Monthly Archives: July 2014
Information that deserves attention, 14
These are the articles and videos from the previous week I found most interesting. Cosmic Inflation Explained The Pattern in Nature’s Networks Plasma physics: The fusion upstarts Noam Chomsky – Extraterrestrial Perspective on Human Civilization and Possibility for Survival Space Voyages: The Moon and Beyond Incredible: A Caracal Slaps Down a Bird in Flight Mongoose […]
Information that deserves attention, 13
These are the articles and videos from the previous week I found most interesting. NERSC Nobel Lecture Series: Mapping the Universe Home Incredible footage of hermit crab changing shells with anemones! Walter Lewin – a truly inspirational teacher The scale of the universe Mapping the Universe YouTube George SmootLawrence Berkeley National Lab2006 Nobel Prize in […]
Information that deserves attention, 12
These are the articles and videos from the previous week I found most interesting. A Modern Aladdin’s Lamp, about vacuum tubes, 1940 How Far Can Legolas See? Targeting tumours: Challenges of antibody-drug conjugates OCO-2 to Shed Light on Global Carbon Cycle The loves and lies of fireflies STEREO Solar Conjunction How Much Information? David Doubilet […]
Memristor
Meg Whitman and Martin Fink from HP tell about their vision of the future. This is one of those ‘must watch’ talks. They describe memristor and answer how it will maintain Moore’s law, in the process within the next several years overhauling computer architectures! Any one byte in a rack of 160 petabytes can be […]
Bright, flexible, stretchable: electronics of the future
For those interested in how flexible displays are made or tattoo electronic stickers like those recently demonstrated by Motorola, this talk by Thomas Anthopoulos from the Imperial College in London will describe the technology. Summary Plastic electronics are set to revolutionize the ways we learn, communicate, shop and entertain ourselves.Thomas Anthopoulos, Professor of Experimental Physics, […]
Alan Tatourian 