Stephen Hawking is now an astrophotographer, too. Stephen Hawking is widely thought to be the smartest person alive, and he has one hell of a resume to back that up: he's an author, a professor, an expert on black holes.
He's even had a feature film made about his life, and hasn't been shy about wanting to play a Bond villain himself. Now he can add one more thing to that list: astrophotographer. Hawking posted a handful of photos to Facebook earlier this week that he captured with his new telescope, an 11-inch Celestron. The model he's using is built for more than just stargazing — it can be hooked up to a laptop and can automatically track objects as they move through our sky. Those features combined with an 11-inch mirror make it possible to capture photos of anything from details of the moon to distant galaxies. He's already captured examples of both of those and then some. Now You Can Use Stephen Hawking’s Tech to Speak With Facial Expressions. I’m not scared that non-believers will make me feel like an outcast.
I’m scared that Christians will. Who do I need to prove my faith to—and why should I try? I’ve lately observed conservatives questioning Obama’s faith with more than professional interest. Because if Obama’s not Christian, what does that make me? I have not been public about my faith. In my personal life, my faith is not something I struggle with or something I take particular pride in. The only place where my spirituality feels volatile is in my professional life; the only time I’ve ever felt uncomfortable talking about my faith is when it comes up in conversation with colleagues. It does come up: Since leaving Washington, I have made my life over and I am happier, freer, and healthier in body and spirit and apparently it shows. The last time I tried giving that answer was in the Fox News green room and it stopped conversation as surely as a fart, and generated the same kind of throat-clearing discomfort.
Stephen Hawking: I wanted to give Eddie boost in Oscar race. Although, joked the 73-year-old physicist, "Unfortunately, Eddie did not inherit my good looks.
" Hawking suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a degenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. He irreversibly lost the ability to speak in 1985 after having a tube inserted into his windpipe during a bout of severe pneumonia and now communicates in instantly recognizable tones using an electronic speech synthesizer. Stephen Hawking's first voice synthesizer. Now on display in London's Science Museum. "Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand [it].
"Although it gave me an American accent, I have kept that voice, because it's now my trademark. " Hawking's comments came as he gave a personal guided tour of London's Science Museum to 24-year-old L.A. Redmayne, 32, has been nominated for an Academy Award for best actor for his uncanny transformation into Hawking. "The quality I would most like to magnify is empathy. Stephen Hawking thinks these 3 things could destroy us. Stephen Hawking may be most famous for his work on black holes and gravitational singularities, but the world-renowned physicist has also become known for his outspoken ideas about things that could destroy human civilization.
Hawking suffers from a motor neuron disease similar to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, which left him paralyzed and unable to speak without a voice synthesizer. But that hasn't stopped the University of Cambridge professor from making proclamations about the wide range of dangers humanity faces — including ourselves. Here are a few things Hawking has said could bring about the demise of human civilization. [End of the World? Top Doomsday Fears] Artificial intelligence Hawking is part of a small but growing group of scientists who have expressed concerns about "strong" artificial intelligence (AI) — intelligence that could equal or exceed that of a human.
But many AI researchers say humanity is nowhere near being able to develop strong AI. Stephen Hawking Predicts Aggression Will Destroy Us — But Is He Right? Experts say it depends on how you define “aggression.”
(Photo: Eleanor Bentall/Corbis) Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is one of the most renowned geniuses of our time. He’s also one of the most insightful and, as it follows, quotable. And earlier this week, Hawking— portrayed by best actor Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything — dropped a doozy. While speaking at the Science Museum in London, The Independent reported, Hawking said: “The human failing I would most like to correct is aggression. … It may have had survival advantage in caveman days, to get more food, territory or a partner with whom to reproduce, but now it threatens to destroy us all.”
Hawking’s observation is poignant, but how true is it? Together, Quebec stands strong. Ride to Conquer Cancer Sponsored Anger Versus Aggression Experts were quick to point out the slight (but significant) semantic difference between aggression and anger. Related: The Scary Thing Anger Does To Your Heart The Weekend.