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[31 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Have a good start into a new decade!

This wouldn’t be my blog if I wouldn’t post a “scientific” video.
The video is from a high school physics project and demonstrates the calculations of velocity, force and acceleration of a pyrotechnic effect.
I’m off celebrating new year.
I hope to see you all in good health in the next decade.

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[20 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
ISS Fly Arround with Michael Barratt

I found this 20 minute video of a ISS fly around sight seeing tour with Astronaut Michael Barratt on youtube.
I had no idea how densely packed the whole station is with all the stuff brought up there. Space seems to be a serious issue up there.

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[28 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
iRobot’s Soft Morphing Blob ‘Bot Takes Its First Steps

Today I want to present a video about a different robotics concept: Softbody shape shifting though jamming. I haven’t heard about that before and personally think that it’s movement is creepy.
The video explains the concept and in the end you’ll see it move.
This is a very interesting concept if you think of bots on microscopic scale, lust like amoeba.
The less complex mechanical parts you have in a a machine, the less likely something will brake.

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[26 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
Breathtaking video from the Kuroshio Sea Aquarium

This video was taken from the worlds second largest fish tank.
From the youtube info, I know that the Song is “Please don’t go” from “Barcelona” and that it’s available on iTunes.

Be shure to watch this video in HD and full screen.

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[23 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
We Are Here: The Pale Blue Dot

Even the biggest problems are microscopic if you see them in an astronomical context.

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[16 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
On top of the Burj Dubai

Some people know that vertigo is a problem I have to deal with. For me it’s less of a problem in planes or steel constructions – but old brick made buildings above ten levels scare the hell out of me.
I spent this january in Dubai and was quite happy, that our room was only at the 5th level. But today i found this video on youtube that even makes me feel bad by simply looking at it.
It’s taken by some guy on top of the Burj Dubai at 818 …

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[13 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
ProFORMA: Probabilistic Feature-based On-line Rapid Model Acquisition

I’ve seen this video linked on reddit today.
As some of you know, I am totaly into machine vision these days and this 3d tracing software that imediately caught my attention.
Think about putting your face into your favorite video game – the term “Headshot” needs to be redefined then.