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Roland Gesthuizen

Should I turn my computer off during a lightning storm? › Ask an Expert (ABC ... - 0 views

www.abc.net.au/...3760939.htm

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Jun 13
     
    "Should I turn my desktop computer off during a lightning storm? I've heard stories about lightning striking a house and ruining thousands of dollars of computer equipment. These people had all the anti-surge stuff and it didn't help. They even had the computer off; the on switch was still sending mains power to it from a wall. "
Roland Gesthuizen

First Australian tweetup for Mars mission › News in Science (ABC Science) - 1 views

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Iaustralian mars mission ABCScience CSIROTweetup CSIRO SPACE NASA

shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 23 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 23 Nov 11
     
    Selected members of the general public will use twitter to ask scientists questions and report on this month's mission to Mar. The "tweetup" is tied to the launch of the NASA mission and is being hosted by CSIRO's Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC).
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Quantum evolution › Science Features (ABC Science) - 0 views

www.abc.net.au/...3593847.htm

ABCScience Australia research quantum computer QuantumComputer

shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 21 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 21 Sep 12
     
    "Australian researchers report they've made a breakthrough in quantum computing. So how does their discovery fit in the race to build a supercomputer?"
Roland Gesthuizen

Ugly font may improve learning › News in Science (ABC Science) - 4 views

www.abc.net.au/...3230801.htm

readability eBook font ABCScience literacy

shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 05 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • "It's important to remember that a good third of our visual cortex ... is devoted to literacy, reading. This 5000-year-old cultural invention has usurped a huge chunk of the brain," he said. "One of the trade-offs of this is that people who can read are a little worse at 'quote-unquote' reading the natural world and remembering objects such as plants and animals, because so much of our visual vortex is devoted to letters, syllables and words."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 05 Jun 11
     
    Inspired by comic strips and hated by font designers, new research suggests Comic Sans may help people remember what they read.
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Super telescope will overload computers › News in Science (ABC Science) - 3 views

www.abc.net.au/...3206772.htm

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 06 May 11 - No Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 06 May 11
     
    "Scientists admit they'll be forced to throw out valuable data because today's computers aren't powerful enough to process all the information that will be generated by a proposed new super telescope. The planned $2.3 billion dollar Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be the largest and most sophisticated radio telescope ever built."
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