Smaller asteroids may pose greater danger than previously believed
The Sandia National Laboratories has run 3-D Supercomputer simulations that explain that the asteroid which struck the Tunguska region of Siberia in 1908 with the force of a 20 megaton atomic blast, leveling more than 80,000 trees over 830 square miles, was much smaller than previously thought. [...]
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On November 28, 2008, Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-126) undocked from the International Space Station after spending 11 days, 16 hours and 46 minutes of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and space station. This photo was taken by an Expedition 18 crewmember aboard the ISS after Endeavour undocked at 08:47 (CST.)
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Catch a glimpse of your future:
free-hand, three-space gestural input:
Forget GUI, and this isn’t even SUI (Spatial User Interface.) g-speak is a spatial operating environment – it understands space, geometry, your hands and what they are doing, and a huge amount of real time data. This SOE combines gestural i/o, recombinant networking and real-world pixels [...]
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Many of those who fought for us in WWII are gone, most of those still with us are in their eighties. In this era of self-indulgence and expectation of entitlement along with an increasing lack of respect for the commitments and contributions of those who came before us the stories of those men and women [...]
Phylotaxis is an exploration of the space where science meets culture done by Jonathan Harris for Seed Magazine. Select a position on the bar and then click on one of the stories.
From Number27.org (The Work of Jonathan Harris):
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An article by Scott Loganbill in the monkey_bites section of webmonkey reports that “As our economy sours more and more technologists are writing off Web 2.0 as dead.” Then he goes on to say, “We believe … the web is evolving. In fact, there’s no sign it will ever stop.” He also states that [...]
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Do you hear it? That whooshing sound? Sure you do. Just listen:
It is there – the future rushing toward us ever faster!
I am fascinated by potential. In this case the potential of “computing” to increase from the equivalent of a mouse brain to that of a human brain in about 12 years from [...]
Worlds in Flux
Our physical world is in constant flux.
A chaos of ever-changing geometries.
Click the 4 Arrows to view - FULL Screen
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A message from the future - A “Temporal Blowback” occurred as a result of a tachyon field failure in CERN’s Large Haldron Collider (LCH) on 22nd October 2008 resulting in the vaporization and destruction of the world.
This innovative - new search engine - lets you search the web visually and get an idea of where you are going. Type the object of your desire in the search bar and you are presented with a list of categories. Click a category OR click ALL and you are then presented with:
This is GREAT!!! [...]
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Remember 10 years ago how weird the word “google” sounded? Especially for the name of a search engine?
Google is a play on the word “googol” which refers to the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros - a number useful for describing the the number of sub-atomics particles in the [...]
Nvision 08
- Visual Wonderment from the Visual Revolution
- the conference was held in San Jose, CA, Aug 25 - 2, 08.
Perceptive Pixel Multi-Touch Demo Reel from Yoo Wonsuc on Vimeo.
Perceptive Pixel develops and markets the most advanced multi-touch system (compute without conventional input devices) in the world.
Visual Computing is coming!
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Simplicity to Complexity,
from one connection to a social web explosion!
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1 : to give individuality to
2 : to form into a distinct entity
Do we seek to find ourselves or to repeat dysfunctional patterns?
Autonomy - “…self-governance through free volition, not separation or independence from others.”
Two types: individuating autonomy and relating autonomy. “…two distinct of autonomy—individuating and relating—each with superior function in a specific domain of [...]
We connect, relate, group and network:
Facebook is Number 1 Globally but MySpace is still most popular in the United States. Pingdom.com used Google Insights for Search to compare search volume comparisons across global regions and thereby assess Social Network popularity. They looked at the google data to see where the 12 top social [...]
An Very Cool Introduction to YouTube and the “MediaScape”
Michael Wesch
“An anthropological introduction to YouTube” video of Library of Congress presentation Jul 29th, 2008 by Prof Michael Wesch
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“The Machine is Us/ing Us:
Web 2.0 in Under Five Minutes”
A video created by Michael Wesch in February of 2007. Michael talked about about how everything is connected and his background in cultural anthropology during an interview with John Batelle. From Michael’s blog, “I sent it to 10 people. Four days later it was the [...]
