Archive for the 'She Blinded Me With Science' Category

Congrats To SpaceX!

20Mar07

SpaceX launched their second rocket today and made it to space! A lot of us around the office were watching yesterday but the launch was canceled, and I simply forgot to look again this afternoon as I was busy at work. We have a vested interest as SpaceX’s founder is the brother […]

Physiology of Introverts

29Nov05

An interesting piece popped-up today in Yahoo News about the differences in brain activity between introverts and extroverts.

Researchers using brain scans have found introverts have more brain activity in general, and specifically in the frontal lobes. When these areas are activated, introverts are energized by retrieving long-term memories, problem solving, introspection, complex thinking and planning.

I […]

No More Blurry Pictures?

22Nov05

The student, Ren Ng, ran out of patience with taking pictures the traditional way — adjusting the distance between the camera lens and sensor or film before snapping each shot. So he created something that far surpasses Photoshop. A photograph can be modified after the fact even if nothing is in focus, he said.
“We just […]

Gifted Children & Bipolar Parents

21Nov05

A NY Times article posted on Slashdot about efforts to develop gifted children is a very interesting issue to me. I was a fairly sharp kid and always had problems in Elementary School because teachers were not able to grasp that I was very far ahead of my classmates. Basically I’d always get in […]

All You Ever Wanted to Know About Sleep: Circadiana

12Jan05

Yes, it’s highly ironic that I’m up at 1 AM reading a sleep blog, but it’s good stuff.

Soar Like an Eagle

19Dec04

Discovery has a few videos showing off some new mini-cameras that they’ve attached to a trained Eagle, so that you can get a “birds eye view” of an Eagle in flight. Very impressive.

NASA: Water Once On Mars

02Mar04

According to a press release by NASA today, at some point in the past, water existed on Mars.

Mars Color Panoramic Photo

13Jan04

Looks like NASA released the first color, panoramic photo of Mars, supposedly color adjusted to how it would look to the human eye. Check out the photo (700 KB) for yourself.

John Titor — Clever Troll or Time Traveler?

02Nov03

I remember hearing about this guy some time ago, but now there appears to be all kinds of information out there about him and his stories.

Britney’s Guide to Semiconductor Physics

08Aug03

What better way to start off the geek stuff topic than with a Britney Spears link? But its not just any Britney Spears site!