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Some trillion frames a second camera

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

This 0.6-trillion-frames-a-second camera is, I feel, a key technology holder for many fields including medicine.

Thought of the day, second edition.

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

We may want to apply for the Guiness World Record of the densest colony of all human species.

IPTV award ceremony pictures

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Again the IPTV Application Challenge, and this time with the visual proof that I really received this award, for the previously mentioned 7 Days Gallery app.

A small certificate given to Eric and me by Mr. Malcolm Johnson, Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau. It was good shaking that hand:

 

And a great big sign:

 

And here the whole group, including: Alice Chan (Infocomm, Singapore), Kazue Kobaiashi (NHK-Japan), Eric Bréchemier & me, Daniel A. Cruz (iTVBr -Brazil), Malcolm Johnson, Dr. Antoine Weil, Ch. LH (Sumimoto – France), Naoto Inchimaru (Dentsu – Japan), Dr. Masahito Kawamori (NTT – Japan)

I may have mostly managed to blend in. What a day!

Introducing IPTV challenge co-winner iTVBr from Brazil

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Daniel Alves da Cruz of iTVBr presented the winning Dengue Combat application at the ITU Telecom World in Geneva. More about that and pictures of the award ceremony including Eric and me for 7 Days Gallery on their blog.

Transplantable organ out of stem cells. Pituitary. Big step.

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Impressive indeed. Can’t not take note that this happened now.

“Researchers Create a Pituitary Gland from Scratch”

This gland in particular somehow always seemed very … how shall I put it… tricky? Mysterious? No more.

Announcement: The Surely Unreasonably Established Truth

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

I’m happy to announce that the single-instance static visual work “The Surely Unreasonably Established Truth” has been completed today.

It differs from the previous presented static visual works in that it started existing physically before it started existing digitally. Although, in either direction, I could object.

50 x 80 cm acrylic color on shallow canvas.

 

 

It contains six layers of nothing and a blurry dot. It may indeed not be obvious.

Winners revealed. Award received!

Sunday, October 30th, 2011

“ITU announced the winners of its IPTV App Challenge at ITU Telecom World 2011″

Indeed developer Eric and I received the shared individual/SME award this week in Geneva for our 7 Days Gallery for art and culture on digital television. Many thanks again to all parties involved!

LIME community, hear hear! More on IPTV:

IPTV where would you choose to innovate

 

Quote of the day

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

What do you want to optimize

if you don’t know for which purpose?

Self

Another key research topic

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Epigenetics

Brain imaging showing. An artist’s dream.

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Not so online videos’, generally speaking. Not sure I’d want to see all that.

“reconstruct moving images that people are seeing”