tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64130462009-12-04T11:26:35.645-06:00Open Society and Culture ...a CGI ant carrying a digital grain of rice...William "Papa" Meloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883000944415604097bmeloney@gmail.comBlogger1362125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413046.post-60374777652835724372009-12-04T11:26:00.001-06:002009-12-04T11:26:35.692-06:002009-12-04T11:26:35.692-06:00 <object height="417" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gFAleFnbRgw&hl=en&fs=1" /></param><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gFAleFnbRgw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="417" wmode="window" width="500"></embed></object><p />Excellent album - Merry Christmas from Sting. <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://pa2patois.posterous.com/if-on-a-winters-night-0">Pa^2 Patois</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413046-6037477765283572437?l=pa-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>William "Papa" Meloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883000944415604097bmeloney@gmail.com0http://pa-2.blogspot.com/2009/12/if-on-winter-night.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413046.post-65080680933406427322009-12-04T07:35:00.001-06:002009-12-04T07:35:37.095-06:002009-12-04T07:35:37.095-06:00 At the heart of science is an essential tension between two seemingly<br />contradictory attitudes -- an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre<br />or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny<br /> of all ideas, old and new.  This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep<br />nonsense.  Of course, scientists make mistakes in trying to understand the<br />world, but there is a built-in error-correcting mechanism:  The collective<br /> enterprise of creative thinking and skeptical thinking together keeps the<br />field on track.<br />                -- Carl Sagan, &quot;The Fine Art of Baloney Detection&quot; <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://pa2patois.posterous.com/baloney-detection">Pa^2 Patois</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413046-6508068093340642732?l=pa-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>William "Papa" Meloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883000944415604097bmeloney@gmail.com0http://pa-2.blogspot.com/2009/12/baloney-detection.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413046.post-77014410506027746102009-12-03T11:00:00.001-06:002009-12-03T11:00:57.685-06:002009-12-03T11:00:57.685-06:00 <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/pa2patois/IhDnltFCqJyEeycHrrhxmaFbHlpvsogtaoIjIbCFgjdmcfcJDpnpApjiuHlC/media_httpwwwgreenpeaceorgrawimagefullinternationalphotosvideosphotosobamaclimatechangejpg_fHsJxwoAlJcrdAn.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="430" height="286"/> <p /><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org">Greenpeace</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://pa2patois.posterous.com/apology-in-advance">Pa^2 Patois</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413046-7701441050602774610?l=pa-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>William "Papa" Meloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883000944415604097bmeloney@gmail.com0http://pa-2.blogspot.com/2009/12/apology-in-advance.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413046.post-27315946230472050202009-12-03T06:02:00.001-06:002009-12-03T06:02:40.639-06:002009-12-03T06:02:40.639-06:00 <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-12/hu-rda120209.php" target="_blank">Researchers demonstrate a better way for computers to &#39;see&#39;</a><p /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px;"> <h1 style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px;">Researchers demonstrate a better way for computers to &#39;see&#39;</h1> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px;">Combining screening techniques from molecular biology with high-performance gaming hardware advances the building and understanding of visual systems</h2> <p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Cambridge, Mass–December 1, 2009–Taking inspiration from genetic screening techniques, researchers from Harvard and MIT have demonstrated a way to build better artificial visual systems with the help of low-cost, high-performance gaming hardware.</p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The neural processing involved in visually recognizing even the simplest object in a natural environment is profound—and profoundly difficult to mimic. Neuroscientists have made broad advances in understanding the visual system, but much of the inner workings of biologically-based systems remain a mystery.</p> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://pa2patois.posterous.com/researchers-demonstrate-a-better-way-for-comp">Pa^2 Patois</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413046-2731594623047205020?l=pa-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>William "Papa" Meloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883000944415604097bmeloney@gmail.com0http://pa-2.blogspot.com/2009/12/researchers-demonstrate-better-way-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413046.post-4620819787844248102009-12-03T03:15:00.001-06:002009-12-03T03:15:54.431-06:002009-12-03T03:15:54.431-06:00 <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/pa2patois/kdEsyzcrgiawnDzismsCuCCGxmjHfkmmrgCeyshJljfCuqzFvADAByoeefql/media_httpwwwmyconfinedspacecomwpcontentuploadstdomf111070geekgangsignsjpg_IcyjyHwDdcufBvt.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="738"/> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://pa2patois.posterous.com/geek-gang-signs-1">Pa^2 Patois</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413046-462081978784424810?l=pa-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>William "Papa" Meloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883000944415604097bmeloney@gmail.com0http://pa-2.blogspot.com/2009/12/geek-gang-signs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413046.post-20485258851074793562009-12-02T12:31:00.001-06:002009-12-02T12:31:41.493-06:002009-12-02T12:31:41.493-06:00 <div><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g3TVpsPKejzzd9U5XuRVvI7kEf1wD9CB9KN03">Experts: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts</a></div> <p class="hn-byline">By ARIEL DAVID (AP) – <span class="hn-date">1 hour ago</span></p> <p>ROME — A robotic hand has been successfully connected to an amputee, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts, a group of European scientists said Wednesday.</p><p>The experiment lasted a month, and the scientists say it was the first time a patient has been able to make complex movements using his mind to control a biomechanic hand connected to his nervous system.</p><p>The Italian-led team said at a news conference Wednesday in Rome that last year it implanted electrodes into the arm of the patient who had lost his left hand and forearm in a car accident.</p><p>The prosthetic was not implanted on the patient, only connected through the electrodes. During the news conference, video was shown of 26-year-old Pierpaolo Petruzziello as he concentrated to give orders to the hand placed next to him.</p><p>&quot;It&#39;s a matter of mind, of concentration,&quot; Petruzziello said. &quot;When you think of it as your hand and forearm, it all becomes easier.&quot;</p><p>During the month he had the electrodes connected, Petruzziello learned to wiggle the robotic fingers independently, make a fist, grab objects and make other movements.</p><p>&quot;Some of the gestures cannot be disclosed because they were quite vulgar,&quot; joked Paolo Maria Rossini, a neurologist who led the team working at Rome&#39;s &quot;Campus Bio-Medico,&quot; a university and hospital that specialize in health sciences.</p><p>The euro2 million ($3 million) project, funded by the European Union, took five years to complete and produced several scientific papers that have been published or are being submitted to top journals, including Science Translational Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Rossini said.</p><p>Experts not involved in the study told The Associated Press the experiment was an important step forward in creating an interface between the nervous system and prosthetic limbs, but the challenge now is ensuring that such a system can remain in the patient for years and not just a month.</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://pa2patois.posterous.com/some-of-the-gestures-cannot-be-disclosed">Pa^2 Patois</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413046-2048525885107479356?l=pa-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>William "Papa" Meloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883000944415604097bmeloney@gmail.com0http://pa-2.blogspot.com/2009/12/some-of-gestures-cannot-be-disclosed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413046.post-51105311771104578512009-12-02T09:12:00.001-06:002009-12-02T09:12:26.630-06:002009-12-02T09:12:26.630-06:00 <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/pa2patois/cgftFtFAyjHzyiajCqfaCCbsEvhHybFEEvrpnGAHFGwGafebwJHEfafEjwcd/media_httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomblogeditorsfiles34991v6bfruitflyside202JPG_pqhlmbyzkadCGpc.JPG.scaled500.jpg" width="365" height="365"/> <p /><br /><h2 class="blogh2" style="font-size: 14px;"> <a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/24441/?a=f"><strong>A Microbot Shows off its Soccer Skills</strong></a></h2> <div class="blogdek">A machine no bigger than a fruit fly&#39;s eye successfully scores a goal.</div> <div class="blogauthor">By Kristina Grifantini</div><br /><p>Tiny &quot;robots&quot; that could perhaps someday help doctors examine organs, deliver drugs directly, or even perform microsurgery. But first researchers need to find reliable and accurate ways to control microscopic devices, which of course have little room for onboard power, sensors or propulsion. </p> <p>Scientists have previously used methods including <a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/23486/" target="_blank">magnetic and electrostatic forces</a>, and <a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/21619/" target="_blank">attaching live bacteria</a>. In the latest issue of the <a href="http://www.ijrr.org/" target="_blank">International Journal of Robotics Research</a>, researchers from ETH Zurich demonstrate particularly deft control of a microbot, dubbed MagMite.</p> <p>MagMite, pictured above, is 300 micrometers by 300 micrometers (with a thickness of 70 micrometers). It consists of two magnetized components, connected by a tiny spring. In the presence of a magnetic field, the two pieces try to bend toward each other, storing that tension in the connecting spring. By turning the magnetic field on and off very quickly, the researchers can use the loaded spring to propel the microbot forward, and by changing the direction of the magnetic field the microbot will turn.</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://pa2patois.posterous.com/a-microbot-shows-off-its-soccer-skills">Pa^2 Patois</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413046-5110531177110457851?l=pa-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>William "Papa" Meloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883000944415604097bmeloney@gmail.com0http://pa-2.blogspot.com/2009/12/microbot-shows-off-its-soccer-skills.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413046.post-820544498633320342009-12-01T20:19:00.001-06:002009-12-01T20:19:46.452-06:002009-12-01T20:19:46.452-06:00 <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/pa2patois/rAgqntkCnsFGijbweubBniqEcoeHbcFDqaDwlFHgDzqyBkojtgBlrxprmkBA/media_httpimgphotobucketcomalbumsv280tomasutpenalbum7carlsandburgjpg_BmqDwlxmcbEhFur.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="475" height="605"/> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://pa2patois.posterous.com/carl-sandburg">Pa^2 Patois</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413046-82054449863332034?l=pa-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>William "Papa" Meloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883000944415604097bmeloney@gmail.com0http://pa-2.blogspot.com/2009/12/carl-sandburg.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413046.post-18214358155787195192009-12-01T20:15:00.001-06:002009-12-01T20:15:45.877-06:002009-12-01T20:15:45.877-06:00 <object height="417" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0Bmhjf0rKe8&hl=en&fs=1" /></param><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0Bmhjf0rKe8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="417" wmode="window" width="500"></embed></object> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://pa2patois.posterous.com/surprise-274">Pa^2 Patois</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413046-1821435815578719519?l=pa-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>William "Papa" Meloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883000944415604097bmeloney@gmail.com0http://pa-2.blogspot.com/2009/12/surprise.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413046.post-25692295794618990092009-12-01T07:21:00.001-06:002009-12-01T07:21:14.724-06:002009-12-01T07:21:14.724-06:00 <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/pa2patois/oCoqGcfzFlEnHptnJfFbbkwnqpjkuwJvDpJbbwzDBHrvHtfzlaajJIoIfdab/media_http19mediatumblrcomtumblrktynvoHfPw1qz6f9yo1r1500jpg_FdvEavxxdeiuClh.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="334"/> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://pa2patois.posterous.com/d-a-n-g-e-r-0">Pa^2 Patois</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413046-2569229579461899009?l=pa-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>William "Papa" Meloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883000944415604097bmeloney@gmail.com0http://pa-2.blogspot.com/2009/12/d-n-g-e-r.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413046.post-68195356586171927102009-12-01T06:01:00.001-06:002009-12-01T06:01:51.114-06:002009-12-01T06:01:51.114-06:00 When all you have is a Military Industrial Complex then every resolution looks like a war.  Again!<p />Afghanistan = Vietnam (Why! 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Why...) <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://pa2patois.posterous.com/when-all-you-have">Pa^2 Patois</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413046-6819535658617192710?l=pa-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>William "Papa" Meloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883000944415604097bmeloney@gmail.com0http://pa-2.blogspot.com/2009/12/when-all-you-have.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413046.post-25783350224382854302009-11-30T15:09:00.001-06:002009-11-30T15:09:28.110-06:002009-11-30T15:09:28.110-06:00 <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/pa2patois/ohezzgDeuwBsgpudHHzcfJGyvoezoorfIrsuFdoCyGHncEgGaHxpIbwhGCbs/media_httpkroniklekidrobotcomwpcontentuploads200911legofallingwaterjpg_AumfxpkwelnCJyj.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img 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href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/11/23/paint-free-coke-can-saves-energy-reduces-pollution/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187);"><img title="cokecan-ed02" src="http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/cokecan-ed02.jpg" height="281" alt="sustainable design, green design, coke can, harc lee, unibody coke can, monochromatic coke can, product packaging, recycling" width="537" /></a></p> <p>Designer <a href="http://www.behance.net/HarcLee" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187);">Harc Lee</a> has created a “naked” Coca Cola can that forfeits <a href="http://www.cokecangallery.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187);">Coke’s typical bold red and white stripes</a> in favor of <i style="font-style: italic;">au naturale</i> silver. The aluminum can is created without using any paints or dyes, and stands to greatly reduce pollution and energy use associated with producing and recycling soda cans.</p> </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://pa2patois.posterous.com/coke-can-with-no-paints-or-dyes">Pa^2 Patois</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413046-232026977193897367?l=pa-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>William "Papa" Meloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883000944415604097bmeloney@gmail.com0http://pa-2.blogspot.com/2009/11/coke-can-with-no-paints-or-dyes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413046.post-32075053224393712282009-11-28T11:24:00.001-06:002009-11-28T11:24:43.683-06:002009-11-28T11:24:43.683-06:00 <object height="417" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e7DkeQ0roAM&hl=en&fs=1" /></param><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param 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behind-the-scenes services.  Features and functions that I will not have to programmatically implement - they are just in there.  So, faced with the ease of development - where the content is the same regardless of the environment - why shouldn&#39;t I choose a &#39;provider&#39; that affords me so many perks?<p /> Google may well field an excellent OS platform but in a business environment SharePoint will most likely be the provider of choice.<p />Just my $0.02<p />William Meloney<br />---------------------------<br /> Blog: <a href="http://pa-2.blogspot.com">http://pa-2.blogspot.com</a><br />Poetry: <a href="http://2voices.blogspot.com">http://2voices.blogspot.com</a><br />Voice: 270-215-4275<br />Sent from Owensboro, KY, United States <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://pa2patois.posterous.com/content-please-and-provider-thank-you">Pa^2 Patois</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' 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<span>Juliana Rincón Parra</span></span><p /></div><div></div><div></div><div><div><div><div><p>Today, November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and through videos, many people and organizations around the world are expressing their need to end the violence as well as the efforts they are undertaking to ensure that women have a safer world to live in.</p> <div><a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/2498526016_7512e16a87_b.jpg" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187);"><img title="words as violence must break SILENCE" src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/2498526016_7512e16a87_b-300x113.jpg" height="113" alt="words as violence must break SILENCE by circo de invierno" width="300" /></a><p> words as violence must break SILENCE</p></div></div></div></div></div></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a 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