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An artist using an art to make an artwork 👏

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Twelve-year-old Rebecca Young was named one of TIME Magazine's "Girls of the Year" for inventing a solar-powered, wearable heated blanket designed to protect homeless individuals from freezing temperatures.

The invention, developed with engineering support from Thales, utilizes flexible solar panels and a battery-powered heating system, with prototypes currently undergoing testing by local charities.

The young innovator from Kelvinside Academy came up with the idea at age 11 after seeing rough sleepers struggling through freezing winters in her hometown. Her portable invention, which folds directly into a backpack, collects solar energy during the day using small flexible panels and stores it in a compact battery pack. At night, this stored energy powers internal copper wiring to provide up to eight hours of emission-free warmth without requiring access to mains electricity.

The design initially won the prestigious MacRobert Commendation Medal in the UK Primary Engineer Leaders Award competition, standing out among more than 70,000 entries.

Impressed by the concept, the global engineering firm Thales turned her school drawing into a fully functional, waterproof, and flame-retardant prototype. The first batch of functional blankets has already been distributed to local charities, including Homeless Project Scotland, to help vulnerable individuals stay warm during extreme weather.

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This room is thought to have been Michelangelo's 'Secret' hideaway and drawing board ...

It was an art historian's chance discovery of a lifetime. About 50 years ago, a museum director in Florence, Italy, found a hidden room whose walls were covered in drawings believed to be the work of Michelangelo and his disciples. Although the drawings are not signed by the master, art experts say some of the sketches in charcoal and chalk are almost certain to be Michelangelo originals. They could shed light not only on the Renaissance artist's creative process but also on a mysterious and dangerous period in his life.

The room is located in Florence's Basilica di San Lorenzo. That was the official church of the Medici family, the famous patrons of the arts who governed Florence, and later Tuscany, for centuries. Around 1520 AD, Medicis commissioned Michelangelo to design a family mausoleum. It came to be known as the Medici Chapels. Visitors to the Chapels speak in hushed tones as they admire the nude marble sculptures adorning the tombs of Lorenzo de' Medici and two other relatives. The naked forms allegories of four parts of day project an intense sensation of serenity and philosophical contemplation.

Historians believe Michelangelo eventually betrayed his patrons by joining a 1527 AD, revolt that drove the Medicis out of Florence. When the family returned three years later, Michelangelo is thought to have gone into hiding for months in the secret dwelling below the chapels. The hidden room, 23ft by 6 1/2ft, was discovered in 1975, by a museum director who spotted a trapdoor below a wardrobe that led to the room. After cleaning the walls, museum director discovered dozens of doodles and scribbles on the walls. Some of the drawings called to mind known works by the master.

"You have to go down a series of very steep steps, and you start seeing all these drawings that are breathtaking," says Paola d'Agostino, director of the Bargello Museum that oversees the Medici Chapels. She says the drawings in the hidden room are varied. Some recall Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. One is similar to the artist's bigger-than-life David sculpture. There's also a drawing of Laocoon, based on a statue from antiquity depicting a mythological attack on a Trojan priest and his two sons by writhing sea snakes. Michelangelo was in Rome when statue was unearthed in 1506 AD.

"Michelangelo was obsessed, as were all the other sculptors of the time," says D'Agostino, "because it was the incarnation of movement and deep expression in sculpture." There are as many as 70 different sketches on the room's walls. Art experts disagree on how many of them were drawn by the master himself. "I think maybe less than half a dozen could possibly be by Michelangelo," says William Wallace, a Michelangelo scholar at Washington University in St. Louis who has viewed the drawings in Florence.

Even if the sketches are not all works by the master, Wallace says their discovery was an exciting addition to Renaissance scholarship. "It's a glimpse into something of the culture of the time. These drawings are part of the day-to-day routine of what a bunch of people had to do to put together a complicated and important work like the Medici Chapel," he says.

Medicis pardoned Michelangelo after their return to power. But following the end the republic of Florence, he left his native city for Rome in 1532 AD, and never returned. The mausoleum remained unfinished. Nevertheless, says D'Agostino, it became what she calls the school of the world. "It became the place where everybody from all over Europe, draftsmen, sculptors, painters went to look at Michelangelo's work," she says.

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The mission continues 🤘

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Molly doing Molly things 💅

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[City of Round Rock @roundrock]

✨The new pedestrian bridge feature of the Heritage Trail West Project is currently under construction and looks amazing! ✨

The bridge is located along Chisholm Trail Road near our namesake "Round Rock" and will allow patrons to safely cross the roadway and Brushy Creek. Interestingly, a similar bridge structure was in place at this same location in the 1800s for wagons, etc., to safely traverse the low water crossing.

The overall Heritage Trail West project includes a 10-foot-wide trail spanning from Chisholm Trail Road to Mays Street and includes improvements at Bathing Beach Park, Chisholm Trail Crossing Park and Memorial Park. The approximately 1-mile trail will consist of elements showcasing Round Rock’s history, an overlook with views of Brushy Creek, open spaces for recreational opportunities and more.

This project is one of several along Brushy Creek Trail that will ultimately connect existing trails in Round Rock and Williamson County to create a regional system stretching from U.S. 183 to Texas 130.

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