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Multiscale Measurement Systems

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:54:15 +0000

Zoom into Human Skinvon Weird_Weird_Science Nice visualization of the use of multiscale measurement systems. Used sensors include a simple video camera, an opto-microscopic camera (maybe a confocal microscope) and i think they had to use an electronic microscope for the … Continue reading →

Wolfram Alpha goes public

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:55:44 +0000

Wolfram Alpha is finally the computer we were waiting for. Not only does it compute mathematical problems really fast, but it tries to give us everything about the answer, that we would like to find out. It's like a wikipedia - just with more accurate information. Also, WolframAlpha is able to interpret user input and find out what the user is trying to find out by searching for the terms of a query in a semantic database: Weather in Guatemala, President in Germany or C6H6O.

Below the answer set that WolframAlpha delivers, there is the option for an output as pdf-file and a rather general information of where the information came from.

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Wie Insekten unterwasser atmen

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:23:06 +0000

Wissenschaftler an der MIT haben herausgefunden, wie Insekten in der Lage sind, unterwasser zu atmen: Sie halten eine Luftblase am Unterleib. Dies wird vor allem durch gut platzierte Härchen ermöglicht, die die Auflösung oder Abkapselung des Bläschens verhindern. MIT via … Continue reading →

Insects breathing underwater

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:19:29 +0000

In order to be able to breathe underwater, insects hold an air bubble around their body, MIT researchers found out. The respiratory bubble is maintained by an array of hairs on the insects abdomen. MIT via boingboing