Category: Sciences
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Automatic correction of your photos
Removing an annoying front element, adding a few people to fill a too empty street, replacing an ugly part of an image. And do it automagically! This is what is offered by Carnegie Mellon University with its Clip Art and Scene Completion highly innovating tools just presented by their Graphics Labs. Carnegie Mellon, Graphics Labs
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I Was Gored by a Bull – Is my life in danger?
That is the very interesting question answered in this article from Slate. Whatever you think about corridas (Spanish bull fights) it may be interesting to look at the consequences of being gored by a bull, like it happens in the encierro of Pamplona (when they free the fighting bulls in the streets to have them…
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The astronauts were drunk
Accoridng to a recent report from NASA (or more precisely according to a single paragraph of that report), alcohol is circulating freely among the astronauts and most specifically during pre-flight. To the point that some worried that the state of the crew may endanger the mission itself. But local management did not seem as worried…
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BibliOdyssey, a quality library
BibliOdyssey is a web site about art in antique prints. You love books, you love quality books, you must stay tuned to BibliOdyssey. Today, I just want to point to one single impressive post there: Drawing on the Renaissance.
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Velcro seen from very near
Velcro is a marvellous invention. And it is impressive when shot in micro-photography: A very unusual image. Copyright (C) artsyscience. Kudos to Trazy.
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My Whale day
I have recently found quite a number of interesting tidbits about whales (mostly from scienceblogs) I wanted to share here with you. Do whales sleep? Whale sharks do it deeper? Whale sharks are not whales, only sharks, but it seemed adequate enough for this category. Studying whale behaviour Pacific whale decline ‘a mystery’ The Acoustic…