Ismail Aldean

PhD candidate at @ISL_sheffield ☢️
L3 PT and S&C coach 🏋️

[Ismail Aldean @ismailaldean]

https://t.co/uGrnXoWlEp

[Mark Nelson @energybants]

Powerful lineup.

Extraordinary moment for world energy.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

- Shoot a photo with an iPhone through a pair of glasses with a certain prescription

- Click on the screen until the "AF/AE lock" function appears. Use it

- Remove the lense

This is how the person who wears those glasses actually sees

[📹 sakata_yoshi]
https://t.co/wU4wMjCPpU

[Respond Crisis Translation @RespondCrisis]

A released Palestinian prisoner says in Arabic that Israel held them in the cold w/o electricity, "sprayed us w/ pepper spray" & "left us to die."

She never mentioned Hamas or a word like it. Yet @BBC translated to: "No one helped us. Only Hamas cared...We love them very much."

[Rowan Cheung @rowancheung]

AI video generation is getting shockingly good.

In a couple of years, anyone will be able to create a movie from a smartphone- we're entering a whole new era of film.

Here are some of the best examples I've seen:

[Nature Metabolism @NatMetabolism]

Online now! Linking neuropsychiatric disease to neuronal metabolism https://t.co/1ky35BITsS

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

This sea turtle snuggles into a sea sponge and lets out a big yawn before a nap 🐢

[Keith Siau @drkeithsiau]

Slit lamp examination of the eye showing movement of red blood cells🩸🤩

[Academic Exit @academic_exit]

PhDs: when you're reading an industry job description, it may look like a foreign language.

Here are a few key terms to look out for that can help you if you're not yet corpspeak-fluent (a 🧵):

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Striking one tuning fork sets up a sympathetic vibration in the other, even though there is no physical contact between the two units

this sympathetic resonance is seen here using a ping pong ball, which unambiguously moves.

[Jefferson @Jefferson_MFG]

MADE IN BRITAIN: Established more than 200 years ago, Sheffield Forgemasters manufactures some of the world's largest and most technically challenging cast and forged steel components.

The historic firm's capabilities are being significantly enhanced thanks to a new 13,000-tonne forging press and new machining facilities — part of a £400 million investment programme.

The video shows an ingot being transferred by crane in preparation for forging on the firm's existing 10,000-tonne press, which is capable of forgings up to 300 tonnes in weight. #UKmfg

[TA✨ @DrPharmDMDTh]

NERVOUS SYSTEM

[Ismail Aldean @ismailaldean]

In the year 2035, your best friend will be an augmented reality AI with all the knowledge on the internet to teach you how to bake a cake, help you with the process and keep you company while you bake

[Rowan Cheung @rowancheung]

Speak with ChatGPT:

You can now use voice to engage in a back-and-forth conversation with your assistant.

The hyper-realistic text-to-speech model allows you to choose from five different voices.

On mobile, opt-in to voice in Settings → New Features on the mobile app.

[Re-energising Your Career @career_re]

#AcademicTwitter This always makes me laugh! 😂😂@phdvoice #phdlife

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

A baby turtle being born.

[dan barker @danbarker]

The career history of Pret A Manger's CEO, Pano Christou.

Nice to see things like this.

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

"Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly." - Franz Kafka

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

How astigmatism works

[📹 Cory Boone / Edmund Optics]

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A definitely different type of flood

A river of red wine flows through São Lourenco do Bairro in Portugal when the local distillery's 2.2 million liter tanks burst

Anadia Fire Department blocked the flood diverting it away from the river into a field
https://t.co/3AhIFt5rEH

[Ismail Aldean @ismailaldean]

40-125 mph in 4 seconds... This is teleportation 🤯