Whatโs meowinโ, humans? Adam here ๐
This is my newsletter where I share cool stuff people do on the internet.
You might remember me from my CatGPT ๐โโฌ project. I created it in a single day to show that people can make fun stuff with AI, and millions of people loved it!! ๐ป
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Ever since I was a kid Iโve just REALLY loved building stuff!!
Even now, I still love LEGO sets and 3D printing so much.
You start with a bunch of pieces, follow the steps, and eventually get a finished product. Same reason for IKEA furniture. ๐จ๐ช
This week weโre bragging about humans who took that same 5th-grader โanything is possible to createโ energy to the next level to create some amazing (and highly practical) projects:
A LEGO store employee who built a wheelchair for a disabled kitten ๐ฑ.
A kid whose school project turned into a wildfire detection system ๐ฅ.
And a group of women who crocheted an enormous 12,916-square-foot shade canopy over their town ๐งถ.
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Pssstโฆ keep scrolling for some cat-sized prizes ๐คซ๐ฑ
The $1,800 kitten problem solved with a box of LEGOs
A proper cat-sized wheelchair wouldโve cost around $1,800 (wayyy too much for something he'd grow out of in a month)โฆ so this kittenโs rescuers called a local LEGO store ๐งฑ to figure out a creative solution.
Thatโs where they found
Michael Hawley, who works at Bricks & Minifigs in Wilmington, North Carolina. When they asked if he could build a โcat wheelchairโ out of Legos, he said yes on the spot!
Wouldnโt you? lol
This tiny cat-sized wheelchair is ridiculously cute ๐๐
And there's an especially sweet reason Michael wanted to help.
He once had a dog named Mr. Wiggles ๐ถ who had the same condition as Rex. Mr. Wiggles died when he was only 3 years old. So this time around, Michael got a chance to help another little animal with the same wobbly start.
Michaelโฆ what a purrr-fet use of Legos!! ๐๐ป
Ryan and the 5th-grade science project tackling wildfires in California
Ryan Honary was in 5th grade when he saw coverage of Californiaโs devastating โCamp Fireโ on TV in 2018 ๐ณ๐ฅ. The burning neighborhoods looked enough like his own that he panicked and called his mom to make sure she was safe.
Even though his mom was safe (luckily! ๐ฎโ๐จ), Ryan couldnโt stop thinking about all the families who werenโt so luckyโฆ so he built his own wildfire detector for his science fair!
But unlike most 5th-grade science projectsโฆ
Ryan never stopped working on his.๐
That little detector eventually grew into SensoRy AI: a network of solar-powered sensors designed to detect the earliest signs of wildfire and give firefighters more warning before flames spread.
And now?
The City of Irvine is now preparing to deploy a large-scale network across its Open Space Preserve in early 2027, while Laguna Beach has selected SensoRy AI for a larger deployment of its own. One recent SensoRy AI deployment even detected an ignition from more than a mile away ๐คฏ before residents or camera systems spotted it.
Go Ryan!! ๐๐๐
Eva and the 50 grannies beating the heat with yarn
So crochet teacher
Eva Pacheco and a group of local women decided to help make the townโs pedestrian streets a little more comfortable.
Their solution?
Yarn. ๐งถ
Lots and lots and LOTS of yarn lol.
Their handmade canopy now stretches the size of 3 basketball courts (12,916 square feet), and when you stand underneath the finished thingโฆ
Holy crochet!! ๐คฏ๐
The project has been running through the town's senior center since 2019, with pieces from previous years coming together again to create the enoooormous canopy.
Besides looking awesome, the covers cast shade across the streets below and help take some of the edge off the summer heat. โ๏ธ
Eva and the crochet crewโฆ youโre awesome!! ๐๐๐
๐ Know a human worth bragging about?
If somebody you know is building something weird, useful, kind, or just ridiculously awesome, hit reply with their name + a link to what theyโre doing.
Maybe we all need a little more 5th grader โanything is possible to createโ energy. ๐จโ๐จ
None of these ideas started with some huge plan. Somebody noticed a problem, and used whatever they had available to try and solve it.
A cat wheelchair made out of Legos.
An elementary science project turned wildfire detector.
And a massiveโฆ crocheted canopy??
That creative, problem-solving energy is definitely worth bragging about ๐งก
 Adam Bragg |
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