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Father to Julie, Husband to Judy, all of us Walkers and proud citizens of USA

‘Time machine’ made to visually explore space and time in videos: Time-lapse GigaPans provide new way to access big data

Posted on April 25, 2011 by John

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110421151916.htm Julie – want to make a biology GigaPan? ScienceDaily (2011-04-22) — Researchers have leveraged the latest browser technology to create GigaPan Time Machine, a system that enables viewers to explore gigapixel-scale, high-resolution videos and image sequences by panning or … Continue reading →

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Toward a Computer Model of the Brain: New Technique Poised to Untangle Brain’s Complexity

Posted on April 13, 2011 by John

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110410181302.htm. The Human Genome project was a childs play compaired to the development of a Computer Model of the brain. I am not even sure even possible with current computer archetectures however fast or scaled.

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Since I’ll most likely never travel in space I hope that someday I can see the Northern or Sountern Lights like this

Posted on March 28, 2011 by John

The Aurora from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.

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Doing smart or taking advantagious actions is not only only for animal scale

Posted on March 3, 2011 by John

“The researchers showed that these nanotubes connect bacteria of the same and different species. Via these tubes, bacteria are able to exchange small molecules, proteins and even small genetic elements (known as plasmids).” Calls into question what scale should we … Continue reading →

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