World’s oldest aquarium fish dies in mid-90s

A lungfish known as the oldest aquarium fish in the world has died. Granddad, as he was known, had been kept at the Shedd Aquarium since 1933, but a decision was taken to have him put down.

He suffered from failing health, but was well into his mid-90s, officials said.

Granddad, who came to Shedd from Australia in anticipation of the 1933-34 Chicago World’s Fair, was seen by more than 104 million people during his time in Chicago, aquarium president Bridget Coughlin said in a statement announcing his death.

Granddad’s exact age was unknown but that he was believed to be in his mid-90s. Granddad was euthanized after losing interest in food and showing signs of organ failure.

Robot beats ‘I am not a robot’ Captcha test

A mechanical robotic arm managed to circumvent a computer password system meant to deter ‘robots.’

YouTube user Matt Unsworth shared video of the robot, outfitted with a pair of googly eyes, as it used a stylus pen to check an ‘I am not a robot’ Captcha security box.

The video pokes fun at the language used by the security verification system intended to prevent spam or computer automated extraction of data from websites.

The robotic arm slides the stylus up the computer mouse pad before just barely managing to click inside the on-screen check box which proceeded to swirl into a green check mark.

Proud of its success, the robotic arm turns toward the camera and drops the stylus as an animated pair of glasses fall upon its ‘eyes’ alongside the phrase ‘Deal with it.’

Blindfolded boy solves Rubik’s cube

An eight-year-old Rubik’s cube whiz in Brazil was filmed solving a puzzle in one minute, 44 seconds — while blindfolded.

Chan Hong Lik, who previously made headlines when he solved a Rubik’s cube in 8.72 seconds at the age of seven, was competing in the Campeonato de Cubo Mágico Porto Alegre Open, late last year when he made a blindfolded attempt.

The budding Rubik’s cube master might soon face some heavy competition — his sister, Hong Yan Chan, solved a Rubik’s cube in 47 seconds at a competition last year, when she was only three years old!

Want to be professional chocolate taster?

Mondelez International, those wizards are responsible for some of your favourite chocolate brands, have announced an opportunity to join their team as a professional chocolate taster.

The role, posted on Linked In, is looking for someone who is: able to taste chocolate and cocoa beverage products and give objective and honest feedback; use a clearly defined vocabulary to describe products and aid in the discrimination between products.

The chocolate taster will be key in helping Mondelez perfect and launch an entirely new product all over the world.

And the qualifications required are passion for confectionary and taste buds for detection, honesty in giving an opinion; eager to try new inventive products.

So who’s applying?

Published in Dawn, Young World, February 25th, 2017