Comment White House 2.0? (Score 1) 144
I thought White House 2.0 would have been the post-1814 White House, but that must have just been an increase in the minor version number.
Comment Re:ummm, what is your source exactly? (Score 2, Informative) 61
The Duluth News Tribune article (the second link in the summary) states that groundbreaking just happened on Friday. The MPR article mentions that work was supposed to start a while ago, but the funding was cut until the stimulus money reinstated it.
Comment Re:Minneosta (Score 1) 61
Dang. I got an error the first time I tried submitting this article, so I rushed through the second time I wrote it. It must be in the water up here, though, 'cause they misspelled Alec Habig in the article.
Submission + - New Neutrino Detector Being Built in Minneosta
lithis writes: "NOvA, a new neutrino detector, is being built in northern Minnesota. MPR has information on the project's funding and the International Falls Daily Journal talks about the environmental issues. This dectector will complement the MINOS neutrino detector in the Soudan Underground Laboratory."
Device Keeps Lungs Breathing Outside the Body 74
Al writes "A new system that keeps lungs breathing outside the body could improve the chances of a successful transplant. The Toronto XVIVO Lung Perfusion System, developed at Toronto General Hospital, can keep a pair of human lungs slowly breathing inside a glass dome attached to a ventilator, pump, and filters. The lungs are maintained at normal body temperature of 37 C and perfused with a bloodless solution that contains nutrients, proteins, and oxygen. The organs can be kept alive in the machine for up to 12 hours while surgeons assess function and repair them. See a video of the system keeping a pair of lungs alive."
Comment Major Eruptions? (Score 1) 327
He would say that the US has not had a major eruption since Mt. St. Helens in the mid 80's.
I don't know how what constitutes a "major eruption", but Pu'u 'O'o in Hawaii has destroyed "over 100 homes [...] in a nine-month period" and "189 structures".
Comment Spivak's *Mechanics* for Mathemeticians, someday (Score 1) 418
Correction: it's going to be Mechanics for Mathematicians, so it won't help with the heat equation, etc.
Comment Spivak's Physics for Mathemeticians, someday (Score 1) 418
Michael Spivak is writing Physics for Mathematicians, of which the beginning can be downloaded. Videos of the lectures are supposed to be available, but I couldn't get them to load.
Has anyone heard recent news of this book?
OpenGL ES 2.0 Programming Guide 48
Martin Ecker writes "Mobile phones and other embedded devices are getting more and more powerful each year. The availability of dedicated hardware for 3D rendering is becoming increasingly ubiquitous, and the latest mobile phones come with 3D hardware acceleration that rivals the power of desktop graphics hardware. OpenGL ES 2.0 is the latest version of a cross-platform, low-level graphics API to utilize these new resources available in embedded devices. The OpenGL ES 2.0 Programming Guide published by Addison-Wesley Publishing aims to help the reader make use of the full power of OpenGL ES 2.0 to create interesting 3D applications." Keep reading for the rest of Martin's review.
Submission + - Lorenz attactors meet povray
Agent Provocateur writes: "The American Mathematical Society has an article on "A tangled tale linking lattices, knots, templates, and strange attractors . . ." showing the equations and results of visualising knots and other Lorenz attractors using povray to produce images and QT movies."
