Category Archives: Interesting Technology

When something may usher in the next big thing

3D Photography – Not what you think

Posted on September 1, 2022 by John

This is merging photography with 3D printing from the Science.org Data for all: Tactile graphics that light up with picture-perfect resolution

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Hubble We Will Miss You

Posted on March 7, 2018 by John

It is truly amazing the images we can get from the Hubble Space Telescope! https://gizmodo.com/iconic-stellar-ring-much-stranger-than-previously-thoug-1823556092

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Air Breathing Electric Thruster

Posted on March 7, 2018 by John

A cross between ram jet fusion drive and a ion drive, very cool https://phys.org/news/2018-03-world-first-air-breathing-electric-thruster.html  

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Why I don’t play On-Line Games, ReShare items or take quizzes like “if you were and X what X would you be?”

Posted on January 13, 2015 by John

“Computers aren’t yet as smart and sultry as the one in Her, but armed with your Facebook data, they can accurately judge your personality in a fraction of a second. Compared with humans predicting their friends’ personalities …” http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2015/01/your-computer-knows-you-better-your-friends-do

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Perplexed and Disappointed About The Future

Posted on December 8, 2012 by John

We replaced our early 1990’s white side-by-side refrigerator with a new energy efficient stainless steel French door with the freezer on the bottom refrigerator. With some top marks from consumer reports, a black Friday special price, and dimensions that just … Continue reading →

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Bold new approach to wind ‘farm’ design may provide efficiency gains

Posted on July 21, 2011 by John

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713131644.htm ScienceDaily (2011-07-13) — Conventional wisdom suggests that because we’re approaching the theoretical limit on individual wind turbine efficiency, wind energy is now a mature technology. But researchers have recently revisited some of the fundamental assumptions that guided the wind … Continue reading →

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‘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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