Kicking off on November 2nd, over 25 institutions around the city of Chicago will be participating in the Festival of Maps, which will include exhibitions, lectures, displays and other events continuing well into 2008. Some of the participating institutions include the Field Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Newberry Library, the Adler Planetarium and
VSTV 18 – ESRI UC Daily Wrap-ups
Daily video wrap-ups from ESRI Education and International User Conferences in June 2007. Click here to download VSTV Episode 18 (28MB)
Calling all Owls…….
The MIT Media Lab and Maine Audobon are working on a project that uses cell phones to help study bird populations and habitat. The Owl Project researchers actually use cell phones placed within the forest to call owls, play owl sounds, and then record the responses. Following the success of a pilot project in Connecticut,
‘Lucy’ has her public debut in Houston
One of the most famous fossil finds in anthropology, ‘Lucy’, made a public debut in Houston, Texas today, as part of an exhibit on the cultural heritage of Ethiopia. A key specimen in the lineage of human evolution, ‘Lucy’ is a 3.2 million year old Australopithecus afarensis, discovered in 1974 in the Afar region of
LucidTouch – double-sided touch surface
Microsoft Research, in partnership with Mitsubishi and the University of Toronto, is developing a double-sided touch screen surface interface for handheld devices. The idea is that the screen will be partly transparent, so you can see your finger as they interact with the back of the screen. That way, the display you’re working with, such
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 110
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 110 August 26, 2007 Main Topic: Back to school Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
VSTV 17 – ISDE5 Interviews
Interviews with Logitech about the Space Navigator and NASA about World Wind from ISDE5 in June 2007. Click here to download VSTV Episode 17 (31MB)
Most Liveable Cities in the World (and least)
The Economist has an interesting article rating the most and least livable cities in the world. Canada and Australia come out ahead on the most and Africa and the Middle East fall hard in the least. Interestingly (or maybe as one might expect), the US is not on either list. They’re not 100% clear on
Voyager 1 and 2 30 years and going strong!
Happy birthday Voyager 2 (and soon Voyager 1)! Thirty years ago, Voyager 2 was launched into space to start what has been an incredibly successful 30 year mission… and that’s just so far. The long range sensor is still moving out from the solar system and broadcasting data. Imagine, a device with less computing power
Epidemiologists Turn to Video Game For Help
Ars Technica (an excellent tech news site, by the way) has an interesting article concerning epidemiologists turning to the game developer Blizzard for help. Blizzard is the developer and publisher of the wildly successful massively multiplayer online role-playing game, World of Warcraft (WoW for short). So why are epidemiologists so suddenly interested in games? Turns
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