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Archive for June, 2010
Ideabing Daily Roundup- Nuclear Fusion Version
Jun 30th
DIY: More Nuclear Fusion Reactors View Out Of A Space Shuttle Computer Automatically Deciphers Ancient Language
Computer Automatically Deciphers Ancient Language
Jun 30th
In his 2002 book Lost Languages, Andrew Robinson, then the literary editor of the London Times’ higher-education supplement, declared that “successful archaeological decipherment has turned out to require a synthesis of logic and intuition … that computers do not (and presumably cannot) possess.”
Regina Barzilay, an associate professor in MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Ben Snyder, a grad student in her lab, and the University of Southern California’s Kevin Knight took that claim personally. At the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics in Sweden next month, they will present a paper on a new computer system that, in a matter of hours, deciphered much of the ancient Semitic language Ugaritic. In addition to helping archeologists decipher the eight or so ancient languages that have so far resisted their efforts, the work could also help expand the number of languages that automated translation systems like Google Translate can handle.
View Out Of A Space Shuttle
Jun 30th
Now that space travel will become common, its time for you to start considering the view you will get out of a space shuttle. You may then make a decision about forking out hundreds of thousands of dollars. Image after the break.
DIY: More Nuclear Fusion Reactors
Jun 30th
More DIY Nuclear fusion reactors coming to the fore, this time built by a high school student. Thiago Olson built the nuclear fusion reactor out of parts purchased from a hardware store and ebay in 2006. Olson achieved nuclear fusion in his DIY reactor which fused atoms at some 200 mil degrees. No, the reactor does not power his house yet. Image of the reactor after the break.
Ideabing Daily Roundup: Universcale Version
Jun 29th
Inspiration: The Nikon Universcale Scary Design: Mouse Pointer Contact Lenses File-Swap Lets You Swap You Files For Some Random Files
Inspiration: The Nikon Universcale
Jun 29th
We might be the most intelligent species know to ourselves but have you ever imagined how tiny we are? My trip to Niagara falls made me wonder about the size of this planet, and the size of me. What if we created a scale as long as the universe and tries to spot humans on it? You wouldn’t be visible, just like the millionth of a millimeter is not visible on a meter scale. The Nikon Universcale puts this thought into perspective by measuring you and things around you on a cosmic scale. The problem is that you have to zoom in way too much to find yourself. Link after the break.
Scary Design: Mouse Pointer Contact Lenses
Jun 29th
Things like these are scary but they exist. A concept contact lens design called I-Contact actually wants to use contact lenses for using your eye to do all the work your hands and mouse do. The concept is straight forward but it might take some time before this gets implemented in real life.The contact lens is the transmitter and the contact lens carrying case is the wireless receiver. The rest is magic. So, how often do you want to change your mouse? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Pictures of the lenses after the break.
File-Swap Lets You Swap You Files For Some Random Files
Jun 28th
Blind dates are one form of getting the unknown but getting random files is another thing. file-swap.com lets you swap your perfectly good file for a random file off the internet! We sent the ideabing logo file and got back a hazy party shot. Go try your luck. You might get those naked mom pictures in
DIY: Enforcing Privacy, The IR Way
Jun 28th
Too many cameras looking at you on the street? Worried Google street view is photographing you? Well, there is a low cost remedy to this problem. The street cams are super sensitive to infra red light. So why not make a hat that has IR light all over it? DIY video after the break.
Smart Thinking: Recharging Shopping Carts
Jun 28th
Some good green design ideas popping up across the board these days. The e-cart charging shopping cart concept is one such great green idea. The idea’s simple – as customers push around shopping carts charge a battery via rotating wheels of the shopping cart. Then feed the stored energy back into the grid. How cool is that! Pictures of the concept after the break.
