[Link] The Surprisingly Scientific Roots of Monkey Bars

Read: 4/3/2023 www.smithsonianmag.com

A kindergartner frolics on a jungle gym during a festival in Louisville, Kentucky, in September 2017.

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[Link] The Sincerest Form Of Flattery: Cloning Open-Source Hardware

Read: 31/10/2021 hackaday.com

We’re great proponents (and beneficiaries) of open-source hardware here at Hackaday. It’s impossible to overstate the impact that the free sharing of ideas has had on the hacker hardware scene.

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[Link] Custom PS5 Plate Company Dares Sony to Sue It, Gets Sued, Trolls Sony Again

Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com

The PlayStation 5 is an ugly machine. Thankfully, the hideous white plates flanking either side of the gaming console come off and there are several companies that sell variations on Sony’s white, default theme.

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[Link] South Africa issues world's first patent listing AI as inventor

Read: 6/8/2021 www.globallegalpost.com

South Africa has become the first country to award a patent that names an artificial intelligence as its inventor and the AI’s owner as the patent's owner.

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[Link] Nintendo Lawsuit Forces Japanese Dev To Cough Up $30 Million

Read: 5/8/2021 kotaku.com

In December 2017, Nintendo sued Japanese developer Colopl over patent infringements in the free-to-play mobile game Shironeko Project. According to an official statement, Colopl has agreed to pay Nintendo 3.3 billion yen ($30 million).

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