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# five friday finds: fandoms, cats, robot lingo
- URL: https://flyways.snowbird.global/five-friday-finds-fandoms-cats-robot/
- Published: 2023-11-10T07:30:15.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-05T05:51:56.000Z
- Description: from China to Argentina
- Author: Gautam Ramdurai
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1730785798323, #Import 2024-11-05 13:50

Howdy folks,

It’s Deepavali weekend. Bright lights and good food have taken over Singapore. Here are the finds that kept me curious this week:

1. [**MADE IN CHINA**](https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/suzy-chan-made-in-china-digital-301122?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) A designer hopes to change people’s perceptions of China as simply a place of mass manufacturing, and look further into the families and children behind the commerce.
2. [**CHIPS vs TEMPLES**](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/08/asia-pacific/taiwan-land-chips-temples/?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) Taiwan's land squeeze pits advanced chips against ancestral temples.
3. [**FANDOMS FIGHT**](https://qz.com/taylor-swift-and-bts-superfans-are-rallying-against-arg-1850996866?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) Taylor Swift and BTS superfans are rallying against Argentina’s far right.
4. [**CATS**](https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/Tea-Leaves/Behind-Japan-s-curious-obsession-with-cats?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) Behind Japan's curious obsession with cats.
5. [**ROBOT LINGO**](https://news.mit.edu/2023/using-language-give-robots-better-grasp-open-ended-world-1102?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) By blending 2D images with foundation models to build 3D feature fields, a new MIT method helps robots understand and manipulate nearby objects with open-ended language prompts.

I hope you find whatever lights your life and pay more attention to it.

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