Free Science Videos and Lectures
July 18th, 2007
Free education online:
Toxicity of common drugs
July 6th, 2007
Courtesy of www.woyano.com
What Happens to Your Body if You Stop Smoking Right Now
June 12th, 2007
Click here for some encouragement – I’m telling me that, of course!
Anti RSI Software
June 10th, 2007
PC users: Download ‘Work Rave’ here
MAC users: Download ‘AntiRSI’ here
Hacking Firefox: The secrets of about:config
June 1st, 2007
Serach for Hacking Firefox here:
[For some reason the full URL crashes this web log(!).Not sure why but maybe I should migrate to another blog engine – possibly WordPress?!!]
Holophonic Sound
May 16th, 2007
“Developed in the 1980s by Hugo Zuccarelli, Holophonic Sound uses the same “multiple exposure” premise as that used to create holographic images (“holograms”). Holophonic Sound is produced by recording the interference pattern generated when the original recorded signal is combined with an inaudible digital reference signal. The recorded sound produced is so realistic, some people claim they can smell sulphur when they listen to a holophonic recording of someone striking a match!”
And finally here’s a very good mp3 example – you need headphones.
Pitt mathematician tracks origin of hallucinations
May 13th, 2007
An article from 1999 but very interesting nonetheless
To Treat the Dead
May 3rd, 2007
The new science of resuscitation is changing the way doctors think about heart attacks—and death itself.
Digital Culture
January 8th, 2007
Student Develops Paper with potential for 450GB of Storage
December 2nd, 2006
Interesting (and short) story, but i think i’ll place my bets on
holographic storage over rainbow technology anyday!:
According to a report from the Arab News, a university technology student
named Sainul Abideen has invented a method of storing massive amounts of
digital data on a plain piece of paper that he claims could store many
times the capacity of the best Blu-ray or HD-DVD discs. In fact, Abideen
says that his Rainbow technology can enable him to store from 90 to 450GB
on a piece of paper. As far as a real life demonstration of a 450GB paper
goes, the technology still needs development.
Abideen, who hails from the Kerala, India, claims that that his Rainbow
system is better than a binary storage because instead of using ones and
zeros to represent data, Abideen uses geometric shapes such as squares and
hexagons to represent data patterns. Color is also used in the system to
represent other data elements. According to Abideen, all that’s required
to read the Rainbow prints is a scanner and specialized software.
The reporter at Arab News claims to have seen 450 pages of fully printed
foolscap being stored on a 4-square inch piece of Rainbow paper. The
reporter also claimed that he was shown a 45-second video clip that was
stored using the Rainbow system on a plain piece of paper. Interestingly,
45-seconds of video isn’t a lot, and if the Rainbow system can store up to
450GB, then we need to be watching full length high-definition videos from
a piece of paper.
One of the major advantages of the Rainbow system is the fact that it
should cost a lot less to produce than typical polycarbonate DVD and CD
discs. Abideen claims that huge databanks can be constructed out of
Rainbow-based storage mediums. Although the main attraction is cheap paper
right now, other media can use the Rainbow system too.
As of right now, Abideen’s system is still under research at the Muslim
Educational Society Engineering College and although no major companies
have expressed interest, Abideen is confident of the system’s future.
According to the report, Aibdeen is hard at work at developing a Rainbow
scanner that would be small enough for integration into notebook
computers. If developed, a Rainbow printer will likely be next up.