. Apart from anything else it's easier to read a text-only RSS update in my break at work than to load up a non-work website. I wondered if there was a way to get Weibo as an RSS feed from interesting accounts, as I already do for Twitter. It turns out, yes, there is.

Paste a Weibo account number into Sinaapp: http://ishow.sinaapp.com/rss.php

You'll get a link like this to an RSS feed:

http://myrss.sinaapp.com/sina.php?uid=1813080181&item=20

You can also copy the link above and just edit the number (to the correct account number) if you prefer.

If you look at a named account, like Charles Xue, there's apparently no account number, and Sinaapp doesn't work with names. But if you check the sidebar links like 粉丝, some of them include a number in the link, and that's the account number.

For anyone interested in the Twitter method (which isn't mine, I found it but can't remember where):

1. Find the Twitter account you want
2. Use Idfromuser, or a similar site, to get the account number from it
3. Stick the number in here: http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/NUMBER.rss
4. Add the link to your RSS reader of choice

For example, the Greinneyder can be delivered straight to your inbox with the following link:

http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/18951158.rss

Kinectaghey

(naight as aaraaghyn ass New Scientist:“Kinect imaging lets surgeons keep their focus”, liorish MacGregor Campbell, 2012-05-17, earroo 2865)

Cha nel mee currit da çhaghnoaylleeaght er e hon hene, ny gadgetyn noadyr, agh t’eh cur bwooise dou tra ta sleih feddyn magh stoo noa as gientyn eieyn noa. Tammylt er dy henney haink rish y Nintendo Wii as y stiur gleashagh echey, as va shen anaasoil, beggan. Eisht haink rish y Microsoft Kinect, as hug eshyn orrym cur geill dy firrinagh. Cha chionnee mee nane – cha nel jeshaght-ghamman aym (she gammaneyr CP mish) as cha nel mee cliaghtey glackey er stoo noa, as aghterbee ta mee cloie gammanyn crampey as feme oc er feed crammanyn as lugh dyn stiurey – agh va ram sleih jannoo ram stoo marish dy tappee. Ta Kinect Hacks çhaglym y chooid smoo jeu (agh cha nel dagh hack ry-gheddyn ayns shen). Hoshiaght, va Microsoft shassoo noi ny h-ymmydyn gyn jerkallys shoh, agh hug ad my ner dy leah dy nee taghyrt yindyssagh v’ayn – ram sleih yannoo ymmyd jeh’n çhaghnoaylleeaght ocsyn as feddyn magh saaseyn as ymmydyn noa nagh beagh adsyn arragh er smooinaghtyn orroo. Crowdsourcing fondagh, nagh vel?

C’red ta’n sleih shen jannoo, myr t’eh?

• T’ad stiurey çhellveeishanyn
• T’ad cloie gammanyn gyn stiur agh laueyn
• T’ad stiurey robotyn liorish gleashaght kirpey. Oddagh oo stiurey robot foddey jeed; ‘sy tampleyr shoh, t’ad lhiggey er dy vel oo stiurey robot ayns thie dy voir as cooney ish ga nagh vel oo thie.
• T’ad stiurey claareyn co-earrooder liorish gleashaght kirpey (rere çhaghnoaylleeaght ayns “Minority Report”)
• T’ad cloie greieyn as jannoo ellyn
• T’ad jannoo eab dy screeu claareyn ta toiggal çhengaghyn cowrit
• T’ad gynsaghey bea-oaylleeaght, liorish taishbyney craueyn er corp studeyr
• T’ad cooney doail dy hooyl mygeayrt gyn boalley noi reddyn
• T’ad gobbraghey er saaseyn dy yannoo laue-lheeys liorish Kinect as robotyn

Ta’n laue-lheeys hene goll er ronsaghey foast, agh ta Kinect çheet stiagh ayns obbraidlanyn ny yei shen. Ta laue-lhee ayns thie lheihys Guys’ & St. Thomas’ ayns Lunnin prowal ymmyd Kinect ‘syn obbraidlan. Ta’n laue-lhee cur cowraghyn kirpey da’n çhamraig dys shirrey, reih, as stiurey jallooyn er çhellveeishan.

Ta laueyn-lhee jeeaghyn er jallooyn lheihys scanshoil dy mennick car obbraid (m.s. caslyssyn scell-X ec y traa). Ta’n menkid croghey er yn torçh dy obbraid t’ayn as stayd y surransagh, agh dagh beggan minnid ny keayrtyn, as dagh oor ny keayrtyn elley. S’feer scanshoil eh freayll dagh ooilley red ‘syn obbraidlan lane shiast, as myr shen, my ta’n laue-lhee son scrutaghey jallooyn lheihys, t’eh ersyn glenney roish bentyn rish y cho-earrooder, as eisht glenney reesht roish my ghoys eh toshiaght reesht. Ta shen jummal traa as t’eh brishey jeean-tastey y laue-lhee myrgeddin. Noi shen, ta kuse dy laueyn-lhee croghey er cooneyder ta stiurey ny jallooyn, agh ta shen ny s’doillee na jannoo eh dy hene, as baanragh ny keayrtyn mannagh vel ad toiggal dy jeeragh ny t’ou çheet er. Foddym toiggal shen dy h-aashagh; s’doillee dy liooar eh ymmyrkey cooid thie mygeayrt marish peiagh elley, ny soilshaghey magh cre’n aght t’ou roshtyn thie ennagh, gyn çheet er scrutaghey tuarastyllyn roie 3T jeh corp bio! Ta lheid y red neufondagh, as myr shen ta gaue neuymmyrçhagh ‘sy y chooish.

Wahll, marish cooid vog er lheh, ta’n Kinect towse as toiggal cowraghey laue y laue-lhee, as ta shen lhiggey da stiurey ny jallooyn dy h-aashagh gyn glenney ny shirrey er cooneyder shen y yannoo er-e-hon.

She Tom Carrell eh y laue-lhee ren y chied ymmyd jeh’n chorys. Dooyrt eh:

“Derrey nish, va mee cliaghtey yllagh harrish y çhamyr da ny cooneyderyn çhaghnoil as shirrey orroo y yalloo y stiurey, queeyllaghey troa ennagh, y troa elley, arraghey seose, as sheese, mooadaghey, scribbey...”

agh marish y Kinect

“va stiurey foddey-oaylleeagh aym.”

Chammah’s shen, v’eh ny sassey cummal seose geill car yn obbraid er yn oyr dy row eh aashagh geddyn ny jallooyn kiartey.

“T’ou jus jannoo ooilley’n stoo shoh gyn loayrt as t’eh taghyrt foddey ny s’tappee. T’ou cummal seose ryddim y chooish.”

Ren Carrell obbraid er 8 Mee ny Boaldyn dy charraghey att cuishley ayns cuishlin y chree. Cha row eh shickyr mychione y chorys hoshiaght, agh nish t’eh jeean dy yannoo ymmyd jeh reesht.

“Er lhiam dy beagh eh mertragh dy liooar ‘sy toshiaght, agh va mee jeant bwooise ec yn aght hie reddyn jiu.”

Dy dooghyssagh, cha nel y Kinect jeant er son lheid yn obbyr. Tra ren ad y jeshaght, v’ad sheiltyn çhamyr ‘sy thie raad oddagh oo lheimmey mygeayrt as skeaylley dty laueyn gyn boirey dys cloie gamman. Ta obbraid foddey jeh’n çheiltynys shen, lane dy ‘leih, jeshaghtyn, caabylyn, trensooryn, sollyssyn as reddyn elley; as cha cosoylagh eh dagh keayrt dy gheddyn daa laue seyr noadyr. Ren Gerardo Gonzales ec Microsoft Research Cambridge goaill ayrn ayns croo corys noa da’n obbyr, marish laueyn-lhee ass Guy’s & St Thomas’ and King’s College London. V’eh orroo reih straih dy chowraghyn oddagh laue-lhee cur aysn boayl cagleeit tra t’eh shassoo rish boayrd obbraidee. Ta cowraghyn cadjin jeant lesh un laue, do beagh y laue elley seyr er son yn obbraid: myr sampleyr, t’ad faagail cowrey er y jalloo liorish jeeraghey er as gra “cur cowrey”. Ny yei shen, ta feme er daa laue er son kuse dy obbraghyn ec y traa t’ayn – er lhiam dy bee ad gobbraghey er shen dy jeean.

S’mie lhiam fakin dy vel sleih jannoo wheesh ymmyd noa as ymmydoil jeh’n çhaghnoaylleeaght shoh. Cha nel mee gaccan noi ny h-eieyn elley, ny reddyn taitnyssagh ny ommidjagh t’ayn, ny smooinnee eh! Ta feme er taitnys ‘sy chruinney shoh, ta fys ec Jee, as va’n Kinect jeant myr greie cloie. Agh s’mie lhiam scheial deiney, as ny reddyn yindyssagh neuyerkallagh ta sleih croo, as erskyn ooilley tra t’ad shareaghey’n chruinney veg shoh. Bee’m cur geill da’n chooish shoh ‘sy tra ry-heet as ta ram anaase aym er feddyn magh ny haghyrys.

Robot robaigagh rere thollag ‘aiyr Etruscagh

Ta oayllee ec Seyrlann Robot-oaylleeaght Bristol er nyannoo robot robaigagh rere thollag ‘aiyr Etruscagh ta feddyn raad as cragh liorish bentyn ynrican.

Ta’n robot shoh, ‘Shrewbot’ (‘robot thollag ‘aiyr’) ayrn jeh co-halee BIOTACT, ny shalee ronsee kiare bleeantyn. Ta’n çhalee geddyn argid jeh 7oo Chlaare Ronsee yn Unnaneys Oarpagh, as t’eh goaill stiagh nuy possanyn ronsee ayns shiaght ashoonyn. Ta Shrewbot ny cho-hroar SRB (‘Bristol Robotics Laboratory’, liorish UWE Bristol as Ollooscoill Bristol) as Seyrlann Bentynagh Jantagh Sheffield (‘Active Touch Laboratory’, liorish Ollooscoill Sheffield as Ollooscoill Sheffield Hallam) . Ta’n çhalee fo stiurey yn Olloo Tony Pipe (UWEB) as yn Olloo Tony Prescott (OS).

Ta’n thollag ‘aiyr Etruscagh ny baagh yindyssagh. She sheeintagh sloo t’er fys ain t’ayn, 4cm er lhiurid as ny sloo na 2g er trimmid. T’ee gee shey-chassee cho mooar as ish, as greimmey orroo ‘sy dorraghys liorish bree ny robaigyn eck. Foddee ee bentyn rish, cur enney er as greimmey er cragh ayns 60 millihullagh, rere Prescott. T’ee er ngreinney oayllee dy hirrey aght dy aachroo y schlei shen do noddagh robotyn stiurey gyn fakin.

Ta’n thollag skeabey ny robaigyn eck noon as noal dy tappee, as ta ny craaghyn cur fys jee er ynnyd, cummey as loaghtid nheeghyn myrgeayrt-y-mooee. Dooyrt Prescott: “Traa ta ny robaigyn bentyn rish nhee, t’ad craa, as ta killagyn mioyrey ‘syn ‘ollicle fuilt ec bun ny robaig towse ryddim ny craaghyn as cur çhaghteraght lectragh da’n inçhyn. Liorish shen, ta’n sheeintagh jannoo briwnys çhelleeragh mychione y çhymbyllaght ta lhiggey jee shooyl mygeayrt as greimmey cragh. Ta vondeish elley ec robaigyn cosoylit rish saaseyn bentynagh elley. S’aashagh eh ad y aanoaghey, er y fa dy vel ny killagyn ennee ec bun ny robaig, cha nel ec y vaare. Cha nel ad gollrish mair deiney, myr sampleyr, as ad yn-jeeylley dy aashagh as do-aanoagh.” (Shrew whiskers inspire ground-breaking robot design, 20 Jerrey Geuree 2012, Ollooscoill Bristol)

T’ad er groo robotyn robaigyn roish shoh, agh cha row ad corrym rish. Cha dod ad geddyn robaigyn dy liooar bentyn rish nhee ec yn un traa, as dynsee ny h-oayllee dy vel reaghys ny robaigyn scanshoil chammah dys mooadaghey y fys t’ad geddyn assdaue. Ta’n Shrewbot foddey dy smoo na’n thollag hene, mysh mooadys kishan pabyr, agh ta ny robaigyn eck reaghit rere robaigyn ny thollag dy cruinn. T’ad birragh as cruillagh, as ta gleaysheyder e hene ec dagh robaig do noddagh ee arraghey dy neuchrogheydagh. Tra t’ad bentyn rish nhee erbee, ta ryddim ny craaghyn lhiggey da’n robot feddyn magh ynnyd y nhee, as troa ghleashee y nhee cosoylish rish y robot hene. Liorish covestey fys veih ymmodee robaigyn, t’ad feddyn magh cummey y nhee myrgeddin. (New Scientist, 21 Averil 2012, dg. 26: Touchy-feely robot takes on the darkness.)

Dys prowal y Shrewbot, t’ad er groo robot elley, ‘Cricketbot’ (‘robot griaran’) ta shaghney reddyn ta çheet faggys da. T’ad er çhee goaill toshiaght dy yannoo eabyn eddyr y daa robot. Chammah’s shen, t’ad er ngoaill toshiaght dy ronsaghey raunteeyn as sheeintee ushtee elley, er y fa dy vel ny robaigyn oc eer ny s’mioyrey. “Foddee ad ennaghtyn luirg ushtey-ghleashagh ny h-eeastyn ‘syn ushtey,” dooyr Prescott (New Scientist, ibid.).

Liorish ronsaghey rere greieyn aafillit najoor, t’ad gobbraghey er saaseyn as prowaltys ayn dy vel bree oc. Foddee ad jannoo ymmyd jeh’n robot shoh ayns çhymbyllaghtyn gaueagh as dorraghey, ny raad ta stayd yn ynnyd neulhiggey da robotyn cadjin fakin veg. T’ad coloayrt rish Brigaidyn Aile er yn obbyr, as credjal dy beagh robot bentynagh feer ymmydoil ayns aileyn mooarey raad ta jaagh çhiu jannoo doillee eh da moogheyderyn feddyn nyn raad hene, gyn çheet er feddyn sleih ny reddyn elley. Foddee ny robotyn stiurey moogheyderyn deiney ny ronsaghey troggalyn gyn deiney erbee (A robot inspired by the Etruscan shrew called Shrewbot, feeshan YouTube heose).

Embedding mp4 videos in a Virtual Learning Environment

I recently finished a fairly long project to make a DVD collection more readily available to members of a university library. The DVDs are expensive academic ones, and the library is not that keen on lending them out. Also, this would restrict usage to one person at a time, which means if they’re assigned viewing for a seminar or assignment, life becomes very difficult. This being the case, the library got permission to make the DVDs available on the university network. However, for copyright reasons and to minimise the risk of piracy, access has to be restricted to only current members of the university, which means controlling access pretty heavily; they can’t just be made available over the internet.

The small faculty library have limited influence over the university computing services, which meant that bespoke viewing solutions were not really an option. For example, they couldn’t have a special password-protected page set up that would control access through user identification. For copyright purposes, something like this with by-user watermarking would be a nice solution; but technically difficult and probably expensive, even once the basic page was set up.

The chosen solution was to make use of an existing user-restriction system: the university Virtual Learning Envirnoment (VLE). The university IT service agreed to set things up, but for various reasons were eventually forced to drop the project. Obviously (as I’m posting this) it fell to me to handle it. I thought it might be useful to post a description in case any other poor sap has to do a similar project in the future.

A complication that arose fairly early was that the VLE would not (at least at that time) allow media files to be played directly. As a result, I had to set up embedded players within the VLE to play each set of files.

There were several basic stages to the project:

• Transcribe the content descriptions of each DVD for use on the VLE. Thse came as text pages on the DVD, (not files; still text images!) which would have been somewhat nightmarish to transcribe. Fortunately the library had paper handbooks that had accompanied the original VHS versions of the DVDs.
• Rip the DVD to .mp4.
• Create XML playlists for each DVD.
• Create webpages for each DVD with an embedded player.
• Create static webpages for the transcriptions of each DVD, and an overall DVD listing page linking to the individual embedded-player pages.

Some were trickier than others, but I’ll run through them all quickly.

Transcription

The paper handbooks were invaluable here. I simply scanned the pages and OCRed them to get the basic text. Naturally there were plenty of OCR errors to correct, some of which I picked up at the time and others much later.

Ripping

For ripping the DVDs I used Handbrake (http://handbrake.fr/). This is a very useful bit of kit, fully open-source and GPL for those worried about it, and usable on Windows, OS X and Linux.

To rip DVDs with Handbrake:

1. Go to Options. Set the default folder to wherever you want this lot of files stored (which saves hassle later), and set up a filename scheme. This needs to be set for each DVD if you want the files named anything useful.
2. Insert the DVD and select “DVD” as the source.
3. In my case, the DVDs were fairly low resolution, so for space-efficiency and quick processing we chose the “Iphone and Ipod Touch” setting defaults.
4. Set audio however you want; in our case it was worth mixing down to Mono because there was only a mono track.
5. Select “Web Optimise”
6. Manually select the first track, so chapters “1 through 1”
7. Check the filename and path. Manually chance the prefix to .mp4 if you want .mp4s, as it tends to default to m4v.
8. Add the chapter to the queue
9. Change the start track to the next one. This will automatically change the end track, so you’re still only picking one track at a time.
10. Repeat until all tracks are added.
11. Open the queue, check all the tracks are actually there, and off you go. Ripping will take a while, so I suggest using a machine you won’t be needing for the rest of the afternoon; it might be safe enough, but there’s always a chance of causing problems if you try to work on it at the same time.

XML Playlists

A playlist looks like this:

  <playlist version="1" xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/">
    <title>playlist title</title>
    <info>main DVD page URL</info>
    <tracklist>
      <track>
        <title>number and title of track</title>
        <creator>copyright holder</creator>
        <info>filename.mp4</info>
        <annotation>description of track</annotation>
        <location>filepath/filename.mp4</location>
      </track>
...(repeat for other tracks)     </tracklist>
  </playlist>

Sections in red need to be filled in appropriately. In the case of the VLE I was working with, files seemed to need absolute paths rather than relative ones.

I wrote them in Notepad++ (http://notepad-plus-plus.org/), which keeps track of bracket pairs, quote pairs and so on, making it amazingly useful for this kind of thing. In fact I do all my HTML editing in NP++.

Pages with embedded players

The player I ended up using is called JW Player, available from Longtail Video (http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/). It supports both Flash and HTML5. I used the simpler Flash option as the VLE was liable to create enough problems, without worrying about browser issues. I believe the newest release of JWP (currently 5.9) may make things simpler, but haven’t tried it. I started the project with the January 2011 release (probably 5.0), and have not seen any particular reason to change over.

I downloaded JWP and unzipped it into a folder on the VLE. That’s about all you need to do with it.

Each embedded-player webpage looks like this:

<h2>DVD Title</h2>
<script type='text/javascript' src='../../media/swfobject.js'></script>
<div id="mediaspace">descriptive text that should not appear unless there are problems. I used it to include a warning that library catalogue machines could not play the videos</div>
<script type='text/javascript'>
  var so = new SWFObject('../../media/player.swf','mpl','980','480','9');
    so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
    so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
    so.addParam('wmode','opaque');
    so.addVariable('playlistfile','DVD_playlist.xml');
    so.addVariable('playlistsize','340');
    so.addVariable('playlist','right');
    so.addVariable('bufferlength','30');
    so.addVariable('autostart','true');
    so.addVariable("repeat","list");
    so.addVariable("shuffle","false");
    so.addVariable('backcolor','52708b');
    so.addVariable('frontcolor','000000');
    so.addVariable('lightcolor','ffffff');
    so.write('mediaspace');
</script>
<p>Read the <a href="path/thisdvdsummary.html">written summary</a>
</p>
<p>Return to the <a href="path/maindvdlist.html">main DVD listing</a>
</p>

Static pages

The pages with transcriptions, DVD listings and other information were just bog standard HTML pages.

Folder structure

Just for completeness, here’s the folder structure I used for the project, with generic names instead of the specifics I used.

Main (root folder for the project)
    Main.Media (contents of the JW Player download, used to actually play the .mp4s)
    Main.DVDs (includes the homepage for the videos, and any summaries or transcriptions to the contents of multiple individual DVDs; the latter could instead have been in a specific Summaries subfolder)
        Main.DVDs.ThisDVD (includes the individual mp4s; the xml playlist; summary page for the specific DVD; and the embedded-player page).

Pontreilley marrey boayrd mooarheeragh yn Antarctagh liorish raunteeyn

(ennym bunneydagh: Seals map bathymetry of the Antarctic continental shelf)

Geophysical Research Letters 2010; 37, screeuyn 21601; eddyr-lhieen

DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044921

Laurie Padman, Daniel P. Costa, S. Thompson Bolmer, Michael E. Goebel, Luis A. Huckstadt, Adrian Jenkins, Birgitte I. McDonald as Deborah R. Shoosmith

Choud’s ta fys aym, cha nel yn art bunneydagh ry-lhaih mannagh vel entreilys ayd da’n earishlioar hene. Ta cur-magh naight Baarle ry-akin ec New Scientist.

Giare-chummey

Ta bea-oayllee ec Ollooscoill Chalifornia Santa Cruz jannoo ymmyd jeh raunteeyn myr greieyn towshanagh dys jalloo caslyssyn-çheerey jeh grunt ny marrey mygeayrt yn Antarctagh.

Ta sleityn as glionnyn fo-ushtey bentyn rish strooghyn marrey, as ta shen bentyn rish rio er eaghtyr yn ushtey. Son y chooid smoo, t'ad jannoo caslyssyn jeh liorish mactullaghey; ta diunid ny keayin ry-howse rere y tammylt er son sheean goll veih'n lhong dys y grunt as erash. Agh cha nod oo jannoo shen mygeayrt yn Arctagh, son y chooid smoo, er coontey'n rio çhiu ta lhiettal lhongyn.

Ghleiy ad pontreilleyderyn lectraneagh er king raunteeyn elefant as goaill tastey jeu gleashaghey 'sy cheayn Bellingshausen eddyr 2005-9. Va fys ec ny h-oayllee hannah dy vel raunteeyn thummey dys grunt ny marrey mysh jeih thummaghyn as feed 'sy cheead, er bun studeyrys s'leaie ayns ardjyn share er towse. Eisht scrutee ad thummey s'diuney ny raunteeyn 'syn ard gyn towse, dys jannoo cummey jeh ym-linney yn ard. Hooar ad magh dy vel ammyryn 'syn ard ny s'diuney ny row ad jerkal, mysh 600m er diunid. Ta lheid ny h-ammyryn gymmyrkey ushtey çhiow, as myr shen, foddee dy vel laue oc ayns lheie tappee y boayrd rioee ayns 2008.

Dooyrt Daniel Costa, fer jeh'n skimmee: "Ta rauenteeyn slanjeant da'n chooish. T'ad goll dys buill nagh jagh peiagh erbee rieau; as cha nel feme oc er kishtey pooar."

"She saase neugheyr as lajer eh," dooyrt Paul Holland, ny chiaddeyder marrey y British Antarctic Survey gyn laue 'sy studeyrys.

Far-chohaaghey sollys ayns kesh er bun Ranaspumin-2

(ennym bunneydagh: Artificial Photosynthesis in Ranaspumin-2 Based Foam)

Nano Letters 5 Mee ny Boaldyn 2010; eddyr-lhieen dy leah (cha nel fys ayn foast er yn ym-lioar as duillagyn)

DOI: 10.1021/nl100550k

David Wendell Jacob Todd as Carlo Montemagno

Biomedical Engineering Department, Engineering Research Center, 2901 Woodside Drive, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221

Choud’s ta fys aym, cha nel yn art bunneydagh ry-lhaih mannagh vel entreilys ayd da’n earishlioar hene. Ta cur-magh naight Baarle ry-akin ec duillag yn Olloscoill.

Giare-chummey

Ta lossreeyn co-haaghey sollys er son ny femeyn bree oc; t'ad goaill stiagh soilshey ny greiney as daa-ocseed charboan, as jannoo ocsygien as shugyryn assdaue. Dy noddagh shin jannoo ymmyd jeh dys jannoo bree "glass" da deiney, veagh shen ny chooney mooar dooin. Ta oayllee ec Ollooscoill Chincinnati er ngeddyn saase shen y yannoo, foddee. Ren ad ymmyd jeh far-stoo kirpey jeant ass ensymeyn lossreeyn, bacteyryn, rannagyn as fungyssyn, as eshyn ny hoie er kesh.

Reih ad kesh er dy fa dy vel eh co-ghlooghey ny h-ym-obbreeghyn dy mie, agh t'eh lhiggey da aer as soilshey çheet stiagh dy aashagh myrgeddin. Va'n kiaddey rere idd cheshey rannag lieh-ghrianchryssagh, y rannag Túngura (Engystomops pustulosus). Ta'n rannag shoh jannoo kesh feer 'oddey beayn dys jannoo edd da ny rannagyn aegey eck choud's t'ad gaase.

Ymmyd as vondeishyn

Dooyrt Wendell: "Ta vondeish ec y chorys ain er coryssyn lossreeyn as algaghyn. T'eh orroo ram bree y cheau er obbraghyn elley, dys tannaghtyn bio as geddyn sliught. Fodmayd jannoo shugyr ass ooilley bree ny greiney ta goit ain. Chammah's shen, cha nel feme ain er thalloo mie da'n chesh, myr shen, cha bee eh brishey stiagh er troarey."

Ta vondeish elley bentyn rish co-ghlooghey daa-ocseed charboan. Dooyrt Wendell: "Ayns coryssyn lossreeyn dooghyssagh, ta rouyr daa-ocseed charboan dooney co-haaghey sollys, agh ta'n corys ain er bun bacteyragh. Myr shen, foddee eh goll er ayns çhymbyllaghtyn as ram daa-ocseed charboan ayndaue, myr sampleyr, smoghan stashoon lectraghys geayil."

Ta ymmodee vondeishyn da croo kesh gollrish lus.

"Foddee oo jannoo ram stoo ass ny shugyryn, myr sampleyr, ethanol as bea-chonney elley," as Wendell. "As t'eh goaill daa-ocseed charboan ass yn aer, gyn anveaghey thalloo banejagh."

Dooyrt Dean Montemagno: "ta'n çhaghnoaylleeaght shoh taishbyney saase spaarailagh dy yannoo ymmyd jeh fyshoaylleeaght vioagyn, liorish croo sheeloghe noa dy stooghyn obbragh ta covestey obbraghyn bea 'syn troggal oc. Ta'n çhalee shoh taishbyney saase noa dy haglym bree ny greiney dys jannoo ooill ny bee, as shen ny s'fondagh na saaseyn bea-vree ny greiney elley. Er reayrtys s'lheaie, t'eh cur er bun saase dy ghoaill stiagh obbraghyn corysyn bioey ayns corysyn kiaddit as jeant ain."

Myr nah cheim, t'eh foue eab y yannoo dy yannoo y çhaghnoaylleeaght yn-jannoo da ymmydyn elley, myr sampleyr, taartyn carboan ec stashoonyn lectraghys geayil.

Saaseyn

Ta sleih er chur roish dy nodmayd jannoo conney jeh bea-chorpys myr feaysley bree yn-aanoaghey da leodaghey conney fossylagh.¹ Cha nel agh mysh 5% jeh çheet dy ve bree yn-ymmydey, er coontey caghliee vioyrid as obbraghyn femoil y chillag. ² Fodmayd jannoo ethanol ass shugyryn lossreeyn, as ass cuirtlagh villish, switchgrass as corn stover.^3-5 Agh veagh eh orrin thalloo as ushtey y chur daue ass y chooid jeorit ain.

Cha nel monney bree ry-gheddyn ass bea-ethanol,³ as myr shen t'ad credjal dy bee 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) ny stoo ynnydagh mie: ta'n ghlooaght vree, poynt broiagh as neulheieys ayns ushtey echey ooilley ny smoo na adsyn t'ec ethanol. Chammah's shen, t'eh yn-jannoo ass carbey-hydraadyn bunneydagh, myr sampleyr glucose ny fructose, as adsyn ry-gheddyn ass bea-chorpys.⁵

Ta pabyr elley⁶ soilshaghey dy nodmayd jannoo bea-chohaaghey (biosynthesis) er kesh. Ren ad ATP (adenosine triphosphate) er kesh ass Tween-20 (ny sthoo ghlennee er son bea-chemmig) as bolganyn polymeragh, as ny h-ensymeyn BR synthase as ATP synthase ayndaue. Dod ad jannoo ATP liorish y taase shen.

'Sy phrowaltys shoh, ren ad ymmyd jeh proteen obbree-eaghtyr (surfactant) Ranaspumin-2. Shen jeant ec rannagyn Túngara dys troggal idd. T'eh lhiggey dooin kesh y yannoo ec co-ghlooghey beg, gyn boirey er far-chrackanyn killag; cha dod obbreeyn-eaghtyr laue-jeant shen y chooilleeney.

Ren ad bolganyn as BR/F₀F₁ATP synthase ayndaue. Bee adsyn co-haaghey ATP. Eisht, hug ad adsyn stiagh 'sy chesh, choud's ensymeyn femeoil y chorys Calvin-Benson-Bassham. Shen yn aawoalley ta jannoo shugyryn lesh ATP, ushtey as daa-ocseed charboan.

Liorish y taase shoh, ghow ad fondid çhyndaa kemmigagh smoo jeh 96%. T'ad credjal dy nod ad jannoo 34.5 thunney dy DMF 'sy hectare 'sy vlein; shen 10x ny smoo na troar bea-chorpys tradishoonagh. T'ad gra dy nod y kesh ve ny hoie er mullee thie, thalloo neueirinagh as nyn lheid. T'ad credjal dy beagh eh sauail ushtey; ta feanish ayn dy beagh troar ethanol ass bea-chorpys ayns ny Steatyn Unnaneyssit jannoo ymmyd jeh 800-4200 leetyr dy ushtey da dagh leetyr dy ethanol, as shen trooid eddyr-ghaalaghey (evapotranspiration) son y chooid smoo.⁷

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Aachuirrey-lhee ahjioogh jeant jeh stoo deiney

(ennym bunneydagh: Clinical transplantation of a tissue-engineered airway)

The Lancet 13 Mee ny Nollick 2008 372(8655): 2023-2030

Macchiarini, P a b c, Jungebluth, Pa, Go, Ta, Asnaghi, A d, Rees, L E h, Cogan, T A g, Dodson, A h, Martorell, J f, Bellini, S e, Parnigotto, P P e, Dickinson, S C g, Hollander, A P g, Mantero, S d, Conconi, M T e, as Birchall, M A h

a Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
b Fundaci Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
c CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
d Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
e Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
f Immunology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
g Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
h Clinical Sciences at South Bristol, Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Choud’s ta fys aym, cha nel yn art bunneydagh ry-lhaih mannagh vel entreilys ayd da’n earishlioar hene. Ta giare-chummey Baarle ry-akin ec thelancet.com as art myechione ry-akin er duillag The Independent.

Giare-chummey

Coayl ahjioogh, she cragh eh. Ta sleih er n’eabbey ahjiooghyn noa y chur ayns ynnyd y fer caillt, agh va doilleeidyn tromey ayn. Son ahjioogh noa jeant jeh stoo kirp deiney, ta feme ayn er clowan chooie, as troyn obbrinagh kiartey eck, gyn antigenaght ("antigenicity" dy ghra myr shen, cha nel yn ahjioogh noa caulgaghey y corys coadey). V’eh foue clowan ahjiooghagh phiobanagh y yannoo liorish bea-yeshaghteyrys ("bio-engineering". Ren ad ymmyd jeh reillyn jeshaghteyrys stoo kirpey ("tissue engineering". V’eh orroo chammah yn saase shoh y scrutaghey son ymmyd er surransagh as keim jerrinagh çhingys ahjiooghagh urree.

Saase

Dys scapail jiooldey y chorys coadey, ren ad ymmyd jeh e killaghyn hene son yn olt aa-hoiaghey y yannoo. Va ahjioogh gheiney toyrtyssagh ny clowan daue. Ren ad scughey killaghyn as antigenyn MHC ass yn ahjioogh gheiney toyrtyssagh liorish ensymeyn as noi-vaaghyn. Hie ee er clanney dy jesh liorish killaghyn y surransagh hene: killaghyn epitheliagh ("epithelial cells", as chondrocytyen er nyn ngeddyn ass bun-chillaghyn mesenchymagh ("mesenchymal stem-cells" y turransagh hene. She ben 30-bleeaney d’eash ish, as cha nod ee tayrn ennal, er y fa dy row e scowan fillit liorish gorley shymley. Lurg shen, hug ad yn olt aa-hoiaghey shoh ayns ynnyd bronchys toshtal y ven hene.

Eiyrtys

Çhelleeragh, dobbree y ahjioogh noa. Ren eh foays da’n quallid-vea eck, as lurg 4 meeghyn, va cummey cadjin as troyn obbrinagh cadjin eck. Cha row noi-chorpeenyn erbee ec y turransagh, as cha dooar ee druggaghyn coadey-smaghtagh ("immunosuppressive drugs" erbee.

Resoonaght

Rere’n eiyrts shoh, t’eh jeeaghyn dy nodmayd jannoo ahjioogh chillagh jeh stoo deiney; dy vel troyn obbrinagh cadjin eck, myr shen, foddee eh gobbraghey dy cadjin; as nagh vel gaue jiooldey y chorys coadey eck. Rere’n chooish shoh, foddee, veagh killaghyn hene-aachuirrey ("autologous" dy ghra myr shen, goit jeh as currit erash da’n turransagh hene), marish bea-stoo cooie, nyn lheeys mie da surransee as çhingys trome orroo.

Feeaghyn

Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria, Spain; Charles Courtenay-Cowlin Fund, University of Bristol; UK Arthritis Research Campaign; as y James Tudor Foundation.

2011: Art eiyrtyssagh

Ta obbyr eiyrtyssagh goll er jannoo foast er ny far-oltyn shoh. Er 9oo Mean Souree 2011, ren Macchiarini aachuirrey far-ahjioogh stiagh ayns dooinney. Ta scansh eddyr y ghaa chooish, er y fa nagh ren ad ymmyd jeh stoo kirp gheiney elley ‘sy chooish shoh. Hoshiaght, ren ad clowan nano-chovestagh polymeragh rere kiaddey Alexander Seifalian. Ta tuill veggey ass towse ayn, as myr shen foddee killagyn cummal as aase er. Ta’n clowan jeant jeh fainnaghyn beayn creoi ayns ynnyd ny fainnaghyn lunganeagh dooghyssagh, as stoo s’boggey eddyr oc dys lhiggey da’n ahjioogh lhoobey. V’eh jeant dy jeeragh rere cummey ahjioogh dooghyssagh y hurransagh, as kanghyr ahjiooghagh echeysyn. Cha row ahjioogh toyrtyssagh erbee ry-gheddyn as cha row saase lheeys elley faagit oc.

Ghow ad sampleyr dy vun-chillaghyn mesenchymagh ass y smuir craue echey daa laa roish yn obbyr. Ren Harvard Bioscience ymmyd jeh bea-‘rasseeagh dyn aase: ren ad y far-ahjioogh y wheeylaghey ‘sy vea-‘rasseeagh as deayrtey fliughid beaghee as ny bun-chillagyn harrish. Ren stroos giarrey queeyllee noi y ‘liughid cur er ny bun-chillagyn jannoo killagyn eaghtyragh ahjiooghagh jeu hene. Myr shen va eaghtyr mooie killagyn eaghtyragh ahjiooghagh urree. Roish my ren ad yn ‘ar-ahjioogh y chur stiagh ‘sy turransagh, ghow ad sampleyr dy chillagyn epitheliagh ass e ‘troin as cur ad er eaghtyr sthie ny h-ahjioogh. Bee ad aase as skeaylley magh dys coodey y lane eaghtyr sthie lesh killagyn epitheliagh, myr ahjioogh ghooghyssagh.

Er y fa dy vel yn ‘ar-ahjioogh jeant jeh stoo polymeragh as killagyn y hurransagh hene, cha nel gaue jiooldey y chorys coadey ayn, as cha nel feme echey er druggaghyn coadey-smaghtagh erbee.

Ta fys ry-gheddyn ‘sy Vaarle ny ‘sy Toolynish ec Karolinska Institutet.