Essay on the iconoclastic Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman and his involvement in the making of an early parallel supercomputer. gulfstream/2442
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. Includes sections on The Bible (the handwriting on the wall), proverbs (he who laughs last, laughs best), idioms … gulfstream/2349
Some proper Aussies in this (fake?) market research video for Drambuie Australia. gulfstream/2361
“Rather startled, I watched this scene from close quarters behind the window until 19.10 hours during which time (75 minutes) I made some photographs … gulfstream/1704
Conference accepts computer-generated computer science paper. (Looks like Alan Sokol, at least, was suitably cautious in not attempting to draw … gulfstream/1727
Eurasians are more beautiful, healthy, intelligent, etc.? (Nice theory, not very convincing.) gulfstream/1945
The Nocebo effect: thinking that bad things will happen is a self-fulfilling prophesy. (So should doctors lie to patients about their prospects?) gulfstream/2102
Jim Holt’s review of two books critical of string theory. (Good overview of the theory and its weaknesses.) I would’ve thought that two books on string … gulfstream/2163
Perfect for internet dating! Computer scientists developer an image enhancement program that turn portraits into portraits that look like the original, … gulfstream/2246
HeLa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
immortal cell line used in medical research
The Chronicle: 10/14/2005: The Number That's Devouring Science
Computational Visual Cognition Laboratory @ MIT
Microsoft Live Labs: Photosynth
AOL reSearch : Research - Test Collections
Vodafone Betavine - Home
mobile network r&d and project hosting. e.g. gps logger. (not much now, check back later.)
How NASA Screwed Up (And Four Ways to Fix It)
Tennis, pressure and the gender wage-gap | vox (beta) - Research-based policy analysis and commentary from Europe's leading economists
seems somewhat dubious but i might want to find this again
redesigns of the bloomberg terminal
conceptual redesigns (some quite radical) of the bloomberg terminal from ideo, happy cog