New Year!
Happy New Year everyone! Here’s little something to brighten the new year. Will 2009 be the year of the DIY biology? I certainly hope so!
Quick links -augmented reality articles
A quick write-up before I go off to work/last minute shopping I’ve been really into tumblr lately. Tumblr+twitter had been my medium of choice for past month or two. I want you to check out two links I put up at my tumblr on the subject of augmented reality. http://bookhling.tumblr.com/post/66220823/books-infused-with-augmented-reality-illustrations http://bookhling.tumblr.com/post/66220638/augmented-reality-graffiti-heres-a-cool-idea (((this one’s really amazing))) … Read more
Lisa Randall opera
Brief post amidst a mild snowstorm nursing a mug of hot chocolate: The prominent particle physicist/cosmologist Lisa Randall is apparently hard at work writing an opera with the artist Matthew Ritchie, according to a detailed interview on the Boston Globe. The opera is an hour-long piece between two performers with the title of “Hypermusic Prologue: A … Read more
The antikythera mechanism
An ex-senior curator finally succeeded in replicating all known features of the 2000 years old Antikythera mechanism, the first known mechanical computer in human history. Technically this is in similar spirit as a 19th century clock. There is some strange notion among some people regarding how people got smarter over time. Sometimes I feel … Read more
The Sky Crawlers screening
Just got back from nyc Sky Crawler’s screening. I’m a little burned out, so let me just jot down a couple of points for further recollection tomorrow. 1)The screening opened with a recorded message from the venerable Mamoru Oshii himself. He said that the movie was about people who stopped/refused to grow up, and drew … Read more
Japan: Robot Nation
Here’s the link to the documentary in full at current.com. It’s about twenty or so minutes long (why is it so hard to embed video on wordpress?). Unlike some other (let’s be honest. Most other) Japan/robot documentaries, this one focuses on the social conditions leading to the Japan’s apparent love of robotics. It sheds something … Read more
cheap microfluidics
Just a quick note before I go off to fire up a new report. (Cross posted from my tumblr feed) Original article from the Wired. Ok, here’s my take on it. There seem to be a way to build a cheap microfluidic array using household materials costing around three cents. The materials involved are standard … Read more
Science commons
Just a quick post before going to sleep (it’s 2:45 in the morning and I have class at 10:00 ugh). This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen on the net today. 120 second introduction to what science commons is. I can think of lot of things that can explain why the idea of … Read more
artscience rant
Just a little something I jotted down a moment ago on notepad, about art, science, and artscience (and possibly what artificial life has to do with it all) A machine to create as we know it can only a machine that follows certain mathematical patterns giving output that can be interpreted by both the … Read more
My Black Friday books
I picked up my Amazon Black Friday purchases from the post office today. Here are shots of the purchases I’m especially fond of. “The varieties of scientific experience” by Carl Sagan. I didn’t plan on buying this, but at five something dollars per copy? Sign me up! “Journey through genius” by William Dunham. … Read more
