SOUR / MIRROR An Interview with Jacques Piccard, 1922-2008 [Photo via AP] I'm saddened to read that Jacques Piccard died today. Jacques Piccard was a Swiss oceanic engineer famous for making the deepest ever ocean dive, which he accomplished on January 23, 1960 along with Lt. Don Walsh. The two entered a bathyscaph called Trieste and descended 10,916 meters (35,810 feet) into the Challenger Deep, an area in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench, touching down on the deepest part of the ocean anywhere on earth. That's quite an accomplishment, and one that hasn't yet been repeated. I had the good fortune to interview Mr. Please read and enjoy it. Interview with Jacques Piccard Okay, yeah, sure Okay, please you will excuse me but my English is relatively poor. Our base was in . And until we could arrive to the place, precise place of the Mariana Trench where we were to descend, to dive, we had about four days to tow the submarine with a tugboat and the sea was pretty rough, and it was not a very nice trip. So it was interesting to see but nothing special.
Kate Middleton Surpasses Lady Di as the Most-Mentioned Royal in the Media There are still eight days before Kate Middleton officially joins the royal family, but the princess bride is already becoming more popular than her famous crowned kin -- even the late Princess Diana. The Global Language Monitor, a Texas company that tracks word usage trends around the world, has just released a study tracing how many times Middleton has been mentioned in different types of media over the last three months. Turns out Middleton is a major headliner. People can't seem to keep her name out of their mouths. Getty Images / AP The late Princess Diana, left, was a major media magnet during her lifetime, and princess-to-be Kate Middleton seems to be following in her footsteps. Paul JJ Payack, founder of the Global Language Monitor, told AOL News that by his count, the future princess has been name-dropped nearly 40 million times on the Internet so far this year. "Kate is first and mentions of Prince William come in at a close second. www.bauergriffin.com Sponsored Links
vj.tv | vjs, visuals, mash-ups, and more… Programmable Matter: Claytronics or Gershenfeld We still tell our children “you can be anything when you grow up.” It’s time to start telling them “you’re going to be able to make anything…right now.” Similar work at MIT and Carnegie Mellon is pointing towards the next revolution in computers and manufacturing: programmable matter. Claytronics is developing tiny computers that can work together to form shapes. How can a material be intelligent? Carnegie Mellon isn’t the only university pursuing intelligent materials. It All Looks Good on Paper It would be amazing if these technologies were available today, but they are still a long way off. In hardware, Claytronics has already made centimeter sized cylindrical catoms that have basic features. To test Catom forces without gravity, helium filled prototypes are used. Software research is just as rigorous. When something is fungible, not only is twice as many twice as useful, half as many is half as useful. Fungbility is a concept that Gershenfeld at CBA can really get behind.
University - Revealing the benefits of Colombian drug legalization For his senior thesis, Woodrow Wilson School concentrator Gustavo Silva Cano produced a cost-benefit analysis of the drug prohibition policy in his home country of Colombia. Silva Cano's research supported drug legalization in Colombia, a surprising conclusion that opposed his personal beliefs. Photos: Denise Applewhite The senior thesis: Quintessentially Princeton The capstone of Princeton students' academic journey is the senior thesis, an independent work that requires seniors to pursue original research and scholarship under the guidance of faculty advisers. Research topics are inspired by learning experiences in and out of the classroom -- on campus or around the world. Other stories: Posted April 19, 2010; 12:00 p.m. by Ushma Patel The senior thesis often involves a moment of surprise for Princeton students -- a late-night revelation, an insightful conversation with an adviser or an eye-opening encounter abroad. "Some people just believe that using drugs is morally wrong. Back To Top
Download Bergensbanen in HD Friday November 27th, over 1,2 million Norwegians watched parts of «Bergensbanen» on NRK2. The longest documentary ever? At least the longest we have made, almost 7 1/2 hours, showing every minute of the scenic train ride between Bergen on the Norwegian west coast, crossing the mountains to the capital of Oslo. Bergensbanen is 100 years in 2009, and the documentary was a wild idea from NRK staff that came through, and was, surprisingly, a big success. On Twitter, this became the thing to talk about in Norway. Norwegian version – see «Bergensbanen – klar for avgang» Now we want to give the material to our viewers, the whole thing, for download. Bittorrent The original file was 165 GB, too much for most people to download. Download the torrentfile here. Update: The original HD-file is now out We have published a HUGE 246 GB file. Creative Commons We have chosen to make the train journey available with a Creative Commons-license. You are free to…
University - Princeton makes offers to 8.39 percent of applicants in record admission cycle Posted March 30, 2011; 12:00 p.m. by Emily Aronson Princeton University has offered admission to 2,282 students, or 8.39 percent of the record 27,189 applicants for the class of 2015 in what may be the most selective admission process in the University's history. This compares with Princeton's final admission rates of 8.8 percent for the class of 2014 and 10.1 percent for the class of 2013. The applicant pool has increased 98.5 percent over the past seven years, with Princeton's strong academic programs and financial aid policies continuing to appeal to prospective students from around the United States and the world. "Our competitive acceptance rate continues a trend Princeton has been experiencing over the last several years," Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said. The Office of Admission mailed letters to applicants at noon March 30, and students also will be informed of their admission decision through an online notification system beginning at 5 p.m. Back To Top