Logitech F710 with Mac

For all you Mac users out there, the best way to connect your Logitech F710 controller for use with QGroundControl is:

        • Switch mode to “D”

        • Have the controller’s dongle ready to insert into your USB port
        • Push the central button with the Logitech logo to “wake up” your controller.  The green light should flash a few times

        • Insert the USB dongle while the controller light is flashing

Your Mac should now recognize the controller.

To confirm, go to the Apple Menu / About This Mac / System Report / Hardware/ USB and look for Logitech Wireless Gamepad

Moray Eel Larvae

Life never ceases to amaze! This compilation shows Muraenid Leptocephali in coastal Indonesia:

A Little Kelp from Your Friends

University of Tasmania Postdoctorate Research Fellow Cayne Layton has been leading a team of scientists studying kelp internal dynamics with the goal of improving kelp forest regeneration success rates. They found that adult kelp can engineer their surrounding environment by altering water flow, sedimentation and sunlight in the lower reaches of their patch. The adults can essentially create optimal conditions for themselves and kelp juveniles’ survival and health. This ability to influence their growing environment is critically dependent on the overall size of the kelp patch and its density. A reduction in either value negatively affects the recruitment and survival of juveniles.

Full article at: Cosmos Magazine 06feb2019

Scientists setting up an artificial reef for kelp

ROV Locates Downed Plane

Wreckage of the Piper Malibu PA-46 carrying Cardiff City’s football star Emiliano Sala has been found in the Channel using an ROV: