Monthly Archives: February 2015
My picks, 2015-12
These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. A View From The Other Side Image Composite Editor from Microsoft Kepler Mission Discovery Summary Deadly Flamboyant Cuttlefish Puts on Flashy Display Why Are These Dolphins Beaching Themselves? Do These Fish Really Shoot Their Prey with Spit? Bushbabies Are Cute. They’re Also Ruthless. The […]
My picks, 2015-11
These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. Mathematics and sex Kob Mating Ritual Capuchin monkey flirting Gorilla Mating Croc vs. Hippo IXV: Mastering atmospheric reentry Miguel Nicolelis: Brain-to-brain communication has arrived. How we did it Security Analysis of Estonia’s Internet Voting System How robots could be your future surgeons Mathematics and […]
How brain waves guide memory formation
Reprinted from R&D Magazine by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office Two areas of the brain—the hippocampus (yellow) and the prefrontal cortex (blue)—use two different brain-wave frequencies to communicate as the brain learns to associate unrelated objects. Image: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT Our brains generate a constant hum of activity: As neurons fire, they produce brain waves that […]
My picks, 2015-10
These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. Guerrero Negro – Exploring Baja Face Time: How Quickly Do You Judge A Face? Polywell Fusion: Electrostatic Fusion in a Magnetic Cusp Project Loon – Google’s Internet Balloons – Future Thinking Far Side of Moon NASA Shows Far Side of Moon As Never Seen […]
My picks, 2015-9
These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. Got Beef? Brilliant Time-Lapse of Alaska’s Northern Lights SMAP Radiometer versus Radio Frequency Interference Falcon Heavy | Flight Animation Eric Horvitz on the new era of Artificial Intelligence Sea otter pup is left to float alone – Alaska: Earth’s Frozen Kingdom Ring System 200 […]
Murphy’s Laws for the 21st Century
Reprinted from EE Times by Max Maxfield, Designline Editor, EE Times The perceived perversity of the universe has long been a subject of comment, and precursors to the modern version of Murphy’s law are not hard to find. My chum David Ashton from Australia tells me that his local Microchip Technology representative includes a “Joke […]
My picks, 2015-8
These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. 5 Incredible Ice Formations in Nature The Brave Kevin Richardson with Lions Using Lasers to Create Super-hydrophobic Materials How Small Is An Atom? Spoiler: Very Small The Clog Dance from Ashton’s La fille mal gardée Muscular Moves Toward Custom Medicine Bird interrupts David Attenborough […]
Alan Tatourian 