Large Hadron Collider magnets at CERN

This is the first of the 1232 dipole magnets for the future collider, which measures 27 km in circumference and is scheduled to be commissioned in 2007. The date was thus a key one for CERN1 since the delivery of the 15 metre long dipole magnet weighing 35 tonnes to its final location marks the

Motion sensor tricks

Or the challenge from Tucows’ Joey deVilla for someone to link the motion sensor to the Trash, so that when you shake the PowerBook it empties like a high-tech Etch A Sketch. Great example of the homo ludens. The first motion sensitive game: balooba.se Read more at wired.com.

Solio solar charger

This is great!
For now you can only (re)charge an ipod or a digital camera with it, but it will hopefully power my powerbook in the future!

Kruisbestuiving onvermijdelijk

Biologisch vlees blijft niet genvrij Ben van Raaij – 26 juli 2004 in de Volkskrant De productie van genvrij biologisch vlees is een utopie. Alleen tegen zeer hoge kosten kan worden voorkomen dat er in veevoer sporen van genetisch gemodificeerde organismen (GGO’s)terechtkomen. Dit staat in een rapport van Wageningse onderzoekers, dat is opgesteld in opdracht

Error 18

About 2 months ago I bought this great camera, the Canon Ixus 400. Making more than 1500 photos. Then I got an E18 error. The lens refused to focus an didn’t close when I turned it off. Eventually it closed again, but know it makes this terrible noise. Just found a manual telling how you

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.

Augmented Surfaces

Have a look at this, like it but you need loads of stuff to get it really working. But it gives an idea of the/a future where we carry our data with us or can access it though the internet. And work with and share it from any table. Augmented Surfaces is a computer augmented

Enter Fusedspace

Just entered FUSEDSPACE (an international competition for innovative applications for new technology in the public domain). Together with IPSD. The deadline is closed now. But there probably be a new one in the near future and anyone can enter! It’s important to think about this new public space called internet and the world wide web

Groovy

Scanning LP’s (or any old mechanical audio carrier), it’s getting better and better. Even better than the original. The trick: confocal laser microscopy. And it’s not just for fun. LP’s scannen versie 2.0 Herbert Blankesteijn – 30 mei 2004 – NRC Handelsblad Vier jaar geleden hoorden ze (Carl Haber en Vitali Fadejev) een radiouitzending waarin

Geen tijd

I find nice blogs everyday. This time it’s a dutch one. And it’s small, and no-nonsence. And it’s made with pivot. Have played around with pivot for publicworks.nl and percentageregeling.nl, but couldn’t get around the fact that you couldn’t have sub categories. Using xoops instead now (here anyway). But whenever I see a pivot blog