Category Archives: Science

What’s the story behind QWERTY keyboard layout?

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Stefano

Ever wondered why we’re using such a strange computer keyboard layout as the common QWERTY? Look at this CNN Money video to get some clue: More info on QWERTY here on Wikipedia; look here for more detailed info on QWERTY … Continue reading →

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Enter Zooids and build your own little Robot Army !!!

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Stefano

Meet Zooids: a tiny robot-swarm with some pretty features. The project, by Mathieu Le Goc, Lawrence H Kim, Ali Parsaei, Jean-Daniel Fekete, Pierre Dragicevic and Sean Follmer seems amazing: This paper introduces swarm user interfaces, a new class of human-computer … Continue reading →

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Latest National Geographic Magazine: “The age of disbelief” (about science)

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Stefano

Love National Geographic Magazine: March issue’s cover story is about disbelief, skepticism about science and doubt versus estabilished science. From medicine to space, from history to dinosaur, from evolution to global climate: skepticism is all around us and is, somehow … Continue reading →

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#Drones in the future (according to New York Magazine)

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Stefano

Aptly titled “Drones and everything after”, this long article by Benjamin Wallace-Wells featured in the latest issue of NYMag is an excellent compendium of ‘drone experiences‘ around the US and the world alike. Several real-world examples are given about how … Continue reading →

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Zooming into a microchip: that’s where the (computer) magic happens!

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Stefano

This reminds me some Tron Movie sequence. Take a look at this nice video, you’ll zoom in into a common chip, thanks to a scanning electron microscope, and peek into the micron scale to see what’s really like to be … Continue reading →

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Who would you ask to explain the Higgs Boson Particle (in 2 minutes)? Peter Higgs himself!

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Stefano

Ok, two minutes sounds too little time to explain something so complex as the Higgs Boson but this is a task fine for Peter Higgs himself. In this video [BBC], Higgs describes the particle and what it does in under … Continue reading →

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Red Cross in the 21st century: donate for Sandy victims

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Stefano

USA has been hit by Sandy/aka Frankenstorm. The first message I got this morning (I live in Italy) on my iPhone while I was in the underground was from First Aid app by American Red Cross (check it here from … Continue reading →

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Higgs Boson explained – with a cartoon video

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Stefano

I’m quite amazed and thrilled by Higgs Boson discovery . well, no… direct observation! But… what is exactly a Boson? What are the implications? Here comes a pretty comprehensive cartoon that explains theory, the discovery and a lot more to … Continue reading →

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Happy PI Day! That’s 3.14 ;-) and Albert Einstein’s birthday too!

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Stefano

PI DAY & LIGHT – today is Pi day (3.14) and also Albert Einstein‘s birthday. About PI Day: Pi Day is a holiday commemorating the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is celebrated on March 14 (or 3/14 in month/day … Continue reading →

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Scale of the Universe: an interactive educational tutorial to almost everything

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Stefano

I love this Flash interactive animation! Aptly named The Scale of The Universe, allows you to see the whole universe – in all its scale from the tiniest particle ever up to the whole universe. It’s a journey in science, … Continue reading →

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