Category Archives: Science and Technology
Storage does not equal memory, dammit.
How Apple Can Make Money From Higher-Quality Songs – NYTimes.com. While I don’t actually disagree with any of the points made in this, I’m a little disturbed that the NYT’s Lead Bits Blogger (whatever that means) appears to think that … more…
Gliese 581
Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable planet of similar size to Earth in orbit around a nearby star. A team of planet hunters spotted the alien world circling a red dwarf star called Gliese 581, 20 light years away. At … more…
Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world
Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world | Video on TED.com. You’ve probably seen this linked in a dozen places already, but this draft post isn’t going to improve with age…
Abiogenesis
YouTube – The Origin of Life – Abiogenesis – Dr. Jack Szostak How stable, self-replicating structures might develop, entirely through chemical processes. (via Slashdot thread)
subblue’s animated mandelbulbs
The Formula on Vimeo Well, that didn’t take long. Only a few months ago, we had a hot lead towards immersive 3-D fractals (see Meet the Mandelbulbs) and now we have animations thereof… Music by The Formula (there’s only a … more…
links for 2010-03-24: vintage Marvin Minsky
Why People Think Computers Can't Marvin Minsky's 1982 article. In txt format! Read it like it's 1982! (tags: ai programming philosophy technology Marvin-Minsky)
Perelman spiking
Enthusiasm is enjoying the biggest traffic spike in its existence. The new visitors are coming to see my post about Grigori Perelman, from nearly four years ago. The rush seems to have been prompted by Perelman’s non-collection of the Clay … more…
links for 2010-03-20: $99 tablet
Marvell announces $99 Moby Tablet to Revolutionize Education – ARMdevices.net Am I a bad person for thinking that this gizmo looks considerably more enticing that the iPad? (via slashdot) (tags: tablet multitouch technology)
Trundling Blob Takes Its First Steps
iRobot’s soft, shape-shifting robot blob can roll around and change shape, and it will be able to squeeze through tiny cracks in a wall when the project is finished. I doubt that climbing walls, ceilings, trouser legs and so forth … more…
Meet the Mandelbulbs
Mandelbulb: The Unravelling of the Real 3D Mandelbrot Fractal People have been puzzling over the possibility of a three-dimensional Mandelbrot since shortly after the discovery of the original 2-D figure. This recent work, while not absolutely definitively The Answer, strongly … more…