Archive for the ‘Science’ Category

The fractals within

Monday, April 27th, 2009

When I'm not neck deep in reading, writing papers, cleaning my room, coding, working out, eating AND reading, and all the other activities we IT grad students do almost instinctively, I like taking some time out and recharging my batteries with some stimulating reading: Largely because of its haunting beauty, the ...

Thought Identification

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

It's not called mind reading, folks. A couple of neuroscientists from Carnegie Mellon are showing us how, in the not-so-distant future, computers will be able to know precisely what's on our minds. YouTube video after the break: Ring any bells? That's right. EPOC enhanced! (that is, of course, if we ...

Processing cycles battling deadly diseases

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Cancer, as many of you already know, is the unrestrained development of certain cells in the organism. The disease, according to its Wikipedia entry, takes millions of lives every year: Cancer may affect people at all ages, even fetuses, but the risk for most varieties increases with age.[1] Cancer causes about ...

Science + Artists = Good times

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

NewScientist has published a mesmerizing group of images from the 2008 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. My favorite, by far, is Linda Nye's Zoom Into the Human Bloodstream: Source: NewScientist The image, which illustrates the critical elements of the circulatory system, was one of the many winners in the competition. Isn't ...