Once upon a time, there was nothingness. After many infinities, a crack appeared and gradually got larger. Then, with a clash of thunder this blog was hatched!
He was one of the greats to the world, esp. sci-fi fans, and is most famous for 2001: A Space Odyssey novel and movie. Sir Arthur C Clarke, died at 1:30 last night in his home in Sri Lanka, after a long struggle with post-polio syndrome.
He was the inspiration to many well known scientists and science-fictionists of later years and decades, and paved the way for the world to fully embrace sci-fi and more adventurously explore its infinite possibilites. His novels, namely the 2001 series, opens us to the vast universe out there, ultimately, to look upon ourselves - the decisions we make, how we interact with each other and the possibilties of what we can achieve as a human race.
Clarke was severely struck down by polio in the early 1960s. And, though he recovered remarkably, he developed post-polio in 1984, which was to confine him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
His name and works will no doubt live on here as he, himself, begins the ultimate journey beyond this world.
The biggest phenomenon back in ‘01 & ‘02 wasn’t 9/11. Nor was it the discovery of monoliths on the moon & above Jupiter. It was this ..
All Your Base Are Belong To Us
Though the craze has died down in recent years, I still find references to it & variations of this now & then. If you don’t know anything about that craze, I find it very hard to believe but here’re some links for you:
You can thank a divine Peruvian and German team of archeologists who’ve discovered the 5500 year old plaza, near Lima, capital of Peru. The plaza was found hidden under another piece of architecture at ruins called Sechin Bajo and is carbon-dated as one of the oldest structures ever found in the Americas.
Sure most of us live kinda far from Peru, but think of the things you can find there that you can’t find anymore at your local plazas!
I remember when the smiley took net users by storm - “So cool! And yet, so simple!”. While net technology’s made leaps & bounds since then, Paul Rothemund, a computer scientist of the California Institute of Technology has developed a way to weave & fold stringy DNA molecules into nanometer-scale, two-dimensional patterns. And, yes the smiley is among those patterns he’s demonstrated his DNA origami skills, along with a map of the Americas and a range of others.
Rothemund’s DNA Origami is so versatile that complex structures can be built to cater for a broad range of nano-scale applications. His development can be adapted to create nano-computers, new drug delivery systems or even molecular-scale chemical factories, says experts. According to Lloyd Smith, a chemist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, “We are arriving at a new frontier in our pursuit of ever-smaller structures”.
What’s more, Rothemund says that the process so simple that the woven DNA patterns can be designed by high school students.
He was one of the greats to the world, esp. sci-fi fans, and is most famous for 2001: A Space Odyssey novel and movie. Sir Arthur C Clarke, died at 1:30 last night in his home in Sri Lanka, after a long struggle with post-polio syndrome.
smiley took net users by storm - “So cool! And yet, so simple!”. While net technology’s made leaps & bounds since then, Paul Rothemund, a computer scientist of the California Institute of Technology has developed a way to weave & fold stringy DNA molecules into nanometer-scale, two-dimensional patterns. And, yes the smiley is among those patterns he’s demonstrated his DNA origami skills, along with a map of the Americas and a range of others.