Early bird

Walking back in the early morning I got this present handed to me.

Kokosnoot

Genesaver, human cell holding (his) hands

In a paper called “The coiled-coil of the human Rad50 DNA repair protein contains specific segments of increased flexibility” by the Department of Nanoscience and Delft Institute of Microelectronics and Submicrontechnology, had this image in it and it sparkes my imagination on a tiny scale. Quote out of the paper for this image: Two sections

A great day for mankind, the Chimpanzee Genome

We are going to find the defect/inactive genes that made us weaker, grow less hair, gave us the tendency to walk with our nose upwards and in a sense kept us baby’s with a brain which kept growing. We are no more than a freak of nature prone to extinction. Just some leftover fossils in

Nanoglue Stickier Than Gecko Toes, fantasy going strong

Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Akron have used their knowledge of what makes geckos stick to create a carpet of super-sticky carbon nanotubes that could form the basis for future types of adhesives. Wired News article reports.It’s not a new story that Gecko’s have special feet and that science is interested

Sunflowers

Beauty is just a temporary state of being.

First photo 6th of august and the second today the 25th.

Seagull

I’m saddened by this. He’s walking in his natural habitat, food under his feet and still he takes the junk we are so arrogantly throwing on it.
We people tent to feel superior to all other living creatures (founded on our conscienceness and intellect). But consciencely being conscienceless makes me conclude the opposite.

(this foto is just an modest example of what triggers my growing dissatisfaction)

IJsbaanpad

The world of Amber and Isis

I’m housesitting and I take care of two cats that roam the roofs.

Walking towards sunset

Still from the vlogging project Levend zand.

Sea tree

Stills out of levend zand

Rups

Half an onion II

It’s still growing strong. You can find the first photo here.

Moeder bruinvis

Half an onion

This morning my “half an onion” sprung to life. It must be spring.

More info about onions: Growing Onions in the Home Garden – Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet.

Omen

I just rode through Yellowstone Park on a motorcycle a few pages back in the Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance (1974). And I listened to A small history of nearly everything where Bill Bryson is telling about the biggest treat of mankind namely Yellowstone Park. Then I heard that the BBC is going

Gigapixel project

The resolution is amazing. It is really defining the upper limits of large-format photography, digital scanning and image processing. It would take a video wall of 10,000 television screens or 600 prints from a professional digital SLR camera to capture as much information as that contained in a single Gigapxl exposure.

The Project’s near-term goal is to compile a coast-to-coast portrait of America; photographing her cities, parks and monuments in exquisite detail.

A longer term goal is to create for future generations a world-wide archive of vanishing cultural and archaeological sites. Graham Flint designed cameras for applications which range from cold-war espionage to the Hubble Space Telescope. And build this one from the leftovers.

www.gigapxl.org

Nature at it’s prettiest

Three-dimensional crystalline SiC nanowire flowers. Aren’t they amazing?

You can find related articles here and here. And you can find the pdf of the paper here.

Speeding turtle

Back with the boys in Artis.

Het Amelander Bos

Source

Last night I was working with linkbase, an open source program. This morning my kids were drinking a strawberry yogurt drink. Originally made by a cow but altered by others. No sign of the original maker. The cow. Lets extend creative commons! On every product the source of the product should be seen as a

Nature

Today the sun is shining, almost no wind and blue sky. Not behind my computer. I’m with my kids outdoors. Flowers crushed. Strange. They look at me with wide open eyes. Feeling guilty, and wondering why they haven’t changed.

Spin-offs of the space-program

Gravity stimulates our motivation to undertake. There are bacteria that can transform sugar into energy. These sugars are made by plants. A new cycle is made. The cycle of energy. Wubbo Okkels (first Dutchman into space 18 years ago) Today the second dutch astronaut went into space. 9 days of space x years of training.

Lovely flower

Het Amsterdamse mos

Het Amsterdamse bos met velden van uitgebloeide sneeuwklokjes en prachtig mos. We kwamen net terug van de Geitenboerderij.

Iceflowers on my car windows