Marshallese navigators built stick charts from coconut-frond midribs, shells and sennit fiber to represent ocean swell patterns and island locations across the Pacific. Each chart was so personal in design that typically only its maker could fully interpret and use it for canoe navigation. The practice declined after World War II amid new electronic navigation tools, reduced inter-island canoe travel, and disruption from US nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll.
en.wikipedia.org
· 2026-10-13
A new web app called Guitoro lets users play a virtual guitar, classic guitar, electric guitar or four-string bass using their computer keyboard or by swiping on a touchscreen. It includes 51 songs that can be slowed down to show finger placement, string hits and strumming patterns, using recordings of real instrument notes rather than synthesized sound. The tool requires no download or account and runs entirely in the browser.
guitoro.com
· 2026-10-13
A Coinbase engineer created 'Stonkfly,' an open-source simulation of a male fruit fly's brain and eyes containing 166,700 neurons and 25.6 million synaptic connections, and set it loose reading candlestick charts to buy, sell or hold cryptocurrencies. The virtual fly perceives price charts as raw pixel data through simulated photoreceptors, acts roughly every 500 milliseconds, and receives a dopamine-like reward signal for profitable trades and an aversive signal for losses, with trading fees also counted as losses.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-12
The Australian Recording Industry Association has updated its chart rules to exclude music created by artificial intelligence, meaning AI-generated tracks will no longer be eligible to appear on Australia's official music charts. The move formalizes a distinction between human-made and machine-generated recordings for chart purposes.
entertainment.slashdot.org
· 2026-08-28
The Australian Recording Industry Association will bar songs wholly created by generative AI from its official charts starting this Friday. Tracks that use AI tools may still qualify, but only if they are substantially human-made and free of streaming or chart manipulation concerns. Songs deemed ineligible for the charts will also be barred from ARIA Awards consideration.
engadget.com
· 2026-08-26
Australia's recorded music industry association announced that songs created entirely by artificial intelligence will no longer qualify for the country's official music charts. The same ban extends to the Australian Record Industry Association's annual awards, effectively shutting AI-made tracks out of the nation's top music recognitions.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-08-25
The Australian Recording Industry Association has updated its Charts Code of Practice to exclude music that is wholly AI-generated from national chart eligibility, effective with the chart dated August 31. Songs made with AI assistance can still qualify, but only if the recording is substantially human-made, with humans writing the song and performing lead vocals and primary instruments using authorized tools.
techspot.com
· 2026-08-25
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