1.11.2 ♻️ Sunday Links... AI for Earth, Create AI Assistants, Recycling Orange Peels, Turning Down Noise

Unintended consequences are a thing, especially with STEM/STEAM. You can't predict everything that will happen if push that red button. :-) But sometimes the consequences turn out great, and interesting. Like the first link, a juice company dumping only orange peels in a national park. There's also interesting links about virus research, generating solar power from space, how to create your own AI assistant, and more.

A juice company dumped orange peels in a national park. Here's what it looks like now.
https://www.upworthy.com/a-juice-company-dumped-orange-peels-in-a-national-park-heres-what-it-looks-like-now-rp5

New Vaccine Could Protect Against Any Strain of a Virus With One Shot
https://futurism.com/neoscope/new-vaccine-any-virus

Japanese satellite will beam solar power to Earth in 2025
https://www.space.com/japan-space-based-solar-power-demonstration-2025

AI for Earth: How NASA's artificial intelligence and open science efforts combat climate change
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-ai-earth-nasa-artificial-intelligence.html

Creating Your Own Custom AI Assistants Using OpenAI GPTs: A Free Course from Vanderbilt University
https://www.openculture.com/2024/04/creating-your-own-custom-ai-assistants-using-openai-gpts-a-free-course-from-vanderbilt-university.html

Mathematicians Explain Why Some Lengths Can’t Be Measured
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematicians-explain-why-some-lengths-cant-be-measured/

Turning Down the Noise Around You Improves Health in Many Ways | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/everyday-noises-can-hurt-hearts-not-just-ears-and-the-ability-to-learn/