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Category Archives: Science
iPad Mods to Improve Typing
One fairly constant refrain in the argument against iPads is the typing. The on screen touch pad spaces the letters in a way that people of the computer age (those same people who buy iPads) are unaccustomed to. You can … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Science, Technology
Bryant P.I., the Honey Detective
Sometimes being a professor at a distinguished university isn’t enough. There are other jobs to be had and a professor of anthropology at Texas A&M has other expertise to share. Vaughn Bryant is also a melissopalynologist; big word that. He’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Photography, Science
The Year 2000 through 1900 Eyes
It began as a project for the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris. Jean-Marc Côté and other French artists issued a series of illustrations from 1899 through 1910 depicting their vision of the future. There are ideas reminiscent of the Jetsons. Inventions … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Illustration, Technology
Sketch Your Own Controller
This is seriously cool and well worth 2 minutes of your time. Don’t like the knobs and sliders on your synthesizer? Can’t afford a new control pad? Draw yourself a new one. Billy Keyes created SynthSketch to do just that. All … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Science, Music, Technology, Video
Corrugated Cardboard Transportation
Human ingenuity never fails to amaze. Israeli Izhar Gafni was in the bike store one day to buy some parts. Man, bike parts can set you back fast. Gafni had heard about a man who built a canoe out of corrugated … Continue reading
Posted in bicycles, Engineering, Video
Dark Machines
Not just anyone can gain access to MIT Laboratories, filled with gizmos like fusion and nuclear reactors. You really have to be someone to have permission to photograph the environments where research that spans the scientific spectrum is underway. 50 … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography, Science
Want the Latest Flu?
In my experience, one of the quickest ways to catch the current flu/cold/enter name of any other contagious illness here, is to fly. I was 15 when I traveled by plane the first time. I’d joined chorus in high school … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Science, Travel, Video
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Dj-ing 1910 Style
When I pause to think when DJs really got started with the craft as we know it now, maybe I’d start with 70s nightclubs but I really go directly to hip hop and onward to the current club scene. Feeding … Continue reading
Posted in movies, Music, Technology
What Sagan Was Reading in 1954
You would think that someone like Carl Sagan wouldn’t have much free time for recreational reading during his college studies, but this list, assembled in 1954 while attending the University of Chicago, indicates otherwise. Seeing the breadth of his reading … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Lists, Physics
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What Is It?
This is a video heavy day, but considering how little I’ve posted lately, well, at least I’m giving you something. News of the Higgs boson, the elusive God Particle, has been spreading across the internet with a very recent announcement … Continue reading
