Interesting Links (08-02-28)

ScottS-M — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:19:31 +0000

There things sure are easy and kind of fun to put together so I’ll try another one.

Camera Tips from an Engineer: I’ve been wondering if companies (and consumers) have been concentrating too much on megapixels. This engineer thinks yes.
Explorer 1: It was the 50th anniversary of the US’s first satellite. I didn’t know they sent a Geiger counter up in it.
Happy Face on Mars: Not a whole lot more to it just a pretty cute picture.
Asteroid Almost Hits Mars: An asteroid almost hit Mars but didn’t. Now we don’t know where it is (although this was expected).
More Mercury Images: Some new pictures from the MESSENGER flyby. I especially like the annotated image to help out people (like me) that can never seem to find what people are talking about.
Henry Rollins on Evolution: Nice to see the Liar Liar guy seems to have his head on straight.
18′ Shark Surprise: Pretty cool video of a big six-gill shark.
Potential Presidential Science Debate: Sounds like a good idea and it’d be in Philadelphia so maybe I could go.
Evolving Virtual Creatures: Interesting examples of applying evolution to create virtual creatures that fulfill tasks like fast movement, grabbing a ball and fighting each other.

Dammit Jim! » camera