Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Images of Jupiter and Moons
Here are 10 sets of remarkable images of Jupiter's moons, provided by observers in recent months. Many of them resolve surface details. (South is up in all images. Click on the thumbnail images below for full size versions.) From britastro.org.
Higgs Boson
Five one-page explanations. Well done!
“In 1993, the UK Science Minister, William Waldegrave, challenged physicists to produce an answer that would fit on one page to the question ‘What is the Higgs boson, and why do we want to find it?’”
“In 1993, the UK Science Minister, William Waldegrave, challenged physicists to produce an answer that would fit on one page to the question ‘What is the Higgs boson, and why do we want to find it?’”
WW2 Tweets from 1939
This is Outstanding! @RealTimeWWII - Livetweeting the Second World War, as it happens on this date and time in 1939, and for 6 years to come.
BrowserID
An interesting authentication scheme. This looks pretty good. It's based simply on your email address.
At Mozilla
Browserid.org.
On Security Now. (YouTube)
At Mozilla
Browserid.org.
On Security Now. (YouTube)
Nano-Optic Technology for Enhanced Security
“Nanotech Security [has] created an atoms-thick display that can be read by humans or machines and that shines with the brightness of a typical LED despite using nothing but reflected light.” via @FastCompany.
NOtES exploits an obscure area of physics to accomplish its bright and sharp display, known as plasmonics. Light waves interact with the array of nano-scale holes on a NOtES display—which are typically 100–200 nanometers in diameter—in a way that creates what are called “surface plasmons.” In the words of the company, this means light “[collects] on the films surface and creates higher than expected optical outputs by creating an electromagnetic field, called surface plasmonic resonance.”
Friday, December 09, 2011
Zero Email
Finally, a company implements a no email policy! For a long time, I've thought email should go!
Engulfed Cathedral
by Claude Debussy is one of my favorite pieces of music.
This electronic version performed by Isao Tomita on Snowflakes Are Dancing (1974) was used in the first planetarium show I ever did. The show was a live lecture for some 50 minutes (too long, but these were the old days of longer attention spans) and the show (created by Mike Hood) ended in a beautiful sun rise with this music. We only used the piece up to the 3m35s mark or so, fading it out there.
Piano
Wind ensemble arrangement
This electronic version performed by Isao Tomita on Snowflakes Are Dancing (1974) was used in the first planetarium show I ever did. The show was a live lecture for some 50 minutes (too long, but these were the old days of longer attention spans) and the show (created by Mike Hood) ended in a beautiful sun rise with this music. We only used the piece up to the 3m35s mark or so, fading it out there.
Piano
Wind ensemble arrangement
CarrierIQ
Interview in The @Verge by Sean Hollister is a good attempt to begin sorting out what's going on here. This story is still developing.
It was discussed on This Week in Tech 330.
Lance Ulanoff at Mashable.
It was discussed on This Week in Tech 330.
Lance Ulanoff at Mashable.
Monday, December 05, 2011
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