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POPSUnbelievable projection mapping video! It's very long and slightly redundant in spots but well worth watching the whole thing. Few things amaze me quite like projection mapping and this is an amazing example it.
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POPSGOP House members call for investigation of Muslim political activity Just to underscore how extremist the House GOP caucus is, this hysteria is all based on a new book entitled "Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America." That's the source which these House members are using. In fact, one of the GOP House members, Rep. Sue Myrick of North Carolina, wrote the foreword to the book. One of the two authors of that book, Dave Gaubatz, maintains this website, where he's hawking the book through Paypal. In 2006, Gaubatz created a project called "Mapping Sharia in America", the purpose of which was to create a comprehensive map of every mosque and Islamic school in the U.S. This is what he wrote: It is our task to conduct an extensive mapping of all the Islamic day schools, mosques, and other identifiable organizations in the US and to determine which ones teach or preach Islamic law, Sharib.
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POPSNon Linear Thinking An interest of mine is Mind Mapping. It's akin to outlining but much more powerful. This video touches on one of its uses.
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POPSFacebook 'enhances intelligence' but Twitter 'diminishes it' more: A number who started off close to the bottom of the class ended up near the top. ''It was a massive effect,'' said Dr Alloway, who today gave a talk on working memory at the start of the British Science Festival at the University of Surrey in Guildford. Video games that involve planning and strategy, such as those from the Total War series, may also train working memory, Dr Alloway believes. ''I'm not saying they're good for your socialisation skills, but they do make you use your working memory,'' she said. ''You're keeping track of past actions and mapping the actions you're going to take.''
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POPSBill Would Give President Emergency Control of Internet
The White House is supposed to engage in "periodic mapping" of private networks deemed to be critical, and those companies "shall share" requested information with the federal government. ("Cyber" is defined as anything having to do with the Internet, telecommunications, computers, or computer networks.) "The language has changed but it doesn't contain any real additional limits," EFF's (Electronic Frontier Foundation) Tien says. "It simply switches the more direct and obvious language they had originally to the more ambiguous (version)...The designation of what is a critical infrastructure system or network as far as I can tell has no specific process. There's no provision for any administrative process or review. That's where the problems seem to start. And then you have the amorphous powers that go along with it." Translation: If your company is deemed "critical," a new set of regulations kick in involving who you can hire, what information you must disclose, . . .
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POPS"Drained" oceans reveal epic landscapes ...Big Island of Hawaii is practically little when seen with its underwater flanks exposed. Measured from the seabed, the island's active volcano Mauna Loa is the world's tallest mountain--some 4,000 feet (1,200 meters) taller than Mount Everest. The Big Island was gradually thrust upward out of the Pacific, likely by a plume of lava deep beneath the seafloor. Those same slow forces look to be at work beneath a new volcano off the southeastern end of the Big Island, Loihi. Ten thousand or a hundred thousand years into the future, Loihi should emerge as the latest and hottest new Hawaiian island.
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POPSBuddhist Neuropsychology: emotions and Awe Keltner is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and directs the Berkeley Social Interaction Laboratory. I haven't read this book but will aim to. The whole approach of Buddhist psychology and its accommodation with neuroscience is fascinating, a fascination shared by the Dalai Lama. Awe-inspiring stuff!
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POPSWhy Sully May Be The Last Of His Kind with 150 passengers and four other crew members onboard. For the first time that day, the captain took control of the plane. “My aircraft,” Sully said. “Your aircraft,” said the first officer. Pilots have rules even for falling, and Sully set about following them. He lowered the nose so the plane would glide, not drop quickly. He ordered the first officer to start into a three-page checklist of procedures for restarting both engines, even though he must have known that was hopeless. He radioed the controller to report the bird strike. “Ah, this is Cactus 1549, hit birds, we lost thrust in both engines. We’re turning back toward La Guardia.” The controller ordered the La Guardia tower to stop all departures. “It’s 1549. Bird strike. He lost the thrust in the engines. He’s returning immediately.” It was 3:28. Pilots are taught that if you need to ditch, you should land at the nearest practical airport. But Sully didn’t have time for that. Watch "60 Minutes" tonight
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POPSTop 10 American Innovations There's a lot missing here: vaccines, phonograph,mimeograph, synthetic rubber, TV, laser, VCR, computers, supercomputers, air conditioning, nylon, DNA, atomic energy, mapping the human genome....OMG I could go on and on....and yes, I'm bragging. The world would be a much different place had America not come along - a much worse place.
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POPSGoogle Mapping where No Car can go Taking the Google map concept from street view - to trail view. Google has ingeniously come up with the idea of mapping trails and other places where cars can't go - with bikes and pedestrian versions of their camera system. Where can I sign up to ride a bike for them?
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POPSGoogle Earth Launches Moon View On the 40th anniversary of the lunar landing by Neil Armstrong, Google adds imagery of the moon to its 3-D mapping service. Google Earth no allows users to see the lunar service from a bird’s-eye view, opening up the crater and gray plains to the public. Users can also zoom in, look at specific features, and even get detailed views of the area where the astronauts touched down and drove the rovers in the lunar dust.
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