I Am Seb » science http://iamseb.com Characterisations, Hypotheses, Predictions and Experiments. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:16:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 I Could Watch This All Day… http://iamseb.com/seb/2011/11/i-could-watch-this-all-day/ http://iamseb.com/seb/2011/11/i-could-watch-this-all-day/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:14:49 +0000 seb http://iamseb.com/?p=379 Click here to view the embedded video.

This is the most beautiful video I’ve seen for a very long time. I can’t wait to go up there and see it for myself.

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Click here to view the embedded video.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

- Arthur C. Clarke

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Jupiter, Callisto, Io, Ganymede and Europa, originally uploaded by iamseb.

I shouldn’t be as happy about this as I am, especially as I took it from my balcony in central London, in really poor conditions. But still. It’s a photo of a planet and its moons that are over 700 million kilometers away.

How awesome is that?

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]]> http://iamseb.com/seb/2010/07/grow-your-home/feed/ 0 Tactile Computing http://iamseb.com/seb/2009/02/tactile-computing/ http://iamseb.com/seb/2009/02/tactile-computing/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:07:46 +0000 seb http://iamseb.com/?p=83 Every now and then someone at TED presents a technology or an idea that’s so utterly amazing, or ridiculously simple that it can’t help but change the world. David Merrill shows off an MIT project called Siftables in this talk, and even though I’ve been messing around with computing for 25 years my jaw is still dragging along the floor. Check it out.

]]> http://iamseb.com/seb/2009/02/tactile-computing/feed/ 0 Calling all Ne’er-Do-Wells http://iamseb.com/seb/2008/09/calling-all-neer-do-wells/ http://iamseb.com/seb/2008/09/calling-all-neer-do-wells/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:25:27 +0000 seb http://iamseb.com/?p=64 The Evil League of Evil is recruiting!

The rumblings you’ve been hearing in the criminal underground indeed are true: At long last, we are seeking new applicants to the League.

For what purpose, I hear you cry?

The best applicants, as determined by the League or its designated agents, will be included on a special DVD commemorating our .

Yes, it’s a competition to be included in the bonus features of the Dr Horrible DVD. Awesome, and a great excuse to finish my own freeze ray.

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Martian Blizzard - by Uqbar

Martian Blizzard — by Uqbar

According to NASA, the Phoenix Lander has detected snow falling from clouds 4km above its landing site. Whilst the snow is vapourising before it hits the ground, this is a remarkable observation of Mars’ vestigial atmospheric processes in motion.

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