Tag: Technology

See Paris from your Desktop

Come see Paris–in 26 gigapixels | The Digital Home – CNET News. Ok, it’s not quite the same as seeing all the sights and sounds of Paris in person, but it’s still pretty fun to see this extremely detailed digital version – in all its 26 Gigapixel glory. The site also allows users to focus […]

Browse the Complete PopSci Archive – Check out the flying cars!

New! Browse the Complete PopSci Archive | Popular Science. Ok, this is pretty awesome…Popular Science has put their entire archives online, and it’s all searchable…all 137 years of PopSci in one place. They’re apparently working on a way to browse it, which would be sweet just to see all the covers, but I had a […]

From dolphins to lasers, major science meet to cover it all

From dolphins to lasers, major science meet to cover it all. Phyorg.com had the story above about the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual conference in San Diego, for which I’m leaving today (2/18) evening. I’ll be there all weekend, attending lots of talks and trying not to overload on science 🙂 […]

PopSci’s Apple iPad Hands On, and what the magic tablet means for us

Apple iPad Hands On | Popular Science PopSci’s hands-on impressions with the Ipad. There’s already been more than enough coverage of one of the most-hyped gadgets of all time (after the Iphone?), and it was never going to be able to live up to that hype. Other commenters have already noted its notable flaws (no […]

Photo Gallery of Cool New Science Images

As I’ve previously noted, I like cool, preferably scientific, images. I really enjoyed taking pretty microscope pictures as a graduate student, and I’ve been enjoying working on the Megapixels section of Popular Science and the Bull’s-Eye section of Science Illustrated, as well as for the various photo galleries I created for PopSci.com or posted about […]

A Race Against Time To Complete New Delhi’s Newest Subway Line | Popular Science

A Race Against Time To Complete New Delhi’s Newest Subway Line | Popular Science. Another Megapixels writeup from the February issue of Popular Science. This one was interesting because it was about the Delhi Metro; given that I went to high school in Delhi and visit their regularly, I’ve actually seen the Metro being constructed, […]

Your Guide to the Year in Science: 2010 | Popular Science

Your Guide to the Year in Science: 2010 | Popular Science. This is a section that appears every January in Popular Science, and tries to predict the top news stories of the upcoming year. I wrote two sections in it, ‘Life After Death?’ and ‘Births and Deaths’ (on pages 2 and 5 respectively), but I just posted […]

FYI: Can Microwave Technology be Used to Make Food Cold? | Popular Science

FYI: Can Microwave Technology be Used to Make Food Cold? | Popular Science. Another FYI, this one from the January issue of Popular Science, though the link above gets you to the web version. They really do answer quite a variety of questions in the FYI section, it’s always kind of fun contacting an expert […]

Gallery: This Years Most Amazing Microscopic Photography | Popular Science

Gallery: This Years Most Amazing Microscopic Photography | Popular Science. A gallery of beautiful pictures from the latest edition of Nikon’s Small World photography competition, which showcases the best photographs taken through microscopes. Amina, another intern, and I created the gallery and did the write-ups, was fun seeing all the images in beautiful high-res…Again, the […]