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by Eli
7 years ago
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Albert Einstein started a book club

Einstein started a book reading club, the Olympia Academy, and said it influenced many of his theories. Find out some of the books and essays the Olympia Academy read and discussed: http://www.fromthegrapevine.com/slidesh ... ead/page/1.
by Eli
7 years ago
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Hajime Narukawa, a Japanese, architects the Most Accurte Map of the Earth

Japanese architect Hajime Narukawa claims to have tackled one of the toughest puzzle - how to draw an oblate spheroid Earth on a flat plane. This new map design of the Earth is considered the most accurate ever produced, and it looks completely different from the traditional Mercator map , made in t...
by RealityKing
7 years ago
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10 Types Of Women You Should Never Try to Marry

While this is a copy and paste, I find it worth sharing and I could not resist myself from doing so, the source is acknowledged in full at the end. "While we can all agree that nobody is perfect, there are actually a few things that would adversely affect a relationship if a man chooses to part...
by Eli
7 years ago
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3 PhD positions in SAR/InSAR Remote Sensing at Simon Fraser University, Canada

The Industrial Research Chair in Synthetic Aperture Radar at the School of Engineering Science of Simon Fraser University (SFU) is currently advertising 3 PhD studentships (for summer 2017 entry) in SAR/InSAR remote sensing for land and ocean applications. Applicants are required to have, or be abou...
by Eli
7 years ago
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: POST DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS - INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SADC REGION

Applications Now Open Closing Date: The deadline for receipt of proposals is Friday, 31 March 2017 The Department of Science and Technology (DST)-National Research Foundation (NRF) Centre in Indigenous Knowledge Systems (CIKS) with its hub at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, ha...
by Eli
7 years ago
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Visualizing random samples from a normal (Gaussian) distribution

The normal (Gaussian) distribution occurs often in nature , especially as the sample becomes large. The probability density for the Gaussian distribution is $$f(x, |\mu, \sigma^{2}) = \left(\sqrt{2\pi \sigma^{2}}\right)^{-1}e^{-\dfrac{(x-\mu)^{2}}{2\sigma^{2}}}$$ where \(\mu\) is the mean and \(\sig...
by Joseph Bundala
7 years ago
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Project: Design mechanism to control robotic arm by Zynq board

Wakuu, I am planning to try this project. Whenever I get time, I ll try to do it. The idea: In robotics, radar, Tanks, controllers, etc., there is the so called the arm that can rotate left, right, up and down depending on the purpose. Also in various systems we may have simple to complex motors to ...
by Eli
7 years ago
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Re: Project: Design mechanism to control robotic arm by Zynq board

Nice suggestion! We can make this an ongoing, and definitely we will achieve something! As I get time, I will spent it familiarizing myself with the requirements you have put forth. I also suggest we currently keep up updates and all developments under this topic. We may however need a public GitHub...
by RealityKing
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Richest, Healthiest, Happiest, Most Prosperous Countries in The World

The Legatum Institute has announced its 10th annual global Prosperity index, which indicates the richest countries in the world. While forming the list, the Institute has compared more than 104 variables which include gross domestic product per-capita and full-time employees. See more at https://en....
by Forbidden_Technology
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Newly Discovered Planet and NASA Adventurous Images

NASA Telescope Reveals Largest Batch of Earth-Size, Habitable-Zone Planets Around Single Star https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/side_image/public/thumbnails/image/4_cover_pia21421-png.png?itok=9dw2eKju https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/p...