tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87254326765986719732024-02-06T19:18:43.813-08:00Spitzenpopper<b>Like popcorn or the fizzy bubbles in a beer, ideas <i>pop</i> and capture your mind if only for a moment!</b>Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.comBlogger448125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-90436429238873003952015-09-17T11:31:00.001-07:002015-09-17T11:31:58.712-07:00Russ Breault On The Shroud of Turin <iframe width="425" height="240" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QsCAfTIXEmw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Technology is just amazing. This is an interview that Simon Brown did with Russ Breault on the Shroud of Turin via Skype. As a kid I remember the science fiction stories that had visual telephones and now we have that capability. Russ is the founder of Shroud University and an excellent speaker on the Shroud of Turin. Well worth watching.Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-85468991409056304922015-08-22T19:23:00.000-07:002015-08-22T19:23:31.634-07:003D Printing As Inspired By Hollywood's Terminator <iframe width="425" height="240" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ihR9SX7dgRo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-24691680014185394452015-06-03T10:18:00.001-07:002015-06-03T10:18:18.915-07:00Science Isn't Infallible And Sometimes It Isn't Even Very Reliable<a href="http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21588069-scientific-research-has-changed-world-now-it-needs-change-itself-how-science-goes-wrong">SEE HERE</a> Click on the left to read a short article of how science goes wrong. Nowadays when you're hearing so much bad and pseudo-science being passed around as if it is holy writ you'd think that science was infallible. But unfortunately perhaps science is not only fallible but often manipulated by the unscrupulous to create the result intended and not the truth of the matter.Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-36371236691079675652015-03-20T17:49:00.000-07:002015-03-20T17:49:12.408-07:00Breakthrough in the form of an ultra-sound treatment for Alzheimer's <a href="http://www.sciencealert.com/new-alzheimer-s-treatment-fully-restores-memory-function">SEE HERE</a> Apparently you can clear out the materials that clog the brain that are thought to cause Alzheimer's disease using carefully tailored and focused ultrasound treatments. It's had a 75% success rate in mice and is awaiting clearance for testing in higher animals and ultimately human beings by perhaps 2017. Seems like a promising development.Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-15089502257520714742015-03-19T19:28:00.001-07:002015-03-19T19:28:41.586-07:00Fusion Coming? We'll see of course. There are other possibilities as well.<a href="http://www.impactlab.net/2015/03/12/new-compact-fusion-reactor-from-lockheed-martin-could-change-humanity-forever/">SEE HERE</a> Lockheed Skunk Works reveals some fascinating work they are doing on fusion power generation with new unique architecture. This could be awesome. It will be interesting in the the context of other interesting power initiatives such as <a href="http://energyfromthorium.com/category/blog/">Thorium Reactors</a> and <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/191754-cold-fusion-reactor-verified-by-third-party-researchers-seems-to-have-1-million-times-the-energy-density-of-gasoline">LENR</a>. Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-13671426565959580102015-02-23T14:42:00.000-08:002015-02-23T14:42:07.021-08:00Bigness? Does it matter? Things Are Only As Big As They Need To Be<iframe width="425" height="240" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bcz4vGvoxQA?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-59967842320696773222015-02-09T08:19:00.002-08:002015-02-09T08:19:48.462-08:00The Transformation Of The Spirit That Music Can Produce<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="240" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Es3Vsfzdr14?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" width="425"></iframe><br />Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-64547715817904641062015-02-09T08:10:00.001-08:002015-02-09T08:10:06.944-08:00Transformation Of Reality Before Your Eyes: What Can You Believe Anymore?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="240" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TGI4oz1QnZo?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" width="425"></iframe> Fascinating!Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-59645935569536871302015-02-01T11:00:00.001-08:002015-02-01T11:00:57.845-08:00Now This Is Really An Over The Top Example Of Modeling <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="240" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ACkmg3Y64_s?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" width="425"></iframe><br />Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-51638149076442334482015-01-27T13:40:00.002-08:002015-01-27T13:40:57.693-08:00Wither Goest We? Is Scarcity Really Going To Disappear?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="240" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/EYvnz0bSamw?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" width="425"></iframe> Spin the pipedream forward. I have little trust in Ray Kurzweil's singularity idea. But it's still fun to listen to the narrative.Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-29339976303606515412015-01-27T13:19:00.002-08:002015-01-27T13:19:33.056-08:00Windows 10 Approaches ... New Features And Lots Of Hype<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="240" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9phebKc_DOs?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" width="425"></iframe> I hope it lives up to the hype. Looks exciting.Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-27508019950235748022015-01-23T08:38:00.002-08:002015-01-23T08:38:53.497-08:00Watt's Steam Engine Started It All<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="240" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/huQhqXiB8O0?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" width="425"></iframe> Here's a little touch of the technology of the past. Steam locomotion as seen through the eyes of WWI Englishmen.Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-51889773687015937152015-01-20T09:13:00.000-08:002015-01-20T09:13:06.685-08:00Radar Device to See Inside of Structures<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bt3ecnqdUCo?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" width="425"></iframe> Interesting device being marketed to law enforcement. Developed originally for military use.Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-15732777476167280562015-01-18T12:31:00.001-08:002015-01-18T12:31:51.543-08:00Cockpit of a B-36<a href="http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/062/B-36J%20Engineer.html">SEE HERE</a> One of the biggest aircraft of all time. Six props, four jet engines and could fly round trip to the Soviet Union without refueling. This is a panoramic view of the cockpit using your mouse and thumbwheel to move your viewpoint. I mainly put it up for the neat panorama.Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-71231250952592091792015-01-18T12:23:00.004-08:002015-01-18T12:23:56.004-08:00Flying Car ... The Wave Of The Future? <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="240" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kzYb68qXpD0?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" width="425"></iframe> Definitely cool! Probably still a ways to go.Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-4609799042323976012014-12-14T10:38:00.002-08:002014-12-14T10:43:05.734-08:00Shroud of Turin 101: Fifteen Minutes with Russ Breault <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="240" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/rH8xQZPjSXE?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" width="425"></iframe> Great summary provided by Russ Breault, a friend of mine. Check out his website <a href="http://shroudencounter.com/">HERE</a>Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-60598813115949699652014-12-14T08:06:00.001-08:002014-12-14T08:06:07.397-08:00The Fate of Pompeii ... Museum Animation<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="240" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/dY_3ggKg0Bc?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" width="425"></iframe> A Day in Pompeii, a Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition, was held
at Melbourne Museum from 26 June to 25 October 2009. Over 330,000 people
visited the exhibition -- an average of more than 2,700 per day --
making it the most popular traveling exhibition ever staged by an
Australian museum.<br /><br />Zero One created the animation for an
immersive 3D theatre installation which gave visitors a chance to feel
the same drama and terror of the town's citizens long ago, and witness
how a series of eruptions wiped out Pompeii over 48 hours.<br /><br />This
video is available in full HD stereo. Please get in touch with Zero One
through their website for licensing information for exhibitions,
television and other media or to discuss 3D Visualisation solutions.
Copyright 2010 Zero One Animation and Melbourne Museum.Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-58310353674058763612014-12-04T10:55:00.001-08:002014-12-04T10:55:50.350-08:00Statesmen? Are There Any Of Those Left?<iframe title="MRC TV video player" width="425" height="240" src="http://www.mrctv.org/embed/131137" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-82870349896026676682014-12-04T05:12:00.000-08:002014-12-04T05:12:16.227-08:00Fine Tuning The Universe For Life — Ridiculous Did You Say<a href="http://populscience.blogspot.com/2014/12/fine-tuning-problem.html">SEE HERE</a> The article points out the ridiculously low probability of life given the size of the possible configuration space of the hypervolume of possible universal constants. Here's what the author says: <br /><br />
"The probability of the existence of life is thus calculated by dividing the volume of configuration space compatible with the existence of life, between the volume of the total configuration space (the infinite continuum). ... Some scientists believe that the probability that the universe fulfills all the necessary conditions could be between 0 and 10^-500." <br /><br />In short them there seems little doubt that the universe is fine tuned for life. Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-85072935277083108162014-12-03T09:39:00.003-08:002014-12-03T09:39:49.567-08:00My Paper At The Shroud Of Turin Conference In October<iframe width="425" height="240" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/4mw-jVSnSgc?list=UUSv7BD9sKjIcA24ct1Hz_Aw&controls=0&showinfo=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> For videos of all the papers given at the conference (well most of them anyway) can be found <a href="http://www.shrouduniversity.com/stlouis14.php">HERE</a>.Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-72965482078014649652014-07-28T10:55:00.002-07:002014-07-28T10:55:27.521-07:00Ocean Influences On Our Weather<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="240" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6vgvTeuoDWY?rel=0" width="425"></iframe> Great video on the oceans. Great visuals!Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-85021314208440449982014-07-26T16:59:00.000-07:002014-07-26T16:59:55.656-07:00Picam ... A New Paradigm In Compact Imaging Technology<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="240" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/twDneAffZe4?rel=0" width="425"></iframe> Array image processing in a tiny flat array with amazing capabilities. Check it out!Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-13088757940434792492014-07-17T15:23:00.001-07:002014-07-17T15:23:24.265-07:00The Proper Word For This Is "Amazing"!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RRy_73ivcms?rel=0" width="425"></iframe> Pit stops at the Indianapolis 500 in 1950 and in 2013 — The Contrast Is Amazing.Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-10872750092380848672014-07-10T05:14:00.000-07:002014-07-10T05:14:28.603-07:00Clipping Application<iframe width="425" height="240" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8jjrXOPCwGk?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Links to this and other information about "clipping" arrived in my email basket this morning. This is just one more step on a long process that will slowly evolve a follow on to paper books. Paper books evolved over many centuries first no doubt from notes on clay tablets to papyrus to scrolls in papyrus or parchment, to the codex format and then through printing first by woodcuts and finally moveable type. The flexibility of the underlying medium, paper, allowed readers to take notes easily and associate them with the text they were reading. Digital and electronic media are in their infancy so have not evolved the convenience of paper, and frankly have a long way to go. Just the human machine interface is still quite clumsy with the keyboard, generally no graphical interface so you can't make little helpful sketches in the margins, and so forth. Over time we can expect all that to change and that will be interesting.Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725432676598671973.post-44960075679519933782014-07-05T18:51:00.002-07:002014-07-05T18:51:42.776-07:00Fireworks From The Inside With A Little Drone<iframe width="425" height="240" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/a9KZ3jgbbmI?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Awesome ... great fun and not at all dangerous except to the little drone.Ray Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.com0