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Photosynth – a parallel world made by collective wisdom

Today I watched one of my favourite TED presentations. It mixes some of my favourite topics, nowadays: data visualization and social networks. It’s almost a crazy dream to think that someday, everything you upload to the internet will be connected to the semantic web. You will be able to upload your holiday pictures and they will be tagged automatically. [...]

[ More ] March 11th, 2008 | 4 Comments | Posted in science |

I Love Fractals… and I Love Technology!

Some days ago, I found this little video about Fractals on my iPod Nano. I truly recommend you to take a look at the video.
It’s a presentation by the mathematician Ron Eglash who exposes in 16 minutes his whole investigation about African fractals, in buildings and braids. The whole subject is fascinating even if you don’t like maths.
The main reason why I’m publishing this here, doesn’t have to do with fractals.
It has to do with modern lifestyle. I was watching the video then [...]

[ More ] January 17th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in science |

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