Futures Past: Watch the Clavilux, an ethereal light organ from 100 years ago
Long before trippy visualizers and computer animation, before liquid light shows or laser parties, Thomas Wilfred was building organs for visuals.
Category: Data Visualization
Video Friday: The Future of Computation & Knowledge: Stephen Wolfram at HITS
Stephen Wolfram recently gave a talk in the Studio Villa Bosch conference center: “The Future of Computation & Knowledge.”
iPad RIP — Beyond the 2D Tablet Touch Interface
Tablets with interfaces that morph in three, real dimensions will fundamentally change the way we approach computer interaction.
Bioinformatics and the Future of Biotechnology
“Bioinformatics” is both a set of tools and a field with blurred boundaries, making it difficult to list its chief accomplishments. It is the practice of creating and/or using computational approaches to tackle biological problems.
The Confusion Between Correlation and Causation
We’ve all made the far-too-common mistake of confusing correlation with causation.
Quantifiable Ethics in Retail — Can You Change the World through Effective Altruistic Shopping?
Can something as simple as an app that gives unbiased product information change the world? Filtering out products which follow one’s personal norms and values will reshape the concept of brand image, render it unimportant for highly similar goods, such as soap and just about everything under the kitchen sink.
The Brevity of a Human Life
I came across these interesting visualizations which convey the briefness and fleetingness of a human life.
Art of the Invisible and Auckland Nanotech Conference
Some exciting upcoming events in Aukland New Zealand
Winners of NSF Science & Technology Visualization Challenge Announced
The winning entries are featured by category at the links below in NSF’s International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge