PUBLIC MARKS from sbrothier with tag sciences

Life as an Algorithm I just found an entire Tumblr dedicated to GIFs created from Conway’s Game of Life algorithm. If you know about Conway’s GoL, then you understand why this is so cool. If you don’t know about it, well …

You say you love me but you never beep me You always promise but you never date me I try to fax but it’s busy, always I try the network but you crash the gateways

Vantablack consists of a dense forest of carbon nanotubes—single atom carbon tubes 10,000 times thinner than a human hair—that drinks in 99.96% of all incoming radiation.

Pixar cofounder Alvy Ray Smith says Barricelli influenced his earliest thinking about the possibilities for computer animation.

Welcome to Biologic Models!  We transform protein data into scientific models for use in continuing medical education. Doctors and healthcare professionals need access to up to date educational material in order to stay informed about the advancements of modern medicine. Biologic Models specializes in producing “physician-centric” educational products. Our 3D printed protein models visualize important medical breakthroughs, transforming the microscopic proteins that interact with drugs into scientific models large enough to hold in the palm of your hand.

Film-makers and scientists from around the world have gathered at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) in Switzerland to find new ways of telling interactive stories about science. The five-day event, organised in conjunction with the Tribeca Film Institute, wanted to make science more accessible, revealing the stories that the public never knew existed or were hidden within data or scientific processes.

Last month, the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) organized a hackathon at CERN as part of the CineGlobe International Film Festival. The event saw filmmakers, artists, and storytellers descend upon Geneva, Switzerland, but also computer programmers, web developers, and videogame designers. The 42 participants from across the globe worked day and night to produce a range of exciting media works. Each team contained at least one member who could code and these skills were put to use to create games, apps, and other interactive experiences.

One day we could have conductive materials that grow, evolve, and self-repair. Researchers at MIT have taken the first steps to creating them. A new study (paywall) describes “living materials” that combine bacterial cells with nonliving materials that can conduct electricity and emit different colors of light. The study is just a proof-of-concept, but researchers say that future applications could include cheaper, more efficient solar panels and biosensors.

Making the world a better place, one Evil Mad Scientist at a time.

Armés d'un scanner et d'un ordinateur, des scientifiques ont pu décoder des signaux cérébraux et reconstruire les images d'un film visionné par trois sujets, pour les convertir en modèle informatique. Shinji Nishimoto, principal auteur de cette étude parue dans la revue américaine Current Biology, et ses collègues ont regardé deux extraits de film.