Techie, educator, writer, designer, strategist, innovator, entrepreneur, Wife, Mom, and best of all - Grandma Spoon!

Joined August 2007
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Tonya Witherspoon retweeted
Wow! AI ASSISTED GARAGE MANUFACTURING IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE! CAD Drawings From Just A Picture! MIT just released something profound for creators and engineers alike. Picture this. You take a photo of an object, upload it, and an AI delivers a fully parametric CAD model, complete with editable code and construction history. This is open source GenCAD, from MIT's Decode Lab. It uses autoregressive transformers and diffusion models, trained on hundreds of thousands of images and CAD files. Input a 2D photo or sketch. Output valid CadQuery Python code that beats models like GPT-4.5 in accuracy. Why does this matter? It speeds up reverse engineering, prototyping, and part searches in vast databases. No more hours spent modeling from scratch. Field repairs, custom designs, education, all transformed. It even retrieves similar parts from libraries of thousands. For industries like manufacturing and aerospace, it cuts costs and boosts innovation. Hobbyists gain pro tools without the steep curve. I am testing it now on random objects and can not believe how much of a super power this is. I can start dozens of companies just on this AI model. This open-source gem is here: gencad.github.io/ The future of building stuff arrives in a snapshot.
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Tonya Witherspoon retweeted
🚨 BREAKING: Someone just open-sourced a tool that optimizes your website for AI search engines. It’s called geo-seo-claude. It optimizes any website for AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude. → Runs full GEO audits with parallel subagents → Delivers 60-second visibility snapshots → Analyzes structured schema markup for LLMs → Exports complete PDF reports 100% Open-Source.
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Tonya Witherspoon retweeted
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS What do we need to build to prepare the world for advanced AI? >$25 billion is about to flow into AI resilience and AI-for-science from the OpenAI Foundation, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and other major funders. But there's no shovel-ready list of the essential projects to build, and no critical mass of builders ready to execute. We're trying to fix that with The Launch Sequence, a collection of concrete projects to accelerate science, strengthen security, and adapt institutions to future advanced AI. We're opening up The Launch Sequence for new pitches. We'll help you develop your idea, connect you with funders, and get it built. $10,000 honorarium for published proposals. 🔗 Read the RFP and submit a short pitch (200–400 words): ifp.org/rfp-launch We’re looking for short pitches in three areas: 1. Accelerating science: What do researchers need to make breakthroughs with AI that markets and conventional grants won’t fund fast enough? 2. Strengthening security: What tools, technologies, or orgs can help ensure rapid AI advances don't undermine national security and public safety? 3. Adapting institutions: How do our institutions need to evolve to help society adapt to AI-driven change while preserving human agency? Our advisory panel: – @woj_zaremba, OpenAI co-founder – @tkalil2050, CEO of Renaissance Philanthropy – @matthewclifford, Co-founder & Chair of Entrepreneurs First, founding Chair of ARIA On top of the $10,000 honorarium, we offer a $1,000 bounty for pitching an idea we hadn’t heard before (if we publish it), and for every successful referral. Submissions are rolling, but we'll prioritize early pitches (within the next few weeks) and start reviewing immediately.
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Tonya Witherspoon retweeted
The Rockefeller Foundation is partnering with @HeartlandFwd to launch "Big Bets for America," a gathering focused on harnessing the latest innovations & spotlighting new economic opportunities to improve lives across the heartland and beyond #BigBetsforAmerica
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Tonya Witherspoon retweeted
If AI is THE hot topic of 2025, then this is THE hot ticket of the year! 🎫 Join us for an AI Interconnection Summit. This can't miss event focuses on the critical infrastructure needed to win the AI race ➡️ bit.ly/CNIXPWichitaSummit @NewbyVentures @DECIX #ConnectedNation
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Tonya Witherspoon retweeted
27 May 2025
🚀 Real-world experience meets real impact! Thanks to our partnership with @WichitaState Applied Learning and @WSUTech, students are helping power our district-wide summer tech refresh! 💻⚡ From imaging devices to setting up classrooms, these future-ready students are getting hands-on—and making a difference for students. 🎥 Watch how applied learning is transforming education in action ⬇️ @WichitaUSD259 #WPSProud #WSU #WSUTech #FutureReady #AppliedLearning #EdTech #SummerRefresh #PartnershipsInAction @DrShereeUtash @spoonwrite
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Tonya Witherspoon retweeted
We're still celebrating last week's #CNIXP groundbreaking and looking forward to the future of Kansas's broadband!🌐 ✍️Learn more: bit.ly/43DIqZG @hunternewby @NewbyVentures @spoonwrite @WichitaState @DECIX #ConnectedNation #broadband #ruralbroadband #betterbroadband
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🌟 Let’s make it happen! 🌿 VOTE DAILY for @BotanicaWichita as @USATODAY's Best Botanical Garden! 🏆 Show your love for Wichita! 💚👇 10best.usatoday.com/awards/t…

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I earned Unique Belgique’s delicious 'FREE Chocolate Chip Belgian Waffle'. #FreeUBBelgianWaffle @SukuThis #UniqueBelgiqueSponsored @UBWaffles @SIMSocial Get yours here 👇
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I earned Unique Belgique’s delicious 'FREE Chocolate Chip Belgian Waffle'. #FreeUBBelgianWaffle @SukuThis #UniqueBelgiqueSponsored @UBWaffles @SIMSocial Get yours here 👇
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Tonya Witherspoon retweeted
7 Aug 2024
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During a fireside chat yesterday, SpaceX President & COO Gwynne Shotwell confirmed that Starlink can provide everybody in rural and semi-rural U.S. with high-speed broadband internet connectivity for a very small fraction of the price of laying down a fiber optic cable.
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Go Shox‼️ #watchus
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Tonya Witherspoon retweeted
Check it out! 🤖‼️ Starting today, @WSU__Dining is partnering with @StarshipRobots to introduce robotic food delivery on campus. Order your favorite meals from select restaurants at WSU and get it delivered straight to you! See details ➡️ wsu.news/RobotDelivery
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Tonya Witherspoon retweeted
It’s official, Wichita State Esports has expanded and transitioned into the Corbin Education Center! Come see how our open house went. produced by our very own @feelsgoodmax #SHXGO⚡️ #McDGamingWSU
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Tonya Witherspoon retweeted
Great to host ATF Director Dettelbach & @DOJBJA Director Moore in Wichita to announce a new @ATFHQ forensics lab at @WichitaState. This state-of-the-art lab will bring more than 100 new good-paying, high-quality jobs to Kansas & will support ATF's capabilities across the nation.
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Tonya Witherspoon retweeted
Yesterday, @ATFHQ Dir Dettelbach was honored to join @DOJBJA Dir Moore, @JerryMoran & KS police executives in launching the Center for Public Safety Leadership on the grounds of @kletc. The Center will play a key role in developing the law enforcement leaders of today & tomorrow
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Tonya Witherspoon retweeted
.@Director_BJA joined @ATFHQ yesterday for their announcement of a new forensics laboratory at @WichitaState's Innovation Campus that will help law enforcement agencies across the country solve gun-related crimes.
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