Here is a very interesting talk with our Nobel Prize winning Physicist/Energy Secretary. It’s an interesting look at what is going to be funded as well as what technologies we could see in the not too distant future.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu visits Googleplex
I’m a big fan of open source hardware and software. Lately I’ve been coming across more open source hardware than just chipsets and little electronic kits. I’ve posted in the past about open source prosthetics, but I’ve been seeing this movement toward DIY medical devices. In the world technology podcast Clark Boyd [...]
Scientists today confirmed what they sought from the LCROSS mission. They found water on the moon! Water on the moon is a significant first step to possibly having a habitat on the moon, missions become much cheaper if you don’t have to bring your own water.
Good thing, I got tired of hearing jerks [...]
You got an airbag in my seat belt! You got seat belt in my airbag! Two great safety features that go great together.
I just thought this seemed like one of those ideas that when you hear it, it really makes sense. Although maybe they could put some research dollars into improving the [...]
I’ve started a page to aggregate the resources that I’ve been using as a distance learning Mathematics student. I’ve tried to talk objectively about these topics and how they’ve helped and what they provide. Please leave comments here if you know of other resources, or have any opinions about those services.
Calculus
Dave does this great vblog. It’s all about great advice and wisdom that he’s collected over the years of design and work as an EE. This latest one is great, as he’s testing out his new camera. This and his complaints about the design of consumer products are priceless.
EEVblog Exploding Capacitors in [...]
An interesting article with video about a hand that is hooked into the nerves to give the wearer a sense of feeling. Sounds like some amazing technology.
First Artificial Hand that Can Feel
Here is an interesting post from kottke.org, some high frame rate footage of bullets hitting various materials. I watched with the volume off, but it’s worth ten minutes time in my opinion. The most interesting part I thought was what appeared to be ballistics gel near the end.
Bullets are slow
Here is the second in the series of educational videos that started with “Shine a light”. This time it’s about Lasers and how we actually organize the photons to be emitted in lock step to produce the focus beam of light.
YouTube – Laser
An animation in a Attenborough documentary. Nothing ground breaking here, just nicer than most animations along similar lines.
Make: Online : Tree of life – amazing animation