Destructive lasers (II)
yes, I know, this destructive posts are getting boring, but it doesn't stop amazing me these things. Now is Wicked lasers, the company whose advertising pen is now on my table after Photonics Europe, that is selling
portable high power lasers to fry eggs and burn people. Or something like that.
A piece of history: The Cargo Cult Science talk
One of the scientists I find most inspiring is Richard Feynman. One of his greatests texts is available online:
Cargo Cult Science. It is a great reminder of the scientific method and a debunking of pseudoscience.
Amazing Raytracing
We all know raytracing as a way to determine the quality of optical systems. However, the inverse form - shooting photons from the image to the scene to see where they came from - has been used for a long time in photorealistic rendering. A short movie, fully developed and rendered using open source tools has now been made available at
http://www.elephantsdream.org/ . AFAIAC, quite amazing and intriguing, although the story (or perceived lack of it) might not appeal to all.
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