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Luís F. Simões

The Space Age, as recorded on human written history - 4 views

ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph

space history zeitgeist culturomics google books

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  • Luís F. Simões on 22 Dec 10
     
    Google Books measurements of word frequencies on 15 million books (12% of all the books ever published). More about it in:  - Google Opens Books to New Cultural Studies - John Bohannon, Science 2010-12-17 - Slashdot: Google Books Makes a Word Cloud of Human History - http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/info
Juxi Leitner

Inside Google Books: Books of the world, stand up and be counted! All 129,864,880 of you. - 3 views

booksearch.blogspot.com/...d-stand-up-and-be-counted.html

books fun INF

shared by Juxi Leitner on 23 Aug 10 - Cached
  • After we exclude serials, we can finally count all the books in the world. There are 129,864,880 of them. At least until Sunday.
  • Juxi Leitner on 23 Aug 10
     
    interesting post on data and knowledge management ;)
ESA ACT

The Realities of Writing Technical Books | MacResearch - 0 views

www.macresearch.org/lities-writing-technical-books

knowledge book

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    A short FAQ on what you can expect if you do write a book
Luís F. Simões

Seminar: You and Your Research, Dr. Richard W. Hamming (March 7, 1986) - 10 views

www.chris-lott.org/...kaiser.html

science research Methods methodology Nobel Bell Labs Los Alamos

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  • This talk centered on Hamming's observations and research on the question "Why do so few scientists make significant contributions and so many are forgotten in the long run?" From his more than forty years of experience, thirty of which were at Bell Laboratories, he has made a number of direct observations, asked very pointed questions of scientists about what, how, and why they did things, studied the lives of great scientists and great contributions, and has done introspection and studied theories of creativity. The talk is about what he has learned in terms of the properties of the individual scientists, their abilities, traits, working habits, attitudes, and philosophy.
  • Luís F. Simões on 07 Jan 11
     
    Here's the link related to one of the lunch time discussions. I recommend it to every single one of you. I promise it will be worth your time. If you're lazy, you have a summary here (good stuff also in the references, have a look at them):      Erren TC, Cullen P, Erren M, Bourne PE (2007) Ten Simple Rules for Doing Your Best Research, According to Hamming. PLoS Comput Biol 3(10): e213.
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  • pacome delva on 11 Jan 11
     
    I'm also pretty sure that the ones who are remembered are not the ones who tried to be... so why all these rules !? I think it's bullshit...
  • Luís F. Simões on 11 Jan 11
     
    The seminar is not a manual on how to achieve fame, but rather an analysis on how others were able to perform very significant work. The two things are in some cases related, but the seminar's focus is on the second.
  • pacome delva on 12 Jan 11
     
    Then read a good book on the life of Copernic, it's the anti-manual of Hamming... he breaks all the rules !
  • LeopoldS on 12 Jan 11
     
    honestly I think that some of these rules actually make sense indeed ... but I am always curious to get a good book recommendation (which book of Copernic would you recommend?) btw Pacome: we are in Paris ... in case you have some time ...
  • pacome delva on 12 Jan 11
     
    I warmly recommend this book, a bit old but fascinating: The sleepwalkers from Arthur Koestler. It shows that progress in science is not straight and do not obey any rule... It is not as rational as most of people seem to believe today. http://www.amazon.com/Sleepwalkers-History-Changing-Universe-Compass/dp/0140192468/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294835558&sr=8-1 Otherwise yes I have some time ! my phone number: 0699428926 We live around Denfert-Rochereau and Montparnasse. We could go for a beer this evening ?
ESA ACT

Light and Matter: educational materials for physics and astronomy - 0 views

www.lightandmatter.com

phy book online

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    online books on physics
ESA ACT

Colonies that conquer : Article : Nature - 0 views

www.nature.com/...456320a.html

BIO AI book evolution collaboration

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  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    Definitely an intersting book about superorganisms (bees, ants, etc) by the two masters Bert Hoelldobler and EO Wilson.
LeopoldS

The von Neumann Probe: A Nano Ship to the Stars | Dr. Kaku's Universe | Big Think - 0 views

bigthink.com/...probe-a-nano-ship-to-the-stars

Advanced nano von Neumann

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  • LeopoldS on 25 Oct 12
     
    Know his book but did not know his blog .... Tough I am sure Luis does :-)
  • Luís F. Simões on 26 Oct 12
     
    No, actually I only know him from several documentaries. von Neumann probes, those I know quite well from sci-fi :). Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space is a good example btw. Here's a relevant link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-replicating_machine#NIAC_studies_on_self-replicating_systems
Luís F. Simões

The accidental roboticist - 1 views

www.sciencemag.org/...192.full

BIO AI INF robotics evolution

shared by Luís F. Simões on 10 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Luís F. Simões on 10 Oct 14
     
    Evolutionary Robotics, as practised by biologists. Here's the link to John Long's book, mentioned in the article: Darwin's Devices: What Evolving Robots Can Teach Us About the History of Life and the Future of Technology http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007QXVRZG/
Francesco Biscani

Pi Computation Record - 4 views

bellard.org/pi2700e9

inf

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  • Francesco Biscani on 06 Jan 10
     
    For Dario: the PI computation record was established on a single desktop computer using a cache optimized algorithm. Previous record was obtained by a cluster of hundreds of computers. The cache optimized algorithm was 20 times faster.
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  • Ma Ru on 06 Jan 10
     
    Teeeeheeeeheeee... assembler programmers greet Java/Python/Etc. programmers :)
  • Dario Izzo on 07 Jan 10
     
    And he seems to have done everything in his free time!!! I like the first FAQ.... "why did you do it?"
  • nikolas smyrlakis on 07 Jan 10
  • LeopoldS on 07 Jan 10
     
    did you read any of the books he recommends? suggest: Modern Computer Arithmetic by Richard Brent and Paul Zimmermann, version 0.4, November 2009, Full text available here. The Art of Computer Programming, volume 2 : Seminumerical Algorithms by Donald E. Knuth, Addison-Wesley, third edition, 1998. More information here.
  • LeopoldS on 07 Jan 10
     
    btw: we will very soon have the very same processor in the new iMac .... what record are you going to beat with it?
  • Francesco Biscani on 08 Jan 10
     
    Zimmerman is the same guy behind the MPFR multiprecision floating-point library, if I recall correctly: http://www.mpfr.org/credit.html I've not read the book... Multiprecision arithmetic is a huge topic though, at least from the scientific and number theory point of view if not for its applications to engineering problems. "The art of computer programming" is probably the closest thing to a bible for computer scientists :)
  • Francesco Biscani on 08 Jan 10
     
    "btw: we will very soon have the very same processor in the new iMac .... what record are you going to beat with it?" Fastest Linux install on an iMac :)
  • Juxi Leitner on 08 Jan 10
     
    "Fastest Linux install on an iMac :)" that is going to be a though one but a worthy aim! ""The art of computer programming" is probably the closest thing to a bible for computer scientists :)" yep! Programming is art ;)
nikolas smyrlakis

Networks, Crowds, and Markets: A Book by David Easley and Jon Kleinberg - 2 views

www.cs.cornell.edu/...networks-book

CMS kleinberg networks

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  • nikolas smyrlakis on 19 Oct 09
     
    To be published in 2010 by Cambridge Press. Seems quite interesting (small words etc.), there's also a link to download the pre - publication version of 800 pages
LeopoldS

The Next Hacking Frontier: Your Brain? | Wired Science | Wired.com - 0 views

www.wired.com/...neurosecurity

BMI brain hacking INF BIO

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  • LeopoldS on 14 Jul 09
     
    here we go with the next frontier for hackers .... we should have added a chapter on it on our BMI book :-)
ESA ACT

David MacKay: Sustainable Energy - without the hot air: Browse - 0 views

www.withouthotair.com

earth nrg sustainability

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  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    A free book to download or browse online
ESA ACT

galactic suite - 0 views

www.galacticsuite.com

SpaceTourism MAD

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  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    Nice holidays in the space!! Only 3 Meuros!!! Book know!!
jcunha

Why Quantum "Clippers" Will Distribute Entanglement Across The Oceans - 0 views

www.technologyreview.com/...entanglement-across-the-oceans

PHY FUN QM

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  • jcunha on 30 Oct 14
     
    Quantum internet will enable perfectly secure communications, but the technology and means to build the required quantum memories and routers are still many years distant. The proposal here is to store qubits and send them in containers over the oceans. Researchers claim that it is possible to send information at bandwidths measured in teraahertz outperforming the predictions of a quantum router internet. It can be thought in space systems as well. Then the problem is still for how long are we able to store a qubit, without dephasing... PS: As a curiosity, you can find a very interesting book about containers and how in some way they changed our world: Mark Levinson's book 'The Box' http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9383.html Maybe they will do it again
Guido de Croon

Robotic insects make first controlled flight - 3 views

news.harvard.edu/...s-make-first-controlled-flight

science AI BIO

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  • Guido de Croon on 03 May 13
     
    The Robobee takes off without guide wires! It is still powered via a wire, and the control is done with the help of a VICON system and on an external computer, but this still is an amazing feat!
  • johannessimon81 on 03 May 13
     
    The way they make this thing is just as impressive. The manufacturing technique is "pop-up book" folding, a method that has been developed by the same group and that allows a two dimensional monolithic MEMS structures to be easily assembled into a 3D structure. I actually put this as an item of the "Technology List 2020" on the wiki this morning.
  • Dario Izzo on 05 May 13
     
    I agree, manufacturing is the amazing thing here ..... as soon as the power-consumption/density problem is solved these things will really take off :)
Thijs Versloot

The World's Fair 2014 - Isaac Asimov's predictions 40 years ago - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...asi-v-fair.html

history

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  • Thijs Versloot on 02 Jan 14
     
    saac Asimov's predictions of the year 2014 back in 1964.. Truly amazing to read how close his sharp mind turned out to be at that time (cold war, Yuri Gagarin just went into space and Fortran first appeared 7 years before). The last prediction also came true I think, however the solution was not psychiatry.. instead we invented Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
  • Thijs Versloot on 02 Jan 14
     
    Also, he predicted that solar power stations would power the places on earth where solar power nor fission (?) would be available... Not there yet
jcunha

Silicon Valley celebrates Moore's Law 50 years anniversary - 2 views

www.extremetech.com/...looks-forward-to-next-50-years

PHY technology Moore Law

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  • jcunha on 29 Apr 15
     
    A bit late, but it is very interesting and instructive to listen to Gordon Moore's words "It almost doubled every year (...) so I said in the next 10 years it's going to continue to double every year, we are going to go from 16 components on a chip to 16 000. Pretty wild extrapolation!". This extrapolation (exponential with only 5 initial points) is now well-known and is one of the things that changed the World, it is pretty amazing how this "wild" futuristic vision came true.
  • Thijs Versloot on 30 Apr 15
     
    A great source is also the blog from Chris Mack (http://life.lithoguru.com/?p=451) who is a semicon pioneer and publisher of many books on the subject. He wrote an article for IEEE Spectrum on Moore's law and its future. Find it here, http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/processors/the-multiple-lives-of-moores-law
  • Paul N on 01 May 15
     
    Whenever I think about moore's law and extrapolating like that I end up back at this xkcd comic https://xkcd.com/605/
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