Tuesday, August 02, 2011
The debt-ceiling debate seen from abroad - The Tea Party explained
THE best explanation of last week's weirdness in the US House of Representatives (which was finally resolved, after a fashion, late on July 29th), is provided by the animators at Taiwanese television. I particularly liked the Tea Partier pulling a turd out of his diaper and hurling it at John Boehner's head, and the Tea Partiers dancing in ecstasy as Congress burns down. It's now the turn of Dingy Harry Reid to get the Taiwanese treatment.
The Tiny WIMM Communications Device Allows For Wearable Communications
Like a miniaturized, wearable Chumby, the WIMM micro communications device looks interesting and, given enough support and interest, could actually be interesting. The device looks like a tiny iPod Nano but features Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It is supposed to play nicely with your Android phone and runs its own stripped-down version of Android to display messages, handle exercise monitoring, and, presumably, run tiny apps that others will write.
Monday, August 01, 2011
CreativeLIVE 2011 Trailer for Zack Arias
I'll be back in the creativeLIVE studios April 29th, 30th, and May 1st for the "Things you need to know to be a photographer" class. It will be 10 foundational skills and philosophies that you need to grasp and run with to be a working photographer. From camera skills, to lens selection, to light of all kinds, to business, marketing, and balance with the rest of your life.
Writing and Grammar Video
In this video I teach students how to use compound sentences in their writing.
SOBA sentences Part II from Mechanically Inclined
In this video I teach students how to use compound sentences in their writing.
SOBA sentences Part II from Mechanically Inclined
In this video I teach students how to use compound sentences in their writing.
Flipped-Mastery Classroom
Peer into Jonathan Bergmann's Classroom as he explains the flipped-mastery model. Presently Jonathan Bergmann & Aaron Sams are writing a book on the fli...
The Flipped Classroom
Peer into Aaron Sams' classroom as he explains why he flipped his classroom. Aaron Sams, along with Jonathan Bergmann were the first to flip their classes. ...
Flipped-Mastery-Student Impressions
When Jonathan Bergmann & Aaron Sams started the flipped/mastery model of education, they had no idea that it would strike a chord around the country. One question they are often asked is what do your students think about learning in this way. So they asked their students. In this video their students answer that question.
Creating Interactive Tabs in Powerpoint
A tutorial on how to add interactive tabs containing hidden information into a powerpoint lecture.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
DNA-based artificial network
Many simpler forms of life on this planet, including some of our earliest ancestors, don't have proper brains. Instead they have networks of neurons that fire in response to stimuli, triggering reactions. Scientists from Caltech have actually figured out how to create such a primitive pre-brain using strands of DNA. Researchers, led by Lulu Qian, strung together DNA molecules to create bio-mechanical circuits. By sequencing the four bases of our genetic code in a particular way, they were able to program it to respond differently to various inputs. To prove their success the team quizzed the organic circuit, essentially playing 20 questions, feeding it clues to the identity of a particular scientist using more DNA strands. The artificial neural network nailed answer every time. Check out the PR and pair of videos that dig a little deeper into the experiment after the break.
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