Dr. Sotiris Kakanos

Founder of @autoscientific

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

I have some time off between jobs so I'm daily-using this laptop again. Still enjoying Ubuntu. I re-applied the thermal paste on its GPU/CPU and, although I don't have the data to show it, it seems to be running cooler.

The 10 year old laptop lives on!

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

I just installed Ubuntu on this same laptop and it is genuinely comparable to my work one, for day-to-day use (MBP with M2 chip)

If you have an old legacy mac that no longer gets sw updates - consider switching to linux! https://t.co/sSjKgv6T5m

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

A boring update, but: after having the battery replaced in my late 2015 macbook pro, it feels as good as new, that it can go for another 8 years, and that I've basically got a new laptop for a fraction of the cost 🤩

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

@andrewmccalip @LabergeDev I thought thermoelectric Peltier modules were the answer to this but for reasons unknown to me they’re not used beyond toy projects (could be wrong)

[autoscientific @autoscientific]

ReachingBot Device Manager v2.4.1 released.

- Pellet detection zone is now configurable
- TTL signals can now be coupled to external devices for event synchronisation (e.g. for 2-photon imaging or transcranial stimulation)

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

@matwku Congrats, Mat! Awesome news! 😄

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

@DHuzard This looks great, congrats!

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

@collins_belton @mitsuhiko IMO it makes code readable. It’s nice coming back to code after some time knowing what a method expects to receive and what it’ll return, for example… it also makes parsing Python with things like the Inspect module a lot easier too

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

@FromPhDtoLife n.b. I did also quite like being in academia!

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

@PeterOnion I can’t say for certain as I’ve not used this material but I think it will look frosted immediately off the print bed, and it’s because Stanton used an acetone vapour that it became so transparent in the video

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

@VegetableSamosa Thank you, brother LeeRev!

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

A boring update, but: after having the battery replaced in my late 2015 macbook pro, it feels as good as new, that it can go for another 8 years, and that I've basically got a new laptop for a fraction of the cost 🤩

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

@Yaz_Buhidma @DutyLab @WolfsonCARD @KingsIoPPN @NaturePortfolio Congrats Yaz!

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

I think it will be my go-to when I need to make an embedded system that doesn't require computer vision

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

I've just started messing around with a Pico and I really like it as a RPi 4 alternative. The constraints (less storage/processing power) means getting creative with implementation but the availability and low cost makes it worth it IMO!

[autoscientific @autoscientific]

A rendering of the latest @autoscientific ReachingBot® 😍

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

@ChantayyJayy It survives it with no problem… I just find that it’s terrible at actually tracking distance swam if it’s open water and not lengths in a pool

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

@Goodwin_G1 @ThisIsSaraJager @sciloveson Congrats George, this looks excellent!

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

@amy_saskia have DMd you!

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

We adopted a cat called Ray! 🐈