1.1.2 Sunday Links...Babies teach AI, Peanut batteries, Plagues, and more...

Seven links for a Sunday morning, articles that are sometimes odd but hopefully interesting and informative. They’re about people discovering neat things with technology and about technology.

This baby with a head camera helped teach an AI how kids learn language | MIT Technology Review
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/02/01/1087527/baby-ai-language-camera/

Scientists develop new method for producing lithium-ion batteries using peanut shells: ‘Efforts have been made to find cheap raw materials’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/peanut-shells-lithium-ion-batteries/

Jupiter's moon Europa generates enough oxygen to keep 1 million humans breathing for a day
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/apple-news-ingest/jupiter-moon-europa-oxygen

Scientists made a 'digital twin' of Earth to simulate possible natural disasters
https://www.space.com/digital-twin-earth-natural-disaster-climate-change

Plagues From Centuries Ago May Have Altered Earth's Atmosphere
https://www.sciencealert.com/plagues-from-centuries-ago-may-have-altered-earths-atmosphere

Bluesky and Mastodon users are having a fight that could shape the next generation of social media | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/14/bluesky-and-mastodon-users-are-having-a-fight-that-could-shape-the-next-generation-of-social-media

In the Shadow of Silicon Valley
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n03/rebecca-solnit/in-the-shadow-of-silicon-valley