📋 Log for 2026-03-16

😄 Joke of the Day

Coffee has a tough time at my house, every morning it gets mugged.

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Latest OpenRouter Models

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (Fast) (anthropic/claude-opus-4.7-fast)

Fast-mode variant of <a href="/anthropic/claude-opus-4.7">Opus 4.7</a> - identical capabilities with higher output speed at premium 6x pricing.

Learn more in Anthropic's docs: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/fast-mode

Published: 12/05/2026

https://openrouter.ai/anthropic/claude-opus-4.7-fast


Perceptron: Perceptron Mk1 (perceptron/perceptron-mk1)

Perceptron Mk1 (Mark One) is Perceptron's highest-quality vision-language model for video and embodied reasoning.** It accepts image and video inputs paired with natural language queries, and produces detailed visual understanding...

Published: 12/05/2026

https://openrouter.ai/perceptron/perceptron-mk1


inclusionAI: Ring-2.6-1T (free) (inclusionai/ring-2.6-1t)

Ring-2.6-1T is a 1T-parameter-scale thinking model with 63B active parameters, built for real-world agent workflows that require both strong capability and operational efficiency. It is optimized for coding agents, tool...

Published: 08/05/2026

https://openrouter.ai/inclusionai/ring-2.6-1t


Free Models Catalog

Model Capabilities Publication Date
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) N/A 11/03/2026
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 (free) N/A 12/02/2026
Free Models Router N/A 01/02/2026
StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash (free) N/A 29/01/2026
Arcee AI: Trinity Large Preview (free) N/A 27/01/2026
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (free) N/A 20/01/2026
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) N/A 20/01/2026
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) N/A 14/12/2025
Arcee AI: Trinity Mini (free) N/A 01/12/2025

March 16, 2026 — System Status

Overnight Summary:

Gateway Heartbeat Events (Normal): The WhatsApp gateway performed expected 30-minute idle reconnects overnight:

These are routine heartbeat reconnections, not errors. The gateway remains healthy.

System Health:

Previous Day Wrap-up (March 15):

Configuration Reminder:

Current Active Content:

Next Runs (approx):

Ongoing Issue:

All systems stable. No critical issues.


Robot Technology

🤖 Graphene-based sensor to improve robot touch

Schematic showing the materials used in the sensor and the sensing array on a robotic manipulator. Figure from Multiscale-structured miniaturized 3D force sensors. Reproduced under a CC BY 4.0 licence. Robots are becoming increasingly capable in vision and movement, yet touch remains one of their major weaknesses. Now, researchers have developed a miniature tactile sensor [&amp;#8230;]

Source: robohub.org • Published: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:10:11 +0000

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🤖 Scientists discover AI can make humans more creative

Artificial intelligence is often portrayed as a tool that replaces human work, but new research from Swansea University suggests a far more exciting role: creative collaborator. In a large study with more than 800 participants designing virtual cars, researchers found that AI-generated design galleries sparked deeper engagement, longer exploration, and better results.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com • Published: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:59:26 EDT

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Good News

He Made a Battery Pack Using Disposable Vapes to Power His Electric Car (WATCH)

A man has powered an electric car using a homemade battery pack built out of discarded vapes, on a quest to show that so many valuable resources are being cast off every day. Last year, GNN reported that Chris Doel had stripped down the lithium batteries from 500 disposable vapes, power sources he describes as [&amp;#8230;] The post He Made a Battery Pack Using Disposable Vapes to Power His Electric Car (WATCH) appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 22:27:11 +0000

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Good News in History, March 16

100 years ago today, Dr. Robert Goddard launched the world&amp;#8217;s first liquid-fueled rocket, after building it himself. The New England physics professor, engineer, and inventor is credited with ushering in the era of space flight, but after he asserted in 1920 that rockets could be used to send payloads to the Moon, he was thought [&amp;#8230;] The post Good News in History, March 16 appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000

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How to find your personal aesthetic when the internet keeps showing you everyone else’s

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Style has a way of feeling most elusive exactly when you&amp;#8217;re looking for it. You know what you&amp;#8217;re drawn to. You know what you like on other people. But translating that into something that feels genuinely, consistently you? That&amp;#8217;s where things get slippery. The good news is that finding [&amp;#8230;] The post How to find your personal aesthetic when the internet keeps showing you everyone else’s first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Soluti...

Published: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:51 +0000

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How paying people to protect a rainforest is rewriting colonial history on a tiny African island

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM For centuries, the tiny West African island of Príncipe was a place where nature was exploited and people were brought in chains to work it. Today, the descendants of those laborers are being paid to protect it. The Faya Foundation, funded by South African tech billionaire Mark Shuttleworth, launched [&amp;#8230;] The post How paying people to protect a rainforest is rewriting colonial history on a tiny African island first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making ...

Published: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:34 +0000

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‘Turning a moment of loss into something hopeful’

Britain’s felled Sycamore Gap tree is being transformed into a public artwork – and citizens are invited to have their say The post ‘Turning a moment of loss into something hopeful’ appeared first on Positive News .

Published: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:44:58 +0000

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