More Matlab Fun
Instead of studying for my midterm, I’m killing time by checking out the cool possibilities. This is a 3D plot for plotting spherical coordinates by converting spherical to cartesian. There are three different views below.
Matlab Fun
Who says food and science cannot come together?
Disaster Aid Invention Needs Votes!
My sister brought to my attention a couple months ago the Pepsi Project where you can submit your idea and request X amount of funding for it. After Pepsi approves your idea, it has a month to gather votes, and if you are fortunate enough to make it to the top 10 in your category, [...]
Pi Day
Happy Pi Day! Article about Pi Day
Google Ad: Parisian Love
Math and Photography?
I saw this in the latest issue of Wired Magazine. Apparently a woman who is interested in math and photography takes pictures of sceneries/objects that represents a math function. She then overlays a graph onto her photo to illustrate the similarity. Pretty cool stuff! Click here to access her site. Here are some examples from [...]
EIR’s
With entrepreneurs in residence, venture capital firms in Silicon Valley host proven businesspeople, hoping for another successful start-up. Very interesting, this is the first time that I have heard of such a thing. EIR = Entrepreneurs in Residence. Sounds pretty cool to me! http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/technology/start-ups/28eir.html
Robot Cooks
“New robots serve and cook food, and, in the process, act as good-will ambassadors for a more automated future.” Very interesting article. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/dining/24robots.html
Interesting News: Richard Branson’s Submarine
Richard Branson Launches High-Tech ‘Flying’ Submarine: Virgin mogul Richard Branson recently unveiled a new ocean plaything for the intrepid super rich: A deep-sea submarine. “Necker Nymph,” an “underwater plane” that can dive up to 40 meters below the surface, is the latest addition to to Branson’s luxury collection which includes a private island, a superyacht [...]
Interesting News: DARPA & Biofuel from Algae
DARPA Says Biofuel From Algae Could Cost Only $1 Per Gallon: DARPA will soon be producing jet fuel made from algae at a price comparable to that of petroleum-based fuel. DARPA could be months, not years, from producing an algal biofuel that is price-competitive with fossil fuels. According to Barbara McQuiston, special assistant to energy [...]
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