Articles tagged with: science

27 April 2010

A Guided tour of The Ghost Map

Posted in think about it

This is an interesting talk that the momma and I just felt like sharing with you. It is a 10 minute TED talk by Steven Johnson about the cholera outbreak in 1854 London and its influence on science and modern society.

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06 March 2010

Scan you dig it?

Posted in think about it

Scan you dig it?
The momma is looking for a good quality scanner that can scan transparent media, such as x-ray film. The momma does scientifical research. In her research she needs to scan x-ray images of protein blots. In order to analyze them with her computer, she needs a good scanner....

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19 January 2010

Feet

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The momma and I are addicted to these TED talks. This 20 minute presentation is by Robert Full, a biologist who studies the specialized foot structures of various species (e.g., geckos, cockroaches) for engineering improved movement of robots. How cool would it be to work in HIS lab?!?

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20 December 2009

Insight out

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Some insightful videos: Jill Bolte Taylor ,a neuroscientist who was able to study her own brain from the "inside out" as a result of a stroke. Carly Fleischmann, a very interesting autistic girl learning to communicate via computer. An Alzheimer's patient and a sweet dog.

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26 October 2008

Upcoming adventure

Posted in ruh roh

Upcoming adventure
In a couple of days the momma and I will take a short road trip to visit a friend/colleague of hers to work on one of her projects. At first I was confused when the momma told me that her friend has a chocolate lab.

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