Category: Science & Geeks
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1 Tera-pixel!
1000 millions of pixels, that was good enoug. 1000 billions of pixels is better! But it’s really a technical challenge. Before we can see the first 1 Tera-pixel digital photo camera (don’t wait for it), Aperio defined an extension to the TIFF image format allowing to create such a large image. Even better, they demonstrated…
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Brazil, a short trip
I am currently in Brazil for a few days on a professional mission for my company (Johnson Controls). It is quite interesting to observe how it was easy to switch from French to (Brazilian) Portuguese using my knowledge of Spanish and Italian. Apparently, the Portuguese as spoken in Portugal is much more difficult to handle……
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Watch TV online for free
OK, I know that I don’t have TV because I don’t want to be continuously force-fed with mindless junk. However, plenty of people would like to be able to have their TV on the Internet. Up to now, you were mostly depending on your ISP and possibly some subscription additional to your basic broadband Internet…
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Chernobyl, 20 years later
Chernobyl, the nuclear accident that frightened the world on April 26, 1986. Chernobyl, the heart of a forbidden zone under guard by armed forces from Ukraine and Belarus, of an abandonned zone nearly void of human life. A photographer went there in 2006. He brought back a journalistic tale and triking images: “My trip to…
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DirectX 9 or DirectX 10?
There are many computer gamers who wonder whether they should switch to the newest PC game technology standard from Microsoft. The question is not without merit. As a matter of fact, according to grpahics card manufacturers (starting with AMD-ATI and nVidia) and Microsoft, DirectX 10 brings a lot of major improvements to video quality. But…
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Shave your yeti
One of the silliest web sites I found. But it can be pretty addictive too. Beware: Sound may awaken your colleagues if you click here.
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PC components, price changes?
The latest news from the PC component price frontline are quite disturbing as they seem contradictory. It is now confirmed that the small LCD displays (17″ and 19″, including for laptops) are now nearly on allocation [1]. Prices are seriously going up. The analysts predict that this is a long term trend. There is a…
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Natural Viagra
No! I did not fall for the tempting song of the sirens of SPAM and I will not force upon you the marketing message of a product willing to significantly improve your male potential (whatever sex you, my reader, have). Exactly the contrary, this is scientific information: A spider has been found in Brazil whose…
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Sculptures that bend wood like you’ve never dreamed of
Sometimes an artist uses craftsmanship, mathematics and arts at the same time. To me, Malcolm Tibbetts belongs rightfully to this category. If you look at what it does with wood carving, you should be amazed.