Thursday, October 18, 2007
Everything is Misc/Links are Enough Video
Dave pointed me to a new video that makes the point of hyperlinking and tagging solves the misc problem.
Labels: database, hyperlink, KM, web 2.0, wesch
Video Mashup at Different Scales
Storage is our Past, Present, and Future
Jonathan has an interesting piece on the value of past data in the present, and how we need to preserve the present so the future has a rich past upon which to draw. He makes two points.
This will be true not just for the film industry, but for all sectors. For example, the current value to present genealogists of a 17th century parish register of births, marriages, and deaths, far exceeds the value of the register to the priest who recorded the data.
- Analog films from the past, when digitally remastered to DVD in the present, give the viewer a higher quality viewing experience than the original viewers experienced.
- The production of a digital full-length movie in the present requires 1 Pedabyte of storage
This will be true not just for the film industry, but for all sectors. For example, the current value to present genealogists of a 17th century parish register of births, marriages, and deaths, far exceeds the value of the register to the priest who recorded the data.
Labels: exponential, film, genealogy, movie, storage
Monday, October 15, 2007
Seeing Magnetic Lines
National Geographic reports that bird migrate by looking at the earth's magnetic field lines.
Scientists already suspected birds' eyes contain molecules that are thought to sense Earth's magnetic field. In a new study, German researchers found that these molecules are linked to an area of the brain known to process visual information.
Labels: birds, magnetic, science
Thinking Second Life into Action
BoingBoing points to Keio University research that allows a person to operate second life, just by thinking about it.
Labels: Second Life
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