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tedxhouston 2011 - wade adams - nanotechnology and energy
Bookmarked 758 weeks ago dr wade adams is the director of the smalley institute for nanoscale science and technology at rice university the institute is devoted to the development of new innovations on the nanometer scale some of the institute039s current thrusts include research in carbon nanotubes medical applications of nanoparticles nanoporous membranes molecular computing and nanoshell diagnostic and therapeutic applicationswade was appointed a senior scientist st in the materials directorate of the wright laboratory in 1995 prior to that he was a research leader and in-house research scientist in the directorate for the past 36 years he has conducted research in polymer physics concentrating on structure-property relations in high-performance organic materials he is internationally known for his research in high-performance rigid-rod polymer fibers x-ray scattering studies of fibers and liquid crystalline films polymer dispersed liquid crystals and theoretical studies of ultimate polymer properties |
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laser-scanning backpack creates instant 3-d maps of building interiors everywhere you go
Bookmarked 810 weeks ago |
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sam harris - stem cells and morality
Bookmarked 728 weeks ago a section from sam harris039 talk at the beyond belief 2 conference harris argues that religion obscures moral intuitions using the case of stem cellscheck out the science network at http:thesciencenetworkorg |
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after the rapture
Bookmarked 770 weeks ago it happened before the expected time of 6pm but harold camping039s may 21 2011 prediction has come true everything has changed it is now a world without christians |
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bill nye the science guy - drew barrymore
Bookmarked 766 weeks ago bill nye meets drew barrymore in a flower shop video segment from bill nye the science guy - flowers episode |
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deep green amp augmented reality pool
Bookmarked 764 weeks ago the rcvlab at queen039s university demonstrates deep green a pool playing robot and arpool an augmented reality system for teaching the science of pool |
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the world039s spookiest weapons popular science
Bookmarked 746 weeks ago cyborg animals psychotropics and flying lasers are just some of the terrifying weapons government labs have cooked up over the years |
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why science majors change their minds its just so darn hard - nytimescom
Bookmarked 746 weeks ago roughly 40 percent of students planning engineering and science majors end up switching to other subjects or failing to get any degree |
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the secret life of chaos - part 1_7
Bookmarked 755 weeks ago playlist: http:wwwyoutubecomview_play_listp=931a2d39c50c87bbthe secret life of chaos: chaos theory has a bad name conjuring up images of unpredictable weather economic crashes and science gone wrong but there is a fascinating and hidden side to chaos one that scientists are only now beginning to understand it turns out that chaos theory answers a question that mankind has asked for millennia - how did we get here in this documentary professor jim al-khalili sets out to uncover one of the great mysteries of science - how does a universe that starts off as dust end up with intelligent life how does order emerge from disorder it039s a mindbending counterintuitive and for many people a deeply troubling idea but professor al-khalili reveals the science behind much of beauty and structure in the natural world and discovers that far from it being magic or an act of god it is in fact an intrinsic part of the laws of physics amazingly it turns out that the mathematics of chaos can explain how and why the universe creates exquisite order and pattern and the best thing is that one doesn039t need to be a scientist to understand it the natural world is full of awe-inspiring examples of the way nature transforms simplicity into complexity from trees to clouds to humans - after watching this film you039ll never be able to look at the world in the same way again find out more about the secret life of chaos |
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dancing with robots
Bookmarked 741 weeks ago quotseraphquot is a collaboration between csail and the pilobolus modern dance company for more info: http:wwwcsailmitedunode1640 |
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solar storm to hit earth - video science guardiancouk
Bookmarked 734 weeks ago the us space weather prediction centre warns that planes power grids and satellites could be affected by a geomagnetic storm |
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illumishare
Bookmarked 729 weeks ago seen first at microsoft techforum 2012 illumishare enables remote people to share any physical or digital object on any surface it is a low-cost peripheral device that looks like a desk lamp and just like a lamp lights up a surface at which it is pointed illumishare shares a surface to do this illumishare uses a camera-projector pair where the camera captures video of the local workspace and sends it to the remote space and the projector projects video of the remote workspace onto the local space with illumishare people can sketch together using real ink and paper remote meeting attendees can interact with conference room whiteboards and children can have remote play dates in which they play with real toys |
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2011 nikon small world in motion - honorable mention
Bookmarked 731 weeks ago time lapse 30 framessecond 1 spf feeding process from ant colony visit http:wwwnikonsmallworldcom to learn more |