Category Archives: Science

2012 Feb 05 Sunday

Lytro Light Field Camera first look with Ren Ng: Digital Photography Review

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Interesting technology, but the test images I’ve seen from this camera are not sharp enough to make this camera worthwhile… Lytro Light Field Camera first look with Ren Ng: Digital Photography Review

by Dr. Agonize @ 2:20 pm

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2012 Jan 02 Monday

How Google’s Self-Driving Car Works

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Google seems to be the leader in achieving one of humanity’s remaining sci-fi dreams: the self-driving car. According to an article on the IEEE’s Spectrum blog: [Stanford University professor Sebastian] Thrun and his Google colleagues, including co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, are convinced that smarter vehicles could help make transportation safer and more efficient: [...]

by Dr. Agonize @ 11:28 am

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2011 Oct 27 Thursday

Population rapidly nearing 7 billion…like, soon!

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On Monday, a baby will be born somewhere and demographers will proclaim that the world’s population has reached 7 billion… Wow. Didn’t realize it would happen so quick. How does one celebrate an occasion like this? With chocolate, of course. But what kind???? Bittersweet. It’s a good thing because it’s proof we’re healthier, living longer, [...]

by Dr. Agonize @ 11:04 pm

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2011 Oct 26 Wednesday

Centuries-old secret society encryption finally cracked

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There are plenty of suggestive details in the recently decrypted minutes of an 18th Century German secret society, but the highest value to historians maybe in determining if and how a secret society like this shaped political events: …there are plenty more unbroken codes out there to be attacked. The team hopes to tackle the [...]

by Dr. Agonize @ 2:53 pm

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2011 Oct 12 Wednesday

RSA Animate – Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us – YouTube

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Very interesting talk on what motivates us… RSA Animate – Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us – YouTube

by Dr. Agonize @ 11:35 am

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2011 Sep 20 Tuesday

Architecture: Is it for people or for cameras?

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Where in Valencia would you rather hang out…? Here?: VALENCIA – Plaza de la Verge Or here?: VALENCIA – Città delle Arti e delle Scienze

by Jeff @ 12:39 am

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2011 Aug 19 Friday

Completely Off The Grid

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With the recent installation of more solar panels, Strizki now generates 21 kilowatts, or about twice as much power as he needs, and sells the extra to the power company, netting him about $25,000 a year. Completely Off The Grid.

by Dr. Agonize @ 1:48 pm

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2010 Jun 26 Saturday

Map and Estimates of the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico (via NYTimes.com)

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The New York Times has a kick ass group of info graphics to help you visualize the BP oil spill… Map and Estimates of the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico – Interactive Map – NYTimes.com.

by Dr. Agonize @ 7:59 pm

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2010 Jun 26 Saturday

Graffiti in New York City (via Tableau Software)

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I was searching for some free data visualization software (to create “mind maps” of my hair-brained schemes), and I found tableau software. One of the demos of their software is a data visualization of graffiti incidents and resolution actions in NYC. This is obviously intended as a tool for the city to track crime and [...]

by Dr. Agonize @ 11:58 am

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2010 Jun 25 Friday

In Photos: Two months later, the oil still flows – Yahoo! News

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In Photos: Two months later, the oil still flows – Yahoo! News.

by Dr. Agonize @ 12:06 am

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