The idea is simple–”make videos of you doing Charleston in front of famous places around the world… and share.” So far over two-dozen videos have been submitted. This one from Berlin is my favourite. Excellent dancing and production values. UPDATE This video from Nashville, released today, gives the Berlin one a run for its money…. Read more »
Posts By: krister
Canon develops amazing low-light sensor
Canon has just announced a new 35 mm full-frame sensor that is incredibly sensitive to low-light levels. The sensor does this in part by using large pixels (19×19 microns^2), which is about 7.5 times larger than the pixel size of their other cameras. Right now the sensor is optimized for full-HD video. Here is the… Read more »
Grammar that!
Brilliant takedown of a grammar jerk in the comments at Ars Technica. User Kikjou writes: “Bacteria is plural of bacterium. Please use is correctly. The same goes for media and medium, which is not in this article but is often misused in scientific writing.” To which Ars Centurion Okton responds: In Latin maybe. And the… Read more »
Nature acquires open access publisher Frontiers
Nature, the scientific publishing behemoth, has acquired the upstart open-access publisher Frontiers. It will be interesting to see how this will shake out; will Nature publications move towards a more open access model, or will Frontiers shift to a more traditional model? Scientific publishing is big business. From the Economist article: Outsell, a consultancy, estimates… Read more »
Marriage advice from Antartica: How to get along and avoid extreme cabin fever
Deborah Shapiro writes about the 270 days she spend in isolation with her husband, Rolf Bjelke, in the Antarctic. It never ceases to amaze us, but the most common question Rolf and I got after our winter-over, when we spent 15 months on the Antarctic Peninsula, nine of which were in total solitude, was: Why… Read more »
When Russian meteors attack
It appears a huge meteor has just struck somewhere over Russia. Phil Plait is posting frequent updates over twitter. What is amazing is how many cameras seem to have caught the entry, and subsequent breakup, of the meteor. In Russia most cars have dashboard cameras installed to collect evidence in case of accidents. There are… Read more »
Happy Valentines Day
Two years ago today I proposed to my now wife. Happy Valentines Jamie!
A levitating Eiffel Tower
Julien Bobroff, a French physicist who is heavily involved in science outreach, has been coming up with clever ways of exploring the boundary between art and science using superconductivity. Check out his outreach site for some clever videos, craft projects, and animations that deal with a range of quantum behaviour. I particularly like his collaboration… Read more »
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