I assume the smile goes away when you’re on fire!
Month: August 2008
Frankennovation
In her marvelous 1818 novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus , Mary Shelley explicitly critiqued her main character’s blind pursuit of scientific breakthrough without regard to the consequences. (I like to call this bias “Frankennovation.”)
Teaching Teaching
Award-winning short-film about teaching at University.
Playing with the moon
Seeing In Four Dimensions
Mathematicians create videos that help in visualizing four-dimensional objects.
Kids for Coltrane
I hear in John’s music a direct message to me as a teacher, and that is to go on teaching children in a way that respects their individuality.
Sound Junction
SoundJunction is the award-winning site for listening to, exploring, discovering and creating music.
Bugatti Veyron
Does anyone need a $1.7 million supercar that can outrun a hurricane?
Veyron has found only about 180 buyers for the projected 300 to be built. The Veyron project ~ is estimated to have emptied more than half a billion euros from the coffers of VW Group, which resurrected the storied French marque a decade ago.
Samsung Omnia i900
Based on Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro, the Samsung i900 offers a 3.2-inch WideQVGA display (240 x 400 pixels) and an optical mouse ~. Camera-wise the Samsung i900 Omnia is ~ offering a 5 megapixel auto focus snapper with face and smile detection plus auto-panorama shot. Geotagging is also among the camera features ~.
Faces Behind The Voices
Meet the talented voice actors behind some of your favorite TV and movie characters.