Saturday Stories! Awesome space links of the week 9/15 Talk about paradigm shifts Like legos on the computer, being used for teaching. I’m on board Science - confirming what we knew all along since 2000 BC Big Data...in yo' mouth Dear security experts - simple advice isn't always implementable Things... [Read More]

Nine hours. Eight AM to five PM. A normal work-day can often pass by like a snap. But Ditch Day is anything but normal: it’s amazing how long nine hours can seem when you feel responsible for filling every minute of it with undiluted awesomesauce of your own design. And... [Read More]

The opening statement of this NPR blog really struck a chord with me. The rest of the article does a nice job explaining the exciting science behind the recent voyager news, but doesn’t pursue the opening idea as far as I wanted. “Science at its most fundamental level is not... [Read More]

Some thoughts about the appearance of progress (especially in technology) sometimes as discrete quantized jumps and sometimes as continuous trends. Perhaps the difference between discrete and continuous technology depends on how much of the tinkering occurs ‘in house’ or ‘in the lab’ vs. in the public eye. Computer and software... [Read More]

I saw a great talk today from Nisar Ahmed as part of the weekly MAE colloquium.  He gave an overview of his research that focuses on fusing information from humans and robots. It’s extremely cool – providing robust frameworks for humans to use their insight or pattern recognition and tell... [Read More]