2012-09-23 // Sonntag
Xiki: Can your shell console do this?
NASA: Magnificent Eruption in Full HD
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2012-08-07 // Dienstag
Ramesh Raskar: Imaging at a trillion frames per second
Ramesh Raskar presents femto-photography, a new type of imaging so fast it visualizes the world one trillion frames per second, so detailed it shows light itself in motion. This technology may someday be used to build cameras that can look „around“ corners or see inside the body without X-rays.
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2012-07-31 // Dienstag
Malte Spitz: Your phone company is watching
What kind of data is your cell phone company collecting? Malte Spitz wasn't too worried when he asked his operator in Germany to share information stored about him. Multiple unanswered requests and a lawsuit later, Spitz received 35,830 lines of code – a detailed, nearly minute-by-minute account of half a year of his life.
View from the ISS at Night
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2012-07-13 // Freitag
Filmvorstellung 'Bulb Fiction' (Thema Energiesparlampen)
Haben Sie das leise Gefühl, dass, seit Sie alle Glühbirnen durch Energiesparlampen ersetzt haben, ihre Energiekosten nicht merklich gesunken sind? Ihr Gefühl stimmt. Haben Sie den Eindruck, dass Ihre schöne Wohnung in diesem neuen Licht irgendwie schummrig aussieht? Der Eindruck stimmt. Kommt es Ihnen so vor, als ob diese teuren Lampen nicht länger brennen als die guten alten Billigbirnen von früher? Sie haben recht. ⇒ http://www.bulbfiction-derfilm.com/
Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life
When game designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She dove into the scientific research and created the healing game, SuperBetter. In this moving talk, McGonigal explains how a game can boost resilience – and promises to add 7.5 minutes to your life.
