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Welcome to Laboratory Equipment magazine

admin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:41:04 +0000

Learn more about the products and services Laboratory Equipment offers scientific professionals across multiple disciplines.

Visit us at: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com

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Sports Illustrated – Tablet Demo 1.5

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:26:13 +0000

This collaboration between The Wonderfactory and Time, Inc. is an excellent example of how tablets will enable the creation of innovative, addictive experiences by publishers, media companies, and advertisers.

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Princeton Innovation Magazine Promo Video

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:26:12 +0000

The Princeton Journal of Science and Technology Innovation Magazine is the only publication at Princeton University dedicated to bringing cutting-edge science news to the campus community. Much like Scientific American and Popular Science, Innovation makes scientific concepts easy for the layperson to understand, while still providing in-depth coverage of important developments. Each issue covers a wide variety of subjects, including astrophysics, chemistry, psychology, biology, mathematics, environmental science, and all engineering disciplines.The Innovation team also reaches out to the Princeton community beyond the University gates.

For the latest volume of the Innovation Magazine visit us at : www.princeton.edu/~innov

*VideoCopilot assisted AfterEffects video.

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Richard Dawkins and Thunderf00t (improved audio)

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:40:35 +0000

Late in 2009 I got together with Richard Dawkins for a chat. Nice chap and some stimulating conversation.

Sorry about the poor audio. The leading reason were that I was primarily in Europe to do research, and when I left the US 2 months before this was not something that was seriously considered (I had VERY little AV kit with me) and that the discussion was all arranged on very short notice. Many thanks to umbulamidlun, smpaudio and stormfieldproduction for help with the audio, it was greatly appreciated.

Richard Dawkins is of course a big name in the defenders of science, publishing several best selling books and started a foundation that bears his name.
http://richarddawkins.net/

The foundation also has a youtube account.
http://www.youtube.com/user/richarddawkinsdotnet

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UIST’09: Mouse 2.0: Multi-touch Meets the Mouse

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:15:30 +0000

Presented at UIST (ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology) http://www.acm.org/uist/

PAPER ABSTRACT:
In this paper we present novel input devices that combine the standard capabilities of a computer mouse with multitouch sensing. Our goal is to enrich traditional pointerbased desktop interactions with touch and gestures. To chart the design space, we present five different multitouch mouse implementations. Each explores a different touch sensing strategy, which leads to differing formfactors and hence interactive possibilities. In addition to the detailed description of hardware and software implementations of our prototypes, we discuss the relative strengths, limitations and affordances of these novel input devices as informed by the results of a preliminary user study.

AUTHORS:
Nicolas Villar, Shahram Izadi, Dan Rosenfeld, Hrvoje Benko, John Helmes, Jonathan Westhues, Steve Hodges, Eyal Ofek, Alex Butler, Xiang Cao, Billy Chen
Microsoft Research Cambridge, Microsoft Research,Microsoft Corporation

LINK TO PUBLICATION:
http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1622176.1622184

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Dr. Aslam Farukhi on the potential of Urdu language for developing scientific content

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:55:35 +0000

Prominent Scholar Professor Dr. Aslam Farukhi has served as the head of Urdu department, and the Registrar of University of Karachi. After his retirement from University of Karachi, his passion and love for Urdu led him to serve in a volunteer capacity at the Federal Urdu University, Karachi, Pakistan. Presently he is the Director of Translation and Publication Department at Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (http://www.fuuast.edu.pk/). In this video Dr. Aslam Farukhi talks about the potential of Urdu language viz a viz development of scientific content.

FYI:
Articles by Dr. Aslam Farukhi
http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/archive/040509/books2.htm

Dr. Farukhi narrates his article on Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi. In this article Dr. Farukhi talks about two upright people he met in his life: Quaid-e—Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and .Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi.
http://www.urduvision.com/play.php?vid=213

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Royal Raymond Rife Suppressed Medical Technology

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:37:44 +0000

Google Videos.
Royal Raymond Rife (May 16, 1888 August 5, 1971) was an American inventor known for his belief that he could observe and render inert a number of viruses which he thought were causal factors in several diseases, most notably cancer. The observations were made though a specially designed optical microscope, only five of which were ever constructed. Rife claimed that a “beam ray” device could devitalize the pathogens by inducing destructive resonances in their constituent chemicals. Rife’s claims could not be independently replicated, and active scientific interest in the devices had dissipated by the 1950s.
Interest in Rife’s claims was revived in some alternative medical spheres by the book The Cancer Cure That Worked (1987), which claimed that Rife’s work was successful. The book also claimed that his cure for cancer was suppressed by a conspiracy headed by the American Medical Association. After publication, a variety of devices bearing Rife’s name were marketed as cures for diverse diseases such as cancer and AIDS.
From Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Rife

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UIST’09: Enabling Always-Available Input with Muscle-Computer Interfaces

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:32:25 +0000

Presented at UIST (ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology) http://www.acm.org/uist/

PAPER ABSTRACT:
Previous work has demonstrated the viability of applying offline analysis to interpret forearm electromyography (EMG) and classify finger gestures on a physical surface. We extend those results to bring us closer to using musclecomputer interfaces for always-available input in real-world applications. We leverage existing taxonomies of natural human grips to develop a gesture set covering interaction in free space even when hands are busy with other objects. We present a system that classifies these gestures in real-time and we introduce a bi-manual paradigm that enables use in interactive systems. We report experimental results demonstrating four-finger classification accuracies averaging 79% for pinching, 85% while holding a travel mug, and 88% when carrying a weighted bag. We further show generalizability across different arm postures and explore the tradeoffs of providing real-time visual feedback.

AUTHORS:
T. Scott Saponas, Desney S. Tan, Dan Morris, Ravin Balakrishnan, Jim Turner, James A. Landay
University of Washington, Microsoft Research, Microsoft Corporation, University of Toronto

LINK TO PUBLICATION:
http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1622176.1622208

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UIST’09: Augmenting Interactive Tables with Mice & Keyboards

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:20:23 +0000

Presented at UIST (ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology) http://www.acm.org/uist/

PAPER ABSTRACT
This note examines the role traditional input devices can play in surface computing. Mice and keyboards can enhance tabletop technologies since they support high fidelity input, facilitate interaction with distant objects, and serve as a proxy for user identity and position. Interactive tabletops, in turn, can enhance the functionality of traditional input devices: they provide spatial sensing, augment devices with co-located visual content, and support connections among a plurality of devices. We introduce eight interaction techniques for a table with mice and keyboards, and we discuss the design space of such interactions.

AUTHORS:
Björn Hartmann, Meredith Ringel Morris, Hrvoje Benko, Andrew D. Wilson
Stanford University HCI Group, Microsoft Corporation

LINK TO PUBLICATION:
http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1622176.1622204

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Iranian Organ Transplantation, One Of The Most Advanced

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:21:24 +0000

Organ transplantation in Iran is one of the most advanced in the World. Shahid Beheshti University http://www.sbu.ac.ir/english/Site.aspx
And the Iranian Society of Nephrology (IrSN) http://www.isn-iran.org/

Please, read these articles to prepare yourself for the video.

CATO Institute
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-614.pdf

Articles in Medical Journals on Iran’s Compensated Kidney Donation Program

Living unrelated kidney donor transplantation in Iran
http://www.nature.com/ncpneph/journal/v2/n12/full/ncpneph0364.html

The Journal of the American Society of Nephrology also agrees
http://cjasn.asnjournals.org/cgi/content/full/1/6/1136

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
http://ndt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/17/2/222

One Stone With Two Birds:
[(PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature) & (The McGill Journal of Medicine (MJM), published biannually in print, is an international, peer-reviewed publication run entirely by the medical and science students of McGill University)]
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2322914

Iranian Researcher Has Developed A New Wheelchair
(035) Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:36:20
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=62352§ionid=3510210

ICD Saves Thousands of Lives of Heart Patients in Iran Every Year
(034) Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:50:16
mms://217.218.67.244/presstv/20080702/ICD.wmv

Iran Makes Muscles From Stem Cells
(030) Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:41:27
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=61843§ionid=3510210

Iran Performs Pancreas Transplant
(029) Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:13:13
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=60502§ionid=3510210

Iran Performs Revolutionary Brain Surgery
(009) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:18:43
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=48913§ionid=3510210

Iran Marks 2000th Stem Cell Transplant
(006) Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:42:47
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=29197§ionid=3510210

Conjoined Twins Separated in Iran
(002) Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:31:15
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=20176§ionid=3510212

Iranian Inventors Adorned by Medals Throughout The World

Iranians Nonpareil Creators of Metal Works
(02) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:26:29
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=33798§ionid=3510304

Iranians Among World’s 100 Geniuses
(03) Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:09:15
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=29129§ionid=3510212

Top Invention Honor Goes to Iran
(04) Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:41:45
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=7044§ionid=3510212

Iranian Physicist Has Been Awarded the 2007 Prize of Abdus Salam
(05) Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:59:37
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=12836§ionid=3510208

Iranian Girl Makes History at IOI
(07) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:34:52
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=20431§ionid=351020105

Iran 1st in Romania Science Fair
(08) Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:24:35
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=25920§ionid=3510212

Iran Tops International Astronomy Olympiad
(09) Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:07:50
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=26655§ionid=3510208

Iranian Inventor Wins Gold Medal
(10) Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:35:49
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=27693§ionid=3510208

Iran Wins PhysioNet/CinC Challenge
(13) Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:28:33
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=29793§ionid=3510208

Iran Wins Gold Medal at IENA 2007
(14) Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:30:12
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=30184§ionid=3510208

Iranian Team Wins 20 INOVA Awards
(15) Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:19:37
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=30735§ionid=3510208

Iran Shines at Innova Energy 2007
(16) Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:28:17
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=33280§ionid=3510208

WIPO Rewards 2 Outstanding Inventions
(18) Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:05:21
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=51067§ionid=3510208

Iranian Scientist Takes Physics Prize
(20) Sat, 17 May 2008 06:07:16
http://www.presstv.com/Detail.aspx?id=56088§ionid=3510208

Please, Read this article (Iran Makes the Sciences A Part of Its Revolution) at the WashingtonPost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060503904.html

And this one (It seems science of all kinds is pushing ahead in Iran without pause) at the cnn.com
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/16/raman.iranstemcell/

And this Pdf one (An American scientist in Tehran) at nature.com via the Network of Iranians for Knowledge and Innovation address
http://www.theniki.net/content/media/article/10.pdf

From the ORIGINAL @
http://www.presstv.com/reports.aspx?sectionid=3510301

Or also @
mms://217.218.67.244/presstv/080531/Organ%20Transplantation.wmv

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