LD 111

Martin - Ashanti Empire in Africa that lasted from the early 1600s - 1900s. Built on free labour. Rallied around the golden stool to defeat the enemy. Importance of culture to unify the people. Series of Anglo-Ashanti wars that were fought on the basis of disagreements between future colonisers on how Africa should be divided.

Ka Ho - Mathematical biology, using mathematical models in biology & Alan Turing’s contributions (Ref Video: How the zebra really got its stripes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLkCaBwRrVo )

Paul - MODO BASS - a physically modeled electric bass guitar; delivers the rich and nuanced sound of a real instrument played by a real musician. Useful when synth bass or samples aren’t good enough and you can’t get a talented bass player to cut a perfect track on short notice. https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/modobass/

Melvin - Cuttle, 2 player card game played with a standard deck. Play against the AI https://gloryofrobots.itch.io/cuttle, play against other people https://www.cuttle.cards/ Rules: https://github.com/shmup/card-game-rules/blob/master/cuttle.md

Melia - Collection of parasite plants. Examples are rafflesia and mistletoe. In Southeast Asia, there are practices of using parasite plants for their medicinal properties. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11418-012-0695-2

Hijie - Searching for the best tool to permanently delete files on your computer. Bought BitRaser. SG companies fined due to data breaches.

Anna - Reading the book “Beneath the Rug”, 30 stories of people in the social impact space. Understand the struggles and share the stories. https://www.solvenplus.one/btr

Janice - Springtail Jumps Off Water and in Super Slow Motion! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXeSnWY6DNc Pictures https://www.chaosofdelight.org/