Current Events by John R. Patrick – 08/25/2023
I have added two new sections to the Current Events blog post. One is about new photos and videos. The other is about startups.The new sections may not appear every week, just when I have something new to share. The Bunny Williams Property On Saturday, some friends and us took a ride north through rustic […]
Can We Cope With Packaging? (Redux) by John R. Patrick
I wrote this story originally in July, 1999. Blogging was not yet ubiquitous. I edited the story in May, 2008, in July, 2021, and now in August, 2023. Packaging is one of those things that most of us may not think about a lot. Packaging can be plastic, glass, paper, Styrofoam, cardboard, or poly-whatever, and […]
Current Events by John R. Patrick – 08/18/2023
I have added two new sections to the Current Events blog post. One is about new photos and videos. The other is about startups.The new sections may not appear every week, just when I have something new to share. JRP in the news and videos Image by Tung Nguyen / Pixabay On July 21, I […]
Can Microbots Deliver Drugs?
Can Microbots Deliver Drugs? Some robots are very large. Some can pick up a car as part of the manufacturing process. Other robots are very small, very small. Micro-robotics is not a new field, but great progress is being made to design tiny, speedy, self-propelled robots. They are called microrobots or just plain microbots. The […]
Current Events by John R. Patrick – 08/11/2023
I have added two new sections to the Current Events blog post. One is about new photos and videos. The other is about startups.The new sections may not appear every week, just when I have something new to share. Upcoming talks by JRP I will be giving a talk about AI at the Ridgefield Library […]